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Last summer, food safety legislation sailed through the House of Representatives with broad, bipartisan support and little controversy.

Like cardiologists looking for signs of life in emergency room patients, container volumes depicted in the inaugural ranking of The Journal of Commerce Top 25 North American Container Ports show only

The recovery no longer appears to be uncertain for intermodal middleman Hub Group.

Trucking’s heavy-haul sector left the recession lighter than when it entered the downturn, but the industry is ready to bulk up again as spending on infrastructure and energy projects increases.

Economists at the International Monetary Fund are optimistic about the global economy, saying it will grow 4.2 percent in 2010.

Ask importers their top concern this year as they wrapped up service contract negotiations with ocean carriers in the eastbound Asia-to-U.S.

Seventeen transportation and logistics companies were named to this year’s Fortune 500 list of biggest U.S. companies.

The Transportation Security Administration has moved up enforcement deadlines and said that by May 1 at least 75 percent of cargo must be screened before it goes in the bellies of passenger aircraft.

That year, exporters in most sectors saw their foreign markets expand, enjoyed a weakening dollar and easy trade finance, and in general had little trouble with transportation and logistics.

The Obama administration says it wants to pursue new trade agreements as a way to increase exports of U.S.

Universal Truckload Services earned $2.1 million in net profit in the 13 weeks ended April 30, almost entirely from sales of marketable securities.

Miami International Airport’s cargo traffic grew 24 percent in the first quarter, including a 38.1 percent jump in March, as a recovery in expedited shipping through the gateway to Latin America

Toronto-based trucker Vitran says price discounting in the less-than-truckload world appears to be leveling off, helping the carrier improve its financial picture this year.

Demand for distribution space in Europe remained "surprisingly resilient" during the global economic recession of 2009 due to resurgence in trade in mid-year and a shortage of modern, effici

Sea Star Line on April 23 started a previously announced weekly service between Philadelphia and San Juan, Puerto Rico, using a ship that carries roll-on, roll-off and lift-on, lift-off cargo.

With demand for construction materials growing as the building season heats up, small railroads in the United States and Canada had their strongest weekly traffic count in more than a year.

Railcar manufacturer and lessor Greenbrier Companies and investment firm WL Ross said they formed a new entity that bought a 4,000-railcar lease fleet that is valued around $230 million.

U.S. ports along the Gulf of Mexico remained open Friday even as an oil spill gushing from a leaking well moved toward Louisiana and the rest of the Gulf shoreline.

Panalpina set aside $110.8 million to settle U.S. Department of Justice allegations relating to a former Nigeria subsidiary.

The Air Cargo Security Alliance, a coalition of 300 U.S.-based indirect air carriers, direct shippers and customs brokers, formally petitioned Janet Napolitano, head of the U.S.

Maersk Line plans to resume its weekly seasonal reefer calls at the Port of Halifax on May 18 with the arrival of the Maersk Palermo on the revised rotation of the TA4 trans-Atlantic service.

Marking a sharp change in the pattern that dominated the rail industry during the recession, nearly every Class I railroad operating in the United States increased employment by the time they made the

The Federal Maritime Commission is publishing a proposed rule designed to exempt licensed non-vessel-operating common carriers from the legal requirement to maintain published tariffs.

The Shipping Corporation of India will seek a general rate increase on the westbound trades from India to Europe, the third GRI this year.

OTTAWA — Canada offered the state of Michigan up to $550 million as a sweetener to get the legislature to give final approval to the building of a controversial new bridge between Detroit and Wi

The economy grew at a slightly smaller-than-expected 3.2 percent pace during the first quarter as consumers stepped up spending and businesses rebuilt inventories, the Commerce Department said.

Japan's second-largest air carrier All Nippon Airways lost a record $609.6 million in fiscal 2009, which ended on March 31, hugely multiplying its $44.7 million loss in fiscal 2008.

The major railroads of North America are enjoying a steady surge in freight shipments that is showing up in a range of industrial commodities and factory products.

Genesee & Wyoming -- an operator of short line railroads in North America, Australia and the Netherlands – saw first-quarter profit rise 15 percent to $16 million while the appreciation of f

American Railcar Industries posted a $7 million loss in the first quarter, but President and CEO James Cowan said bid requests are coming in for new car builds while demand has been strong for various

The Halifax Port Authority said it reached agreement with its two main container terminal operators, Cerescorp and Halterm, on setting performance standards designed to increase the speed of the impor

RailAmerica, one of the largest operators of North American short line railroads, lost $2.5 million in the first three months of 2010 but saw business turning higher in some key ways.

North American transportation companies are seeing initial, uneven signs of increasing demand but most remain cautious about declaring that a broad and sustained recovery is at hand, Standard & Po

Trinity Industries, North America’s largest freight railcar builder, saw its rail business lose more money in the first quarter while its overall profit shrank by 94 percent to $2 million.

The amount of post-explosion oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico may be much higher than originally thought, and so far all attempts to control it have been unsuccessful.

The Port of Corpus Christi Authority will officially take over the U.S.

Truckload carrier P.A.M.

LAN Airlines, one of Latin America’s leading passenger and cargo airlines, earned a net profit of $88.3 million for the first quarter of 2010, an increase of 35.8 percent compared to the first q

Barge operator Kirby earned $24.9 million in the first quarter, a slide of 12 percent from a year earlier as generally low demand affected volume and pricing in the transportation and diesel engine se

Improving global economic conditions helped engine and equipment manufacturer Caterpillar swing to a profit of $233 million in the first quarter, compared with a $112 million loss in the first quarter