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Guy Maitland, one of the most well-known figures in the New York maritime community, has resigned as

Independent truck drivers in Savannah plan a series of demonstrations this weekend to protest what t

Orient Overseas Container Line this week christened two new 5,700-TEU vessels in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.<

Coast guard officers on Monday seized nearly 7 million packets of smuggled cigarettes on a freighter

Brazilian Customs officers have called off their protest, which had hampered foreign trade activitie

NORASIA ENTERS TRANS-ATLANTIC: Norasia Container Lines has entered the trans-Atlantic trade. The car

The Qianwan harbor area in China's northeastern port of Qingdao will become part of the city's free-

U.S. air express carriers seeking a bigger slice of the vast China market are facing competition fro

The deadline is nearing for truckers carrying freight for the Military Traffic Command to begin usin

U.S. Navy divers have retrieved diplomatic pouches carried by a U.S. courier who was killed in the c

Look for container ship charter rates to continue to climb over the next several months, perhaps 10

Germany's major Baltic and North Sea ports, which suffered from a decline in commerce with Russia an

A train carrying corn through South Dakota derailed on Saturday, killing one crewmember and injuring

Traders have been buying and selling green coffee using an Internet site since the start of the year

The August 14-20 cover story misquoted newly elected International Longshore and Warehouse Union Jam

DESPITE CONSIDERABLE FANFARE at the introduction of the Port and Maritime Security Act in July, the

U.S. shippers and carriers have jousted for years over cargo-preference rules, which require governm

Ocean shipments of bulk grain usually move by the shipload - but not always. A growing number of exp

Hapag-Lloyd AG, taking another step to build up its container capacity, today put its latest new con

Jim Oberstar is at the top of his game. The deep-voiced 13-term Democratic congressman from Minnesot

Container carriers keep searching for a winning formula in the Mediterranean trade, but it's not eas

Air Tiger Express, a New York-based freight forwarder, has introduced a purchase-order management sy

Shippers that move goods across the Peace Bridge connecting Buffalo, N.Y., and Fort Erie, Ontario, h

A $10 million refrigerated warehouse at the Port of Corpus Christi officially opens for business tod

When importers require binding rulings on complex classification issues, they often turn to Customs

Two years after being unceremoniously rejected in an effort to take control of Atlantic Container Li

From third-floor offices in a renovated former immigration quarantine station across the Delaware Ri

A shipbuilding dispute between South Korea and the European Union seems to be intensifying, despite

Containerized cargo statistics in this report were obtained by PIERS, the Port Import/Export Reporti

Members of the Bath Iron Works' largest union showed what they thought of the shipyard's last contra

After the U.S.-South America shipping market went in the tank in the late 1990s, carriers took steps

Realignment of vessel-sharing agreements on the North Atlantic will result in a bigger presence for

Maersk Sealand's new terminal at the Port of Los Angeles will cover 485 acres, and the carrier has a

A car belonging to a Transport Ministry official blew up early Saturday morning,and police said they

China is progressing with the building of a nationwide postal logistic network that will take contro

Guaranteed on-time delivery. Assurances of space and equipment. Increased liability by ocean carrier

Do ocean carrier tariffs still play any useful role at a time when most U.S. cargo moves under rates

If you want an early indicator of the state of the trans-Pacific import trade, visit your local Wal-

Singapore's container terminal operator, widely regarded as one of the best in the world, is keeping

ShipChem.com, an Internet-based logistics and transportation management provider for the chemicals i