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Responding to increased demand, Seaboard Marine will employ a larger ship in its weekly Port of New Orleans container service with Latin America.

i2 Technologies improved upon the profit earned from selling its software as a service products to semiconductor designers and supply chain planners.

Seaspan Corporation on Thursday reported net profit of $112.3 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, up 32 percent from the $85.3 million it earned in the same quarter last year.

Leif Rasmussen, a veteran of SAS Group and its various interests, will return to the company Aug. 17 as SAS Cargo’s new president and CEO.

Bulk carrier Quality Distribution posted a net loss of $186.2 million in the second quarter, primarily due to impairment charges and a related tax allowance.

The head of the United Transportation Union sent a quick apology to key senators after members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee erupted in anger over a union claim of influ

American Railcar Industries profit fell 82 percent to $1.1 million in the second quarter amid worries that one of its biggest customers, CIT, may seek bankruptcy protection.

China's trade surplus this year is likely to drop by 23.3 percent to $220 billion, the State Information Center, an influential government think tank, said in a report.

Intermodal shipping firm Pacer International lost $7.3 million in the April-June quarter, down from a $22.9 million profit a year earlier, as revenue fell 27 percent to $377 million.

The world’s three largest container lines said Thursday they are cutting capacity on two trans-Pacific services they operate under vessel-sharing agreements they formed last summer.

The growth of the world’s container fleet almost stalled during the past few weeks as ships are sent to the scrap yards in droves while deliveries of new ships are slowing, according to Alphalin

Neptune Orient Lines, parent of liner company APL, lost $146 million in the second quarter ending June 30, most of it on steep declines in volume and pricing that left container shipping revenue down

Clothing retailer Polo Ralph Lauren said Wednesday it earned a $76.8 million profit despite falling sales in its fiscal first quarter in part through savings on logistics and transportation costs.

An angry flare-up over a union influence claim led the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee to both approve Daniel R.

A key Senate committee approved the president’s nominees for senior jobs at the Department of Transportation, to lead the Surface Transportation Board and fill a slot at the National Transportat

A new sponsor re-introduced in the House a bill that would benefit entrepreneurs who want to offer short sea shipping services.

Averitt Express recently added facilities in Kalamazoo, Mich., and Harrisburg, Pa., to position more trucks in the areas and speed response to local demand for truckload services.

International ocean and air freight forwarder FedEx Trade Networks recently opened seven freight forwarding offices in Asia and Latin America, expanding its operations to cover key trade lanes.

DHL Supply Chain recently rolled out an inbound logistics system in Europe for Jaguar Land Rover.

Somali pirates freed a German-flag containership and its crew today, four months after they captured the vessel in the Indian Ocean.

Many rail freight shippers are captive to a single carrier and it is “very rare” to have two lines serving them, said Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.

The U.S. Postal Service ended its third fiscal quarter June 30 with a net loss of $2.4 billion as cost cutting failed to keep pace with falling revenue.

OOCL announced a general rate increase for U.S.

APL Logistics and Con-way Freight are extending to Mexico their OceanGuaranteed service for less-than-containerload cargo from Asia.

Motor carriers doing business with the Defense Department through owner-operators must pass on any fuel surcharges under an interim rule that took effect July 29.

Maersk Line said today it will seek rate increases on services to and from West Africa and on services between Asia and Latin America.

A top Teamsters union official stressed that all employees of YRC Worldwide will share “equal sacrifice” if proposed wage and benefit cuts are approved this week.

NYK Line said today it will issue two sets of unsecured $315 million bonds in a public offering on Aug. 11 to raise cash for its operations.

New orders for manufactured goods in the United States increased by 0.4 percent to $349 billion in June, the fourth such increase in the last five months, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Wednesday.

Agility, the Kuwait-based provider of logistics services, increased net profit by 3 percent during the first half of 2009, compared with the same period last year, to $261.5 million.

Talks to craft legislation that would revamp federal oversight of railroad-shipper disputes “continue to move forward but we’re not there yet,” said Sen. John Thune, S.D.

Reuters News issued a statement today objecting to what it called “erroneous claims” by MOL about quotes it reported in an interview with a senior MOL executive on June 4.

Panalpina Group, the Switzerland-based logistics and forwarding provider, reported its net profit dropped 77.9 percent during the first half of 2009 compared with the same period last year, to $15.9 m

Container volume statistics compiled by Pacific Maritime Association confirm that West Coast ports in the first half of 2009 took a terrible beating, with overall volume falling a combined 20.7 percen

The idling of North American steel plants is giving the St.

Sen. Jay Rockefeller said proposed rail reform legislation may not emerge in the few days remaining before the Senate starts a planned month-long recess on Aug.

Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA), joining the push by ocean carriers to pump up depressed container shipping price, announced a series of rate increases Tuesday starting Sept. 1 for U.S.

Marine terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach will maintain the PierPass traffic mitigation fee at the current level of $50 per TEU despite declining cargo volumes.

United Airlines had its busiest month for freight in nine months in July, with the carrier’s traffic growing 5 percent from the month before.

Non asset-based transportation holding company Circumference America consolidated operations and sold its intermodal division, Radius Rail Logistics.