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An aged BNSF Railway bridge on the Upper Mississippi River, which the Coast Guard considers a hazard to barge traffic and other navigation, will be rebuilt with the aid of Recovery Act funds.

Delta Air Lines will ground its entire fleet of 14 747 freighters as it addresses big losses and a steep decline in cargo business, the airline said Tuesday.

Caterpillar lost $112 million in the first quarter after a restructuring charge of more than half a billion dollars.

With a high-tech identification card now mandatory at all U.S. ports, you might think the Transportation Security Administration could take a bow for its labors.

Claude Mongeau will replace E. Hunter Harrison at the end of this year as president and CEO of Canadian National Railway, the company said.

U.S. Trade Representative Ronald Kirk told reporters Monday that progress is being made on pending free-trade deals between the United States and both Panama and Colombia.

Germany's Deutsche Post DHL, Europe's biggest mail and transport company, tentatively suggested the downturn in the global logistics market may have bottomed out.

Shipping Corp. of India will operate the India-Subcontinent-Europe-Service (ISES) in conjunction with Mediterranean Shipping Co., effective in May.

The Coast Guard is preparing a new directive to provide guidance for vessels operating in pirate-infested waters off the coast of Somalia, Commandant Adm. Thad Allen said April 20.

Forward Air lost $3.1 million in the first quarter as the company saw accelerating declines in its core air freight trucking volume and took an impairment charge to meet the deteriorating market.

A dramatic increase in activity by Somali pirates led to a near doubling in the number of ships attacked during the year’s first quarter compared with the same period in 2008, according to a rep

Transportation intermediaries seeking to increase their revenue stream by expanding their menu of value-added services should be aware that they are taking on added liability as well.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, the Teamsters Union, Public Citizen and others against the U.S.

The global economic recession took a huge toll on global production of crude steel in the month of March and the first quarter of 2009, according to the World Steel Association, which compiles data fr

The Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection will meet on May 6.

The International Ship and Port Facility Code is due for its five-year review, and will be a subject May 4 when the National Maritime Security Advisory Committee meets in Washington.

YRC Worldwide and its lenders finalized a credit agreement April 20 that allows the financially troubled trucking giant to defer pension payments from August until Jan.1 and use the company's rea

Canadian National Railway revenue and operating income took a hit from the tough economic environment but net earnings improved year-over-year in the first quarter after including some exceptional ite

The average retail price of diesel fuel fell eight-tenths of a cent last week to $2.221 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Alta Air Logistics named Bart Goedhard to the newly created position of Business Development Manager.

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American Airlines Cargo Division announced expanded its Priority Parcel Service Heavyweight product for shipments between the United States and Europe.

MOL plans to offer direct export service between Jacksonville, Fla. and key European and African ports as part of its APX service.

Bill Connor, a shipping industry veteran with 30 years of experience, recently joined the Port of New Orleans staff as Manager of Northeast Sales.

Neptune Orient Lines today promoted Jim McAdam president of APL Logistics, which, along with the rest of the NOL Group, has been struggling to maintain growth in the global economic recession.

Falling truck parts sales dragged down financial performance at industrial equipment manufacturer Eaton Corp., which lost $52 million in the first quarter.

Hamburg Süd boosted 2008 revenue 24 percent by means of a 25 percent increase in container volume.

Leading indicators for the U.S. economy fell for the ninth consecutive month in March, according to a report April 20 from business researchers at the Conference Board.

London – Kuehne & Nagel is preparing further cost cutting measures as a “severe recession-related decline” in sea and air freight volumes resulted in a 17 percent fall in first q

India's Tariff Authority for Major Ports allowed the Port of Jawaharlal Nehru to levy the existing scale of rates at its own container terminal until July 31.

The Surface Transportation Board tried to launch a big hearing on the most controversial issues it regulates – competition between railroads and access to rail service for shippers – but i

China Merchants Holdings, which has a stake in ports that handle about a third of China’s container traffic, today posted a second half profit that was down 17 percent year over year and forecas

When the economy went into a tailspin late last year, the United Arab Emirates was as shocked as its customers were when oil hit $150 a barrel just months earlier.

A computer model in Chicago displays the city’s rail network, using different colors for different kinds of trains. During the day, main routes are almost solid yellow, signifying commuter trains.

For freight operators serving the world’s automobile manufacturers, the big problem has been parking — too much business rolling into ports and not enough moving out.

Harbor truckers in Southern California are proving resilient, purchasing more than 3,500 clean-diesel vehicles since the Los Angeles-Long Beach clean-trucks programs were launched last October.

Revenue for third-party logistics providers in the automotive world declined 37.5 percent in the first quarter of 2009 compared to the same quarter a year ago.

Few trucking companies have the financial artillery to seek and acquire rivals as demand falls and capacity-rich customers drive down rates, but Arkansas Best is one of them.

Few are bold enough to predict an economic turnaround in 2009, but some believe there are signs some shippers may be paying more for capacity before the year is out.