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The United States should build upon the momentum created last year when Congress ratified an international treaty to reduce vessel emissions by establishing a national policy for reducing all types of

The Port of Seattle is postponing the acquisition of the BNSF Eastside Rail Corridor because of the continuing difficulty of raising capital in the nation's bond markets.

The average cost of a gallon of diesel went up for the first time since mid-January as crude oil futures surged past $50 per barrel for the first time since November.

Pascal Lamy, director general of the World Trade Organization, arrived in Washington for two days of meetings with Obama administration officials and members of Congress.

London, March 23 -- TUI closed on the sale of ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd to a group of Hamburg-based investors after making several costly concessions to salvage the deal.

Tom Behrens-Sørensen, group executive vice president, will step down as Chairman of Maersk China after 14 years and leave the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group.

French ports are facing further labor unrest after dock workers' leaders mounted a new challenge to controversial plans to privatize container handling.

French carrier CMA CGM announced a general rate increase for the trade moving on its EPIC Service from India to Europe and the Mediterranean.

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CMA CGM said today it is canceling one of its all-water services between Asia and the U.S.

In a clear sign that solar energy will play a key role in U.S.-India trade, a trade mission comprised of representatives from 14 U.S. companies in that sector arrived March 23 in India.

The port of New York-New Jersey began the first day of TWIC enforcement with little disruption of gate traffic, according to Bethann Rooney, security director.

India's Port of Jawaharlal Nehru released a Request for Qualifications for the development of its long-awaited fourth container terminal project.

Hamburg Süd said it christened the first Argentine-built ship in its 137-year history on Sunday in Buenos Aires.

MOL said today that its car carrier Jasmine Ace was fired on by pirates in two high-speed boats about 480 miles east of Somalia around at 4:10 p.m. local time on Sunday afternoon.

The four members of the CKYH Alliance, Cosco, “K” Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin, said today that they will rationalize their all-water services from the Far East to the U.S.

Standard & Poor’s assigned one of its highest investment grades on UPS debt as a result of its stable cash flow and strong position in ground parcel delivery market.

Talks between railcar manufacturer Greenbrier and General Electric’s car leasing unit to curb or delay a huge order “are currently stalled,” said Greenbrier President and CEO William

Barge freight tonnage at Oklahoma’s Tulsa Port of Catoosa fell 14.8 percent in December from the same month a year ago, but the river port said it also saw signs of improvement in strong month-t

A FedEx cargo plane crashed and burst into flame on landing at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport early Monday morning.

The number of containers handled by the Port of New York and New Jersey during 2008 dropped by 34,052, essentially showing no growth over the previous year as the global economic recession slowed trad

The deadline for all truck drivers entering terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey to have TWIC cards is Monday, March 23, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said in an urgent rem

Whether it was slumping trade volume, the deepening global recession, individual circumstance or a combination, the last year brought some reshuffling among the ranks of the world’s largest cont

The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee wants to carve out major new funding this year to attack a number of congestion chokepoints around the nation.

Several Texas ports are pushing plans to widen ship channels, build infrastructure and improve roadways. Money from the stimulus bill, grants, the ports and port users will pay for the improvements.

Giving up on the American Dream could turn out to be one of Frank Appel’s smartest moves.

The largest long-term concern for the domestic trucking industry for many years, at least up to last year, was a looming shortage of qualified drivers. No one is talking about that anymore.

Gulf ports could use a quiet 2009 hurricane season as they recover from the pummeling they’ve received over the past few years.

U.S. Gulf ports aren’t waiting for the economy to recover to launch aggressive infrastructure projects.

Third-party logistics providers thrived as the economy stalled last year, but will have a tough time making money in the coming year as the recession settles in and trade retreats.

Federal officials rushing to roll out the Transportation Worker Identification Credential are getting some help from an unexpected quarter — the recession.

A new short line railroad that will speed intermodal service in the New England-New York corridor will start rolling as early as May after winning approval from federal regulators.

A fight between railroads and chlorine shippers is turning caustic.

Maersk Line capped the coldest winter for ocean carrier profits by firing a warning shot on rates across the bows of other carriers.

Congress finally killed a program allowing U.S.

Importers and exporters are diverting some cargo to other gateways because of the plethora of fees Los Angeles and Long Beach charge to fund infrastructure and environmental programs.

Prevailing winds move west to east, and so do most containers crossing North America.

The Port of Long Beach plans to make its clean-truck and motor carrier subsidy programs more attractive through an incentive package that the Board of Harbor Commissioners will be asked to consider at

Great Lakes shipping interests have an urgent suggestion for Obama Administration stimulus spending — if you want to support American-made steel in infrastructur