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The largest Teamsters pension fund dropped YRC Worldwide, the largest unionized trucking company, as its Teamster employees prepare to vote on whether to accept a 15 percent wage cut and a suspension

Canadian National Railway’s profit fell 16 percent in the second quarter to $352 million, but President and CEO E.

Forward Air saw its profit in the first quarter fall 77 percent, to $2.8 million, and the air freight trucker said business will be worse in the second half of the year than it had been forecasting.

Diesel prices dropped across the country for the fifth consecutive week, averaging a decline of 4.6 cents to $2.496 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Hanjin Shipping added its trans-Atlantic services to the growing parade of rate increases announced by ocean carriers, saying it will hike prices on the lanes Sept.

Cargo volume declined 5 percent in the first half of 2009 for Volga-Dnepr, Russia's biggest air cargo carrier.

Canada on July 20 put up the cash to bring a publicly-owned bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, "one step closer" to fruition despite legal and lobbying challenges from the U.S.

AirBridgeCargo Airlines launched charter 747 freighter service to Kabul, Afghanistan with the first flight on July 14.

Container cargo traffic at Port Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, is down 15 percent for the first half of this year to 1.04 million 20-foot equivalent units, in a recession-induced slump in imports

The head of Norfolk Southern Railway used remarks to the National Governors Association to promote multi-state NS intermodal corridor programs as a way for states to help fight highway congestion and

Yang Ming Line, joining the liner company parade to raise pricing, will implement a general rate increase for cargo moving on its services from Asia to the United States, effective Aug. 10.

Negotiations for a $1 billion aid package for Hapag-Lloyd fell into a deadlock as its second-largest shareholder balked at injecting more cash into the struggling German ocean container carrier.

CMA CGM, ramping up pressure from carriers to push up beaten-down revenue, today confirmed it will apply a previously announced peak-season surcharge of $150 per 20-foot container on shipments from As

The International Transport Workers Federation called for a worldwide boycott of Honduran-flag merchant ships to protest the military coup in the Central American nation.

To improve organizational effectiveness and enhance the company's customer centric philosophy, Crowley today announced several management changes within its logistics services group.

Leading indicators show increasing strength in the U.S. economy during June, according to a business research group.

Cargoitalia, its finances rebuilt with new backing, will put off the relaunch of its freighter services until the fall because of the weak economy.

For the first time in U.S. history, a marine pilot has been sent to prison for an accident.

APL’s container volume and average revenue per container fell in the period from May 30 to June 26, its parent Neptune Orient Lines said Monday.

Kuehne + Nagel net profit fell 16.1 percent in the second quarter compared with a year ago as the global economic slowdown depressed ocean and air freight traffic.

Container shipping is a chronically unprofitable industry that is ripe for consolidation and awash with speculation about which line will be the next to sink.

The shovels are starting to move faster at the Department of Transportation, and at highways and other transportation sites.

The most important event for the project cargo business may have been this month’s meeting of the Group of 8 nations in L’Aquila, Italy.

Energy consumption in the developed nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is expected to grow about 15 percent through 2030 — but consumption in developing or non-OECD c

The idea of nuclear power being the only practical answer to the world’s growing need for clean air is gaining traction.

Mighty Rotterdam, the world’s fourth-largest port, may dominate northern Europe’s ports, but it does not rule European breakbulk cargo. That distinction belongs to the neighboring Port of Antwerp.

There is plenty of pain in the latest earnings report by railcar builder Greenbrier, reflecting the damage the sharp recession is inflicting on industry suppliers.

When ocean carriers in the eastbound trans-Pacific this month said they planned to raise rates by 50 percent, reaction from retailers and cargo consolidators was swift, if not sharp: It was obviously

Mediterranean Shipping is zigging while its competitors zag, and the numbers prove it.

In an economy measured in trillions of dollars, saving $500,000 in taxes might seem like small change, but for Church and Dwight, the maker of Arm & Hammer baking soda, it’s enough to keep factories o

Stephen Donchez feels the pain of drivers who get stuck behind one of his big rigs.

News about near-sourcing trends in shipping inevitably refers to the container trades. Little has been reported about near-sourcing in breakbulk, and perhaps more attention should be paid to it.

Where energy development blooms, project cargo will follow — but how long it will be before Iraq is a busy commercial heavy-lift destination is anyone’s guess, because of the country’s bitter politica

The slump in the U.S. housing and automobile markets is having a chilling effect on copper shipments at the nation’s ports as shippers from leading South American producers bypass the U.S.

Petrochemical and refinery projects in the Middle East are starting to pump again after backpedaling in the wake of last year’s oil price crash.

Crisis? What crisis?

Companies are growing increasingly aware of the relationship between a green supply chain and a cost-effective one.

Several years ago, when ports worldwide struggled to keep up with exploding container volumes, APM Terminals led the charge to acquire waterfront property and build container facilities as quickly as

Call it bad timing or just bad luck, but the $300 million TraPac container terminal that opened at the Port of Jacksonville at the start of this year couldn’t have debuted at a worse time.

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