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United Parcel Service has picked Thomas H. Weidemeyer, president of UPS Airlines, as its new chief o

SAS Cargo will raise its fuel surcharge to 15 cents a kilo for all shipments worldwide, effective No

China Southern Airlines Co. Ltd. shut three unprofitable cargo stations belonging to Zhongyuan Airli

A seven-and-a half year long attempt by the Clinton administration to liberalize air transport betwe

Software provider, Vastera Inc., which specializes in giving clients the ability to screen for expor

Management consulting firm A.T. Kearney, a subsidiary of information technology business, EDS has an

NYK Line (North America) Inc. announced that John L. (Jack) Peluso, Jr. has joined NYK Line as Direc

Pegasus Aviation Inc., an aircraft leasing company, has appointed Richard M. Oster as chief financia

The House ethics committee has reprimanded Transportation Committee Chairman E.G. ''Bud'' Shuster fo

DHL Worldwide Express is upgrading its Malaysian operations with a new information technology center

A highly touted plan to merge the freight divisions of the Italian and Swiss national railroads on J

Australian Freight Services has renewed its relationship with Naigai Trans Line, appointing the lead

Non-vessel-operating common carriers will be allowed to establish data-entry centers to file shipper

Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Ltd., which only recently began all-cargo services to Europe and the Middl

British Airways is preparing to cut routes, lay off several thousand employees, revamp its London Ga

After four years of legal wrangling and government intervention, it appears that the Philippines' la

Trucking companies in India have raised rates by 11 percent to 20 percent following an increase in f

Exports from the industrial and textile town of Coimbatore in southern India to the United States an

Pegasus Aviation has leased two 727-200 freighters to Varig Airlines for use in the carrier's domest

While most attention focuses on gargantuan container ships, other goods must be moved in more modest

Singapore Airlines today confirmed it is weighing a joint bid with Tata Group, India's largest indus

The Indian unit of Singapore's SembCorp Industries expects its second logistics center, at the indus

Maersk Sealand in November will restructure its Asia-to-U.S. services, with the net result being a f

Workers today began the job of repairing the 7.5-mile-long Mont Blanc tunnel, severely damaged in a

What do shippers want? It's the fundamental and enduring question in the transportation industry, bu

Rick Larrabee, director of the port department of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, liken

The Federal Maritime Commission is derided by some as an agency that has outlived its usefulness and

KURT NAGLE, president of the American Association of Port Authorities, says that no matter how this

While U.S.-based logistics dot-coms face a slump in confidence and funding, a Netherlands-based load

Airports in South China are cheaper and closer to the factories that make most of the goods sold by

CMA-CGM has pieced together a multitude of services through slot-charter agreements with carriers ra

After a decade of solid growth, two-waytrade between Taiwan and the U.S. has started to level off, a

For as long as anyone can remember, most longshoremen at Gulf Coast ports have been hired by the day

They're as ubiquitous in New England as stately colonial homes or hardwoods radiant with fall colors

French carrier CMA-CGM is planning a rapid expansion in the United States over the next several year

Streamline Shippers Association is having no problem securing vessel space on imports from Asia duri

It was 1958 and the St. Lawrence Seaway was to open the next year. The 33-year-old Greek immigrant,

Taiwan's two principal airlines have begun placing new freighter aircraft purchased from Boeing on t

Four years after Vice President Al Gore personally brokered a deal between environmentalists and New

Carriers, customs brokers and importers on the Gulf Coast and elsewhere are playing a waiting game.<