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Weak imports and exports moving through Southern California are putting a strain on one of the most successful freight efficiency and congestion mitigation programs ever created for intermodal trucks.

The CEO of one of the largest U.S. transportation companies opposes replacing the gas tax with a vehicle mileage tax, claiming it would be unfair to many motorists.

The always competitive, sometimes cooperative relationship between railroads and trucking has been a hot topic for Traffic World since at least 1912.

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Maersk Line announced a series of enhancements and adjustments to its Asia-Europe network.

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The latest fines in the global air cargo price-fixing scandal suggest investigations are far from winding down.

Union Pacific Railroad and CSX Transportation resumed their train movements through New Orleans, which had been disrupted for weeks after a CSX bridge fire earlier this month.

The Texas ports of Beaumont and Orange announced that they will each receive $4 million in economic recovery grants from the U.S. Economic Development Administration.

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P.A.M. Transportation Services faced a drop in the value of its stock in the fourth quarter by writing down goodwill.

YRC Worldwide sold to and leased back from Estes Express Lines a package of LTL terminals for $122 million in a deal that will provide a much needed boost to YRC's cash reserves.

Across North America, railcar and intermodal container builders are slashing costs to guard their cash until orders begin to strengthen again.

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As faltering aircraft manufacturers cut back production and carriers face plummeting demand, Southern California Aviation is hanging on to a logistics center that serves its aircraft engine parts and

Deflation driven by plummeting gas prices eased in January as consumer prices, including gasoline, inched upward.

U.S. airlines burned less fuel in 2008 and paid considerably less for it.

The founder of FedEx is an optimist when it comes to the economy, but he won't speculate on when it will turn around.

Aircraft manufacturer Boeing issued layoff notices to some 1,100 workers at its plants this month as the company pressed forward with a plan to cut some 10,000 jobs by the end of this year.

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In describing the state of the container shipping industry, executive recruiter Bill Conroy quotes o

Maersk Line on Monday announced a general rate increase on the trans-Atlantic as of April 1.

TUI likely will acquire a bigger stake in Hapag-Lloyd than it originally planned in order to finaliz

Groundbreaking on the Port of Gulfport

Hapag-Lloyd said it reached an agreement on Friday with several groups representing German forwarder

The four Grand Alliance ocean carriers on Monday announced they are re-routing all ships deployed on

W. Douglas Buttrey, one of two Republican appointees on the three-person Surface Transportation Boar

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- The first heavy-duty electric truck designed for hauling containers within a p

NYK may double the number of car carriers it retires as Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. and Niss

TOKYO -- The Japan Fair Trade Commission notified the nation

Nose-diving Asia imports sent cargo traffic at San Francisco International Airport plunging 36 perce

Stamatis Molaris resigned from his positions at the helm of Excel Maritime Carriers, effective Feb.

Japan's NYK may reduce its container services from Asia to the United States by an additional 15 per

Federal regulators have invoked their powers to pre-empt local governments, to make sure trains keep running unimpeded, to back Norfolk Southern Railway in a challenge from a Washington, D.C., suburb.

Ship Layups Set Record: Idled ocean container capacity has soared to 1.1 million TEUs with 392 ships

The letter from the ocean carrier starts out innocuously.

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