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Orient Overseas (International) Ltd. said it earned $88.7 million before taxes in the first six mont

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Richard P. DiStasio has been named president and chief ex

WASHINGTON - The federal government has agreed to consider whether it should impose safeguards on se

Volume has increased at Taiwan's main Chinese ocean gateway this year even as rhetoric on direct lin

The Department of Justice had requested more information on the proposed $1 billion acquisition of m

Describing the United States as having an "aging maritime infrastructure," a senior Transportation D

The Surface Transportation Board will examine small railroads' rail-line abandonment procedures to f

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.For the second time, the Justice Department is asking Yel

WASHINGTON - The American Association of Exporters and Importers is asking Congress to help refund t

The Port of Hamburg said container volume surged 14.9 percent, and all cargo by 7.2 percent, during

Swiss International Airlines on Tuesday said its first-half net loss narrowed to 333 million francs

Mexican transport conglomerate Grupo TMM S.A. said Monday that its shareholders unanimously rejected

WASHINGTON - Ocean World Lines, a New York-based non-vessel operating common carrier, intends to fil

Stephen E. Flynn, a national security expert at the Council on Foreign Relations, says the federal g

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.After years of sailing against the wind, transatlantic ca

WASHINGTON - A new report from the National Academies of Science recommends the creation of a nation

Yellow Corp. on Monday said it completed the sale of $250 million of convertible notes, to help fina

Asian shippers are urging ocean carriers to simplify and clarify their charges to customers. The shi

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Global Consolidators Inc. promoted Shawnda Falvo to vice

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., knew something about shipping and ports before she was elected in 1992.

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.2003 is a year for getting rid of extraneous costs and un

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Transport Corp. of America has completed the sale of its

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.The Department of Transportation''s chief administrative

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Quote of the week: "(I)t has become an expensive, anachro

Orient Overseas (International) Ltd. said it has appointed Victor Fung as the independent director a

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Union Pacific Railroad and CSX teamed up against Burlingt

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.USF Corp. is hoping to name a successor to Samuel K. Skin

Two years ago, Porsche Cars North America received unexpected bad news from the U.S. Customs Service

As the peak season for Asian imports gets under way, many shippers are asking the same question: Wil

Dutch carrier Martinair Cargo has announced the appointment of Michael Conley as regional sales ma

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.The SARS epidemic, poor infrastructure and inscrutable tr

The Washington State Department of Ecology has agreed to forgive $76,000 of a $99,000 penalty assess

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Area: About 1.3 million square miles, slightly more than one-third the size of the United States.

Lufthansa Cargo is getting its feet wet. When the airline took over freight handling at the Atlanta

Oshkosh Truck Corp. said it expects to record a fourth-quarter charge of $3.8 million for the redemp

San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge is awaiting a seismic retrofit to make the landmark span more res

Container Corp. of India, the state-owned multi-modal operator, will build a container terminal at t

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.The National Industrial Transportation League and Kansas

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Geac Computer Corp., a Markham, Ontario-based enterprise