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WASHINGTON, November 18, 2009 – Command Consulting Group (CCG) is pleased to announce that retiring U.S. Border Patrol Deputy Chief Ronald S.

The Port of Long Beach and terminal operator China Merchants Holdings International signed a comprehensive environmental exchange agreement to add and improve “green” technologies and prac

Infrastructure project spending under the stimulus law by the Department of Transportation reached $5.9 billion through Nov. 13, a nearly $2 billion increase since the beginning of October.

Chicago’s package of construction projects to untangle a time-wasting spaghetti bowl of freight and passenger rail lines officially got a little smaller, but it remains a huge plan that is widel

The U.S. Postal Service said Friday it is narrowing its list of stations and branches under review for possible closure down to 241, part of an effort to cut millions of dollars in operating costs.

Trade groups representing the nation’s retailers are lending their support to legislation that will extend key trade preference programs that were due to expire on Dec. 31.

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday approved the nomination of Erroll Southers to be the next head of the Transportation Security Administration.

Cargo traffic for Europe’s air carriers fell at the slimmest rate in almost a year in September, the Association of European Airlines said in a mixed report that showed the downturn in expedited

Three cranes and a unique barge haul system arrived at Mobile yesterday on the Zhen Hua 25, a heavy-lift ship designed to carry fully assembled cranes and other breakbulk and project cargo components,

CMA CGM is seeking $300 million to $400 million from outside investors to restore its finances as it faces a heavy bill for containership orders, said Jacques Saade, chairman of the French ocean carri

PD Ports, the UK ports and logistics business that owns Teesport and Humber Ports, confirmed Friday that 100 percent of its equity has been acquired by Canadian-based Brookfield Asset Management.

Aided by grain loadings and increases in a number of other cargoes, small North American railroads picked up more shipments in the week ending Nov. 14 than in the previous week.

FedEx Ground, the small-package ground delivery unit of FedEx, this week opened a distribution facility in Medley, Fla.

Pilots at ABX Air approved a collective bargaining agreement this week the cargo airline says will help the company build a long-term contract with main customer DHL.

Lufthansa Cargo, moving to meet new security requirements in the United States, is adding at three key gateways screening equipment capable of X-raying the entire contents of air cargo containers, the

Hanjin Shipping on Friday joined Maersk Line, Evergreen, Mediterranean Shipping Co.

Intermodal drayage specialist C&K Trucking, Chicago, acquired competitor Transportation Made Simple, expanding the size of its fleet by one third to approximately 600 trucks and adding muscle in s

Five environmental organizations filed two different suits Thursday to challenge the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project to deepen the Delaware River to 45 feet.

The bigger trucks come, the greener they may run, a trucking research group claims.

The Antwerp Port Authority today announced that it will during 2010 freeze most port dues at 2008 levels, keep concession fees and some port dues at 2009 levels, and further reduce dues for the transs

Three private investment groups are considering investing in CMA CGM, potentially bringing a needed cash infusion into the world’s third-largest container line, according to Bloomberg News.

A boost in several large cargoes, including a new 2009 peak for hauls of motor vehicles and equipment, lifted traffic at major U.S. railroads in the week ending Nov. 14.

OOCL will increase some freight rates in December, the company announced Thursday, Nov. 19.

OOCL Logistics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orient Overseas (International) Ltd., launched Payment Audit, the third in a series of supply chain management software packages.

The trucking industry is still mired in the recession and likely won’t pull out until some time next year, according to a widely accepted index of conditions in the market.

Changi Airport Group is seeking a ground handler to help serve the 85 airlines operating at Singapore Changi Airport.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index increased 0.3 percent in October, following a trend of gains in every month since hitting bottom in March.

Montana is suing BNSF Railway over payments for a short line’s grain shipments, while BNSF is saying “our actions are legal” and that it is trying to offer the state’s shippers

Air France-KLM said its cargo unit booked a $219 million second quarter loss against a year earlier profit of nearly $15 million and won't break even for at least another eighteen months.

The Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for catastrophic flooding during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, a U.S. district judge in New Orleans ruled on Wednesday.

Container traffic at major ports in India fell 6 percent in the April-October period, the first seven months of fiscal 2009-10, despite a 3.6-percent increase in overall tonnage.

Ceva Group, the global supply chain management company, reported third quarter earnings fell 33 percent from a year ago on reduced transport volume and a deflated air freight market.

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee called off a meeting late Wednesday in which it was to consider the nomination of Earl Southers to be the new head of the Transportation

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Rail carriers and their customers were encouraged by the brief peak shipping season this fall and anticipate modest growth in traffic in 2010.

The planned purchase of BNSF Railway by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway could cause a change in how the Surface Transportation Board calculates a key cost formula that helps it shape some ra

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said no talks are under way with ABF Freight System that would result in concessions for its members.

The Natural Resources Defense Council is asking the Long Beach City Council to review the Oct.

A bipartisan group of senators is calling for action that would extend the surface transportation bill to create jobs and spur economic recovery.

Werner Enterprises isn’t waiting for a U.S. economic recovery — it’s searching for one in Australia.