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CSX Transportation saw revenue fall 24.8 percent and net profit drop 20 percent on a sharp decline in shipping in the second quarter, but the railroad still managed a $308 million profit and said it m

Rail industry sources expect a Senate committee to soon unveil a bill that would overhaul railroad regulations and alter the Surface Transportation Board.

Container traffic handled by major ports in India fell 8.4 percent in the April-June period, the first quarter of fiscal 2009-10, amid signs of improvement in overall traffic movements.

Crowley Maritime delivered the Royal Ballet’s sets, scenery, costumes, lighting equipment and props to Cuba last week for the ballet troupe’s performances in Havana July 14-18.

Choice Logistics, the global specialist in outsourced mission-critical service parts logistics services, has announced that Joe Keenan has been appointed as director of the Asia-Pacific region.

London Heathrow Airport had its busiest month for cargo in eight months in June, despite a 14.5 percent year-over-year decline in freight tonnage at the key European gateway.

Forwarder Expeditors International of Washington expects its profit to fall up to 33 percent in the quarter ending June 30 despite an uptick in freight shipping late in the quarter.

The global economic recession is “far from over,” World Trade Organization director general Pascal Lamy told the WTO on July 13, warning that protectionism by WTO member states could prolong the econo

The Obama administration's Department of Transportation came closer to a full complement of agency leaders July 13 as the Senate confirmed Victor Mendez as administrator of the Federal Highway Adminis

Unemployment continued to rise in the 30 industrial countries that belong to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development.

Logistics provider Agility's defense and government services division will team with DynCorp International and CH2M HILL for military logistics support for southern Afghanistan under a contract w

The new chairman of Iberia, Spain’s national airline, vows to complete stalled merger talks with British Airways that would create a million-tons-a-year cargo carrier.

The International Longshoremen’s Association filed a complaint accusing Evergreen Shipping Agency (America) of improperly trying to include 13 Taiwanese guest workers among the company’s clerical empl

A controversial 2007 plan to merge two large labor groups in the AFL-CIO, the United Transportation Union of train conductors and other rail workers with the Sheet Metal Workers International Associat

Zim Integrated Shipping Services is sailing against prevailing business winds by adding capacity to its fleet.

LONDON — Container traffic at Marseilles surged 35 percent in June from a year ago on new services and fewer strikes.

The Department of Transportation paid out another $82 million in stimulus project funds in the week ending July 3, escalating how quickly it is pushing money out to cover bills for work it and states

The proverbial “green shoots” that some analysts detect in recent economic indicators are not appearing in the global container shipping industry.

Will shorter work assignments equate to the same pay for unionized rail workers? A federal court has been asked to decide.

When Maersk Line officials this year looked at the service requirements of their trans-Pacific customers, they came to a shocking conclusion: “Even we couldn’t get the scale we wanted on o

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has caused a lot of hand-wringing because of its Buy American provisions. Is that concern warranted?

President Obama is filling out his team to regulate railroads.

Environmentalists cheered a July 1 federal court ruling that allows the California Air Resources Board to regulate emissions from oceangoing vessels, but the maritime industry insists regulators shoul

The Obama administration, calling it “Stage 1” of a sweeping reform of transportation policy and funding, formally presented its proposal to Congress for a transportation reauthorization b

In 2006, the Army’s 1st Infantry Division came home from Germany to settle at Fort Riley, Kan.

Do tanks fly?

It may be hard to imagine, but the U.S. was once Cuba’s largest trading partner by far, and its greatest source of tourism and foreign investment.

At a time when North American railroads are idling equipment and workers, slashing capital project spending and trying to ride out a severe traffic slump, Kansas City Southern is celebrating the compl

Trucking bankruptcies may be on the rise again after declining 49 percent in early 2009, as higher fuel costs and the recession grind down carrier profit margins.

Truckload carrier Landstar System is expanding off-road by acquiring two technology companies that give it greater reach into shippers’ freight networks.

Monson Trucking isn’t the first trucking company to fail in this recession, but it is one of the oldest.

Intermodal Traffic may be down, but the companies that put containers and trailers on trains aren’t out for the count.

As it struggles to stay on track and regain speed, Pacer International faces a deadline.

From 2004 through 2008, U.S. exports to Brazil, Colombia, Chile and Argentina — South America’s four largest economies— more than doubled. While U.S.

With the first half of 2009 behind us, it’s the usual time to assess how the six-month period looked and where we stand versus our annual budgets.

Automobile and roll-on, roll-off traffic between the U.S. and the Middle East is in slow recovery mode after falling hard and fast.

The Maritime Administration would provide grants to develop U.S. marine highways under a bill passed by the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.

Hapag-Lloyd, the world’s fifth largest container carrier, will get approximately $1 billion in financial support from its owners as it seeks additional aid from the German government and lenders

The Port of Long Beach received a $4 million grant from the federal Environmental Protection Agency to replace or retrofit 114 machines at marine terminals in order to reduce diesel emissions.

China's trade surplus last month shrank to $8.25 billion from $13.4 billion in May, the General Administration of Customs said on Friday. Economists had expected a surplus of $15.0 billion.