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Partly to boost its cash levels, Canadian Pacific Railway said it plans to slash its joint ownership of the Detroit River Tunnel Partnership to just 16.5 percent from 50 percent now, while its pension

In the fourth quarter of 2008, 41 of the 50 U.S. states experienced declines in personal income, largely as a result of falling wage disbursements, said a report by U.S.

Canadian National Railway shifted four senior operations officials to new roles in running different parts of the railroad.

Cargotec won its first commercial contract for a Cargotec Port Security spreader-mounted radiation detection system.

YRC Worldwide will fire 600 nonunion employees in the next several weeks as a result of its Yellow Transportation-Roadway integration and weak business volume brought on by the weak economy.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced the appointment of disaster recovery veteran Janet L.

Responding to a proposal to designate specific coastal water areas as an Emission Control Areas, the American Association of Port Authorities on Monday praised the U.S.

Canadian Pacific Railway is getting ready for the Red River flood to move north and possibly disrupt freight traffic there as it has in North Dakota.

It may be the oldest of the big U.S. freight lines, but Union Pacific Railroad this week pushed out an innovative Web site makeover that it says is part of a “brand refresh.”

Central Freight Lines is using software from Cheetah Freight to book more freight and strip out miles with fewer people.

The Transportation Security Administration needs to dig deeper to find out how protected the nation’s trucks are against a terrorist attack, according to the U.S.

Germany, Europe's largest economy, needs to accelerate its fiscal stimulus measures because of the severity of the recession facing Europe, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development s

Hapag-Lloyd said it appointed Peter Ganz and Roland Kirch as new members of its executive board. Ganz, 41, is slated to become the company’s chief financial officer.

Maersk Line announced it will implement a commodity general rate increase for the trade moving from Europe to Asia.

Crowley Maritime said it christened and launched the first in a series of heavy-lift deck barges, the 455-4, Saturday at Gunderson Marine Shipyard in Portland, Ore.

Beginning May 1, MOL's Gator Guarantee will provide a service guarantee on the company's own vessel strings, the Pacific Southwest Express and Japan-American Shuttle.

Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank, proposed the creation of a $50 billion global trade liquidity program on Tuesday, March 31, to be considered by the World Bank board this week.

Evergreen Group founder Chang Yung-fa said Tuesday that Evergreen Marine, his group's container shipping line, will reregister a number of its ships back under the Singapore flag after having pulled t

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners Canada and Mexico took its steepest dive ever in January to the lowest monthly dollar

HHLA, Hamburg's biggest container terminal operator, reported record earnings and revenue in 2008 but warned it expects a double digit decline in cargo this year.

London -- The number of laid-up container ships stabilized over the past fortnight, breaking five months of steep increases, as ocean carriers re-activate idle vessels with the onset of the spring car

The number of foreign trade containers handled by the Port of Tokyo rose for the second consecutive month in October last year on a year-on-year basis, increasing 3.4 percent.

Finnish crane-maker Kalmar, which supplies cargo-handling equipment for marine terminals around the world, has found a new market in the United States.

The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority hired port design engineering firm Moffatt & Nichol to perform a strategic assessment of all PRPA marine terminals, warehouses, and other waterfront facili

The Environmental Protection Agency on March 30 proposed creation of an emissions control area that would require ships to burn cleaner fuels within 230 miles (200 nautical miles) of U.S.

The average retail price of diesel fuel soared 13.1 cents last week to $2.221 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Transite, a transportation management technology company, launched a service which aggregates the best rates from numerous 3PLs.

Maersk Line will raise freight rates in the trade from North America to the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent.

Lawyers representing the American Trucking Associations and the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on April 27 will present oral arguments in the ports’ clean-truck case.

Cummins Turbo Technologies will consolidate its turbocharger operations in Charleston, S.C., from two facilities to one over the next 18 months.

Con-way’s less-than-truckload subsidiary Con-way Freight is accelerating transit times between Washington's Tri-Cities area and eastern Idaho to support local farms during the region's peak plan

The American Lung Association is encouraging the United States to establish an offshore emission control area to reduce air pollution from vessels operating in U.S. waters.

Beginning April 1, the Chinese government will increase tax rebate rates on selected exports.

Alitalia is set to revive cargo services, challenging foreign carriers that invaded its domestic market after the Italian airline's new owners abandoned its freighter operation.

Crowley Maritime will begin offering warehousing and distribution services through its Gulf Coast gateway in Gulfport, Miss., on May 1.

CenterPoint Properties Trust submitted to the Virginia Port Authority an unsolicited proposal to obtain the operating rights of Virginia’s port system.

Drivers in cross-border operations to Mexico and along the U.S.

Taiwan’s Evergreen Group said today it is forming a joint venture with its present agency in South Africa, Green Africa Shipping to establish a new agency that is called Evergreen Agency (South

Rates for truckload services will fall about 4 percent this year as U.S. shippers seek to lock low spot market pricing into long-term contracts, a transportation industry analyst said.