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To say there is a disconnect would be an understatement. On the one hand, evidence is mounting that a U.S.

Back in 2007, Don Hamm was worried his terminal wouldn’t have enough capacity to handle the growth in container trade.

Less-than-truckload carriers are finding it more difficult than their truckload counterparts to reduce excess capacity. They can’t simply park trucks.

The economic recession is opening new cracks in the road for the trucking industry — and thousands of tractors and trailers are falling through.

Let’s face it, whether in good times or bad, no one wants to pay more for services or goods than they had been paying.

A 76-year-old truck driver was not paying attention when he slammed into six other vehicles on an Oklahoma highway, killing 10 people, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Vessel owners participating in a Port of Seattle emissions program have reduced sulfur dioxide emissions by 80 percent and diesel particulate matter emissions by 60 percent so far this year, the port

The House on Thursday passed H.R. 283-142 a bill that tightens safety standards for domestic and imported food products.

A government audit says the financial viability of the U.S. Postal Service is at high risk as the USPS struggles to keep up with declines in mail volume reaching billions of pieces a year.

Three of Bremen, Germany-based heavy-lift carrier Beluga’s 12,744 deadweight-ton F-class vessels will be transiting the chilly north-east passage along the northern shore of Russia this summer t

The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners executive committee unanimously approved a resolution urging Congress to amend federal transportation legislation to give ports regulatory control over harbor t

Canadian trucking and oilfield services company the Mullen Group earned a profit of $17.8 million on revenue of $202.7 million in the second quarter.

The Department of Transportation’s stimulus payments jumped by $146 million in the week ending July 24, bringing its total to $919.5 million.

David T. Matsuda was sworn in Thursday as deputy maritime administrator, the agency announced.

Maria Luisa O’Connell, president of the Border Trade Alliance, has been appointed Customs and Border Protection assistant commissioner for public affairs, the trade group announced.

The World Trade Organization decided Friday to create a panel of experts to investigate whether a ban by the United States on imports of Chinese poultry violates WTO regulations.

The decline in gross domestic product slowed dramatically in the second quarter, giving hope the recession may indeed be coming to an end.

Transportation industry analysts said Friday trucking company YRC Worldwide may run out of cash in as little as three months after posting a $309 million net loss in the second quarter.

CMA CGM today joined the group of carriers that are attempting to raise freight rates on trans-Atlantic lanes in an effort all carriers are calling “rate restoration.”

Global air freight traffic fell 16.5 percent in June from a year ago, the 13th straight month of shrinking volumes, the International Air Transport Association reported.

The Senate July 30 voted 79-17 to use $7 billion from the general treasury to bolster the Highway Trust Fund, a day after the House of Representatives approved identical legislation.

Shipping lines that carry U.S. exports to Asia, joining the global rush to raise ocean rates, said Thursday they will seek to prop up freight pricing in the weak westbound Pacific market.

YRC Worldwide, the country’s largest less-than-truckload carrier, lost $309 million in the quarter ending June 30 as shippers apparently abandoned the troubled company in large numbers, sending

The Federal Maritime Commission is ending its investigation of the Los Angeles-Long Beach clean-trucks program, saying developments since it launched the probe last September have significantly dimini

At least 500 and perhaps more than 1,000 trucking companies shut down by the government for violating safety rules may still be operating under new names, say federal investigators.

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Changi Airports International, a subsidiary of Singapore’s Changi Airport Group, acquired a 26-percent stake in India’s Bengal Aerotropolis Projects.

Kansas City Southern named David R. Ebbrecht senior vice president operations for Kansas City Southern de Mexico.

The House of Representatives voted to inject $7 billion into the Highway Trust Fund. The House approved a measure July 29 to keep the fund solvent through Sept.

The Netherlands Council of State this week suspended a routing decree and an implementation permit for deepening the shipping channel in the Dutch portion of the River Scheldt.

Rail traffic strengthened again for large U.S.

Air France-KLM said Thursday it will ground four freighters after losing $277 million on its cargo business in the three months ending June 30.

Kansas City Southern, the smallest of North America’s major rail lines, earned $6.7 million in the April-June period, down 87 percent from the same point in 2008 but up from a $7.5 million loss

The Port of Houston will extend free time for most inbound cargo during the recession.

Throughput at DP World's 49 container terminals around the world declined 10 percent in the first six months of 2009 from the same period last year, the company reported Thursday.

Canadian Pacific Railway had a 1.7 percent gain in second quarter net income to $145 million by selling part of its share in the Detroit River Tunnel Partnership, but saw hefty declines in freight rev

MAN SE rounded off a miserable reporting season for Europe’s truck makers by unveiling a 95 percent plunge in second quarter net profit amid plummeting sales and orders.

As YRC Worldwide readies its second quarter results, analysts, investors and YRC’s competitors are eager to gauge whether the trucking giant will survive the recession and emerge a leaner, more

Port Metro Vancouver is putting off any possible legal action against Canadian National Railway until it receives a promised report of how many containers CN will need to resume rail instead of truck

Trade using surface transportation between the United States, Canada and Mexico dropped 35.4 percent in May, the largest year-over-year decline on record for the North American Free Trade Agreement pa