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Short line railroads surveyed for the RMI RailConnect index hauled 85,276 combined carloads and intermodal units in the week ending July 4, well ahead of the Memorial Day week at the end of May but no

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YRC Worldwide’s stock rose 60 cents to $1.49 a share July 9 on news that the financially strapped trucking enterprise reached a tentative agreement on cost cuts with the Teamsters union.

The U.S. trade deficit fell in May to its lowest monthly level since November 1999, as exports registered a small gain but imports dropped for the tenth month in a row.

Frankfurt airport, Europe’s top air cargo hub, reports the decline in cargo traffic slowed in June.

Small shipyards in 10 states will divvy up $17.1 million in grants to obtain cranes and other equipment from welding gear to cutting tables.

All U.S.-flag ships in international commerce would have to be built in the United States if language approved July 9 by the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee becomes law.

The global recession and other recent economic changes “reinforce the importance of innovative, sustainable business practices that lead the transition to a low-carbon economy, promote economic develo

The U.S. Postal Service is greening its fleet of delivery trucks with 1,000 E-85 ethanol-powered and 900 hybrid gasoline-electric trucks.

Cosco Corporation (Singapore), the shipbuilding unit of China’s state-owned shipping line, announced on Friday that it has agreed to delay deliveries of eight dry bulk vessels at the request of two Eu

Two shipping consortia that provide services between northeast Asia, Brisbane and New Zealand said today they are cutting capacity on the route by combining their two loops.

Major U.S. railroads reported stronger traffic over the July 4 holiday period than over the Memorial Day week, and had the lowest decline in year-over-year numbers since March.

New legislation will give Louisiana importers and exporters a $5 per-ton tax credit on breakbulk or containerized cargo on oceangoing vessels through a Louisiana public port authority.

Maersk Line plans to launch its new chassis pool arrangement throughout the Northeast on Monday, Aug. 3.

Japan’s two largest airlines saw their international cargo volume continue to fall in May on a year-on-year basis, but the slump in the two airlines’ international cargo operations is easing as they b

Cross-border trucking over the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit to Windsor, Ontario, the busiest commercial connection between the United States and Canada, fell by nearly a third in the first hal

The Port of New York and New Jersey on Thursday was awarded three grants totaling nearly $11 million to implement clean air programs at the port.

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An Evergreen Marine container ship set sail last week as part of an ambitious project to measure and monitor the distribution of greenhouse gases in the Pacific Ocean.

Carriers under economic distress are appealing to the mercy of shippers, but it's not having the desired effect.

Chilean carrier CSAV said it has raised $145 million of new capital, most of it in the form of new equity from existing shareholders.

Maersk Line said July 9 it will revise the port coverage and rotation of its Euromed service between Northern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean as of July 20 and add a new feeder service to increas

Members of the Asia-Australia Discussion Agreement will implement a rate increase as part of a rate restoration program for the trade moving from China and Hong Kong to Australia.

The head of Air France-KLM said Thursday that Europe’s biggest airline is mulling part-time jobs or temporary layoffs to combat the “brutal” situation in cargo and passenger air demand.

Pirates on Wednesday seized a Turkish cargo ship and its 23 member crew off the coast of Somalia, a spokesman for the company which owns the ship said.

Leaders of the Group of Eight countries pledged Wednesday to seek huge cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions.

Kuehne + Nagel, one of the world’s largest providers of logistics services, has opened a new branch office in Chongqing, its 39th location in China.

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EXL Service will take over the operations of European logistics provider Schneider Logistics in the Czech Republic.

Lufthansa Cargo’s freight traffic fell 14.1 percent in June from a year ago, led by an even bigger slump on routes to North and South America as the global recession continued to impact Europe’s secon

Amid lingering economic woes and continuing poor visibility into future demand trends, iSuppli Corp. is reducing its forecasts for global semiconductor and electronic equipment revenue in 2009.

The global economy is starting to pull out recession but recovery will be sluggish and government policies need to remain supportive, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday.

Average nationwide diesel prices fell for the second consecutive week in early July after a two-month surge sent the fuel price to its highest level of the year.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services announced plans to implement a peak-season surcharge on the Asia-Mediterranean-Europe trade, effective Aug. 1 through Oct. 31.

Lufthansa Cargo, Europe’s second largest cargo airline, said it will launch a weekly freighter service to Guadalajara, Mexico, on July 22.

The shareholders of Hapag-Lloyd on Wednesday agreed to provide financial help to the German ocean carrier struggling to survive the slump in container shipping.

A consortium led by Spanish firm Sacyr and Italy’s Impregilo submitted the lowest bid on a contract for the largest portion of the Panama Canal’s $5.25 billion expansion project, the Panama Canal Auth

DHL launched weekly direct less-than-container-load services connecting Bangkok to Los Angeles, Hamburg and Tokyo, the carrier said Wednesday.

The Department of Transportation sharply escalated its stimulus payouts in the week ending June 26, to a total of $442 million from $370 million a week earlier.

Freight traffic on the St. Lawrence Seaway slumped nearly 36 percent in the first third of the navigation season.