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A rise in railcar loads of coal, plus metal industry inputs of scrap and metallic ores, pushed bulk carloadings up by 2,990 units for major U.S. railroads in the week ending Aug.

The Environmental Protection Agency is forming a partnership with shippers, carriers and cargo consolidators to develop a national certification program and rating system for port drayage trucks.

DP World, the world’s fourth largest container terminal operator, warned of tough conditions ahead as net profit in the first half of 2009 fell by around a third from a year ago on lower box vol

Clarksons, the world's biggest shipbroker and shipping services company, reported first half operating profit dipped 35 percent from a year ago as shipping markets weakened on reduced global trade.

Asia-Pacific airlines saw their best month for freight traffic in 2009 in July as they pulled capacity back faster than falling demand and recorded their smallest year-over-decline in freight traffic

The year long decline in global air cargo slowed in July but revenue and freight rates remain under intense pressure, the International Air Transport Association said.

Japan's trade surplus rose 364.2 percent in July compared with the same month last year, to $4.06 billion, the finance minister said Wednesday, but the news reflected more weakness than strength.

World trade volume rose 2.5 percent in June from the previous month following a revised 1.4 percent decline in May, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis said.

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is soliciting comment on how to regulate pallets and other wood packaging material to combat the spread of tree-killing insects such as the emerald ash b

The Department of Transportation pushed its stimulus project payouts to $2.023 billion in the week ending Aug.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services, the troubled Israeli ocean container carrier, reported a second quarter loss of $186 million compared with $42 million deficit a year ago, swelling first half losses

The Bureau of Economic Analysis in its second estimate on Thursday confirmed last month’s advance estimate of a 1 percent decrease in gross domestic product.

Evergreen Line and the four lines of the CKYH Alliance (Coscon, “K”LINE, Yang Ming, Hanjin Shipping) will launch a cooperative service in the U.S.

The Jumbo Jubilee set a tandem heavy-lift record at the Huisman shipyard in Schiedam, Netherlands, this month when it lifted a 1,980-metric-ton ballasted pontoon with two 900-ton mast cranes.

Universal Africa Lines opened a new South African branch and launched a fortnightly shipping route to supply West African oil and gas exploration and production bases.

The Port of Galveston promoted Diane Falcioni to the position of director of governmental relations and legislative affairs.

Tonnage actually hauled by trucks decreased in July, whether compared with June’s dismal contraction or with July of a year ago.

Los Angeles International Airport saw its strongest sign yet that the decline in trans-Pacific shipping has bottomed out as the airport reported its slimmest drop in air freight tonnage in a year in J

Seeking to distance itself from ports that want to take over regulation of harbor trucking, the Port of Long Beach notified shipper organizations this week that it will not join the lobbying efforts.<

Illinois will ask Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to award $300 million to a multi-year project to untangle its congested freight and passenger rail lines, under a $1.5 billion discretionary fundi

The top two officers at the International Longshoremen&rsquo;s Association proclaimed peace within the union on Wednesday in the immediate aftermath of an acrimonious leadership meeting that drew pick

Matson Navigation Company Chairman James S. Andrasick is retiring from the company, effective Sept. 1. He has been Matson&rsquo;s chairman since Oct.

New York City is scrubbing soot from its skyline by turning to electric vehicles, from heavy trucks to compact cars.

Maersk Line will make several changes in its trans-Pacific services in September and October as it adjusts capacity to lower demand and tries to push rates back up to what it described as sustainable

Just before the August congressional recess, a member filed a bill to provide grants for ports to clean up the air. The bill is due to be considered when congress returns Sept. 8.

A truck driver working for UPS was killed Tuesday after his vehicle went off road and struck a concrete bridge pillar on an Indiana highway.

U.S. rail equipment maker Wabtec said its subsidiary in Doncaster, England, won a $9 million contract to build 24 specialty trackbed maintenance cars for Irish Rail.

For the first time, China overtook Germany as the world's biggest exporter during the first half of 2009, the World Trade Organization reported Tuesday.

New orders for manufactured durable goods in July made the largest percent increase in two years, according to a report Aug. 26 from the U.S. Census Bureau.

United Arab Shipping will launch a container service called the IEC2 linking the Indian Subcontinent, the Arabian Gulf and North Europe, starting in mid-September.

The city state of Hamburg on August 25 agreed to an additional capital injection for Hapag-Lloyd, boosting the ailing ocean container carrier's chances of securing $1.7 billion in loan guarantees from

Israel Corp.&rsquo;s recovery plan for Zim Integrated Shipping Services suffered a setback after management failed to get shareholder approval for a $100 million cash infusion for the struggling ocean

Three container lines will suspend a joint service between Asia and the U.S.

The state of Illinois is seeking about $550 million in federal passenger rail grants under the Recovery Act, with most of the money aimed at projects that tie into freight rail corridors as well.

Total steel imports to the United States rose 14 percent in July, compared with June, to 893,202 metric tons, according to preliminary data issued Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

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The Air Line Pilots Association is calling on the U.S.

Global logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel opened a facility in Sochi, Russia, the city on the northeast coast of the Black Sea that will host the Olympic Winter Games in 2014.

As of September 14, breakbulk and project cargo carrier BBC Chartering will be reducing its tariff by 20 percent for its breakbulk liner routes serving South America.

Stimulus grants from the Environmental Protection Agency are putting millions of dollars into revamping truck stops so they can offer piped-in air and electronic services to parked rigs, allowing truc