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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.

The Transportation Security Administration has not effectively assured the security of air cargo while it is being handled by personnel on the ground, the Department of Homeland Security inspector gen

Shippers in Canada are diverting some cargo away from Vancouver to U.S ports, as ripple effects spread from the strike by locomotive engineers against Canadian National Railway.

The Teamsters union launched a campaign to organize 1,500 workers at the Challenger Group, one of Canada's largest privately owned trucking companies.

Canada’s top West Coast port is warning the government and industry that the new strike by locomotive engineers against Canadian National Railway could leave lasting damage.

Canadian Pacific teamed up with the Canadian government’s Natural Resources ministry to test the use of biodiesel fuel, in what CP says will be “the first time biodiesel will be used in Ca

David A. Brown will become the chief operating officer at eastern-U.S. railroad CSX Transportation when Tony Ingram retires from that post Dec. 31.

Diesel fell 1.2 cents to $2.775 per gallon last week, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Freight volume is increasing faster than anticipated at truckload giant Landstar System, which told analysts today it expects positive year-over-year load count growth in the fourth quarter.

The chief executive officer of International Lease Finance Corp.

ProLogis said Monday the European commercial real estate market is stabilizing after announcing lease agreements for some 378,000 square feet at distribution centers across the continent.

While the average online shopper spent more on purchases than last year, consumers who went out to the stores for Black Friday weekend spent less, bringing total consumer spending for the three day st

Dubai's state-owned Emirates Airlines, a passenger and cargo carrier, said it will not be forced to cancel any aircraft orders following the debt crisis afflicting the Persian Gulf emirate.

With North American demand for rail equipment still weak, locomotive builder GE Transportation is expanding operations in China while partnering with China’s Ministry of Railways to target U.S.

Warren Buffett isn’t the only investor interested in transportation companies.

Warren Buffett’s buyout of BNSF Railway may be running smoothly toward completion early next year, but it is sending ripples down the tracks to rail lines and shippers.

Baltimore is getting ready for a bigger Panama Canal.

Approaching cargo interests at the National Industrial Transportation League’s annual convention in Anaheim, Calif., this month, Ronald D. Widdows spoke with a bit of a swagger.

The plans for a new shipping passageway in Central America to rival the Panama Canal may flow through the Middle East.

Hoping to shift more freight off its road and onto rail, India is building a network of rail-based logistics hubs for its growing automotive industry.

When the Central America Free Trade Agreement squeaked through Congress four years ago, U.S. textile and apparel importers rejoiced.

It has taken all of this year, but if lawmakers get railroads and their customers to accept a legislative deal that Senate staff has been patching together for months, a major rail reform bill could m

As new chairman, Lidinsky plans a more active role for agency in U.S. and world maritime issues

The fog of war is descending on the battle over port trucking.

For businesses to benefit from U.S. trade preference programs, David Love says they need four elements: stability, predictability and easy-to-obey rules of origin for exporters. The fourth element?

When the CMA CGM Christoph Colomb pushed out of a South Korean shipyard early this month, the massive vessel set several records for its scale, but nothing was quite as breathtaking to the trans

TEU Turnaround Coming in First Quarter

The decline in international air cargo traffic slowed significantly in October with volume just 0.5 percent below a year ago, the International Air Transport Association said.

Canada’s labor minister plans to offer legislation to force an end to the two-day-old strike against Canadian National Railway by locomotive engineers.

Freight airline Cargolux will lose more than $100 million in 2009, its third consecutive annual loss, the head of the Luxembourg-based carrier said.

An MD-11 freighter crashed on takeoff from Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport on Saturday, killing three crewmembers.

David M. Stone, a retired rear admiral who was the third head of the Transportation Security Administration, died recently while on a visit to Washington. He was 57.

Retailers found a lot to be grateful for this year on the day after Thanksgiving. Sales were up in volume, according to early indicators, and consumers were spending more money on each purchase.

Locomotive engineers in Canada launched a strike against Canadian National Railway early Nov.