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After a two-year hiatus, vessels carrying military equipment are expected to call the Port of Philadelphia’s Packer Avenue multi-purpose terminal beginning in September.

The Federal Railroad Administration is gearing up for big changes in the nation’s freight rail system, including direct government spending on track projects, as it implements President Obama’s plan t

Pricing information for container traffic from the West Coast is not publicly available, but industry traffic and revenue figures suggest railroad efficiency efforts have helped rail carriers maintain

Delays with Customs and Border Protection’s Automated Commercial Environment are having a cascade effect on information technology at 45 other federal agencies that will connect with ACE through the I

The executive directors of the West Coast’s six major container ports in early August broke an informal code of silence on an issue that has concerned them since at least 2007.

The case of two Los Angeles-area transportation con men had all the elements of a movie thriller except a Hollywood ending — at least for the scammers.

The man running the nation’s rail safety and financing agency is a fifth-generation rail worker, onetime mayor of a Chicago suburb, longtime union official and someone who brings to his job a personal

Nicholas Lakes and Viacheslav Berkovich used home computers, multiple cell phones, dozens of aliases and a web of false companies to cheat hundreds of victims in the trucking industry out of millions

Chris Connor keeps close track of his customers’ moods because that’s the only way he can tell whether he’s going to be able to fill his car carriers, and he is starting to see their moods change.

Truckload carriers are beginning to report month-to-month increases in demand as the economy shows signs of improvement.

Latin American exporters have long believed they could gain longer shelf life for products by bypassing Miami and flying goods closer to markets in the Midwest.

Maersk Line’s drive to establish a national chassis pool is starting to gain traction, even among critics.

Regional less-than-truckload carrier New England Motor Freight will reach across the border and deep into Canada through a partnership with Manitoulin Transport, a Toronto-based LTL carrier with 66 Ca

Goh Teik Poh has been traveling throughout Southeast Asia during the last six weeks, visiting customers and forwarders in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Bangladesh.

A state report alleging mismanagement, corruption and other abuses at the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor has rekindled debate over whether the 56-year-old agency is still needed.

A “deep and DARK RECESSION” may have slowed Manitoulin Transport, but it hasn’t stopped the Canadian company’s expansion, President and CEO Gord Smith says.

U.S. reefer exports to Latin America total only about 10 percent of the volume of reefer exports to Asia. And only one reefer container goes southbound from the U.S.

It’s a simple fact of life: People get sick. So when economies take ill worldwide, the one area consumers won’t skimp on is their own health.

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Three Beluga vessels, Fraternity, Foresight and Family are now in transit or in port along Russia’s Arctic-facing northern shore, the fabled Northeast Passage.

Richard Hughes, president of the International Longshoremen's Association, issued a tart rebuttal to "erroneous statements" by the union's No.

In a ruling that deals still another blow to the U.S. anti-dumping process known as "zeroing," the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization rejected Tuesday the U.S.

Cargo tonnage at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport reached its highest level of the year in July, but it was still 16.2 percent off from the same month a year ago, the airport said.

Japan Airlines said Friday it is in talks with rival Nippon Cargo Airlines to merge their freight businesses because of the dramatic drop in shipping demand.

The first state applications for “shovel-ready” passenger rail projects are due into the Federal Railroad Administration on Aug.

China and the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations signed a bilateral investment agreement Thursday, signaling that the China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement the two sides signed earlier to cov

In a sign of thawing trade relations between China and Taiwan, a visiting official from China's Ministry of Commerce said that the two countries will likely conclude their ongoing negotiations on an E

A German court on Aug. 21 approved a $5.6 billion expansion plan for Frankfurt airport, Europe’s biggest air cargo hub.

Rail industry equipment supplier FreightCar America said it received an expected notification letter from the Nasdaq stock exchange that it is out of compliance with deadlines for financial filings, a

The Consuming Industries Trade Action Coalition (CITAC) called on the Obama Administration and Congress Thursday to comply immediately with World Trade Organization decisions condemning the use of &qu

Maersk, the world's biggest ocean container carrier, swung to a $402 million second quarter loss from a year-earlier profit of $198 million as cargo volume and freight rates plunged deeply across its

The city of Temple, Texas, on Aug. 15 granted Patriot Rail an exclusive long-term license to provide rail switching and other rail-related services to customers at Central Pointe Rail Park.

MOL appointed Jim Boyer director of pricing for the Transpacific Trade.

The nation’s top railroads increased employment slightly from mid-June to mid-July.

Major U.S. railroads enjoyed the highest bulk carloadings in five months during the week ending Aug.

Evergreen Line is adding the Far East and Indian Sub-Continent to Mediterranean Westbound Trades to its list of trade lanes to get a general rate increase as the peak season approaches and other ocean

The Department of Transportation paid out another $243 million for stimulus projects bills in the week ending Aug. 14, bringing the total it has spent so far to $1.737 billion.