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Canadian Pacific Railway, looking to capitalize on the regulatory stability and supply chain collaboration Canada has developed, intends to help the Port of Vancouver increase its share of the lucrati

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The House of Representatives broke into a sharp fight over extending federal highway program spending by three months, as Republican leaders tried to force backers to pledge they would take a motor fu

Maersk Line may reverse its decision to leave the Port of Charleston at the end of 2010 if the South Carolina State Ports Authority can seal an agreement under discussion this week, the port's new chi

Choice Logistics, a mission-critical service parts specialist, hired Erik Rodriguez as director of global distribution.

The House passed a new extension of funding for the Federal Aviation Administration Wednesday, as members conceded they still can't cope with a broader and long-delayed plan that would overhaul the na

The chairman of a key Senate subcommittee today told trucking industry official Anne S.

Norfolk Southern Railway got two major rail routes back in service after days of flood closures this week around Atlanta, but it will be a while before traffic is back to normal.

After a barrage of 141 comments, Customs and Border Protection sounded retreat on a proposal to change its interpretation of the Jones Act for transportation of oil production equipment in the Gulf of

A long-planned project to turn two brownfield sites on the Delaware River into a breakbulk, project cargo and bulk port is now underway at Paulsboro, N.J.

Multi-purpose heavy lift carrier BBC Chartering USA’s Andino Express Line will begin a monthly sailing from the Port of West Palm Beach to Northern Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile beginning in

Estes Express Lines is picking up the pace of competition by slicing a day from transit times for freight moving from 26 terminals in its less-than-truckload network.

RailAmerica, the large owner of small railroads that is now owned entirely by Fortress Investment Group, increased the amount of its planned offering of public shares to $450 million from an earlier $

The deep global recession is over and a new expansion has already begun, according to a new report by IHS Global Insight, the economic research firm.

The global recession is putting unprecedented pressure on third-party logistics providers, according to an industry survey released Sept.

The New York Times joined labor and highway safety interests opposed to the nomination of state trucking association leader Anne S.

Members of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals elected officers and appointed chairs to the group’s 2009-2010 board of directors during the annual business meeting held Sept.

World Trade Organization (WTO) director-general Pascal Lamy said Tuesday that he was cautious about prospects for concluding the Doha Round of global trade negotiations despite the detailed "work

DHL Express, the global delivery company, launched a 767 freighter express service across the Atlantic.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services unilaterally decided to cut all of its long-term charter hire payments to ship owners by 35 percent for three years starting Sept.

President Obama said he will nominate Alan D. Bersin as commissioner for the Customs and Border Protection agency.

Evergreen Lines said it will apply its general rate restoration program to eastbound shipments starting Oct.

In the face of insistence by leaders in the House of Representatives to extend soon-to-expire federal highway programs by only three months, some senators are beginning to move away from plans for an

FedEx Express took delivery Tuesday of its first 777 freighter during ceremonies with the Boeing Company in Everett, Wash.

China appealed the Aug.

Total U.S. imports of steel declined 13.8 percent to 854,000 tons in August compared with 991,000 tons in July, based on preliminary reporting.

John Ryan will direct sales in the New York region for cargo sales agent Airline Network Services.

International Longshoremen's Association delegates who rejected a two-year contract extension for Atlantic and Gulf dockworkers three weeks ago will revisit the issue next week at a special meeting in

Kenny Nova joined Aljex Software as vice president, corporate development.

Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas Container Line on Sept. 22 announced another in a series of “rate restorations.”

State highway officials warn that unless Congress acts, they will lose $8.7 billion in money allocated for projects ranging from interstate highway maintenance to safe routes for school buses on Oct.

FreightCar America earned a $7 million profit in the second quarter, with revenue as it earlier indicated at $104 million, the railcar manufacturer said in its delayed financial report after completin

DHL officials said Tuesday they did not lose "significant" amounts of international express business as a result of the carrier's withdrawal from domestic air express service in the United S

The Coast Guard will hold six public meetings to gather public comment on proposed rules to stop the spread of foreign and nuisance organisms by way of ships’ ballast water.

Machinery manufacturer Krones awarded Panalpina the distribution of spare parts from Europe into the Asia Pacific and Greater China area.

The House this week will consider two stopgap transportation bills to keep the Federal Aviation Administration and the highway program operating through the end of 2009 with no changes in programs or

Mediterranean Shipping on Monday announced rate increases that will take effect Oct. 19 from Mexican Gulf ports to ports in the Caribbean.

Douglas G. Duncan, the executive who has led FedEx Freight from its inception, will retire next February, the company announced.

Hanjin Shipping plans to launch two new vessel-sharing agreements with services covering the Far East, India and the Middle East in November that will replace an existing Hanjin loop.

Eivind Kolding, the CEO of Maersk Line, will deliver the keynote speech at The Journal of Commerce’s 2010 Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference in Long Beach on March 1, the JoC Conferences Division