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CMA CGM took delivery Thursday in South Korea of the CMA CGM Amerigo Vespucci, the second of a series of eight large container ships named after the great explorers.

Federal stimulus funds slated for high-speed rail in Ohio should be spent on highways instead, Republican candidate for governor John Kasich said.

Intermodal middleman and logistics firm Hub Group posted a 16 percent gain in second-quarter net income from a year earlier, to $9.63 million, as volume in its main box-shipment business jumped by 25

Illinois and Union Pacific Railroad have come to terms on enough of a planned passenger line in UP’s right of way so that an initial 90-mile track project can begin in September.

A Cranford, N.J., seller of gasification equipment and technology is tapping a federally guaranteed export finance loan to complete a deal with a metals recycler in Ankara, Turkey.

The top three U.S. passenger airlines expanded cargo revenue a combined 33 percent in the second quarter, as soaring freight demand added to the carriers’ rapidly growing profits.

Temperature-controlled trucker Marten Transport increased its profit 15.2 percent in the second quarter despite essentially flat revenue compared with a year ago.

The seven largest freight railroads added 612 net workers to their U.S. operations from mid-May to mid-June, after making a small cut in May.

Three U.S. business groups are urging the U.S. and European Union to “move forward aggressively” to get the stalled Doha Round negotiations moving again.

Orient Overseas Container Line will increase its freight rates on shipments from Asia to New Zealand by $250 per TEU, effective Aug. 15.

FedEx Ground will pay Massachusetts $3 million to settle allegations it misclassified delivery truck drivers as independent contractors, the state attorney general said.

Office clerical workers and waterfront employers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach said they would resume contract negotiations Wednesday.

Two exporters filed a complaint with the Federal Maritime Commission alleging unfair treatment by Hapag-Lloyd America and two non-vessel-operating common carriers.

New orders for heavy trucks and other equipment are working their way through the supply chain, boosting earnings at truck component maker Eaton.

Truckload carrier Knight Transportation increased its profit 26 percent in the second quarter, as its total revenue rose 14.4 percent to $185.4 million.

Shipping executives say Congress should provide American maritime companies more financial support to improve the state of the U.S.-flag fleet.

Buoyed by an 11.9 percent increase in tonnage, ABF Freight System cut its operating loss in half in the second quarter, from $26.8 million a year ago to $12.6 million.

Rail freight shippers waiting for the flood-closed Kansas City Southern lines to reopen in northern Mexico got some welcome news as KCS said it could resume service this weekend over a key bridge and

Horizon Lines said Wednesday it will use Elizabeth, N.J., rather than Philadelphia, Pa., as its northeastern port for weekly sailings to San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Neptune Orient Lines said on Wednesday it placed an order for 10 new container ships with capacities of 8,400 20-foot-equivalent units.

Container vessels rode at anchor in the St. Lawrence River Wednesday as the Port of Montreal remained shut down for the third consecutive day and shippers expressed anxiety about growing costs.

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British Airways, American Airlines and Spain's Iberia will start joint passenger and cargo operations across the Atlantic in the fall after getting final U.S.

Etihad Airways took delivery of the first A330-200F, the world's newest freighter aircraft from Airbus.

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With the economy still struggling to emerge from its deep recession, logistics departments have a tremendous opportunity to prove their worth to the corporation.

Net orders for heavy trucks hit a new peak for the year in June, climbing 21 percent over May to reach 15,999 orders, according to ACT Research.

Tightening truck capacity helped boost second quarter revenue at Heartland Express, while the cost of purchasing new trucks slimmed its profit.

Multipurpose heavy-lift carrier Chipolbrok launched a monthly liner service from Europe to the United States. Regular Europe load ports will be Antwerp or Rotterdam and regular U.S.

Toy maker Hasbro, trying to get in front of container shipping capacity shortages, is suggesting retailers should take products early this fall to avoid problems getting goods to consumer markets.

The Maritime Employers Association promised Tuesday to respond to a union settlement proposal on Thursday after locking out about 850 longshoremen at the Port of Montreal this week, causing the port t

Cathay Pacific cargo traffic grew 26 percent in June over the same month last year but freight business slipped from the month before in what the airline said was a “softening market.”

Operations at most of China’s Port of Dalian resumed Tuesday as authorities worked to clean up an oil spill from a pipeline explosion that forced the port to shut down for several days.

As Arctic ice recedes, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is sending one of its premier surveying vessels, the Fairweather, to detect navigational dangers in critical Arctic waters th

Officials in Guam are investigating whether any of the thousands of spiders that poured out of a cargo ship at the port got onto land or posed a danger to the island’s environment and native spe

Europe's top port Rotterdam is getting congested as surging container imports from China overwhelm deep-sea terminals and interrupt feeder services to smaller regional ports.

Net profit for state-owned Container Corporation of India fell 3.5 percent from a year earlier to $41.2 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2010-11 ending June 30.

Neptune Orient Lines, parent of APL, the world’s fourth-largest container line, entered an agreement with Oversea-Chinese Banking and ING Bank for a term loan of $150 million.

Deliveries of new container ships will hit a record monthly high of 200,000 20-foot equivalent units in July, extending a year long influx of capacity that may stall the recent rise in ocean freight r

DP World India took delivery of four ship-to-shore gantry cranes that are to be installed at its International Container Transshipment Terminal, the country’s first deep-water transshipment faci