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American Railcar Industries managed to boost its profit in the fourth quarter, to $10.5 million from $7.6 million a year earlier, but it wasn’t from building freight cars.

The U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday revised last week’s report on durable goods to show a less robust but still growing economy for manufacturers in January.

Maersk Line and Lloyd's Register will team up in a two year program to test the suitability of biodiesel for use in powering marine engines.

California Maritime Academy’s Department of Extended Learning plans to offer a three-day field training course on “the appropriate use of small arms on government-chartered and commercial

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Volga-Dnepr Group launched a logistics business, Engineering & Logistics Center, to offer value added services for complex global logistics challenges.

The House, by a 217-212 margin, approved the $15 billion Senate-drafted Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act, which includes provisions to extend existing highway programs until Dec.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Wednesday that the administration wants to move forward with a “comprehensive, robust transportation bill,” but opposes increasing the gas tax whil

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Stevedores in Finland began an indefinite strike on the morning of March 4 after mediation talks broke down just after midnight.

Container handling came to a standstill at India’s Port of Haldia, a sister facility of the Port of Kolkata, after crane operators suspended operations Tuesday night.

Smit Internationale, the Dutch harbor towage, marine salvage and heavy lift shipping company, reported 2009 earnings fell only slightly from the previous year even as the global economic downturn shru

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The House is expected to take up the Senate’s version of a jobs bill on Thursday, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said Wednesday.

Hans Hickler appointed new CEO, Asia Pacific Region, and former CEO, Asia Pacific Region, Wolfgang Hollermann to take on a global advisory role to Essa Al-Saleh, Agility's President and CEO, G

SAN MATEO, Calif., and SHANGHAI, China — March 3, 2010 — In another indication that Menlo Worldwide Logistics is sharpening its focus on the Chinese market, Menlo has named veteran industr

U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico by truck and rail rose 10.5 percent in December, the first year-over-year increase since the global financial crisis struck in September 2008.

Competition between West and East Coast ports for Asian cargo has hit a point of equilibrium and market share probably won't change much in the coming years.

Much of Chile’s port and terminal capacity is back in operation following Saturday’s earthquake, according to Hamburg Sud, one of the larger carriers serving the country.

Profit for Overseas Shipholding Group fell 78 percent in 2009 to $70.2 million on revenue that dropped 38 percent to $952.6 million as plummeting demand for tanker charters cut rates in half.

Orient Overseas Container Line on March 15 will increase documentation fees in the intra-Asia trade to $29 per bill of lading for shipments loaded in Shanghai, Ningbo, Fuzhou and Xiamen.

Old Dominion Freight Line is reaching deeper into shipper supply chains by expanding its warehousing division.

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services gave a “BBB” rating to new CSX long-term debt notes, saying the eastern-U.S.

Global air freight demand grew at a steady pace in January, adding up to a very large volume improvement over a year earlier at the low point of the global recession, but airlines will remain in the r

Early data show heavy truck orders climbed 19.7 percent in February from January, but were well below last year's average, indicating a slow recovery in new Class 8 truck orders, said FTR Associates.<

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Bulk traffic surged late last year at the Ports of Indiana, helping to push its tonnage for the year up 7 percent to 7.2 million tons.

The economic recovery is finding its wheels at Landstar System, which saw its load volume leap 17 percent in January and again in February from depressed levels a year ago.

CMA CGM will raise freight rates for all types of U.S. export cargoes to Asia, the Middle East and the Indian sub-continent on March 15.

Finnish stevedores are set to walk off the job on March 4, joining striking truckers in a nationwide transport stoppage that threatens to bring industry to a halt and strangle the Nordic nation's fore

Jack Yen has been named vice chairman of Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd., and will be succeeded as president by Capt. C.J. Wang.

The Coast Guard terminated an application for the Detroit International Bridge Co. to build a new bridge adjacent to its 81-year-old Ambassador Bridge.

India&rsquo;s Tariff Authority for Major Ports ordered a 10-percent reduction in tariffs currently levied by Indira Container Terminal, the private terminal operator at the Port of Mumbai.

Fraport AG, operator of Frankfurt airport, reported its 2009 net income slumped 20 percent from the previous year as the global economic downturn cut freight shipments at Europe's biggest air cargo hu

CEVA Logistics reported double digit declines in 2009 revenue and profit compared with the previous year, but all business units are now benefiting from the global economic upturn, the international s

Four days after blocking a temporary jobs and transportation measure and forcing a two-day shutdown of Department of Transportation highway programs, Sen.

The battle over control of harbor trucking will head east next week when the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey releases its clean-truck plan.

Chileans are dealing with the aftermath of a ferocious 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the south-central region Saturday and triggered a devastating tsunami.

The Department of Transportation&rsquo;s highway programs remained shuttered for a second day, as lawmakers again failed to convince Sen.

Lakeland, Fla., Mar. 2, 2010 - Saddle Creek Corporation, a third-party logistics company, has added a new director of business development who will focus heavily on transportation.