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London – Maersk Line parent A.P. Moller-Maersk will cut costs by an additional $1 billion this year to respond to the “new global reality”, CEO Nils Andersen said.

Montreal-based TransForce, Canada's largest all-categories trucking/logistics firm, reports buckling down to a "deteriorating" business economy in North America with hiring and salary freeze

Class I railroads as a group cut 1,678 jobs by mid-January from a month earlier, as the recession deepened and freight traffic remained sharply below year-earlier levels.

European logistics provider Geodis is expanding its network through the acquisition of two divisions of Giraud International.

Industrial real estate owner and developer AMB Property Corporation leased 250,000 square feet at its AMB Millcreek Distribution Centre in Toronto to a leading global transportation services and logis

Driven by a surge in gasoline prices, consumers paid more for most things in February, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.

A millwright working at McDuffie Coal Terminal died Tuesday after slipping in a coal hopper, the Mobile-Press Register reported. Larry D.

The weakening economy reared its head in the latest data on trade between the United States, Canada and Mexico, showing year-over-year surface transportation growth of imports and exports in 2008 to b

Motiva Enterprises is delaying completion of a $7 billion expansion of its Port Arthur, Texas, refinery, according to the Houston Chronicle.

Japan and Peru will hold preparatory talks next week on concluding a free trade agreement between the two countries, the Japanese government announced on Wednesday.

Michelin, Savi Technology and Texas Instruments are joining other corporations and the federal government to form the DASH7 Alliance, a cross-industry initiative that will expand the use of wireless d

The Montreal Port Authority is looking for a new president and CEO following the departure of Patrice Pelletier on March 17.

NYK, &ldquo;K&rdquo; Line, Pacific International Lines and Hyundai Merchant Marine said they will launch a joint service between the Far East and the east coast of South America starting in mid-June.<

The Producer Price Index in the transportation and warehousing sector slowed to 0.5 percent in February from 0.8 percent in January.

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LONDON &mdash; Boskalis Westminster warned March 18 that the record earnings and revenues it booked in 2008 will be followed by a steep downturn in the dredging and maritime infrastructure markets thi

London -- France's freight transport system faces paralysis on March 19 as longshoremen, railroad workers, truckers and air cargo handlers join a 24-hour general strike to protest against President Ni

LONDON &mdash; European Union antitrust regulators have cleared a deal giving French and Luxembourg investment funds joint control of one of Europe&rsquo;s biggest port operators.

The CEOs of the container shipping lines in Transpacific Stabilization Agreement said Tuesday they will try to ensure service contracts for the 2009-20

NYK Line, &ldquo;K&rdquo; Line, Pacific International Lines and Hyundai Merchant Marine will jointly operate a new liner service between the Far East and the East Coast of South America, effective in

Maersk Line announced plans to upgrade its Middle East-Europe 3 (ME3) Service, effective in early April.

China Shipping Development Co. today reported a profit of $786 million for the year ended Dec. 31, an increase of 18 percent over the $665 million it earned in 2007.

CSX Transportation is putting four new genset yard locomotives into its Barr rail yard in Riverdale near Chicago, doubling its fleet of the low-emission power units.

Truck and engine manufacturer Navistar posted a profit of $234 million in its fiscal first quarter ending Jan.

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia will add its inaugural call at the Port of Charleston to its North America service during the week of March 30, the South Carolina State Port Authority sa

Sea Ocean International, a Jamaican shipping line, will launch a dedicated weekly container service between Miami and Kingston with its first departure from Miami on March 20, according to South Flori

Container volumes in February plunged 40 percent at the Port of Long Beach and 32.5 percent in Los Angeles as the nation's largest port complex struggled through its worst month in years.

Alaska Air Cargo is one of the first air carriers to implement a special training program for employees who handle perishables such as fresh Alaska seafood.

The American Society of Transportation and Logistics appointed Mark Holmes chairman. Holmes is vice president global integrated solutions for third party logistics company OHL.

Healthy growth prompted UK-based specialist container leasing company Cargostore International to acquire lease management software from Real Asset Management.

Schenker Vietnam on March 17 opened its flagship facility in Song Than Industrial Park I of Binh Duong Province, close to Ho Chi Minh City.

The Port of Corpus Christi will receive $8.25 million in economic stimulus funds from the Texas Transportation Commission, according to an announcement after a meeting with State Senator Juan &ldquo;C

Platinum Cargo Logistics hired industry veteran Mike Ebhardt as director of operations.

GAC Logistics named Darren Ball as its dedicated regional projects logistics manager for the Middle East.

The United States is "missing the boat" when it comes to exporting manufactured products, according to Frank Vargo, vice president for international economic affairs at the National Associat

Representatives of three governments on March 13 signed a contract for the preliminary design of a bridge to smooth the flow of goods across the bay to and from Hong Kong.

NYK Logistics (Americas) appointed Timothy J. Nolan to the position of senior vice president and general manager of the NVOCC & CHB Division.

The Port of Palm Beach District reached a five-year contract amendment with Tropical Shipping.

Member lines of the Asia-Australia Discussion Agreement announced plans to implement a rate increase, as part of a rate restoration program.