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Italy’s all-cargo carrier, Cargoitalia, has joined the long list of airlines that have stepped in to help the giant relief airlift for Haiti.

Washington, D.C. – The Institute of International Container Lessors’ (IICL) President, Steven Blust, announces that Joseph Kwok, Chief Executive Officer of Seacastle Inc.

I am very pleased to announce the promotion of Karen Fox to Vice President of Communications and Glenn Carlson to the position of Chief Commercial Officer.

Net profit at Kansas City Southern dropped 63 percent to $69 million in 2009, as the company came through a business environment in the first five months that Chairman and CEO Michael R.

Arkansas Best's ABF Freight System lost $32.4 million in the fourth quarter, battered by a weak economy and fierce price competition among less-than-truckload carriers.

Work on a high-speed rail network connecting U.S. cities is set to accelerate as President Barack Obama awards $8 billion in stimulus act high-speed rail funding to 31 states.

Canadian Pacific Railway improved its net profit in the fourth quarter by 3 percent year-over-year to $182 million with the help of some unusual tax benefits.

Construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar generated revenue of $7.9 billion in the fourth quarter, down 39 percent from the prior year quarter.

As the people of Haiti pick up the pieces in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that hit the island nation more than two weeks ago, the U.S.

President Obama said Wednesday that increasing exports and construction of infrastructure will be among the ways the U.S. economy will recover from the recession.

The South Africa Europe Container Service on Feb. 15 will introduce an additional reefer service for the anticipated seasonal increase in refrigerated exports, which it first announced on Nov.

SINGAPORE - Mark-Marian Siegert has a message for breakbulk and project cargo interests looking to grow in the wake of the worst economic downturn in decades: Look to emerging markets.

Hanjin Pacific agreed to take over APM Terminals facilities at Piers 76 and 77 in Taiwan's Port of Kaohsiung and combine them into Hanjin's operations at Pier 78, the companies said.

The Port of Houston Authority approved nearly $1 million for Bayport Container Terminal construction projects, including a $753,169 gate control system to improve the flow of trucks and a $230,553 ber

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans in mid-February to release details of a clean-air plan that includes a program to replace older trucks.

Suez Canal Container Terminal at Port Said reported an 11 percent increase in cargo volume to 2.7 million 20-foot equivalent units last year despite a 20 percent drop in vessel transits through the ca

Old Dominion Freight Line rolled out of 2009 with a few scratches, dings and dents but with a profit margin that's still the envy of the less-than-truckload industry.

Inland waterways carrier Kirby ended a tough year with a 24 percent decline in net profit in the fourth quarter and the company said Thursday that depressed demand and pricing will cut into earnings i

In a decision late Wednesday, a U.S.

Norfolk Southern Railway’s fourth-quarter net income fell 32 percent from a year earlier to $307 million, as revenue fell 16 percent to $2.1 billion.

The American Association of Port Authorities will not join some of its largest members in seeking greater local regulatory authority over harbor trucking.

Eastern-U.S. railroad CSX Transportation said customers last year “committed to 92 new or expanded facilities” along CSX tracks, which represent $3.2 billion in investments.

The Maritime Administration’s marine highways program will provide shippers with alternative services, said David Matsuda Tuesday at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee.

The partnership labor and environmentalists forged at California ports is moving up the supply chain to protest Toyota's plans to shift some U.S. production to Japan.

Seaboard Marine resumed vessel calls at Haiti on Wednesday, restoring liner service following the massive earthquake on Jan. 12.

Boeing earned fourth-quarter profit of $1.3 billion on revenue that jumped 42 percent to $17.9 billion.

Truckload carrier Marten Transport earned a profit of $4.3 million on operating revenue of $128.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2009.

After two weeks of strong week-to-week increases, the spot rate for shipping a 40-foot container from Hong Kong to Los Angeles settled down, stabilizing at $1,669 in the week ended Jan.

LONDON -- The UK port of Dover, Europe's biggest freight and passenger ferry hub, wants to put itself up for sale -- after more than four hundred years of public ownership -- to finance a $645 million

Customs and Border Protection Tuesday began enforcing the Importer Security Filing or 10+2 rule.

Truckload carrier Celadon earned less than last year in the quarter ended Dec. 31, but demand began to pick up as the weak U.S. economy started to grow again.

President Obama is expected to award the long-delayed $8 billion in stimulus grants Thursday to develop high-speed rail systems and expand passenger train use along numerous freight rail corridors, ac

Global air freight traffic increased by nearly a quarter in December from a year ago and is set to grow further in the coming months, the International Air Transportation Association said.

European Union regulators are challenging the German government's $1.7 billion loan guarantees to Hapag-Lloyd, the country's biggest ocean container carrier, which narrowly avoided a loss in the fourt

Japan Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy protection on Jan.19, appointed the chief of one of its subsidiaries as its next president and chief operating officer.

China supplanted the United States as Japan's biggest export market in 2009 for the first time since the end of World War II, according to preliminary figures released by the Finance Ministry on Wedne

Canadian National Railway, bouyed by lower tax rates from Canadian provinces and receipts from selling some track to a transit agency, posted fourth-quarter net income of $548 million, up 1.6 percent

NORFOLK, VA. – Thomas D. Bell Jr., chairman of SecurAmerica LLC, has been elected a director of Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC), Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman announced today.

With carriers increasing rates on major trade lanes on an almost daily basis, Mediterranean Shipping Co.

A ban on cell-phone text messaging by truck drivers imposed today should be extended to all motorists, said the president of the American Trucking Associations.