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Short line railroads across North America showed just a mild uptick in traffic after the holiday-shortened July 4 week, leaving traffic weaker than during June for the seven days ending July 11.

Any more legislation that Congress passes to stimulate the economy will be dedicated solely to highways, Rep. James L.

Anne S. Ferro's nomination to be head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is in the hands of the Senate, moving her closer to a confirmation hearing.

A major conservative interest group asked FedEx for a $2 million to $3 million donation in exchange for the group’s backing in a legislative battle with UPS, according to a published report Friday.

The House Transportation subcommittee on highways and transit presented the case July 16 that more economic benefits would flow from quick passage of a new six-year transportation bill than from the S

Kansas City Southern is celebrating a new rail segment in Texas this week that it hopes can open a new era in its cross-border freight traffic and nab more intermodal loads.

Norfolk Southern Railway said it plans to build a $129 million Memphis Regional Intermodal Terminal east of that city in Rossville, Tenn., with a targeted opening date of January 2012.

Art Pruett has joined the South Carolina State Ports Authority as general manager, cargo sales, bringing more than 25 years of experience in the shipping industry.

The American fleet on the Great Lakes is having a very bad year, with a third of the vessels tied up and the remainder carrying 20.9 million tons of cargo for the first half, down 46.6 percent from th

Hapag-Lloyd announced it will raise its rates on the Trans-Atlantic in a series of steps that include an emergency bunker surcharge followed by a two-step general rate increase.

Carloadings of bulk materials and machinery rose in the latest week to the strongest level in three months at major U.S. railroads, as freight picked up after the slow July 4 holiday period.

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China's GDP grew 7.9 percent year-on-year in the second quarter, faster than the 6.1 percent rise recorded in the first quarter of 2009, the National Bureau of Statistics said July 16, but the increas

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After of months of a downward trend in container traffic through the Port of Halifax, some of the most recent statistics are showing a slight positive shift.

Landstar System on July 15 reported lower second-quarter earnings, as the Jacksonville, Fla.-based trucking company continued to feel the impact of the economic recession.

Volumes at India’s 12 major ports have seen growth for the second consecutive month, showing the early signs of a gradual recovery in the global economy.

Hanjin Shipping will join APL's Suez Express Service, linking South Asia, the Middle East and the U.S. East Coast, beginning at the end of this month.

Mediterranean Shipping Co., the world’s second-largest container line, plans to scrap more of its older vessels and return chartered ships to keep its overall capacity from growing as it take on new,

Stimulus payouts by the Department of Transportation, for bills on construction projects around the country, jumped by $160 million in the week ending July 10, or nearly twice the amount it spent the

Maersk Line was named Sustainable Shipping Operator of The Year in an awards ceremony in London on july 15 that recognized its effort to reduce the environmental impact of its business operations.

The Panama Canal Authority formally awarded the contract to design and build a third set of locks to the Consortium Grupo Unidos por el Canal, which had submitted the lowest bid.

As the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved a bill to extend the existing highway program for 18 months July 15, the U.S.

Cargo theft and the average loss in each cargo theft have both increased this year, according the Bi-Annual Cargo Theft Report issued by FreightWatch International, a global logistics security provide

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee took the first step July 15 to extending the current highway spending bill until March 2011.

Imports at the leading container ports increased 5 percent in May compared with April, but were down 20 percent compared with May 2008, continuing a trend that has been present in the U.S.

Flying J has a plan to come out of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but it means selling its core truck stop business to Pilot Travel Centers.

Global industrial production is on track to recovery, albeit in fits and starts, according to the trend signaled by the industrial price index compiled by The Journal of Commerce and the Economic Cycl

American Airlines’ cargo revenue plunged 42.6 percent in the second quarter to $134 million as falling shipping demand sent air freight prices into a steep slide.

Containership owner Danaos, facing declining demand in the charter market, is delaying delivery of five 6,500 TEUs ships from a South Korean shipyard that have been chartered for 12 years to French oc

Container traffic in Antwerp slumped 18.5 percent in the first six months of 2009 from a year ago, and officials at Europe’s third largest box port said they do not expect volume to grow in the second

The volume of container handled by the Port of Rotterdam fell by 15 percent in the first six months of 2009 to 4.6 million TEUs, but the Port of Rotterdam Authority said July 15 it believes the downtu

The trucking industry is towing too many empty trailers to gain the speed it needs to reach a recovery, says FTR Associates.

Piracy attacks around the world more than doubled to 240 from 114 during the first six months of 2009, compared with the same period in 2008, the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Mari

APM Terminals in Aarhus, Denmark, has started a new rail shuttle service from the Port of Aarhus to Copenhagen.

Transportation executives looking for clues as to when the U.S.

The Bahamas and Cuba have completed a “successful round” of preliminary negotiations aimed at marking out the maritime boundaries between the two neighboring countries, the Bahamian Ministry of Foreig

New York-New Jersey port truckers said they support the concept of chassis pools, but aren't happy with Maersk's planned Direct ChassisLink program, and won't support it without changes.

The Teamsters union would gain a seat on YRC Worldwide's board of directors and other concessions from the company in return for a 15 percent overall wage cut and a temporary waiver on pension payment

Singapore's container terminals handled nearly 2.1 million TEUs in June, down 17 percent from the same month last year, but only fractionally below May levels, according to preliminary estimates by th