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A broad group of retailers and other shippers called on the mayors of New York and Newark, N.J., to withdraw their support for changes in federal law that would allow local regulators to bar independe

After losing $143.2 million in the second quarter, Quality returned to profit in the third quarter and improved upon last year’s third quarter profit.

Freight volume in trucking’s spot market rose 10 percent in October, said TransCore, which reported the first year-over-year increase this year in the TransCore Freight Index.

The National Mediation Board proposed an amendment to its Railway Labor Act rules to provide that, in representation disputes, a majority of valid ballots cast will determine the craft or class repres

Atlantic Container Line will raise rates on the North Atlantic in two stages over the next three months. The first phase will begin Dec. 1 and the second on Feb. 1, ACL said.

Seaspan, the Hong Kong charter ship owner, posted a loss of $65.9 million for the third quarter ended Sept.

Forwarding giant Nippon Express suffered sharp declines in sales and profit in the six months ending Sept. 30, the company said.

The Southern Africa Europe Container Service Lines will introduce an additional container service to accommodate primarily the seasonal increase in refrigerated exports from South Africa to Europe dur

Zim Integrated Shipping Services said its parent Israel Corp.

Pacer International, seeking to settle a contracting issue central to the company’s intermodal business, announced Tuesday it reached a multi-year agreement with Union Pacific Railroad for new r

Con-way profit fell by two-thirds in the third quarter from $40.5 million a year ago to $13.5 million in the three months ending Sept. 30.

International short line operator Genesee & Wyoming earned a profit of $21.7 million in the third quarter, just 2 percent higher than in the same period a year ago.

Expeditors International of Washington saw its net profit fall 33 percent in the third quarter, to $57.8 million, as tighter capacity and rising prices in ocean and air transport services cut into fre

The planned purchase of BNSF Railway by Berkshire Hathaway underscores the value of railroads generally, according to Wall Street analysts.

New orders and shipments of manufactured goods are growing, but unfilled orders and inventories are still shrinking, according to the latest report from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Officials from the Hamilton Port Authority recently signed a memo of understanding with the Halifax Port Authority aimed at advancing short-sea shipping services.

Third quarter earnings for Wilh.

Dock workers in Piraeus began a 48 hour strike Nov. 3 in a fresh bid to prevent China's Cosco Pacific taking over two of the three container quays at Greece's biggest port.

Shipping lines that carry U.S. exports to Asia are planning another round of rate increases for key containerized commodities.

The Clorox Co. says it will stop using chlorine in its signature bleach product because of growing concerns over the safety and oversight of transporting the product on railroads.

The marine highways program, domestic shipbuilding and port infrastructure development were big civilian winners in the Department of Defense authorization bill that President Obama signed Oct.

YRC Worldwide stock tanked on Wall Street this week as the company launched a debt-for-equity exchange one analyst compared to a “controlled bankruptcy.”

Norfolk Southern Railway and Pennsylvania’s state government will spend $11 million to expand track and parking in the railroad’s Philadelphia Navy Yard intermodal facility.

William J. Logue, a veteran FedEx Express executive, will become president of FedEx Freight, the express giant’s $4.6 billion trucking arm, Dec. 1.

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway announced Tuesday it will buy the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad in a transaction worth an estimated $34 billion.

The prices of the kinds of commodities that manufacturers around the world use to make industrial products hit a record high in the week at the end of October, according to the Industrial price Index

The retail price of diesel rose seven-tenths of a cent last week, the fourth straight week of increases in the national average, according to the U.S.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. said Monday it will add calls at Norfolk to the revised port rotation of its Golden Gate Service from Asia via the Suez Canal.

Panalpina launched an online transportation rate management hub on the GT Nexus Trade and Logistics Portal, supporting all ocean trade lanes across all carriers that Panalpina works with.

PORT CANAVERAL, FL— November 2, 2009 – Merritt Island resident Ralph Kennedy has stepped down from the Canaveral Port Authority Board of Commissioners.

Freight management provider Geodis Wilson has appointed Mathieu Renard Biron as their new Regional Vice President for Asia Pacific.

YRC Worldwide will launch a debt-for-equity exchange offer this week that could wipe more than $500 million in debt from the financially-troubled trucker's books.

The manufacturing sector expanded solidly in October as the PMI index of business activity surged 3.1 percentage points to 55.7 percent, the highest rate of growth since April 2006.

The closely watched Cass Freight Index of U.S.

Evergreen Marine Corp.

An Internal Revenue Service decision to reverse a previous assessment that FedEx had misclassified some package delivery drivers marks a strong victory for the carrier and its use of independent contr

Mediterranean Shipping Company posted a two-stage general rate increase on Monday for cargos imported from ports in North Europe and the Mediterranean to the United States, Canada and Mexico.

TNT, Europe's second largest mail and express company, reported its fifth consecutive quarter of declining earnings, but said its express operations are showing early signs of growth.

Ocean container carriers seeking extra cargoes are failing to grab market share from conventional refrigerated vessels despite "desperate marketing and pricing tactics," a leading reefer ope

Maersk Line on Monday announced a general rate increase as of Nov. 15 on cargo it carries from South Asia and the Middle East to Europe.