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Boxship orders revive

Bruce Barnard / The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINE |

LONDON -- Ocean carriers are ordering container ships again, ending a near year-long drought of cont

CMA CGM Profit Jumps 5 Percent

French carrier CMA CGM on Monday reported that profit attributable to shareholders increased five pe

House Passes Maritime Clean Air Bill

R. G. Edmonson |

WASHINGTON -- The House on Tuesday passed by a vote of 359-48 the Maritime Pollution Prevention Act,

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Boxship Orders Revive

Bruce Barnard |

LONDON -- Ocean carriers are ordering container ships again, ending a near year-long drought of cont

Corps Doubles Columbia River Funding

Bill DiBenedetto |

SEATTLE -- The Army Corps of Engineers will put $30 million into the Columbia River channel deepenin

USPS Seeks International Growth

Thomas L. Gallagher |

The United States Postal Service launched a new Global Business group aimed at getting the business

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Consumer Confidence Retreats

Thomas L. Gallagher |

A major stock market correction and increases in gasoline prices seem to have eroded economic confid

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AMB Builds at Incheon

Thomas L. Gallagher |

Global developer of industrial real estate, AMB Property launched a development project in South Kor

DHS to Test Air Cargo Screening

Thomas L. Gallagher |

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport will be the site of a test program for air cargo

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DHS Funds Research

Thomas L. Gallagher |

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Domestic Nuclear Detection Office awarded ten contracts t

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FedEx Ground Expands in Georgia

FedEx Ground launched the replacement of a facility in Columbus, Ga., as part of a major expansion p

OOIDA Fights Mexican Trucks

Thomas L. Gallagher |

A Department of Transportation program to allow Mexican trucking companies to operate in the United

Truck Tonnage Falls

Thomas L. Gallagher |

Truck tonnage declined in February compared with a year earlier. February was the eighth month runni

The Back Page

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Unloading. We don''t want to tell LTL carriers how to do

People

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Wendy''s International, Dublin, Ohio, named Tad Wampfler

APL Goes Green in Seattle

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.APL is converting ships it sends to the Port of Seattle t

CMA CGM Bids for Taiwan''s Cheng Lie

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.French shipping line CMA CGM is offering as much as $159

Loss for Hapag-Lloyd

Container line racks up $151 million loss as costs rise, rates drop; carrier expects second-half rebound |

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Hapag-Lloyd Container Line, the world''s fifth-largest oc

FedEx Changes Board Voting Rules, Pensions

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The Teamsters union, which is in a long-term battle to or

EGL Sees Buyout Battle

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Seemingly a done deal, the proposed management buyout of

Report: EC is Fixing Fines

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The 747-200s may not produce red ink much longer, but Air

Fuel Fees Shift Ahead of Deadline

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Major U.S. railroads are starting to revamp fuel surcharg

Union Ratifies Greenbrier Deal

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.A United Steelworkers union local ratified a deal that en

KCS Goes South

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The smallest of the top-tier Class I railroads in

LTL Carriers Hike Rates

John Gallagher |

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.UPS Freight and FedEx Freight are banking on strong rate

Con-way Expands in Indiana

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.LTL carrier Con-way Freight completed a major expansion t

IT Projects: Doomed to Fail?

William Ingersoll |

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The business impact of a failed information technology pr

RFID''s New Challenge

Ronald E. Quirk Jr., Venable law firm |

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Just a little more than two years ago, radio frequency id

RFID's New Challenge

Ronald E. Quirk Jr. |

Just a little more than two years ago, radio frequency identification looked poised for rapid growth

SCI, two others form logistics partnership

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.SCI Logistics of Toronto forged an agreement with two oth

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Reshuffling the Deck

William Hoffman |

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The deal wasn''t exactly a headline grabber, but it was a

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Opportunity Window

John Gallagher |

Truckload shippers around the country are scrambling to lop off 25 percent or more from contract rat

Who''s Got a Secret?

R.G. Edmonson |

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Surprise! Your shipment has been delayed because it doesn

Transport, Trade and Regulation News

CSX Under Scrutiny

The fireball that erupted over CSX Transportation tracks at Oneida, N.Y., early March 12 soon lit up

The Right Price

Peter T. Leach |

Maher Terminals, operator of the biggest container terminal in New York Harbor and a major backer of

Breaking Border Barriers

William Hoffman |

It's not just truckers who are interested in the Mexican border. JPMorgan Chase Vastera, a multinati

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RFID at the Crossroads

William Hoffman |

After years of hype about radio frequency identification's promise to shippers to increase visibilit

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ABX to convert 767

On Monday ABX Air announced that it has purchased a Boeing 767-223 passenger aircraft to be converte

Panther acquires Integres

Panther Expedited Services, which bills itself as the largest independent provider of critical shipm

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Acquisition of Delmas aids CMA CGM profit

French carrier CMA CGM on Monday reported that profit attributable to shareholders increased five pe

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