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The international president of the largest rail labor organization, the United Transportation Union, is calling for railroads and customers to settle their fight over rail industry regulation, and rea

The Journal of Commerce erroneously reported on its Web site last week that Descartes Systems Group reported a profit in the fourth quarter thanks to a tax benefit.

The global recession led to a 23.1 percent slump in international air cargo traffic for members of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines in February, the group reported March 25.

Norfolk Southern Railway said Mark D. Manion will be chief operating officer of its parent corporation as of April 1, with the March 31 retirement of Stephen C.

Maersk Line announced plans to raise its freight-all-kinds rates for the trade from Europe to Asia.

Japan's exports and imports both shrank at their fastest paces on record in February amid the deepening global economic downturn, according to preliminary figures released by the Finance Ministry on W

The Senate on March 24 confirmed Gary Locke as commerce secretary.

New orders for manufactured durable goods perked up in February for the first time since August, 2008.

London -- Germany's Hapag-Lloyd boosted 2008 operating profit by 19 percent from a year ago but warned lower volumes and weaker freight rates will lead to a "considerable decline" in 2009 ea

AMB Property, one of the world's largest logistics facilities developers, said Tuesday the global economic downturn is cutting into its business at a rate of 3 to 4.5 percent but the declining busines

Freight forwarder Geodis Wilson is using Descartes customs filing and compliance services to standardize its global customs filing process.

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From the Pacific Northwest to New York-New Jersey, ports across the U.S.

Air Transport Services Group, the main provider of air services to DHL in the United States, lost $64.2 million in the fourth quarter as DHL withdrew from domestic air express service in the United St

FedEx is holding billions of dollars worth of business – and jobs – over the heads of Congress and the Obama administration by conditioning future aircraft purchases on keeping its parcel

The Highway Trust Fund is likely to run dry this summer unless the president and Congress provide an infusion of money, according to the president of the American Association of State Highway and Tran

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a major ratings agency for corporate debt, lowered its long-term corporate credit rating for Kansas City Southern to “B&r

AutoInfo’s profits increased 38 percent to $2.2 million on revenue of $180.2 million in 2008 despite declining revenue in the fourth quarter due to the weakening economy.

TradeBeam, which provides on-demand global trade management software, launched the Duty Rate Calculator, which enables businesses to quickly obtain current, general and preferential, as well as future

The head of the Port of Los Angeles said Tuesday the port’s clean-trucks program is continuing without interruption despite an appeals court ruling against controversial parts of the program.

This recession could lead to fundamental change in trucking comparable to the upheaval that followed motor carrier deregulation in 1980, says Transport Capital Partners, a Nashville, Tenn.-based finan

Zim Integrated Shipping Services entered a cooperation agreement with the Grand Alliance on the service from South China to the U.S. East Coast via the Panama Canal.

Ringnes, Norway's largest brewery, today announced that the company is using RFID technology supplied by IBM to achieve greater visibility into its logistics operations, and improve service to Norwegi

Air Canada in December extended its existing contracts for two Unisys air cargo solutions.

Orient Overseas (International), parent of OOCL, reported that its profit plummeted by 89 percent for the year ended Dec. 31.

Nestlé selected GT Nexus to provide a central online hub to streamline ocean freight procurement negotiation and contracting processes.

Purolator USA, a provider of cross border logistics services, named Martin Flanigan, a 20-year business and financial services veteran, as the company’s new director of finance and administratio

The Suez Canal Container Terminal said March 24 it received a call by a container ship that tested the depth of its new berth depth, which is 47.5 feet.

Kansas City Southern is issuing more debt for its Mexican operations and may issue stock for its U.S.-based company, to boost liquidity as traffic and revenue fall.

Hub Group, one of the leading intermodal service middleman firms and a truck brokerage provider, said traffic and pricing have weakened its earnings outlook for the near term.

CMA CGM (America) said it plans to start dedicated customer service desk for reefer exports on March 30.

Transportation Secretary Raymond LaHood, looking to quiet a furor over a cross-border trucking program that threatens to grow into a full trade war, said Tuesday he plans to create a new version of th

The Federal Maritime Commission will consider two landlord-tenant disputes involving the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey when it meets on March 25.

London -- DSV, Scandinavia's biggest trucking and logistics company, reported 2008 net profit gained 15 percent from a year ago on strong growth in ocean and air freight volumes and a one off gain on

Japan will apply the tonnage tax system to 10 domestic ocean-going shipping companies over five years from fiscal 2009, which starts in April.

London -- The world's airlines face losses of $4.7 billion this year as the deepening global recession shrinks cargo and passenger revenues, the International Air Transport Association said.

Israel Aerospace Industries' Bedek Aviation Group delivered a 737-400 Bedek Special Freighter Configuration on March 15 to General Electric Commercial Aviation Service.

Trucking companies hauling steel coil in Alabama must use specially certified drivers or face fines of up to $10,000. Uncertified drivers could face fines of up to $1,000 and a year in jail.

Three of PepsiCo’s business units informed customers they will eliminate wooden pallets from their supply chain in favor of plastic pallets from Intelligent Global Pooling Systems.

With several acquisitions during the year, Agility, formerly PWC Logistics, boosted annual revenue from $5.9 billion in 2007 to $6.8 billion in 2008.