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SAN FRANCISCO - Lynn C. Fritz, chief executive officer of freight forwarding giant, Fritz Cos. has l

MINNEAPOLIS - With the flooding Upper Mississippi River still unsafe for barges, much of last year's

LONDON - The European Union on Wednesday stepped up its attack on South Korea's shipbuilders, claimi

Transportacion Maritima Mexicana (TMM), the largest multi-modal and logistics company in Latin Ameri

Malaysia's Northport Corp., operator of two container terminals at Port Kelang, will convert two ber

A potential oversupply of vessel space and the U.S. economic slowdown prevented container lines in t

Yet another supply chain management software company announced it has moved its founder to a less ha

HOUSTON - Revenue cargoes at the Port of Houston for the first quarter of this year were down by abo

LONDON - UPS Capital, the financial division of United Parcel Service, Tuesday launched a financial

GENEVA - A World Trade Organization appeals panel on Tuesday upheld a ruling that the United States

MINNEAPOLIS - With the flooding Upper Mississippi River still unsafe for barges, much of last year's

HOUSTON - Revenue cargoes at the Port of Houston for the first quarter of this year were down by abo

LONDON - UPS Capital, the financial division of United Parcel Service, Tuesday launched a financial

Ports in a storm - 1 | 2 Malaysia had long been smarting over losing the transshipment trade to Sing

Australia-New Zealand Direct Line (ANZDL) has launched a new cargo insurance coverage program. The p

SEATTLE - Boeing Co. plans to begin work on a longer-range 747-400 freighter, now that International

British Airways World Cargo has appointed Robert Kujala as senior vice president for the Americas, e

The Title XI loan guarantee program has netted the federal government $83.4 million since fiscal 199

Atlantic Container Line has announced it is starting a new service between North America and West Af

Piracy attacks on commercial vessels hit a 10-year high during the first quarter of the year, the pi

CSA Czech Airlines has joined SkyTeam Cargo, a global airline alliance. SkyTeam was founded last yea

You might expect the perennial rivalry between Hong Kong and Singapore to extend to their ports, by

LONDON - FedEx Corp. has dropped Securicor Omega, its longtime British delivery and collection partn

CMA CGM is starting up two new liner services between the U.S. and South America next month. The com

LONDON - PSA Corp. has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in the biggest container termin

Delta Air Lines will begin service to Tel Aviv on June 1, followed by Dubai and Cairo on June 16. Th

MIAMI - DHL Worldwide Express is focusing its efforts in the United States on developing its interna

Airborne Inc. today announced that it lost $17 million, or 35 cents a share, in the first quarter. T

In an attempt to improve information about national security threats from maritime commerce, several

Confidential contracts have em-boldened shippers to seek all kinds of concessions -- and not just on

Shipping is in John Ara's blood. When he was growing up in Los Angeles, he'd ride his bicycle down t

ZURICH - Transportation ministers from seven countries, in a bid to alleviate the problems that plag

Two venture capital funds announced they would make $20 million available in a joint-venture specifi

PHILADELPHIA - BDP International, the logistics and freight forwarding group, will host a one-day se

Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd. announced net profit of $28.9 million for 2000, a 39 0ncrease o

Davy Jones isn't the consignee on their bills of lading, but many containers get washed overboard ea

Like most sectors of freight transportation, companies offering expedited delivery services have spe

Hayden Swofford, administrator of the Pacific Northwest Asia Shippers Association, felt certain that

Mary Jo Carroll has more than 20 years' experience in supply-chain management, but her current posit

Shippers' top goal in the Ocean Shipping Reform Act was the right to negotiate confidential service