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It’s the economy. That’s what jumps out from the numbers and analysis in the latest edition of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ State of Logistics Report.

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Unionized workers at India's Port of Cochin called off their strike, following an agreement between port management and the trade unions.

A new bill introduced Friday by Sen. Frank R.

Negotiators for Matson Navigation Co. and its vessel officers made progress Thursday on a new contract, and talks are scheduled to resume today.

More than 60 percent of shippers, carriers and vendors in the third-party logistics provider business said they believed that the overall health of their businesses would be “better or much better” fr

It’s not part of the stimulus money coursing from federal coffers through state highway budgets, but a Department of Transportation program just sent $5.2 million to 14 states to help pay for innovati

Class I railroad operations in the U.S. shed an additional 2,727 employees from mid-April to mid-May, putting rail employment at the major lines down to the lowest level in this decade.

Canadian trade officials would like to discuss with U.S. counterparts an agreement that would enable U.S.

UPS debuted a new joint venture headquartered in Dubai to coordinate management and growth of UPS’ express package, freight forwarding and contract logistics services throughout the Middle East, Turke

South Carolina’s seaports in Charleston and Georgetown stand to gain more than $12 million in additional funding for studies of channel deepening as a result of actions this week in the U.S.

Strong words between the chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and a senior Republican Thursday morning brought into sharp relief two legislative strategies for a new six-year

Six months after winning a 10 percent wage cut from its unionized workers, YRC Worldwide is back at the bargaining table.

When you look for green shoots, think scrap.

Denmark-based DONG Energy purchased offshore wind specialist A2SEA for $131 million from Danish investment groups Dansk Kapitalanlæg and Lønmodtagernes Dyrtidsfond Dansk, multipurpose car

After buying Eukor Car Carriers’ 50 percent stake, Grimaldi Group is now the sole owner of the Swedish roll-on, roll-off port of Wallhamn. Grimaldi Group and Eukor bought the port in 2005.

The South Carolina State Ports Authority, which oversees the ports of Charleston and Georgetown, is bracing for a 6 percent decline in container traffic during the next fiscal year.

A congressional study of air cargo accidents is targeting small-carrier operations that account for nearly all deaths, and saying changes may be needed in the safety programs and equipment they use.

Two of the nation's largest retail trade groups said yesterday that they have closed merger talks.

London – The slump in European rail freight traffic that began in the final quarter of 2008 is deepening as major shippers slash production and shutter plants and trucks cut freight rates to boo

HHLA, Hamburg’s biggest container stevedore, said it will cut working hours for more than 2,000 employees on Monday, June 29, in response to a collapse in cargo volumes at Europe’s second

A sudden strike by unionized workers at India’s Port of Cochin disrupted normal operations at the southeastern hub.

The Florida Department of Transportation plans to build a dedicated truck ramp from the Port of Tampa to the interstate as part of a $600 million Interstate 4 – Crosstown Expressway Connector project

Most of the world's leading exporting countries fail to fully enforce a ban on foreign bribery, according to a new report prepared by Transparency International.

A.P. Moller-Maersk is selling some of the trucking services provided by its European ferry subsidiary Norfolkline Logistics to DSV, Scandinavia’s largest trucking and logistic group.

Trade ministers of eleven export-oriented World Trade Organization members called for vigilance against protectionism, and said that other WTO members should conclude the long-delayed Doha Round of mu

Houston’s Port Commission approved advertising and receipt of proposals for the purchase of deregulated electric power port-wide at its regular monthly meeting.

Getting a new multi-year, federal transportation spending program approved by Congress quickly is a key to the health of the factory sector, says the head of the National Association of Manufacturers.

Matson Navigation's top unionized ship officers could strike tomorrow if they do not reach agreement during scheduled talks with the shipping company today.

The long-awaited deep-water transshipment container terminal project at Vizhinjam in India’s southern state of Kerala suffered a major setback when Lanco Group, which had won concessions from th

President Obama plans to nominate aviation safety expert Christopher A. Hart to be a member of the National Transportation Safety Board.

International air freight traffic declined 17.4 percent in May, compared with a year ago, after a 21.7 percent year-on-year decline in April, the International Air Transport Association said Thursday.

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Japanese export ship orders tumbled for the eighth consecutive month in May on a year-on-year basis, as a recovery in ship owners' flagging demand for new vessels is not yet on the horizon amid the gl

Chiquita Brands International said it does not expect the bankruptcy filing by Eastwind Maritime and many of its affiliates to adversely affect service to Chiquita's customers and the delivery of its

Waterways operators and shippers want Congress to overhaul the Obama administration's budget request for waterways by adding more funding and eliminating a proposed new lockage fee.

The Department of Transportation said it released another $140 million this week for construction projects, but it was regular grants rather than Recovery Act funds.

U.S. and European trade officials rejected Russian accusations blaming the U.S. and EU for the collapse of Russia’s unilateral bid to join the World Trade Organization.

Eastwind Maritime, an operator of refrigerated ships domiciled in the Marshall Islands, filed for liquidation on Tuesday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York.

The Toll Group, the Melbourne, Australia-based provider of integrated logistics services, will expand its Asia-based express courier business with the acquisition of three Asia-based international exp