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Same-day package company Velocity Express filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from its creditors today, announcing plans to restructure under a new owner, ComVest, in a debt-for-equity swap.

Congress will not pass a new transportation authorization bill until after the 2010 elections, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Thursday morning.

Three U.S. paper companies joined with the union that represents 6,000 of their employees in a complaint to the World Trade Organization accusing China and Indonesia of improper subsidies.

The ports of Tacoma, Everett and Seattle are among those that will receive slightly less than $8 million in federal stimulus funds for port security measures in Washington.

A three-month extension of current federal highway spending programs cleared the House of Representatives Sept.

TBS International took delivery of the Rockaway Belle, the first in a series of six "Roymar Class" vessels.

Japanese trade with the world market slid deeper in August as exports tumbled 36 percent and imports plunged 41 percent, compared with August of last year.

7-Eleven named 32-year logistics and transportation veteran Bill Merrigan vice president of logistics for its network of convenience stores in North America.

Canadian National Railway reached agreement with a Chicago-area suburb that opposed CN’s acquisition of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway, which runs through several suburban communities tha

The Sept. 24 story “Canadian Pacific Seeking to Lure U.S.

Canadian Pacific Railway, looking to capitalize on the regulatory stability and supply chain collaboration Canada has developed, intends to help the Port of Vancouver increase its share of the lucrati

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The House of Representatives broke into a sharp fight over extending federal highway program spending by three months, as Republican leaders tried to force backers to pledge they would take a motor fu

Maersk Line may reverse its decision to leave the Port of Charleston at the end of 2010 if the South Carolina State Ports Authority can seal an agreement under discussion this week, the port's new chi

Choice Logistics, a mission-critical service parts specialist, hired Erik Rodriguez as director of global distribution.

The House passed a new extension of funding for the Federal Aviation Administration Wednesday, as members conceded they still can't cope with a broader and long-delayed plan that would overhaul the na

The chairman of a key Senate subcommittee today told trucking industry official Anne S.

Norfolk Southern Railway got two major rail routes back in service after days of flood closures this week around Atlanta, but it will be a while before traffic is back to normal.

After a barrage of 141 comments, Customs and Border Protection sounded retreat on a proposal to change its interpretation of the Jones Act for transportation of oil production equipment in the Gulf of

A long-planned project to turn two brownfield sites on the Delaware River into a breakbulk, project cargo and bulk port is now underway at Paulsboro, N.J.

Multi-purpose heavy lift carrier BBC Chartering USA’s Andino Express Line will begin a monthly sailing from the Port of West Palm Beach to Northern Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile beginning in

Estes Express Lines is picking up the pace of competition by slicing a day from transit times for freight moving from 26 terminals in its less-than-truckload network.

RailAmerica, the large owner of small railroads that is now owned entirely by Fortress Investment Group, increased the amount of its planned offering of public shares to $450 million from an earlier $

The deep global recession is over and a new expansion has already begun, according to a new report by IHS Global Insight, the economic research firm.

The global recession is putting unprecedented pressure on third-party logistics providers, according to an industry survey released Sept.

The New York Times joined labor and highway safety interests opposed to the nomination of state trucking association leader Anne S.

Members of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals elected officers and appointed chairs to the group’s 2009-2010 board of directors during the annual business meeting held Sept.

World Trade Organization (WTO) director-general Pascal Lamy said Tuesday that he was cautious about prospects for concluding the Doha Round of global trade negotiations despite the detailed "work

DHL Express, the global delivery company, launched a 767 freighter express service across the Atlantic.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services unilaterally decided to cut all of its long-term charter hire payments to ship owners by 35 percent for three years starting Sept.

President Obama said he will nominate Alan D. Bersin as commissioner for the Customs and Border Protection agency.

Evergreen Lines said it will apply its general rate restoration program to eastbound shipments starting Oct.

In the face of insistence by leaders in the House of Representatives to extend soon-to-expire federal highway programs by only three months, some senators are beginning to move away from plans for an

FedEx Express took delivery Tuesday of its first 777 freighter during ceremonies with the Boeing Company in Everett, Wash.

China appealed the Aug.

Total U.S. imports of steel declined 13.8 percent to 854,000 tons in August compared with 991,000 tons in July, based on preliminary reporting.

John Ryan will direct sales in the New York region for cargo sales agent Airline Network Services.

International Longshoremen's Association delegates who rejected a two-year contract extension for Atlantic and Gulf dockworkers three weeks ago will revisit the issue next week at a special meeting in

Kenny Nova joined Aljex Software as vice president, corporate development.

Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas Container Line on Sept. 22 announced another in a series of “rate restorations.”