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Goh Teik Poh has been traveling throughout Southeast Asia during the last six weeks, visiting customers and forwarders in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Bangladesh.

A state report alleging mismanagement, corruption and other abuses at the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor has rekindled debate over whether the 56-year-old agency is still needed.

A “deep and DARK RECESSION” may have slowed Manitoulin Transport, but it hasn’t stopped the Canadian company’s expansion, President and CEO Gord Smith says.

U.S. reefer exports to Latin America total only about 10 percent of the volume of reefer exports to Asia. And only one reefer container goes southbound from the U.S.

It’s a simple fact of life: People get sick. So when economies take ill worldwide, the one area consumers won’t skimp on is their own health.

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Three Beluga vessels, Fraternity, Foresight and Family are now in transit or in port along Russia’s Arctic-facing northern shore, the fabled Northeast Passage.

Richard Hughes, president of the International Longshoremen's Association, issued a tart rebuttal to "erroneous statements" by the union's No.

In a ruling that deals still another blow to the U.S. anti-dumping process known as "zeroing," the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization rejected Tuesday the U.S.

Cargo tonnage at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport reached its highest level of the year in July, but it was still 16.2 percent off from the same month a year ago, the airport said.

Japan Airlines said Friday it is in talks with rival Nippon Cargo Airlines to merge their freight businesses because of the dramatic drop in shipping demand.

The first state applications for “shovel-ready” passenger rail projects are due into the Federal Railroad Administration on Aug.

China and the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations signed a bilateral investment agreement Thursday, signaling that the China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement the two sides signed earlier to cov

In a sign of thawing trade relations between China and Taiwan, a visiting official from China's Ministry of Commerce said that the two countries will likely conclude their ongoing negotiations on an E

A German court on Aug. 21 approved a $5.6 billion expansion plan for Frankfurt airport, Europe’s biggest air cargo hub.

Rail industry equipment supplier FreightCar America said it received an expected notification letter from the Nasdaq stock exchange that it is out of compliance with deadlines for financial filings, a

The Consuming Industries Trade Action Coalition (CITAC) called on the Obama Administration and Congress Thursday to comply immediately with World Trade Organization decisions condemning the use of &qu

Maersk, the world's biggest ocean container carrier, swung to a $402 million second quarter loss from a year-earlier profit of $198 million as cargo volume and freight rates plunged deeply across its

The city of Temple, Texas, on Aug. 15 granted Patriot Rail an exclusive long-term license to provide rail switching and other rail-related services to customers at Central Pointe Rail Park.

MOL appointed Jim Boyer director of pricing for the Transpacific Trade.

The nation’s top railroads increased employment slightly from mid-June to mid-July.

Major U.S. railroads enjoyed the highest bulk carloadings in five months during the week ending Aug.

Evergreen Line is adding the Far East and Indian Sub-Continent to Mediterranean Westbound Trades to its list of trade lanes to get a general rate increase as the peak season approaches and other ocean

The Department of Transportation paid out another $243 million for stimulus projects bills in the week ending Aug. 14, bringing the total it has spent so far to $1.737 billion.

India’s Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure on Aug.

Small North American railroads saw their freight traffic rise in the week ending Aug. 15, with some cargoes pushing to the strongest levels since last winter.

Gross Domestic Product in the 30 member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development stabilized during the second quarter of 2009, dropping by a mere 0.002 percent, followin

Containerized cargo traffic at the Port of New York and New Jersey fell 18.8 percent in June as an accelerating decline in exports offset slight improvement in imported business, the Port Authority sa

Container trade imports will fall 20 percent in August and September and another 18 percent in October, pushing overall retail imports for 2009 down to the lowest level since 2002, industry forecaster

Intermodal firm Pacer International completed the sale of its Pacer Transport flatbed truck unit for about $2 million to Universal Truckload Services. The sale closed Aug. 17, Pacer announced on Aug.

Japanese export ship orders sank for the 10th consecutive month in July on a year-on-year basis, tumbling 63.2 percent to 950,820 gross tons, according to figures released by the Japan Ship Exporters'

In a clear indication that the recession is bottoming out, the Leading Economic Index rose for the fourth consecutive month in July, according to a report Aug. 20 from The Conference Board.

Deutsche Bahn, Germany's state-owned rail company, earned less than half the profit of a year ago due to "massive declines" in rail, ocean and air cargo volume.

The Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program -- a massive construction plan to untangle clogged freight rail, commuter lines and roadway traffic -- is culling its game plan.<

Penske Truck Leasing, Reading, Pa., partnered with Web auction site eBay to expand used vehicle sales online.

UPS Airlines and seven passenger carriers will start using renewable diesel fuel for ground service operations at Los Angeles International Airport under a contract aimed at meeting new California cle

The U.S. Postal Service and FedEx Express renewed their cooperating agreement to provide date-certain international delivery service to more than 190 countries and territories.

Shipping volume on the Great Lakes was down dramatically in July and for the year to date, according to a report from the Cleveland-based Lake Carriers' Association.

Australian airline Qantas said cargo revenue fell 20.3 percent in its fiscal year ending June 30 to US$634 million, the lowest level since 2005.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is pushing back against the idea that federal stimulus money spending by his department is not helping the economy, saying the funds are creating thousands of jobs.