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Congress must reconsider its mandate that the government scan all ocean containers coming into the United States, the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee said Wednesday.

YRC Worldwide is "very confident" it will complete a debt-to-equity swap that would wipe more than $500 million in debt from its books in return for 95 percent of the trucking operator's com

The Teamsters union is stepping up a fight with two of the nation’s largest automakers, claiming a plan by Chrysler and General Motors to shift shipments of new cars to non-union carriers is cos

For the first time, the short line industry won endorsements from a majority of members in both houses of Congress for legislation to extend a track repairs tax credit.

OTTAWA --- Canadian National Railway and the Teamsters union representing 1,700 striking Canadian locomotive engineers reached a contract agreement today just as Parliament was preparing to force them

Supply chain technology provider Descartes Systems Group generated a 15 percent increase in service revenue to boost pre-tax income in the third quarter, but after-tax profit fell 57 percent.

The French government said Dec. 2 it is willing to help CMA CGM, but the troubled ocean container carrier must first sign a debt restructuring deal with its creditors.

The Department of Transportation’s infrastructure project spending under the stimulus law reached $6.3 billion through Nov. 20, up from $5.9 billion a week earlier.

Customs and Border Protection has made “limited progress” in implementing 100 percent scanning of U.S.-bound cargo containers, according to a report released Wednesday by the Government Ac

A Wall Street transportation analyst said market conditions are throwing serious doubt on whether YRC Worldwide’s proposed debt-for-equity exchange can win a vote by bondholders Dec.

DP World’s planned container hub on the river Thames near London is facing renewed uncertainty amid reports of financing problems for the Dubai firm’s flagship project.

President Obama plans to nominate attorney Michael A.

Israel Corp., the majority shareholder in Zim Integrated Shipping Services, said it has named Nir Gilad as chairman of the troubled shipping line, replacing Idan Ofer whose five-year term has ended.

South Korea’s largest container carrier, Hanjin Shipping, expects the recession-bound industry to recover by late next year, Chairwoman Choi Eun-Young said on Wednesday.

As part of its strategy of selling off non-core assets, A.P. Moller-Maersk agreed to sell its Rosti Technical Plastics Holding unit to privately owned Nordstjernan of Sweden for an undisclosed sum.

In a continuing drumbeat of rate increases on its global services, Evergreen Line on Wednesday announced that it will boost rates on all cargoes and commodities including reefer and special equipment

Groupe Eurotunnel, the operator of the Channel tunnel between the UK and France, has acquired the French operations of Veolia Cargo, the biggest private rail cargo company in Europe's second largest r

Italian port unions have called for a 24 hour nationwide strike on Dec. 18 in a dispute over planned reforms of waterfront labor laws.

With the White House preparing for a Dec.

Although ships are keeping their schedules at the Port of Halifax, N.S., the strike by locomotive engineers against Canadian National Railway is affecting railcar supply and some marine operations.

The Port of Prince Rupert on British Columbia’s remote northern coast, although tied to the U.S.

The Canadian Industrial Transportation Association warned that the strike by train engineers against Canadian National Railway could derail the economy, and urged members of Parliament to unite around

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AirBridgeCargo Airlines, the scheduled cargo subsidiary of Volga-Dnepr Group and Russia’s largest international cargo carrier, added a fourth 747-400 extended range freighter to its fleet.

Saddle Creek Corporation acquired ServiceCraft Logistics, a third-party logistics company headquartered in Buena Park, Calif.

Hanjin Shipping and three other South Korean shipping lines agreed to borrow $630 million from 13 lenders to refinance liquefied natural gas vessels, according to Bloomberg News.

Customs and Border Protection intends to close its drawback office for the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, according to an announcement Tuesday in the Federal Register. The agency set a Dec.

Two of the biggest names in trucking software were combined today as TMW Systems acquired Innovative Computing for an undisclosed price.

Bob Whitney is retiring as general manager of MD Logistics in Plainfield, Ind. At the same time, the company appointed two people to executive positions.

UPS Canada on Dec. 1 formally opened a $70 million expansion of its Toronto distribution center, the largest single Canadian investment for the global package delivery company.

FMCSA is pleased to announce that Benisse Lester, M.D., has been appointed as the Chief Medical Officer for the Agency.

Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) Chief Commerical Officer Roy Schleicher has been honored with this year's International Business Leader Award by the Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce, th

Surface trade between the United States and its partners in the North American Free Trade Agreement completed a cycle in September of 12 consecutive months of steep declines. U.S.

Canadian National Railway is asking customers to help it line up their freight for easier train pickup by taking steps to curb railcar switching by CN while its locomotive engineers are on strike.

The Southern California clean-truck program by Jan. 1 will have reduced diesel pollution in the harbor by 80 percent, a full two years ahead of schedule.

Port operations at Halifax, N.S., are feeling the impact of a locomotive engineers strike against Canadian National Railway.

Growth in US manufacturing sector slowed in November as a closely watched report on factory activity slipped back 2.1 percentage points, the Institute for Supply Management reported Tuesday.

Lloyd’s Register Classification Society (China) teamed up with Shanghai Bestway Marine Engineering Design to develop a new fuel-efficient bulk carrier that can satisfy demands by shipowners and

Container traffic rose 5 percent at Marseilles in the first ten months of 2009 compared with a year ago even as France's biggest port suffered a double digit decline in overall cargo volume.

Bob Magee, an executive with Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Sea Star Line and their holding company, died Monday, Saltchuk Resources announced.