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The Port of Duisburg, Germany, the world's biggest inland port, handled more than one million TEUs for the first time in 2008, outpacing growth at its larger rivals in the Le Havre-Hamburg port range.

Union Pacific Railroad plans to “hold firm” on pricing despite declining demand for rail freight transport, an investment analyst said in a report April 3 after meetings with UP management

If there's a recession out there it's not taking place in the ballroom of the Grand Hyatt Downtown San Antonio.

Stimulus spending by the Canadian federal government is hurrying along the upgrading of the Canadian half of the second busiest Canada-United States commercial border crossing.

Great Lakes shipping interests have an urgent suggestion for Obama Administration stimulus spending — if you want to support American-made steel in infrastructure improvements, then dig down and

Discussions among congressional staff, rail customers and railroads to craft new competition rules for that industry “are moving along nicely,” said Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va.

Consolidated cargo throughput at major ports in India grew by 2.13 percent in fiscal 2008-09, which ended March 31, according to the latest data released by the Indian Ports Association.

Victor M. Mendez, who directed the Arizona Department of Transportation under two governors, is President Obama’s choice to head the Federal Highway Administration.

Texas Southern University is partnering with the Port of Houston Authority on a new degree program that will address key national transportation needs: logistics, security and environment.

Container handling through the Port of Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, fell off sharply in the first two months this year, about the same as for U.S.

Cargo traffic for U.S. airlines fell 21.2 percent in February, taking the business to its lowest levels in eight years, according to figures released by the Air Transport Association.

Big shippers with plenty of pricing power are favoring third party logistics providers with heavy assets behind their name.

Global freight forwarder MOL Logistics selected Descartes' Global Logistics Network to help it comply with the United States Customs and Border Protection's new Importer Security Filing "10+2&quo

Meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 economic crisis in London, President Barack Obama told South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday that he wants to make progress in completing the long-delay

The Southern Shrimp Alliance gave a mixed review to the decision of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, effective April 1, to terminate its enhanced bonding requirement on all shrimp imports.

Weather problems flattened traffic overall for the largest U.S. railroads in the week ending March 28, but even so some cargoes linked to economic demand picked up.

Oil prices lower than $75 a barrel discourage producers from investing in the large-scale projects that ensure an adequate future supply, said OPEC members and industry executives attending a Paris co

A key measure of industrial shipping in the United States showed shipments declined 22 percent in March from the same month a year ago, suggesting retailers and manufacturers were retrenching still mo

Container volumes at West Coast ports took an especially troubling dive in February and every major gateway felt the pain.

The Florida Department of Transportation has killed its existing plan to build a $1 billion-plus tunnel under Biscayne Bay to relieve truck congestion plaguing the Port of Miami and recommended instea

Japanese carrier MOL announced plans to restructure its Asia-West Africa service network with the introduction of a new mainline and two feeder services on the route.

Con-way Freight is spanning the Atlantic with express transport giant TNT in a bid to load more European freight into U.S. trucks.

European Union transport ministers backed an "open skies" aviation pact with Canada that will deregulate cargo and passenger services across the Atlantic.

Container traffic moving through India’s Port of Jawaharlal Nehru registered a marginal decline in fiscal 2008-09 ended March 31, according to latest traffic figures released by port management.

Greece cancelled an international tender to privatize and expand container facilities at Thessaloniki, the country's second largest box hub.

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Three major Japanese ports' container trade results were mixed in December, with Yokohama and Nagoya suffering continued declines while Osaka saw a slight rise despite the deep global economic downtur

Manhattan Associates said its licensing revenue from supply chain management software tumbled an estimated 75 percent in the first quarter.

New orders for manufactured durable goods increased in February for the first time in six months, according to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau on April 2.

Neptune Orient Lines reported April 2 that its 2008 profit plunged by 84 percent from the previous year on revenue that increased by 14 percent as container volume dropped sharply in the last quarter

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have each been collecting more than $200,000 a day in clean-trucks fees since Feb.18.

The union representing train engineers is flatly opposing a proposed law to strip the big freight rail lines of their limited antitrust immunity, and urging key lawmakers to meet with shippers and car

CMA CGM said it is increasing its freight rates on eastbound trade between ports in the Mediterranean and the U.S. East Coast as of May 1.

A maritime labor leader called Wednesday for groups representing workers and carriers to work together to make marine highways an integral part of the national intermodal freight transportation system

The freight decline at Los Angeles International Airport leveled off in February but the 23.1 percent drop in tonnage still marked the seventh straight month of double-digit declines at the United Sta

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland is expected to sign a bill April 1 that would raise the state speed limit for trucks on state highways from 55 mph to 65 mph.

Oklahoma State University is taking alternative fuels back to school.

Access America Transport, a third party logistics company, promoted Chad Eichelberger to vice president. Prior to the promotion, Eichelberger was the director of business development.

Workers in Alabama — including transportation workers — may soon be able to bring guns to work, as long as they store them in locked vehicles.

Representatives of large trucking companies and small independent operators are shifting into high gear in the battle over truck size and weight limits on Capitol Hill.