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Kintetsu World Express, a major international freight forwarder in Japan, experienced a sinking full-year net profit, even as its revenue soared.

The urgently needed dredging of the entrance channel to the port of Santos in Brazil is slowly edging toward reality after a multitude of delays.

Two years after a celebrated return to New Orleans after a 40-year absence, fruit importer Chiquita may be leaving again — or maybe not, port officials say.

High levels of inventory continue to depress freight demand and help create excess truck capacity.

General rate increases on the trans-Pacific and Asia-Europe trades failed to take hold.

The Obama administration is looking to the private sector to meet a long-delayed 100 percent scanning mandate.

China Cosco Shipping and the Belgium-based dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME have formed a joint venture to develop offshore wind farms in China.

Bangladesh-based Bengal Electric said it expects in July to have a new floating crane with 1,000-ton capacity ready for operation.

Hyundai Merchant Marine is working to assure the shipping public that it will continue to remain operational after the revelation that the South Korean carrier had been left out of the world’s newest shipping alliance, THE Alliance.

DSV, the Danish trucking and logistics group, posted a slightly higher first-quarter operating profit despite losses incurred by UTi Worldwide.

International Container Terminal Services reported a drop in year-over-year net income during the first quarter.

Hutchison Port Holdings laid out how it will handle the SOLAS container weight rule when it takes effect July 1.

HHLA’s terminals handled fewer containers in the first quarter than a year ago, but Hamburg’s biggest stevedore believes the market has bottomed out.

Hapag-Lloyd slumped to a net loss in a “very challenging” first quarter.

The line up of the new alliance aimed at competing with the 2M and Ocean Alliance has been announced.

JOC.com examined changes in market share by analyzing data from PIERS, a sister product of JOC.com within IHS.

Cass/Avondale indices for April show continued decline in truckload and intermodal pricing.

The Port of New York and New Jersey will soon complete a multiyear $2.1 billion project to deepen its channel to 50 feet but contemplates whether further work is needed.

Old Dominion Freight Line is filling in gaps in its terminal network and building freight density.

Containerized imports at the Port of Los Angeles increased as trade flows in the trans-Pacific appear to be returning to normal seasonal patterns.

Five non-vessel-operating common carriers and forwarders have paid the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission to settle allegations they misrepresented cargo to carriers.

Lufthansa Cargo and Cathay Pacific have signed a partnership to operate a joint network.

One of the big three providers of U.S. marine chassis is being sold to a new owner.

The idle container ship fleet shrank marginally over the past fortnight as some Panamax vessels found work, but the outlook for this size sector remains bleak, according to Alphaliner.

China’s Cosco Pacific is buying a stake in Rotterdam’s Euromax container terminal from Hong Kong-based Hutchison Port Holdings.

Trucking giant Transport Corporation of India is moving into the cold chain logistics.

DFDS posted record-high first-quarter earnings as freight traffic soared.

Terminal operators fear that weighing export containers with the precision that might be required under SOLAS could intensify gate congestion in the largest U.S. port complex of Los Angeles-Long Beach.

Far-reaching regulation will affect many smaller U.S. transport operators, shippers as well as large companies.

A group of 19 container lines has announced a plan to ease the concerns of U.S. exporters over liability when it comes to SOLAS.

Kansas City Southern Railway announced the name of its new chief executive officer Wednesday.

Truck capacity is overwhelmingly concentrated among small and midsize carriers.

U.S. importers are urging container lines to disclose the cut-off times for the sending of verified gross mass declarations to ease their fears over the supply chain grinding to a halt.

Shippers torn between road and rail have a new tool they can use to help make the decision.

Although truckload carriers are getting more profitable, their efficiency is flagging, a survey by TMW Systems shows.

The Maersk Line-operated container ship Safmarine Meru is without power and continues to burn after a collision but has been deemed safe to tow.

Deutsche Post DHL hailed the “strongest quarter” in its history.

The Japanese government is planning to invest in a port in southeastern Iran centered on the city of Chabahar.

AirBridgeCargo traffic surged to a record high in the first quarter.

Ships plying the oceans of the world have evolved with the growth in trade. Here's a condensed look at some of the vessels that have molded the container shipping industry.