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Spot rates for containers heading from Asia to Europe dropped an additional 15 percent this week, sinking to 19-month low.

Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico's second-largest container port, saw traffic rise for second straight month in October.

A decline in U.S. intermodal traffic on a week-to-week basis, because of the Thanksgiving weekend, allowed the railroads to improve a key metric of intermodal rail service.

President Obama on Wednesday severely downplayed the chances of hiking the federal fuel tax to provide more stable surface transportation funding.

Two U.S. senators are objecting to a provision in a House-passed Coast Guard reauthorization bill that they say will require more U.S food aid shipments to be carried on U.S.-flag ships.

The CKYHE Alliance this week received U.S. regulatory approval to further integrate its newest member, Evergreen Line, into its vessel-sharing agreement covering the trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic trade lanes.

Global third-party logistics providers DSV A/S and UTi Worldwide said they are no longer discussing a merger or acquisition.

Lufthansa Cargo and All Nippon Airways have launched the world’s first air cargo joint venture, with maiden flights between Europe and Japan.

Bill Wyatt, Port of Portland, Oregon's executive director, plans to retire within five years, according to Portland Business Journal.

India’s fast growing e-commerce market is facing some formidable challenges, with nation-wide distribution among the key issues logistics services providers must overcome.

Less than container load specialist AGS World Transport is growing its Intra-Asia business at “double digit” levels that it expects to extend through 2015 as trade expands across the region.

Hong Kong’s rapid transition into a transshipment hub has been driven in part by the high cost of exporting South China containers through the port compared to neighbouring Shenzhen, but losing direct export cargo removes a key revenue source for shipping lines.

U.S. West Coast contract negotiations could go one of two ways when the International Longshore and Warehouse Union convenes a caucus in San Francisco in the week beginning Dec. 15.

Net orders for Class 8 trucks in North America topped 40,000 units in November for the second straight month, reflecting motor carriers’ expectations for freight growth in 2015 and broader economic expansion.

Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Co. today unveiled their finalized east-west network for their 2M Alliance, just months before the alliance is slated to begin operating.

A barge port and industrial center are planned on the 800-acre site of a former paper mill at St. Marys, Georgia, just north of the Florida state line.

U.S. containerized cargo volumes in 2014 are projected to reach 12 million 20-foot-equivalent units, down 2 percent from 2013, according to JOC Group Economist Mario Moreno. The projected total for 2014 containerized exports barely exceeds the total of 11.9 million TEUs recorded in 2012 and 2011.

The proposed acquisition of truck brokerage Freightquote.com is much more than attempt by C.H. Robinson to gain more business or e-commerce sales; the $365 million deal underscores and perhaps accelerates a major change in the U.S. less-than-truckload market.

Trans-Pacific spot rates continued to sink this week, wiping out all gains made by carriers with Nov. 15 GRIs and sinking to two-year seasonal low.

Citing congestion, the G6 Alliance will omit eastbound calls at the Port of Los Angeles for four straight weeks, starting Jan. 1

Containerized imports of toys through U.S. ports have slipped in recent months but are poised to recover as demographic trends return to more normal patterns following the Great Recession.

American Honda Motor has selected Florida’s port of Jacksonville to export new Acura MDX and TLX models to the Middle East, further solidifying the U.S. Southeast’s status as a growing region for auto production and trade.

The 15-member TSA made its historic December general rate increase official today, as trans-Pacific spot rates continue on a downward trend

The design for an inland towboat powered by liquefied natural gas has won approval in principle from the American Bureau of Shipping.

The increase will push terminals’ utilization rates to 75 percent in 2018 from the 68 percent of 2013, Drewry said.

Lufthansa Cargo pilots will stage a day-long strike Thursday, the second walk out this week, in a year-long dispute over retirement benefits.

The recovery in the global air cargo gathered pace in October with traffic growing 5.4 percent from a year ago to hit a new monthly high, the International Air Transport Association said.

Maersk Line will close down the TP5 U.S.-flag service operated by its affiliate Maersk Line Ltd. on Jan. 15, its first step in a new strategy to eliminate unprofitable trans-Pacific services.

Emirates Shipping Line has expanded its Asia-East Africa coverage with two new services in cooperation with CMA CGM, effective this month.

UTi Worldwide Inc. has created a strategic partnership with the largest auto logistics provider in China in a move that will position both companies for an expected increase in the exporting of finished vehicles to overseas markets.

Low barriers to entry and soaring demand are stimulating fierce competition in China’s domestic courier business, but for half the companies in the market it will be a race to the bottom.

U.S. and Singapore shippers and transportation providers in their countries’ trusted trader programs are poised to see faster cargo processing after customs agencies from both countries yesterday signed two major agreements.

Meanwhile, West Coast ports continued to whittle away at the backlog of vessels and containers that had accumulated over the Thanksgiving weekend.

The U.S. trucking industry is committing to hire 100,000 military veterans over the next two years to fight a shortage of truck drivers as the military begins to reduce the number of active service members.

Port Metro Vancouver is putting the finishing touches on the first drayage program in North America that will seek to balance truck capacity with demand in order to promote profitable operations for motor carriers and a sustainable wage level for drivers.

The port of Boston continued a streak of year-over-year volume gains in November, handling 16.5 percent more cargo last month.

Most shipping emissions at ports are set to increase fourfold through 2050, requiring strong abatement measures on shipping in targeted regions in coming decades, according to a new report by the International Transport Forum.

A $1.2 billion investment from the World Bank will help five East African countries to improve transportation infrastructure and boost efficiency at the region's largest ports over the next seven years.