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The economic recession has changed the rules of the game for ports and terminal operators.

Federal regulators have a message for freight shippers or others who want to put a big complaint on rail issues before the Surface Transportation Board: Those commissioners will now want to hear the a

The United States is not likely to see large-scale privatization of transportation infrastructure like the deals states struck with private-sector investors just three or four years ago, but anyone wh

The top Republican on the Senate’s Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee predicts truckers, manufacturers and other key industry groups will push for a higher federal fuel tax, with annual in

On a recent Wednesday afternoon at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, the departures board showed a single flight to Beijing — right above five listings for Bentonville, Ark.

As debate rages on Capitol Hill over how to raise $500 billion or more to bring surface transportation infrastructure up to par, Mary E.

Orient Overseas Container Line is launching two rounds of rate increases for intra-Asia cargo. The first applies to dry cargo from Hong Kong, Macau and South China bound for Japan starting Oct. 26.

For the second time, YRC Worldwide employees in Teamsters Local 710 in Chicago rejected wage and benefit cuts proposed by the company and union, a dissident labor group reports.

Airgroup, a subsidiary of air forwarder Radiant Logistics, opened an office in San Antonio, Texas.

CMA CGM added a call at Saigon Premier Container Terminal beginning Friday, Oct. 16 on its FAS Vietnam service.

FedEx Express completed expansions of a hub in France and a bonded warehouse in Mexico this week, strengthening the infrastructure in its global network.

The captain of the M/V Theotokos was sentenced Thursday to six months in prison and four months community confinement after pleading guilty to one violation of environmental law and two violations of

Pirates in the Indian Ocean hijacked a Singapore-flag container ship some 300 nautical miles north of the Seychelles, signaling a resurgence in attacks on ships using trade lanes near the coast of Som

Industrial production grew 0.7 percent in September and expanded on an annual basis in the third quarter for the first time in more than a year, the Federal Reserve reported Friday.

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen on Thursday placed National President Edward Rodzwicz on a leave of absence pending outcome of the charges levied against him by the U.S.

Grain industry firm Archer Daniels Midland acquired five oceangoing dry-bulk ships of varying sizes to haul “all types of grain, grain products and bulk commodities to and from ports in Europe,

NEW ORLEANS -- The surge in piracy in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean is causing ocean carriers, cargo interests and insurers to take a fresh look at their insurance coverage, a marine insurance exe

The Los Angeles Harbor Commission Thursday agreed to extend its contract with the Gephardt Group lobbying firm to promote legislation in Washington that is favorable to the port's clean-truck program.

The economy is stabilizing but will take time to adjust to a "less spendthrift" consumer, and a rebound in U.S.

North America’s small railroads – regional carriers and low-mileage short lines – pushed their volume to 92,646 new loads in the week ending Oct.

(Irvine, CA-October 13, 2009) Aeronet, a leader in integrated logistics solutions, announced the appointment of Tony L. Medeiros as President and Chief Executive Officer of Aeronet, Inc.

Global logistics provider Agility will open U.S.

Container traffic in Rotterdam fell 13 percent in the first nine months of 2009 from a year ago, a slight improvement on the 15 percent drop in first half volume.

New intermodal loadings spiked at major U.S. railroads last week to their peak level so far this year, but carloads of bulk materials and heavy machinery or equipment slumped.

Descartes joined SAP's Industry Value Network for Travel & Logistics Services, an interactive community of independent technology vendors, systems integrators and customers working together to ide

One year after implementing its “safety culture” program, global terminal operator APM cut significant injuries by 40 percent.

Membership is growing in a worldwide organization dedicated to stopping cargo crime.

Maersk Line, the world’s largest ocean container carrier, is expanding its service in the breakbulk and out-of-gauge equipment market.

In a market that has been utterly stagnant, a Middle East oil tanker operator signed the first container ship order anywhere in the world since October 2008.

Customs and Border Protection and the Treasury Department would like to end a duty drawback practice the agencies claim allows goods subject to federal excise tax to enter U.S.

Edward W. Rodzwicz, national president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, faces a federal charge of bribery.

Freight transportation was on the upswing through the summer, as indicated by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s closely watched Transportation Services Index.

Barge builder and operator American Commercial Lines said it is taking advantage of low steel costs to have its Jeffboat manufacturing unit build 50 covered hopper barges for its Transportation Servic

NEW ORLEANS -- Buoyed by a weak dollar and recovering demand among emerging markets, U.S.

The Coast Guard is giving interested parties an additional three weeks to comment on proposed standards for foreign organisms in ships’ ballast water.

Striking postal workers disrupted service at many units of the UK’s Royal Mail in London on Wednesday. More local action is planned at the London Airmail Unit for Thursday, Oct. 15.

The Port of Beaumont, Texas, plans next month to open a $22 million wharf as the first step in developing 240 acres to handle steel and other cargoes.

Definitions of terms used in buyer-seller contracts involving the transfer of goods are on track for revision by 2011, the U.S.

Landstar System suffered a 38.7 percent decline in net profit in the third quarter, to $20.1 million, on a sharp drop in shipping demand across its trucking and brokerage businesses, the truckload ope

Containership charter rates are testing fresh lows, and hire periods are shrinking rapidly as ocean carriers rein in leased box capacity in a bid to narrow the huge supply/demand gap.