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Cross-border trucking with Mexico was on the agenda in meetings between President Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderón Aug. 8 and 9.

YRC Worldwide will sell $81 million in property to NorthAmerican Terminals Management, leasing back certain facilities, the company said Aug. 7.

Teamsters at two of YRC Worldwide's largest subsidiaries approved wage and benefit concessions that will provide immediate economic relief for the nation's largest less-than-truckload operator.

The Department of Transportation’s stimulus project disbursements pushed over the $1 billion mark for the first time, as payouts for approved infrastructure projects speeded up in the week endin

Union Pacific Railroad will pay civil penalties of $800,000 and is restoring some Nevada stream areas at an estimated cost of $31 million, the Department of Justice said, to settle alleged Clean Water

President Obama signed a bill that shifts $7 billion from the general treasury to the Highway Trust Fund, ensuring the fund will remain viable through the end of the government's fiscal year Sept.

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The Senate approved Daniel R. Elliott to lead the Surface Transportation Board, Susan L.

In an effort to boost trade between two of Asia's major emerging economies, South Korea and India signed a comprehensive free trade agreement Friday that will slash tariffs, encourage mutual foreign i

In a further sign that Europe's largest economy may be reviving, Germany's trade surplus increased by 28 percent in June compared to May, official data showed on Friday.

An "overwhelming" number of ballots mailed by Teamsters at YRC Worldwide is slowing the count in a vote on changes to the National Master Freight Agreement that may determine the future

The volume of freight available for truckers surged 33 percent in June, far outstripping the normal seasonal increase of up to 12 percent, according to TransCore’s Freight Index.

Operating profit for Wilh. Wilhelmsen increased 5 percent to $78.3 million in the second quarter, compared with the comparable period a year ago.

Saddle Creek Corporation, a third-party logistics services company, named David Douglas director of business development.

Frozen Food Express Industries lost $5.2 million in the second quarter as the company struggled with lower volume and freight rates. The loss followed a $6.1 million loss in the first quarter.

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Orient Overseas (International) Limited lost $231.8 million for the first half of the year ended June 30, compared to a profit of $158.3 million in the same period last year, on lower container volume

Japan Airlines suffered a net loss of $1.04 billion in the April-June quarter -- sharply down from a $35.8 million loss a year earlier and the largest loss on record for any quarter.

Container throughput at India’s largest container port, Jawaharlal Nehru, fell 7 percent in the April-July period compared with a year ago, amid the continuing slump in the country’s forei

North American short lines surveyed for the RMI RailConnect index had their strongest traffic week in more than four months, in the week ending Aug. 1.

Hanjin Shipping lost $325 million in the second quarter ended June 30, almost double its first quarter loss of $191 million, as plunging freight rates and higher expenses offset gains from increasing

Operation Lifesaver’s public awareness campaigns will get $1.015 million from the federal government, to help reduce the hundreds of deaths yearly from automobile drivers and pedestrians getting

Freighter operator Atlas Air says big capacity reductions across the international air cargo market helped the carrier post a better-than seven-fold increase in net profit in the second quarter, to $1

A traffic recovery for large U.S. railroads picked up steam in the week ending Aug. 1, adding to signs that freight demand may be on a sustained climb from recession lows.

Maersk Line said 400 truckers have applied to participate in the chassis pool that the carrier launched this week in the Port of New York and New Jersey and surrounding areas.

DHL agreed to pay $9.4 million to settle allegations it violated U.S. export controls for shipments to Iran, Sudan and Syria, the government said Thursday.

Canadian Pacific Railway will shed ownership but not its offices in the historic Windsor Station building in Montreal, selling it and some other real estate for $80 million to Cadillac Fairview.

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.