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The Chinese-Polish joint stock shipping company Chipolbrok took delivery in November and named the vessel Adam Asnyk in the port of Dalian, China.

On 18 January, Volga-Dnepr Airlines operated a third flight as part of a humanitarian cargo delivery program to help victims of the strong earthquake in Haiti.

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The Maritime Administration is preparing a sixth vessel to help with relief efforts in Haiti. The Alakai, a combined cargo and passenger ship, will be crewed with U.S. civilian mariners.

President Obama on Wednesday nominated Earl F. Weener for a seat on the National Transportation Safety Board.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index for the United States increased 1.1 percent in December, sharply rising at a quicker pace than any time in the previous nine months.

The largest U.S. freight railroad, Union Pacific, came out against the version of the rail regulatory bill that cleared the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee last month.

The container volume handled by the Port of Antwerp in 2009 fell by 15.6 percent to 7,309,639 million 20-foot units, mirroring the decline in box volumes at all northern European ports.

Western-U.S. carrier Union Pacific Railroad saw fourth-quarter profit fall 17 percent from a year earlier to $551 million, while net income for all of 2009 fell 19 percent to $1.9 billion.

Gate operations at Oakland marine terminals were smoother Wednesday as the port's clean-truck program entered its second day.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters urged federal regulators at a hearing to scrap a regulation that increased the number of hours truckers can drive.

(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.; Jan. 20, 2010) Crowley Maritime Corporation, working under contract with the U.S.

The American Trucking Associations wants federal regulators to add more flexibility to truck driver hours of service rules, but not to cut the daily driving limit of 11 hours (

The Federal Emergency Management Association has staged 92 truckloads of commodities at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for shipment to Haiti, the White House said.

The number of ships passing through the Panama Canal increased by 2 percent in the first quarter of the Panama Canal Authority’s fiscal year, ended Dec. 31.

President Obama is nominating Jeffrey R. Moreland, a former senior attorney with BNSF Railway and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, to join Amtrak’s board of directors.

Chapman Freeborn Airchartering’s worldwide offices have been extensively involved with the effort to get search and rescue teams and emergency relief supplies to thousands of people affected by

A joint venture investment group said it will spend up to $100 million to buy low-valued freight and industrial equipment, to assemble a broad mix of lease assets that will include ocean ships and riv

FESCO Logistics increased its monthly breakbulk service out of Everett, Wash., by adding fortnightly departures from Seattle and Vancouver, B.C.

Diesel prices slipped back nine-tenths of a cent last week after a three-week surge. The national retail average fell from $2.879 to $2.87 per gallon as of Jan.

Erroll Southers withdrew his nomination as President Obama's choice to head the Transportation Security Administration on Wednesday, blaming "political ideology" for keeping the key security

With some Chicago suburbs still mounting legal challenges to the acquisition by Canadian National Railway of a short line railroad around the city, the Surface Transportation Board said it is now aski

The World Shipping Council and its 29 carrier members proposed to the International Maritime Organization and its member governments a new global Vessel Efficiency System to improve the carbon and fue

The Federal Maritime Commission on Tuesday reminded carriers, non-vessel-operating common carriers, forwarders and marine terminal operators they can waive or reduce tariffs and other fees for charita

Truckload pricing must rise alongside freight volume as capacity tightens and higher costs bear down on truckload carriers, says veteran trucking executive Pat Quinn.

In terms of freight volume, truckload carriers are doing better than many analysts expected in early 2010, thanks to a strong finish to 2009.

Orient Overseas (International) Ltd said Wednesday revenue for the fourth quarter, ended Dec.

Container traffic moving through India’s major ports fell 1.5 percent during the April-December period, the first nine months of fiscal 2009-10, compared with a year earlier, the Indian Ports As

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano authorized the temporary activation of up to 900 U.S. Coast Guard reservists.

Japanese export ship orders rose for the first time in 15 months in December on a year-on-year basis, surging a robust 71.5 percent to 471,600 gross tons, according to figures released by the Japan Sh

Cargo interests are gradually shifting from last year's recession mentality to embrace growth strategies, but their investments in supply chain improvements are still constrained.

Harbor drayage companies calling at the Port of Oakland experienced sporadic delays Tuesday as the port initiated its ban on old trucks.

CSX Corp., parent company of the nation’s largest eastern railroad, reported $2.32 billion in revenue for the fiscal fourth quarter ending Dec.

The head of the Transportation Intermediaries Association says the group could accept a 10-fold increase in bonds required for licensed freight brokers in exchange for stronger regulation of the licen

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a petition by the state of Michigan to close locks between the Chicago Ship and Sanitary Canal and Lake Michigan.

UPS is adding 245 new delivery trucks powered by compressed natural gas to its fleet in Colorado and California, expanding its use of CNG vehicles more than 20 percent.

Freight interests in California and the West are petitioning the California Air Resources Board to revise proposed regulations for low-carbon fuel and a cap-and-trade mechanism for the freight transpo

YRC Worldwide regional subsidiary Holland reduced transit times on cross-border lanes linking Toronto and the U.S. Midwest, cutting a day from transit times in some lanes.

Exports of U.S. steel fell off nearly 5 percent to 935,335 tons from October to November, according to the American Institute for International Steel.