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Quality Distribution sold one of its tank cleaning subsidiaries to a company formed by its former president.

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics boosted the frequency of its Japan-Korea-China roll-on, roll-off shipping service, citing a "resurgence" of trade among the three countries.

Short line holding company Genesee &Wyoming said traffic fell 16.7 percent in the third quarter on lines it held a year earlier, but newly acquired properties brought in enough business that its c

Frankfurt airport handled 5.4 percent less cargo in September than a year ago, the third consecutive single digit monthly decline at Europe’s top freight hub.

The Toll Group, Asia’s largest third party logistics provider, acquired Footwork Express, one of Japan’s top ten logistics companies, pending regulatory approval.

RailAmerica said its initial public offering of stock – 10.5 million shares by the short line holding firm and 11.5 million by an affiliate of its owner, Fortress Investment Group – priced

CMA CGM is piloting INTTRA's Web-based eInvoice software with select customers in North America. The system helps carriers and customers to submit, receive, review and process invoices.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. will increase rates on westbound cargo from the United States to Asia, effective Nov. 16.

Executives of the Union Pacific and BNSF railroads will join representatives of the six major West Coast container ports to promote the ports as an efficient and environmentally-friendly gateway for A

Customs and Border Protection’s advanced computer system for processing documentation is taking longer to develop and will cost more than anticipated, but completing development of the Automated

The UK Treasury on Oct.

Deliveries of steel to the marketplace will shrink 8.6 percent worldwide to 1.1 billion metric tons by the end of the year, according to the Brussels-based World Steel Association.

The year long decline in container traffic on the key Asia-Europe trade slowed in August as rising European exports partially compensated for lower shipments from the Far East.

The port of Antwerp gave a qualified welcome to the Dutch government's decision to deepen the river Scheldt, the port’s access to the North Sea.

A joint venture between the Rockefeller Group and MeadWestvaco will develop a 1.1 million square foot distribution center at the Port of Charleston, S.C., for auto tire marketer TBC.

Hosni Mubarak, president of the Arab Republic of Egypt, visited the Suez Canal Container Terminal to review the expansion of the five-year old facility.

Agility, TNT and UPS are contributing expertise and facilities in a massive international response to flooding in the Philippines and an earthquake in Indonesia.

YRC Worldwide won an extension of a deadline by which it must have and maintain $100 million in liquidity — but only for a few weeks — as it strives to avoid bankruptcy.

Neptune Orient Lines reported its first year-over-year expansion in ocean container volume in a year Monday in a report that showed the operator’s strongest demand for shipping so far in 2009.

Payments by the Department of Transportation to states for infrastructure stimulus projects reached $3.652 billion as of Sept. 30, the administration said.

Israel Corp., the parent of Zim Integrated Shipping, announced a two-week delay to a shareholders' meeting to vote on a recovery plan for the financially ailing ocean container carrier.

Logistics provider Dachser launched Oct. 1 a national presence in Romania with three branch offices in the cities of Arad, Brasov and Bucharest.

The Georgia Ports Authority says U.S. House approval of nearly $15 million for work at the Port of Savannah marks an important step in expanding the site’s cargo handling capacity.

The port of Piraeus is at a standstill Oct.

Trade disputes with China and Mexico could define the future course of relations with key trading partners during the Obama administration, customs brokers were told at the weekend.

Port Newark Container Terminal will keep its truck gates open on Monday’s Columbus Day holiday to clear a backlog that has clogged nearby streets with lines of trucks since Mediterranean Shippin

Stung by diminishing work and concerned about a further loss of cargo when the Panama Canal is enlarged in 2014, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union is embarking upon a new era of cooperat

Trans-Pacific Carriers Aim High on Rates

For importers buying from Asia and the ocean, intermodal rail and motor carriers transporting their goods to U.S. destinations, this is as busy as it’s going to get this year.

A former top rail regulatory lawyer is asking the Surface Transportation Board to review its December decision allowing Canadian National Railway to acquire a suburban Chicago short line.

The House was supposed to treat the Surface Transportation Extension Act as noncontroversial, low-key legislation that could pass on a voice vote. When the bill came up on Sept.

Intermodal equipment providers who fear the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Dec.

Q: I recently came across a major motor carrier’s tariff that applied a 1.5 percent penalty per month for any freight bill payments “not received within 15 calendar days of the date of invoice” or any

Rail traffic was already on shaky ground when heavy rainstorms in the Southeast waterlogged key parts of the national network during what should have been a busy workweek.

Shell companies in an offshore location. Benefits in the form of corporate tax deferrals. Distributions to owners of closely held private corporations.

Users of East and Gulf Coast ports are looking forward to three years of labor peace between the International Longshoremen’s Association and waterfront employers.

Shippers have been watching the financial perils of troubled carriers unfold in recent weeks, fearing the demise of a major carrier could disrupt their supply chains.

A minority stake in the short line holding company RailAmerica, owned by Fortress Investment Group, will be offered for sale through an initial public offering of common stock.

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke isn’t wasting time in scraping the crust off what many see as antiquated export controls.