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The number of autos handled at the Port of Baltimore increased by about 16 percent this year from the same time last year and is expected to rise further as Ford Motor Co.

Slow sequential moderation in truckload demand resumed after a spike before the July 4 holiday, Morgan Stanley Research reports in its latest freight index.

Freight shipments measured in ton-miles fell 0.4 percent in May after two consecutive monthly increases, the Department of Transportation reported.

The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index dropped 1.9 percent in June after gaining 3.1 percent in May, contributing to signs the economy is slowing.

Inventories held by businesses rose for a fifth consecutive month in May, but sales dropped for the first time since March 2009, the Commerce Department reported.

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European Union regulators July 14 cleared plans by British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia to form a powerful trans-Atlantic passenger and cargo alliance.

India’s Port of Jawaharlal Nehru said operations at its three terminals improved considerably over the last two months.

Deutsche Bahn said its recently launched rail container service between Duisburg, Germany, and Moscow has proved a success with shippers.

Imports at the Port of Long Beach in June increased 27 percent while exports increased at a more modest rate of 1.8 percent compared to the same month last year.

U.S. retail sales declined in June for the second straight month, raising concerns about slowing economic growth in the second half of this year.

Air France-KLM Cargo will increase its capacity from Europe to Japan with freighters and combis from Paris and Amsterdam to Tokyo.

Negotiations between office clerical workers and terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach are scheduled to resume on Wednesday morning as both parties intend to spend Tuesday caucusing internally.

The Department of Transportation, trying to push more infrastructure projects out of the pipeline and into “stimulus summer,” signed a $24.5 million grant agreement to help rebuild a conta

Imports through the Port of Los Angeles surged 32 percent in June to reach the highest monthly level since August of 2008.

The second U.S. economic stimulus package for first-time home buyers led to a 20 percent increase in containerized U.S.

Very large container ships -- with capacities of more than 10,000 twenty-foot-equivalent units -- made 70 calls during the first half of this year at Rotterdam, where they loaded and discharged an ave

Trucking company New England Motor Freight is expanding in the Midwest, opening a larger less-than-truckload freight terminal in Toledo, Ohio.

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Maersk Line signed a contract with Finland’s Wartsila Corporation to install Slow Steaming Upgrade kits on 34 of its large ocean container vessels.

MOL selected Descartes Systems to help manage its container division's EU Import Control System customs filings.

Frankfurt Airport boosted cargo volume by 29.9 percent in June from a year ago, extending a streak of steep month-by-month increases driven by buoyant Asian traffic.

American-flag shipping on the Great Lakes rose 39 percent in June compared with June a year ago and grew 5 percent from May, the Lake Carriers' Association reports.

St. Lawrence Seaway shipping halted into and out of the Montreal area Tuesday because a grain-carrying vessel ran into the Cote Ste.

Major eastern-U.S. railroad CSX posted a $414 million profit in the second quarter. That was up 36 percent from the 2009 period, while its $2.663 billion in revenue was up 22 percent.

Cosco Pacific, the Cosco Group’s terminal-operating subsidiary, will take over operations at Greece's Port of Piraeus, the biggest Greek container port, under a $4.2 billion contract.

A U.S. court Friday found a Greek ship management company guilty for the second time in three years for illegally dumping waste oil overboard, the Justice Department announced.

The Commerce Department and the U.S. Postal Service on Monday announced a five-year partnership intended to help U.S. exporters expand their markets overseas.

Supply chain researchers at Auburn University are seeking carriers and shippers willing to participate in a study on trends in less-than-truckload pricing.

The Eagle Marine Services/APL terminal at the Port of Oakland is closed on Monday due to the death of a longshoreman.

Diesel prices last week dropped to their lowest point since the first week of March.

Cargo-handling operations in Los Angeles-Long Beach were normal on Monday as a strike by office clerical workers entered its 11th day.

Air France-KLM will pay freight forwarders and shippers in the United States $87 million to settle class-action lawsuits over the carrier’s participation in a global air cargo price-fixing carte

Singapore-based ocean carrier APL said it will apply a congestion surcharge on all containerized cargo shipped from the Middle East to the Port of Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru), India’s largest

Automaker Chrysler is replacing the entire fleet of its in-house trucking arm, Chrysler Group Transport, ordering 325 heavy trucks from Mack Trucks.

A requirement for U.S. flag ocean transport is impairing President Obama’s National Export Initiative, according to an export advocacy group.

A.P. Moller-Maersk completed the sale of its roll-on, roll-off freight shipping company Norfolkline to Danish shipping line DFDS on July 12.

Heavy truck production will rise 26 percent this year as motor carriers begin to replace aging trucks, ACT Research said.

CEVA Logistics signed a letter of intent to enter into a five-year contract to manage the principal European distribution center for Janssen Pharmaceutica, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson.

YRC Worldwide expects to report a positive EBIDTA of at least $24 million for the second quarter when it releases its financial results Aug. 3.