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Aries Transport, a Nasdaq-listed ship operator, posted a loss of $4.2 million for the quarter ended March 31, compared to a $5.1 million loss in the same quarter last year.

Vietnam will cut import tariffs by an average of roughly 2 percent on many types of goods between now and the end of 2009 in order to comply with the government's commitments to the World Trade Organi

The Port of Long Beach will hold community meetings over the next three weeks to discuss options for spending $15 million in grants to mitigate the impact of port pollution on air quality in harbor-ar

Menlo Worldwide Logistics, the global logistics subsidiary of Con-way, will handle inbound transportation, warehousing and outbound transportation management for U.S.-made products in Europe for Maque

UPS acquired a company that has been acting as its agent for small package delivery in Slovenia since 1991.

The Panama Canal Authority and the Maryland Port Administration, which oversees the six public marine terminals of the Port of Baltimore, are working together to prepare for the increase in trade expe

YRC Worldwide fired four top executives as part of a management reorganization the company says will allow it to execute critical decisions throughout the company fast

Estes Express Lines opened a 12-door terminal in Hope, Ark. to help meet growing demand for less-than-truckload freight in the Southwest.

If there is good news for rail labor in the latest report on job cuts, it’s that the decline of freight railroad employment slowed from mid-March to mid-April.

A Russian airline is helping Japan’s defense forces fight piracy off the coast of Africa.

China's Ministry of Commerce began an anti-dumping investigation into grain-oriented flat-rolled electrical steel imported from the United States and Russia.

Hamburg Süd on Friday christened the last of a series of ten new Monte class ships. The ocean carrier will add three larger Rio class ships later this year.

The Cass index of U.S. domestic shipping edged up 4 percent in May from the month before, providing new evidence the decline in the freight transportation economy is leveling off.

Neptune Orient Lines announced plans to raise about $1 billion through a rights issue to its shareholders that will be partly underwritten by its majority owner, Temasek, the Singapore government&rsqu

London -- The fleet of idled container ships owned by ocean carriers is shrinking as unemployed vessels are brought back into service to handle the seasonal rise in cargo volumes.

The International Chamber of Commerce threw its support behind ratification of the Rotterdam Rules to govern cargo liability in ocean transportation and related inland intermodal movements.

General Motors will close three parts and warehousing centers as the automaker begins to restructure logistics operations as part of its government-led reorganization, the company announced on the hee

Following announcements by APL and MOL that they would begin direct calls to Vietnam, Hyundai Merchant Marine announced changes to two services linking Pacific ports to the U.S. West Coast.

On May 28, a group of 55 legislators made up of members from the Populist and Progressive caucuses, the House Trade Working Group, and others sent a letter (

The average retail price of diesel fuel jumped 7.8 cents last week to $2.352 per gallon in the largest increase since March, according to figures released Monday by the U.S.

Babcock & Brown Air Limited , a global lessor of commercial jet aircraft, repurchased $20 million principal amount of its securitization notes for $10 million in a privately negotiated transaction

Air Transport Services Group’s subsidiary ABX Air completed a lease agreement with its principal customer, DHL.

Evergreen Line and China Shipping Container Lines have agreed to pool their assets on four different trade lanes by sharing slots and vessels starting this month.

London -- Container ship charter rates are still falling despite the onset of the peak shipping season, as ocean carriers continue to trim capacity amid stagnant cargo volume on key deep-sea liner tra

The New England Teamsters and Trucking Industry Pension Fund is seeking two months worth of pension fund contributions from YRC Worldwide and is threatening to take legal action if not paid.

Customs and Border Protection should delay implementation of the Importer Security Filing rule until the World Customs Organization has had time to review its compatibility with the SAFE Framework sec

Key Democratic senators have an agreement on a “robust” package of legislation to remove antitrust exemptions now enjoyed by freight railroads and reform the Surface Transportation Board t

The Institute of Supply Management's Manufacturing Index pushed up 2.7 percentage points in May, the fifth straight monthly improvement in a closely-watched report that showed growing signs that

The steep slide in air freight business showed new signs of leveling off in April as tonnage at Los Angeles International Airport fell at its slowest rate in six months.

In an effort to accelerate India's recovery from the global recession, the newly elected United Progress Alliance government in New Delhi will attempt to sign free-trade agreements with both South Kor

The first deep-water container terminal serving Vietnam's southern commercial hub opened Friday, clearing the way for direct service to the United States to begin this week, APL said.

A powerful shippers’ lobby, the National Industrial Transportation League, threw its weight behind a Senate bill to strip freight railroads of a limited antitrust immunity.

Maersk Line plans to upgrade its MECL1 and MECL2 services that cover the trade between the Middle East and Indian Subcontinent and the United States East Coast.

The Shipping Corporation of India will revive a vessel sharing agreement for India-Europe service that fell apart as a result of the downturn in trade volumes.

Frankfurt airport is ending short time working at its cargo unit amid signs the six month slump in freight traffic is bottoming out.

For anyone wondering if shippers and cargo carriers could work together toward common goals, the Freight Stakeholders Coalition is a rare example of idealism in public policy.

North American railroads are relatively unique in that they operate on rights-of-way that are generally privately owned.

It is still early, but the signs aren’t looking good.

For shipping lines plying the perilous seas off the Somali coast, risk management begins long before vessels enter the Indian Ocean or the Gulf of Aden.

A warning to any importers expecting the Obama administration to issue a last-minute reprieve from the regulations known as “10+2”: It’s not going to happen.