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FedEx, UPS and the World Shipping Council are close to a compromise agreement on "freedom-of-contrac

Werner and Irene Etzinger, proprietors of the Elmville Bakery in Elmville, Ontario, are famous for t

For decades, global trade liberalization emphasized the basic reduction of tariffs on goods. In the

ILA, Employers Agree On Local Pacts: The International Longshoremen's Association and waterfront emp

How do you get good in trucking? Easy. Don't be like everybody else, eschew the heavy discount game

If Congress approves the Central America Free Trade Agreement between the U.S. and five smaller neig

For the meat and poultry industries, the story continues to be what isn't moving, especially in the

As Rodrigo Rato, Spain's former minister of economics and finance, takes over as managing director o

In Washington and in state capitals, there is no shortage of initiatives that would affect port hour

Copyright 2004, Traffic World, Inc.Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings hopes to emerge from bankrup

Ram Menen has been head of Emirates' cargo division since the airline's launch in 1985. During its l

The Washington-based private equity firm Carlyle Group disproved in spectacular fashion last week th

China is slightly larger than the U.S. and, like the U.S., puts heavy reliance on rail for movement

The Indian government will re-merge the ministries of surface transport and shipping as part of its

Investors have responded favorably to a planned rights issue of over $920 million by Lufthansa, the

Kansas City Southern plans to upgrade its tools for Web-based transactions.The railroad plan

China is introducing a new automatic system to identify ships plying the Yangtze in an attempt to pr

Standard & Poor's on Thursday said the outlook for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.'s debt ratings

South Korean shipbuilders led the global market with orders totaling 5.6 million compensated gross t

Mediterranean Shipping Co. has introduced a new weekly service from Liverpool, England linking its k

CHENNAI -- Talks to end a strike by union dockworkers at P&O Ports' Chennai Container Terminal in In

CSX World Terminals LLC announced Friday the reorganization of its Hong Kong and China Investments s

The number of vessels entering the Mississippi River last year reached its lowest point since 1961,

United Airlines hopes to hear soon whether it will receive a $1.6 billion federal loan guarantee tha

European aircraft maker Airbus expects to reach break-even by about 2010 on its superjumbo A380 jet,

The United States South Europe Conference raised its Bunker Adjustment Factor for the period July 1-

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Radio frequency identification devices are all the rage today in supply chain

Cargolux Airlines International announced the introduction of a new, twice weekly 747-400 freighter

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Ocean carriers have invested millions of dollars to develop information techno

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The director of the U.S. Coast Guard port security office said that U.S. ports and

MC Shipping Inc. said its board of directors rejected a proposed takeover by a U.S. investment compa

California officials are looking into whether aides to Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn improperly in

Malaysia, which has resisted calls for more cooperation in making its waterways more secure, says

United Parcel Service and the union representing 2,500 pilots have stepped up the pace of bargaining

Maersk Sealand, APL Ltd. and NYK Line are the leaders in trans-Pacific ocean carrier quality, accord

WASHINGTON - A group of Senate Democrats are urging the Bush administration to work on labor, enviro

Copyright 2004, Traffic World, Inc.USF is "working hard to make alternative arrangements" to

The United States has successfully concluded negotiations for a free trade agreement with Bahrain, w

A leading Canadian farming and food alliance urged the federal government Wednesday to take a bigger

NEWARK, N.J. -- A truck driver who claimed to have suffered permanent facial injuries in a forklift