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Forwarder National Air Cargo is using its airline subsidiary to launch direct flights with construction materials from the United States to Afghanistan to supply the U.S. military.

TransGroup Worldwide Logistics is expanding its North American footprint with the opening of its Nogales, Ariz. logistics center.

Scratch another 2,000 jobs, the Class I railroads told the Surface Transportation Board.

Frozen Food Express Industries lost $6.1 million in the first quarter despite moves to cut costs in the difficult trucking environment.

National Retail Systems opened a 15-acre distribution center in Compton, Calif., to serve retailers and manufacturers who ship through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

The Gal-Tex ship pilots have filed for a multi-year rate increase that begins with an eight percent increase on June 1, an eight percent increase the following year, and seven percent increases over e

In a boost that will help Galveston continue to rebound from last fall’s devastating Hurricane Ike and reach a new channel depth of 45 feet, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or stimul

Transfennica's combination "Trafexpress" container/roll-on, roll-off vessel Timca called the Port of Jacksonville this week and discharged about 6,000 tons of breakbulk Scandinavian paper an

Heavy truck orders for major North American manufacturers in April were down 9 percent from March and 57 percent from April 2008 with no improvement in sight, according to data compiled by FTR Associa

The U.S. Postal Service lost $1.9 billion in the quarter ending March 31.

Container ship charter rates plunged to historic lows and are set for further steep falls in the coming weeks as ocean carriers prepare to return scores of hired vessels to their owners in a bid to sh

Somali pirates hijacked the MV Victoria Tuesday afternoon off the southern coast of Yemen for the second time in a year.

Intermodal and logistics firm Pacer International is promoting several executives and changing its management design, in the first phase of a restructuring that Pacer said aims to cut costs, boost com

The nation’s largest shipper organization is backing a new standard for cargo liability in international transport that would supersede current U.S. maritime cargo liability law.

Germany's Deutsche Post DHL reported first quarter operating profit crashed 95 percent from a year ago mainly due to the cost of shuttering its U.S. domestic express delivery service.

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Maersk Line, extending its bid to reverse a slide in ocean pricing, today announced rate increases on its services from Northern Europe to North Africa and the Mediterranean as well as from Asia to th

U.S. airlines reported their worst quarter for cargo ever in the first three months of 2009, recording a 21.1 percent decline in traffic despite signs of growing demand late in the quarter.

Jeffrey A. Rosen, former general counsel and senior policy advisor at the White House Office of Management and Budget, and previously general counsel of the U.S.

Cardinal Logistics Management Corporation hired Todd Hoyt as general manager of its new division, transportation management services.

The International Air Cargo Association elected Ulrich Ogiermann as its new Chairman.

The global recession and its consequences pushed mobile phone shipments to a sharp decline in the first quarter, according to an industry research firm.

In a welcome turn of events for the beleaguered Port of Charleston, Mediterranean Shipping Co.

Discount retailer Stein Mart this week began overhauling its nationwide distribution system. APL Logistics is helping to lead the transformation.

Aircraft leasing company Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings earned a record profit of $23.4 million in the first quarter after deconsolidating subsidiary Polar Air Cargo Worldwide for reporting purposes.

UPS is boosting service in Asia by expanding its after market network of field stocking locations in India and establishing a post-sales customer support center in the Philippines.

BAA, the world's biggest airports operator, reported pre-tax losses in the first quarter widened from a year ago amid slumping freight and passenger traffic at its seven UK airports.

The number of foreign trade containers handled by the Port of Tokyo was completely unchanged in December.

Ricardo Martinelli soundly defeated the governing center-left party's candidate in Panama's presidential election Sunday, enhancing the chances that the U.S.-Panama free-trade pact signed in 2007 will

A.P. Moller-Maersk is calling for creation of a secure maritime corridor off the coast of eastern Somalia to protect vessels against the surge in pirate attacks.

A.P. Moller-Maersk Group reduced its CO2 emissions by 9 percent in 2008 compared with 2007.

Truckload carrier Swift Transportation is upgrading its internal document processing to pay drivers and bill customers faster as cash flow has become a major priority for carriers in the current econo

Agility, a Kuwait-based provider of logistics services, announced that net profit before non-recurring items rose to $135 million during the first quarter of 2009, or

Sometimes even a good financial report can show how bad the economy is.

Asian imports to the U.S.

The closely-watched Cass Freight Index fell a record 25 percent in April compared to the same month a year ago, and freight spending also dropped at a record pace, throwing a new cloud over hopes that

Retail diesel fuel sold for an average of $2.185 per gallon last week, down 1.6 cents a gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

With substantially lower revenue, distribution facility provider ProLogis earned only slightly less profit in the first quarter, compared with a year ago.

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics announced May 4 that it will launch a new roll-on, roll-off service to South America’s West coast beginning in June.

MAC Cargo Handling launched operations May 4.