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United Parcel Service scored a breakthrough in its long-running battle with Deutsche Post AG after t

Challenger James Spinosa has defeated incumbent Brian McWilliams to become president of the Internat

Customers of one of Japan's high-tech centers should get faster shipments with the opening of a serv

Houston-based Phoenician Maritime Group Inc. has been named commercial booking agent for Network Shi

Evergreen Marine Corp., in a move that will vastly improve transit times in the Asia-Europe trades,

Zim Israel Navigation Co. has dropped its eastbound call at Seattle from its Zim Pacific Service.

A 48-hour strike launched today by Brazilian customs agents has halted traffic at the Sao Paulo carg

Container activity at the Port of Houston surged by more than 10 percent in the first half of 2000 c

Shippers and carriers can reduce transportation costs and expand the market for their products and s

Rotterdam, the world's biggest seaport, today announced a 4.3 percent rise in traffic in the first h

Clarke Inc., which provides transportation and logistics services throughout North America, plans to

United Airlines is canceling nearly 2,000 flights next month, the latest blow as the world's largest

What is going on with U.S. Customs?It has become a not so well-guarded secret that the agenc

Malaysia International Shipping Corp. is close to signing letters of intent with South Korea's Hyund

European Commission competition authorities have cleared a joint venture concerning the tank contain

FedEx Corp. has launched FedEx Global Trade Manager, a free, Internet-based service aimed at helping

Shippers broke numerous safety regulations when they delivered 18 tons (16,500 kilograms) of dynamit

If U.S. international container trade doubles by 2010, as one prediction holds, an additional 11,000

TNT International Express opened a new North American hub Monday at John F. Kennedy International Ai

Environmentalists took to boats on August 5 in the strait between Corsica and Sardinia to protest th

A couple of hours with Dick Murphy remind me why the shipping industry should be a natural fit with

As several years have gone by with little money provided to the Customs Service to upgrade its aging

Varig's decision to spin off its cargo division comes at a time when the air cargo market between Br

Imagine. You turn on your computer and it dances with the logos of major ocean carriers. Then the sc

During a Sept. 5 hearing, members of the House Homeland Security Committee asked Homeland Security S

Pakistan has delayed the imposition of a sales tax on services, quashing the threat of a prolonged s

Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., a New York-based investment advisor and securities firm, reported increa

China is embarking on a 10-year program of rail upgrades focusing on underdeveloped western regions.

A plan by Varig's new leadership to turn the airline's cargo division into a separate logistics busi

Aaron Riches, a Journal of Commerce employee for 68 years, died July 30 of a heart attack. He was 86

Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Almond on Monday announced plans to begin developing the waterfront at Quo

North Pacific Steamship Corp., an Everett, Wash.-based niche carrier, plans to launch its unusual tr

British Airways, Europe's largest airline, today reported a pretax loss of UK50 million ($75 million

TBI PLC, the British airports and real estate group that owns and manages 37 regional airports world

Growing political violence in Colombia has yet to affect the nation's robust flower export trade, bu

The European Commission on Monday approved the creation of the MyAircraft.com joint venture. It is t

The Bangkok International Airport, or Don Muang Airport, will stop serving all air traffic in 2005,

In Paul Richardson's column in the July 24-31 edition it was incorrectly stated that Evergreen uses

ShipChem.com, a Web-based logistics and transportation management provider for chemical and plastics

Iranian authorities on Sunday impounded a tanker that was suspected of smuggling Iraqi oil, the Isla