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Truckload carrier Celadon lost money for the first time in more than seven years, dropping $2.1 million in the quarter ending March 31.

Just as it looked as though trucking was beginning to recover from the recession, tonnage dropped steeply in March.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach can continue to require that motor carriers sign concession agreements in order to operate in the harbor, but a federal court ruled that the ports cannot requir

Approximately 140 owner-operator container truck drivers are threatening a strike as early as May 4 at Port Metro Vancouver, as contract negotiations with two trucking companies have broken off, the C

Two leaders of the Senate Finance Committee introduced legislation aimed at dismantling some of the Bush administration’s transportation privatization policies.

The average price for a gallon of diesel fuel fell 2 cents last week to $2.201, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Shanghai International Port (Group), China's biggest port operator, said today that its first-quarter profit fell 27.9 percent to $107.5 million.

Norway's Partner Shipping AS and Praxis Logistics of Australia will launch a triangular auto and heavy cargo service linking the West Coast of North America, Asia and Australia/Zealand.

The European Shippers Council has warned that a new international agreement governing liability for cargo damaged at sea could put small and mid-size shippers at risk.

Freight traffic at Los Angeles International Airport, fell 20.8 percent in March compared to the same month last year, the eighth straight month of double-digit declines at the United States’ la

The Childrens Investment Fund Management, the aggressive hedge fund that last year waged a fierce and successful fight to install new directors on the CSX board to reshape the railroad, no longer hold

UPS is in talks with its pilots’ union over the possible furlough of some 300 pilots from the company’s airline operation.

China's economists are becoming more optimistic about their country's economic recovery.

CMA CGM plans to upgrade its Asia-Mediterranean MEX service with direct calls to Nagoya, Yokohama and Kobe, beginning mid-May.

International express carriers are warning that a new Chinese postal law could curtail their own businesses in China.

The American Chamber of Commerce in China warned in a report April 27 that efforts to build up Chinese companies to dominate domestic industries might shut out foreign competitors.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Friday revised its CreditWatch implications for YRC Worldwide from positive to negative.

WABCO Vehicle Control Systems, a supplier of safety and control systems for commercial vehicles, lost $36.4 million in the first quarter as demand for new commercial vehicles declined worldwide.

APL’s container volume and average revenue per container plunged during its most recent four-week reporting period, its parent Neptune Orient Lines, reported April 27.

MOL’s full-year profit dropped by a third in its fiscal year ended March 31 even though its total revenue declined by only 4.1 percent.

Freight traffic for Asian airlines fell 21.6 percent in March from the same month a year ago but the carriers also saw signs in their busiest month so far in 2009 that the steep decline in cargo deman

Closing the gap between fuel surcharges and actual fuel costs is a priority for shippers and truckers still feeling the sting from last summer’s roller-coaster ride at the pump.

While those of us who travel overseas for our jobs sometimes complain about the time away from home and the extra-long days, there is no better way to keep up with trade and transportation than to vis

The Federal Maritime Commission isn’t going to be deterred even after a federal court “smacked down” the agency’s stand in the controversial clean-trucks program at Southern California ports.

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Governments largely defeated one outbreak of piracy in recent years, but experts say the successful strategies that worked in the Strait of Malacca likely don’t offer many lessons for the Indian Ocean

Building cross-industry coalitions in Washington is more crucial than ever to getting favorable legislation passed, but transportation interests must be careful not to alienate potential partners — ev

[BRAZIL:34:4/27/09:TRADE] Brazil has moved outside the rest of the world’s mainstream in commerce and culture for years and that could be how it turns out to be with the global economic downturn.

Falling construction prices are making federal dollars meant for infrastructure projects go further, and Washington is trying to make sure the money goes to those building plans.

Compared TO other major ocean trade lanes, the trans-Atlantic had a strong 2008, even though that meant container volume declined 1.2 percent.

Truckload carriers intent on making it to the other side of the recession are taking cues from the economy and new trends in shipping by focusing on short-haul lanes.

Freight railroads are eager to climb aboard the Obama administration’s plan for high-speed passenger rail.

Gen. David Petraeus told a congressional committee that ocean cargo carriers should consider putting armed guards on ships traveling through pirate-infested waters off the coast of Africa.

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Congress will jump into the legal and policy issues raised by the recent expansion of pirate attacks on cargo ships in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa.

Agility opened an Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore along with an expanded regional distribution center to strengthen its presence and provide a platform for further growth.

Agricultural shippers announced their support for clean-trucks plans proposed by the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, saying the Pacific Northwest ports intend to reduce harmful emissions from harbor truc

Challenger Motor Freight, the largest privately owned truckload carrier in Canada, opened an expanded terminal in British Columbia.

Envirotainer, providers of active temperature-controlled air cargo containers and cold chain management specialists to the healthcare industry, promoted Reinier Danckaarts to the post of partner manag