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Container traffic at Japanese ports sank for the first time in six years.

The Ocean Alliance plans to deploy the largest ships ever seen by U.S ports on the trans-Pacific trade.

The EU has fined four of Europe’s largest truck manufacturers a record 2.93 billion euros ($3.3 billion).

Terminals in India's busiest port are facing heat over allegations of unnecessary container weighing to meet SOLAS.

China Cosco Shipping says all its shipper contracts are safe until the new Ocean Alliance kicks off next year.

The August 1 rate increases on Asia to Europe and the Mediterranean are beginning to roll.

Shifting focus from acquisitions to profit-building, XPO works to convince investors it will succeed in the long-haul.

Trucks slowed to a crawl, and stopped entirely, creating an extensive traffic snarl at the Port of New York and New Jersey at lunchtime Monday.

Inland ports are helping retailers cover supply chain gaps generated by growing e-commerce demand.

CMA CGM Monday closed its all-cash offer for Neptune Orient Lines.

NYK Line’s roll-on, roll-off cargo price-fixing woes continued Monday.

Second-quarter results show $6.2 billion J.B. Hunt is spending to build intermodal, truck volume, revenue.

Indian exports are rebounding from a slide that lasted more than year.

Hapag-Lloyd and United Arab Shipping Company Monday signed a merger agreement.

Container lines won't be able to scrap themselves out of their excess capacity situation.

Truckers that service the Port of New York and New Jersey are preparing for possible congestion and delays Monday.

Pressure for mergers and acquisitions in the breakbulk sector has increased since mid-2015, as cargo volumes, rates and vessel earnings have plunged.

Facing weakness in their core markets, container and dry bulk carriers are pitching hard for multipurpose vessels’ traditional cargoes.

Hong Kong continues its downward trajectory that has seen volume decline every month since July 2014.

Representatives of the railroad industry and labor unions — many of whom actively opposed the group’s formation in the first place, but nevertheless landed seats at the table — took little time before questioning and criticizing the very existence of the new Port Performance Freight Statistics Working Group.

As US regulators look into shipper detention practices, DAT survey finds many drivers are being delayed.

Ocean Alliance members CMA CGM, COSCO Container Lines, Orient Overseas Container Line and Evergreen Line see major opportunity in deploying more services to the East and West coasts.

The port of Boston moved a step closer being able to handle some of the the larger ships able to traverse the expanded Panama Canal.

Spot rates in the eastbound trans-Pacific got a nice pop this week.

Economic indicator shows no sign of inventory destocking in May.

Damco has established three new global hubs to expand its Hub-in-Transit program.

APM Terminals is caught up in a Guatemalan bribery scandal.

Container maker struggling amid weak demand, currency fluctuations and market slump.

Falling spot market and rising capacity don't bode well for Asia-Mediterranean freight rates.

HMM joining the 2M Alliance has pushed carrier management to the top of the forwarder agenda.

Truck drivers who have been using a secondary access road to reach a major intermodal complex outside Chicago have been forced to cope with longer turn times, fewer trips and higher costs — but a solution is in the works.

The use of shore power is being studied to supplement the set-up of emission control areas at China's main commercial shipping centers.

As spot market truckload volumes rise, will rates follow?

Truck lines in Los Angeles-Long Beach got slightly longer in June.

The European Shippers Council today claimed container lines' recent commitments to the European Commission over general rate increase announcements “does not solve the price-fixing problem.”

The number of mega-ships calling at the port jumped by 66 percent.

Efforts to attract new intermodal business were not enough to slow the loss of volume and profit at CSX Transportation.

Traffic at India's Port of Cochin surged in the first half.

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics reaches settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, ending an investigation into anti-competitive practices.

Santos dockworkers and port operators are continuing talks on staffing, with further strike action on the agenda.