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A planned $350 million container hub serving Moscow is aimed at handling increased cargo flows, reducing urban congestion and speeding distribution into central Russia.

Plunging rates and excess capacity caused Orient Overseas Container Line’s third-quarter revenue to fall 12.2 percent despite an uptick in volume.

Throughput at China’s top eight container ports showed a modest fall in September as the after-effects of the deadly August blasts at Tianjin port continue to weigh on the numbers.

There was little to excite container shipping lines in the east-west trades in terms of spot rates this week, with the Shanghai Containerised Freight Index showing a weakening of Asia-U.S routes and flat prices on the China-Europe and Mediterranean lanes.

Blue Dart Express, India’s leading express air and logistics service provider, posted a 74.5 percent jump in net earnings in the second fiscal quarter, as operating revenue grew robustly, helped by lower fuel costs and new business strategies.

Ocean carriers, having essentially no control over pricing, are intensifying their efforts to uncover cost savings. That’s why improving productivity at the berth, which allows lines to maximize slow-steaming while remaining on schedule, is taking on a higher priority. Among the remaining opportunities is further leveraging of alliances into the inland arena.

Singapore-based container carrier APL announced it is discontinuing an existing call at Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, on its Middle East Express, or SMX, service, effective this month.

Russia’s AirBridgeCargo Airlines continues to outperform its European rivals with traffic soaring 28 percent in September despite the steep slump in its domestic economy.

The Maersk Group today slashed its 2015 profit outlook by $600 million due to a deteriorating global container shipping market.

Asia’s air cargo markets weakened in the third quarter, hampered by slowing global trade and tough comparisons with last year, with the industry still holding thumbs for a pre-Christmas bump to push up full-year traffic figures.

G6 Alliance carriers have suspended a trans-Atlantic service, the latest sign liners are pulling back capacity after spot rates hit the lowest level in more than a year. The move follows the downgrading of a trans-Atlantic service by members of the 2M Alliance.

Shippers are facing delays at the port of Itajai after local pilots closed the southern Brazilian container gateway because of strong currents from the River Itajai-Açu and massive silting they caused.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s board approved an agreement Thursday that will allow construction to proceed on a ship-to-rail facility adjacent to the semi-automated GCT Bayonne terminal.

Cross-border shipments of auto parts from Mexico are outpacing growth in containerized imports through U.S. ports in a market roiled by West Coast port congestion and diversion to air freight during the first half of this year.

Months after the protracted labor negotiations that disrupted port operations on the U.S. West Coast came to an end, Union Pacific Railroad said West Coast diversions were still taking a toll on intermodal volume in the third quarter.

Costamare, the Greek charter containership owner, said it is on the acquisition trail as it unveiled lower third-quarter income and revenue.

The number of freight trains using the tunnel between the U.K. and France declined by 33 percent in the third quarter largely due to the migrant crisis at the port of Calais.

Gati Ltd., India’s leading express distribution and supply chain solutions provider, reported its group net profit in the second quarter of fiscal 2015-16 fell 16.5 percent year-over-year to $892,000 from $1.07 million.

China’s logistics and courier services are preparing for Alibaba’s annual Singles Day online shopping frenzy on Nov. 11 that last year saw 278 million orders placed in just 24 hours and sorely tested the mainland’s distribution network.

Hong Kong government measures to enhance the use of back-up land at its Kwai Tsing terminals, which it hopes will alleviate congestion and improve cargo handling efficiency and competitiveness of Hong Kong, have drawn a lukewarm response from port operators.

The Maersk Group today signed a letter of intent with the Indonesian government to improve the flow of cargo through the eastern port of Bitung and speed up maritime and economic development of the under-served region.

Two days of strike action by towage workers will bring ship movements in Greek ports to a standstill today and tomorrow (Oct. 22-23), Inchcape Shipping Services has warned.

Don't let the small drop in total revenue fool you: Werner Enterprises is doing very well in a less-than-robust truckload freight market.

Port operations managers agree that container dwell time is a major contributor to marine terminal congestion, yet ocean carriers continue to allow some of their customers, particularly large retailers, to compound the congestion problem by exceeding cargo storage time limits.

In spite of lagging returns from its logistics segment, Knight Transportation posted another strong third quarter Wednesday, fueled by strong results in its trucking division and brokerage business.

France’s River Seine port of Rouen has for a long time made a specialty of the north-south regular line trades, particularly those between northern Europe and west Africa.

Historically plentiful Mexican truck capacity could tighten thanks in large part to a cross-border exchange rate that’s been driving up the price of equipment for smaller Mexican carriers, industry executives warn

The Port of Charleston’s September volume of full 20-foot-equivalent units rose 10.1 percent year-over-year, reflecting what South Carolina Ports Authority CEO Jim Newsome described as “broad-based strength across all market segments.”

Global terminal operators are eying three private container facilities — even as the Brazilian government trudges through a $2.6 billion plan to sell off existing and new port concessions.

Kattupalli International Container Terminal’s prolonged and difficult push to woo more ship calls received some support last week when Taiwanese carrier Wan Hai Lines made its maiden call at the private, minor facility on India’s east coast.

The United States remains Japan’s biggest export market, edging out rival China, and will likely see that status receive a significant boost from a historic trans-Pacific free trade agreement.

A motor carrier cooperative formed in 2012 to acquire chassis and contribute them to regional pools is adding 750 new chassis to its inventory in the U.S. Gulf and South Atlantic.

The contentious debate over whether West Coast employers and dockworkers have the legal authority to perform safety inspections and repairs on chassis at marine terminals will most likely be resolved by a court, and it will be up to the chassis-leasing companies to initiate the legal action, according to freight forwarders and customs brokers.

West Coast ports are perfectly capable of accommodating even greater cargo surges from big ships in the years ahead, but to do so they may have to turn to more exotic measures.

Intermodal logistics giant Container Corporation of India reported its net income surged 21 percent in the second fiscal quarter from a year earlier to $36 million.

European Union antitrust regulators will not challenge FedEx’s 4.4 billion euros ($5 billion) acquisition of TNT Express, the companies said.

Kansas City Southern Railway said less-than-par intermodal service is turning a corner after reliability cost the railroad volume in the third quarter.

Verbal abuse of harbor truck drivers at marine terminals by some members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union continues to happen despite efforts by the ports and the union to end the practice.

Plummeting fuel surcharges took a bite out of the refrigerated transporter's total revenue, but strong dedicated and brokerage business helped build underlying profits, shore up weaker truckload unit in the third quarter.

The Georgia Ports Authority plans to invest $152 million in capital improvements at the port of Brunswick, including construction of a new roll-on, roll-off berth, during the next decade.