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APL’s container volume and average revenue per container fell during the most recent four week reporting period, its parent Neptune Orient Lines said Monday.

Chennai International Terminals Pvt. Ltd., the new private operator at India’s southeastern Port of Chennai, began commercial operations.

Federal officials are investigating the derailment of 18 tanker cars of a Canadian National Railway train that ran off the tracks and exploded near Rockford, Ill., killing a woman at a crossing.

The trucking and port industries praised the draft surface transportation or highway bill unveiled by Rep. James L. Oberstar, D-Minn., June 18, lauding provisions on federal reform and freight.

Employers at West Coast ports beginning July 1 will pay about 30 percent more in man-hour and tonnage assessments to fund benefits programs for longshoremen.

The Environmental Protection Agency will award the Port of Houston Authority and eight industrial port users more than $3.47 million to replace or repower diesel-powered heavy-duty trucks, cargo-handl

Lufthansa Cargo and DHL Express gave downbeat assessments of prospects for the global air cargo market June 19 as they officially launched their joint cargo airline, AeroLogic.

Workers at the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor on June 19 started unloading 94 giant wind turbine blades for one of the world's largest wind farms under construction in northwestern Indiana.

Shipments of personal computers, hit by a steep decline in shipping by onetime industry leader Dell, fell 8.1 percent worldwide in the first quarter, according to a report released Friday.

Shrinking cargo tonnage led the seven-member board that oversees the Port of New Orleans to cut expenses and adopt a conservative 2010 budget during the monthly meeting June 18.

Maersk Line will increase rates on services from Asia to New Zealand.

TNT on Thursday opened a regional road hub in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.

Summit Logistics International, parent company of Sea Master, is re-branding its Asia-based supply chain management operations under the name Summit International Logistics (China), Limited, and Summi

Cargo traffic at Brussels Airport plunged 41.3 percent in May as one of Europe’s largest hubs faced a rapid rush of freighter business from the airport.

Taiwanese prosecutors on Thursday indicted 46 executives from some of the world’s biggest liner shipping companies and the Port of Kaohsiung on charges of fraud for allegedly inflating cargo vol

Higher fuel costs prompted two lines to raise bunker surcharges.

The transportation industry this week began operating under new federal regulations covering the safety of intermodal equipment, and in all modes of transport people agree much work still needs to be

U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Importer Security Filing rule will impose an annual cost of more than $20 billion on the U.S. economy, according to a study by a manufacturers’ group.

Leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee vowed June 18 to push forward with a new surface transportation bill despite a call from the Obama administration to put the proce

The European Union agreed to conclude a regional trade agreement with West African regional organizations by October 2009.

Nine former employees of CEVA Transport filed a collective action under federal law for unpaid overtime compensation.

European transport and logistics operator SNCF agreed to purchase a 15.1 percent stake in household goods and commercial shipping operator Novatrans.

The United States and India "may be uniquely positioned to try to breathe new life into the Doha development round" of WTO-sponsored talks, U.S.

The International Trade Commission ruled Thursday that China has been flooding the U.S. market with its tires.

Intermodal movements were a drag on rail freight traffic in the week ending June 13.

House transportation leaders, seeking to move out in front of a White House that’s urging measured steps, said they will send a plan to Congress next week calling for “dramatic changes&rdq

YRC Worldwide finalized an agreement with its largest pension fund to defer pension contributions as the trucking company scrambles to raise cash to avoid bankruptcy.

APM Terminals said its Apapa Container Terminal in Nigeria set a new terminal record of 47.26 moves per hour this week.

Information publisher IHS acquired the remaining 49.9 percent of Lloyd's Register-Fairplay that it did not own from Lloyd's Register, giving IHS 100 percent ownership of the maritime specialist.

China rejected accusations Thursday that it is practicing protectionism in its $585 billion stimulus package.

Maersk Line is setting up a nationwide chassis pool in the United States that will make its fleet of chassis available for lease by drayage companies, ocean carriers, marine terminals and railroads.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood asked Congress for an 18-month highway reauthorization to plug immediate holes in the Highway Trust Fund and detour past a Sept.

FORT WORTH, Texas - American Airlines Cargo Division appointed Jennifer Smith as regional manager of cargo sales for Northern Europe.

After rising by over 50 percent during the previous five years, business logistics costs dropped to 9.4 percent of U.S.

The United States and Canada agreed Wednesday to accept each other's labeling of certified organic products exported to either country.

With a large number of improvements, French ocean carrier CMA CGM is upgrading its Asia-Europe services, effective June 30.

In a move expected to boost its share of Southeast Asia trade, Toll Group agreed to purchase all shares in Perkins Group Holdings, the parent of the Perkins Shipping Group.

The South Carolina General Assembly overwhelmingly overrode Governor Mark Sanford’s veto of a new port governance bill and passed legislation that enjoyed the broad support of the state's busine

Sara Lee Corporation expanded its contract with OHL, making the logistics company the end-to-end supply chain provider for all of Sara Lee’s international household and beverage business.