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Highway-led spending pushed total Department of Transportation payments under the Recovery Act to $2.621 billion through Sept. 4, for an increase of $267 million from a week earlier.

The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles intend soon to eliminate a reporting requirement that cargo interests said was an unnecessary and costly administrative burden associated with the ports' clean-

Wal-Mart Stores is turning to the transportation industry for leadership in its fast-growing Asia business, naming DHL Express senior executive Scott Price as president and CEO of Walmart Asia.

Hapag-Lloyd will be able to fulfill criteria for loan guarantees to be provided by the German government, according to a report by Reuters.

Corn exports are likely to soar 100 million bushels higher this year than last as U.S. farmers produce a record yield per acre, according to a forecast released Friday by the U.S.

APM Terminals CEO Kim Fejfer and other company leaders inaugurated the company’s new head office in Dubai for the Africa, Middle East & Indian Subcontinent region.

APL is upgrading its twice-a-week Miami service connecting the United States with Central American ports.

Canadian National Railway opened a $14 million automobile unloading facility at its MacMillan Yard in Toronto that more than doubles the railcar spots available.

The chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee is expected soon to introduce legislation that could toughen rail competition rules for the first time since railroads were de

The economic outlook is improving in most of the 30 nations that belong to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Paris-based research organization said Friday.

At major U.S. railroads, even a minor decline in weekly traffic can look pretty good.

The Canadian government will provide the Montreal Port Authority up to US$8.4 million in infrastructure stimulus funding to build a common access portal for trucks.

FedEx issued an upbeat new view of the economy Friday, saying its earnings could end up nearly double earlier projections in part because of gains in international express shipping.

A crew member on a container ship died early Thursday after he fell overboard near the San Francisco Bay Bridge while preparing a portside gangway but not wearing a required life jacket, the company s

The Panama Canal Authority said Thursday it has received bids from a number of global engineering and construction firms for the contract to dredge the Atlantic entrance to the canal.

London - BAA, the world's biggest airport operator, said the decline in freight traffic at its seven UK hubs, including London Heathrow, slowed in August for the fourth month running.

President Obama, filling a key transport position on the eve of the anniversary of September 11, named Los Angeles airports security chief Erroll Southers to head the Transportation Security Administr

American Commercial Lines will realign its transportation services division, bringing operations management closer to employees and customers.

The Freight Transportation Services Index rose 1.6 percent in July from its June level, the first monthly increase since February and the largest increase since January 2008, the U.S.

After weeks of steady gains, freight traffic at small North American railroads in the week ending Sept. 5 slipped to its lowest level in a month, said the RMI RailConnect index.

The global recession has challenged all ports, including New Orleans, but the port is taking steps to improve its infrastructure and increase business, port President and CEO Gary LaGrange said on Wed

The Port of New Orleans will build a $40 million refrigerated storage facility for New Orleans Cold Storage at its uptown terminal rather than, as previously planned, at Governor Nicholls Wharf near t

Following a $50 million restoration after the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, Chiquita has moved back to its original berths on the Port of Gulfport’s west pier.

Frankfurt airport said the decline in cargo traffic slowed in August to the lowest rate in 2009, providing further evidence of recovery in the global air freight market.

CHAMP Cargosystems, a provider of IT solutions to airlines and freight forwarders, joined Cargo 2000.

Israel Corp., parent of Zim Integrated Shipping Services, announced it will hold a special shareholders meeting Oct.

Descartes Systems Group, which provides global logistics services on demand, announced that its revenue and net income grew during the latest quarter, and over the first six months of 2009.

The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services for July was $32 billion, up from $27.5 billion in June, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced Thursday.

Hanjin Shipping said its ship repair yard in China, ZESCO (Zhejiang Eastern Shipyard Co.) has received official approval from the Chinese government to repair foreign ships.

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Hanjin Shipping will join an intra-Asia vessel-sharing agreement service that connects India and the Far East as one of the joint operators at the end of September, the company announced Thursday.

Hamburg Süd consolidated its three West Coast liner services at a single terminal in the San Francisco Bay area.

Truck manufacturer Navistar International lost $12 million in the fiscal quarter ending July 31, but the company said Thursday it will be profitable for the full year despite “the worst truck ma

OOCL said it will raise freight rates on its routes from Asia to Australia in two stages beginning Sept. 15.

Unionized drivers at less-than-truckload carrier New Penn Motor Express, facing possible shutdown, approved concessions sought by financially troubled parent company YRC Worldwide, the Teamsters union

The Maritime Administration is warning vessel operators that piracy incidents may be on the uptick in the Horn of Africa region now that the monsoon season is over.

The Hague, Netherlands – Eight APM Terminals employees representing the company’s four operating regions and the Hague head office have recently completed the Maersk International Shipping

BBC Chartering & Logistic on Sept. 3 named Per Petersen president of BBC Chartering USA.

B.H.I.T, a Boca Raton, Fla. investment firm that has been looking to buy railroad service operations, said it acquired the stock of St.

DHL will eliminate 560 jobs in Germany as a result of the insolvency of German retailer Arcandor, the company announced.