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Manufacturing in China is growing at its fastest pace on record, according to data collected for the HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index.

With more freight flowing into its trailers, Knight Transportation is buying 370 new tractors from Volvo North America.

Container throughput at the Port of Montreal declined by 15.3 percent in 2009, as the number of full and empty containers handled by the port fell to 1,247,690 20-foot equivalent units.

Germany’s federal cartel office gave antitrust approval for an inland container terminal joint venture between the nation’s top two rival stevedores.

Container traffic through France&rsquo;s Port of Marseilles Fos rose by 4 percent during 2009, bucking the port&rsquo;s overall 13.3 percent decline in tonnage volume, the port authority said Monday.<

DP World said on Sunday its new container terminal at Hiep Phuoc, near Ho Chi Minh City, had opened last year.

Net profit for Shipping Corporation of India fell 53 percent to $19 million during the third fiscal quarter, ending Dec.

Nippon Express, Japan's largest freight forwarder, said its net profit declined 18.7 percent in the first nine months of fiscal 2009, which started in April, from a year earlier to $143.7 million on a

Japan's All Nippon Airways posted a group net loss of $390 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2009, which started in April, compared with a group net profit of $104.4 million a year earlier.

The European Union is assessing commitments made by British Airways, American Airlines and Spain's Iberia to obtain an anti-trust waiver to operate as a single passenger and cargo carrier on scores of

It used to be that simply picking up and delivering freight was enough to keep every &ldquo;motor carrier of property&rdquo; in the land fat and happy.

President Obama took his wife and daughters to his childhood home for Christmas vacation, and Hawaii state officials hope the publicity will help fuel tourism.

After a 14 percent decline in intermodal traffic last year, the major western railroads are planning for increased container traffic in 2010.

As newcomers and established industry players vie for roles in a global market with surging demand for pharmaceuticals, airlines, forwarders and container manufacturers are trumpeting a wide arr

In years past, an incident such as the failed Christmas Day bombing attempt aboard a Northwest Airlines flight would have resulted in many and loud calls for new inspection procedures for cargo carrie

Food Safety Bill Stalls in Senate The House of Representatives passed a food safety bill by a wide margin last summer and sent it along to the Senate.

Democratic Party officials are scrambling to bolster the economy and jump-start job creation following a series of losses in midterm elections.

Frozen Food Express Industries, parent of refrigerated trucker FFE Transportation, Dallas, promoted two top executives as it looks for a thaw in the recession that would return it to profitabili

The 12 ocean containers Crowley Maritime managed to get to shore at Port-au-Prince&rsquo;s crippled port late last month provided only a small share of the enormous relief supplies needed in Haiti, bu

The dollar is down, global credit markets are easing, consumers in developing countries are beginning to buy more expensive and varied food, and U.S. farm exports are in demand. For U.S.

The global reefer container fleet shrank in 2009. Carriers scrapped obsolete units, and not one carrier built a new refrigerated container, according to Bill Duggan of Maersk Line.

Generations of shipbuilders and engineers have spent years trying to get ocean vessels to travel faster. Now, container lines are applying new tricks to slow the ships down.

The Fed&rsquo;s latest &ldquo;Beige Book&rdquo; survey, conducted by the economics staff of its 12 district reserve banks, said five regional reports show freight transportation was either &ldquo;up s

Negotiators have two basic options on the table for controlling greenhouse gases. One is a tax per ton of bunker fuel that can be invested in a greener environment somewhere else on Earth.

Most Air, Ocean Carriers Fail Financial Test

Railroads are hoping winter storms are the main reason freight traffic has slowed since November, but there are growing concerns that a new chill may have taken hold of the broader recovery.

The drumbeat of jobs, jobs, jobs in Washington and debate on financing have become major roadblocks to getting a six-year $500 billion transportation bill into gear and onto a fast-paced road to passa

Top railroad executives are throwing down the gauntlet, serving notice to Congress and freight shippers they will push back hard against efforts to tighten rail regulations.

Placing an immediate ban on text messaging by truck drivers last week, the Department of Transportation sent a message easy to read even without a cell phone.

Grocery chains seeking greater control over inbound inventory and manufacturers pursuing more sustainable shipping are making business hotter for refrigerated freight haulers.

Manufacturers and retailers looking to cut shipping costs by slowing their supply chains are finding unlikely new supporters of the strategy: the ocean container lines that carry the overwhelmin

Like other North American ports, Canada&rsquo;s two big East Coast ports suffered declining container throughput in 2009, but the downturn at Montreal and Halifax hardly stretched to all trade t

The container shipping industry is in the midst of perhaps the longest wait for a Panama Canal lock opening in, well, a little more than a century.

China&rsquo;s Hainan Airlines will convert six 737-300 passenger planes into freighters in a move to increase regional and domestic air cargo capacity in the region.

With new clean-air initiatives quieting environmental concerns, the Port of Long Beach is embarking on a $3 billion capital construction program aimed at protecting the port&rsquo;s share of shipping

Trade and manufacturing groups are offering strong support to President Obama&rsquo;s call to double exports in five years to create 2 million jobs, but they also want to see substantive action t

Crowley Maritime Corp. discharged 202 20-foot containers of relief supplies across a beach in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday under its contract with the U.S. Transportation Command.

SINGAPORE &mdash; All the worried talk about the project market lagging the overall economy and thus facing a tough 2010 as other sectors ramp up for recovery may turn out to be just that -- worry.

ABF Freight System is holding a "dialogue" with the Teamsters union over pension liabilities and labor costs, the company's top executive said yesterday.

U.S. imports of steel saw their worst year since 1991 in 2009, falling 49.3 percent from the year before, said the American Institute for International Steel.