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Malcom McLean loaded his first container on a ship at Newark, N.J., but containerization's roots are

OOCL Orders 7,200-TEU Ships: Orient Overseas Container Line has ordered six 7,200-TEU containerships

Maersk Sealand is seeking service alternatives for Southeast Asian shipments in the wake of the Port

The arrival of Joe Miniace as president of the Pacific Maritime Association in 1996 marked the begin

FORT WORTH - Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. said it opposed many of the provisions of the Surfac

HOUSTON -- Representatives of various Caribbean, Central American and South American countries are m

MONTREAL -Canadian National urged the Surface Transportation Board to ensure its proposed rail merge

Deutsche Post World Net AG shares on Monday rose nearly 40n their debut on the Frankfurt stock excha

BOSTON -- For decades, the people running Amtrak had to wince when Americans returning from overseas

For Fritz Cos., it was only the latest piece of bad news. Its stock had been plummeting since Septe

Shippers, shipper organizations and labor unions criticized as lacking specificity the Surface Trans

Increasing pirate attacks on ships calling at the Bangladeshi Ports of Chittagong and Mongla have pr

After spending some 20 years in the forwarding industry before forming her own consulting firm, Jean

How well is Internet technology serving the needs of the bulk cargo industry? Not very well, if a ne

NEW DELHI -- Ten bids have been received for a tender floated by the eastern port of Calcutta for lo

ANKARA --Turkey wants to establish a Turkish-flagged tanker fleet to meet the needs of its oil and o

LONDON -- The Dutch goverment has finally agreed to the privatization of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.

CANBERRA - Truck drivers Monday morning blockaded major fuel terminals and wharves in Melbourne, sou

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is pressing ahead with plans to investigat

Century Bridge Container Line, a small, Chinese-owned carrier that entered the trans-Pacific trade l

CP Ships has ordered five 3,200-TEU ships that are designed to be used in the company's South Americ

Most readers already know that Incoterms 2000 are thirteen terms of sale created by the Internationa

FRANKFURT - The corporate group that manages Frankfurt Airport has renamed itself Fraport in prepara

Container Corp. of India, a state-owned multimodal operator, is expecting both international and dom

Mexico has published a group of procedures for importing components under its Prosec maquiladora pro

SINGAPORE - President Clinton plans a portside stop during his historic visit to Vietnam. The Vietna

Members of the trade community have until Nov. 24 to register for the Customs Service's 'Trade 2000'

Just as world shipping lines form alliances, some ports are now also seeing advantages in closer coo

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plan Health Inspection Service is requiring that some

MEXICO CITY -- Although negotiations continue for the purchase of a 25 0overnment stake in the Trans

MEXICO CITY -- Mexico said lists of preferential tariffs for the textile industry could be ready wit

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plan Health Inspection Service is requiring that some

IRVINE, Calif. -- BAX Global Inc. said Thursday that cockpit crews at Air Transport International, i

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Con-Way Transportation Services has formed a consulting company called Con-Way B

Gerald Corbett, chief executive of Railtrack, the company that owns Britain's rail infrastructure, h

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Pacific Maritime Association Thursday announced a restructuring of the waterfro

Germany's Transportation Minister Reinhard Klimmt, has resigned. Klimmt was fined earlier this week

Non-resident exporters buying 'ex-works' from related or unrelated vendors must now comply with stri

New equipment and greater efficiency have enabled a private container terminal operator at Sri Lanka

LONDON --The European Union has launched an antitrust investigation of the world's first cross-borde