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The Dutch began deepening the River Scheldt on their side of the Dutch-Flemish border last week, a project that will allow deeper-draft vessels to reach the Port of Antwerp as well as widening tide wi

Final figures reveal that the Port of Rotterdam’s 2009 throughput was off only 8.1 percent for the year, rather than the 8.5 percent estimated at the close of December, thanks to a smaller than

Railroad projects in seven states were the top winners Wednesday when the Department of Transportation announced recipients of $1.5 billion in TIGER grants.

YRC Worldwide's shareholders approved the company's debt-for-equity swap Wednesday, clearing $550 million in debt from the company's books and giving the country's largest trucking company a new lease

Spot market demand for truckload freight rose for the fourth straight month in January, although it dipped compared with an unusually strong December, according to Transcore, which owns the DAT load-m

YRC Worldwide shareholders meet Wednesday to decide whether to accept a $550 debt-for-equity swap with bondholders that was completed Dec. 31.

Railcar manufacturer and car fleet manager Greenbrier said it is processing car hire and repair payments for RailAmerica, the owner of 39 regional and short line railroads.

Two well-known U.S. suppliers of rail equipment will merge, as L.B. Foster said it has made a cash offer to buy outstanding shares of Portec Rail Products for $11.71 each.

CMA CGM will seek a general rate increase on all westbound cargo on the EPIC Service from India and Pakistan to Europe and the Mediterranean, starting March 1.

Lufthansa pilots Feb. 17 voted heavily in favor of a four day strike next week at Lufthansa, Europe's second largest airline.

Lufthansa Cargo plans to reduce its workforce by 10 percent in 2010 as it cuts freighter flights in response to the slump in the global air cargo market.

John Fredriksen, the Norwegian shipping billionaire, cut his stake in TUI, the biggest shareholder of German ocean container carrier Hapag-Lloyd, to 15.7 percent from around 19 percent.

After falling for 14 months in a row, Japanese export ship orders rose for the second consecutive month in January on a year-on-year basis, surging a robust 50.5 percent to 471,900 gross tons, accordi

Intermodal service provider Pacer International posted a $10 million profit for the fourth-quarter in which it renegotiated a long-term contract with Union Pacific Railroad, up from a $64 million loss

Container volume at the Port of Long Beach increased in January for the second straight month, while total traffic in neighboring Los Angeles was down only 2.39 percent.

Diesel prices fell for the fifth straight week, according to a report released Feb. 15 by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

CONCORD, Calif., Feb 12, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Pacer International, Inc., a leading North American freight transportation and logistics provider, announced the appointment of Mark T.

Manufacturers in New York say business conditions improved at a healthy pace in February, according to survey results released Feb. 16 by the New York Federal Reserve Bank.

New York-based courier Choice Logistics will expand its forward stocking location in Dubai to establish a full service regional hub as client needs grow in the Middle East.

Hainan Airlines will operate daily direct flights from Belgium to China beginning May 28.

LONDON -- Deepening of the river Thames to allow the biggest container ships to dock at a new box terminal and Europe's biggest logistics hub near London will start in early March, DP World announced.

Hong Kong’s largest airport freight handler reported a 48.9 percent surge in tonnage to start 2010, the most dramatic sign yet of a full recovery in shipping demand that has swamped Asia’s

The Teamsters are ready to put the muscle they used against Wall Street to help YRC Worldwide into action against fresh opponents, says General President James P. Hoffa.

Wal-Mart will spend $115 million to build a refrigerated distribution center in Western Canada the retailer says will be outfitted with new energy-saving technology that will put it at the forefront o

UPS Freight is speeding freight across the Canadian border by stretching its two-day delivery network from Toronto and Montreal as far south as St. Louis, Mo., and Atlanta.

Diana Shipping, a Greek bulk carrier owner, agreed to invest $50 million in a new company being formed to buy container ships.

PD Logistics, part of the PD Ports Group, will handle all British imports of Tsingtao Beer from China under a new contract with the UK’s largest independent drinks manufacturer and distributor,

John Ruan, the Iowa businessman who turned a one-truck venture into a transportation, real estate and banking empire before donating millions of dollars to fight multiple sclerosis and world hunger, d

Salvage crews recovered the sunken tug J.R. Nichols, and the Houston Ship Channel was reopened to all traffic on Saturday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Retail diesel prices fell last week in their fourth straight weekly decline amid falling oil prices. In the week ending Feb.

Jordan's Aqaba Container Terminal formally accepted two ship-to-shore gantry cranes on Monday that officials say will help tie the port closer to global and supply chains and distribution within

Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways saw their international cargo volume surge in December on a year-on-year basis, according to figures released by the two biggest Japanese air carriers.

Hapag-Lloyd, Germany's largest ocean container carrier, drastically reduced losses in the final three months of the year on substantial freight rate increases on some routes but is forecast to remain

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Saturday, Feb.

The acquisition of BNSF Railway by investment firm Berkshire Hathaway may determine how major freight companies talk to their marketplace for years to come.

It’s not the last mile that’s the logistics challenge in Haiti; it’s the last yard.

When it comes to rapid response to a disaster the magnitude of the Haiti earthquake, size matters.

More than a month after the Jan. 12 Haiti earthquake, relief efforts are shifting gears to meet changing demands, says Tom O’Malley, vice president of cargo for UPS America.

Boxes Are Building, Report Says

If you had told importers a year ago vessel capacity out of Shanghai would be so tight in early 2010 they might have to shift some ocean freight to air, you might have been laughed off the docks.