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Container ships with capacities of 10,000 TEUs or greater are more likely to be delayed at European ports than smaller vessels.

A Greek ship manager said it is working with Lloyd’s Register and Daewoo Shipbuilding to develop LNG-fueled ultra-large container ships of 14,000 TEUs.

American Airlines is adding Hong Kong and Shanghai to its daily Asian routes this week as the carrier capitalizes on 12 consecutive months of air freight growth and improving yields.

Jeff Rogers, until last September the president of YRC Freight, will have a new job and a new challenge next year when he becomes the next CEO of Universal Truckload Services.

It’s still early, but there’s growing optimism that the Port of New York and New Jersey will make it through the next few months without a repeat of the gridlock that plagued the port last summer and winter.

Global Terminal has defused a labor issue at its new semi-automated container terminal by redesigning a trucker safety device that the International Longshoremen’s Association had claimed jurisdiction to operate.

A barge-mounted device that captures more than 94 percent of harmful emissions from vessels at berth, at a lower cost than operating the vessels from shore-side electrical power, was demonstrated last week at the Port of Long Beach.

President Barack Obama’s signing into law of major port legislation today is just one step toward the United States getting its maritime trade gateways up to snuff.

Unable to secure financing needed to keep its trucks rolling, New Century Transportation is preparing to close its doors.

A nationwide dockworker strike planned to begin today in Brazil has been postponed.

Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and India are poised to kick their export growth into higher gear over the next five years.

The Port of Portland today is all about growth.

Port Freeport is expanding its container-handling operations to meet expected growth in petrochemicals shipments.

Container shipping veteran Richard “Dick” Craig was promoted to CEO of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. America on June 9.

The Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex the past three years has increased its share of the container trade on the Pacific Coast of North America, indicating that the big ships carriers are deploying in the trans-Pacific are diverting cargo away from other ports on the coast.

Eleven sailors from the Malaysia-flag container ship Albedo held hostage for more than three years by Somali pirates have arrived safely in Kenya, according to mediators who helped secure their freedom, Al Jazeera reported.

The rollout of UTi Worldwide’s new forwarding system, 1View, pressured the company’s fiscal first quarter results, according to CEO Eric Kirchner

U.S. retailers expect containerized imports to increase 7.5 percent in June year-over-year, with growth tapering through September but rising back up again in October.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will assess cybersecurity at ports across the nation after a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office that showed the DHS wasn’t doing enough to stop cyber threats.

Chiquita said it expects to move 60,000 to 78,000 TEUs a year through the Napoleon Avenue container terminal at New Orleans. The additional volume will boost New Orleans’ containerized volume by 10 to 15 percent.

Efforts by Maersk, CMA CGM and Mediterranean Shipping Co. to obtain approval of their proposed P3 Network have focused on the U.S., Europe and China. But with the U.S. and Europe having given thumbs up to the largest-ever carrier alliance, another country with a say in the issue — South Korea — has entered the fray late in the game as a potential obstacle.

Chile’s Terminal Pacífico Sur Valparaíso has ordered three large ship-to-shore cranes from Liebherr Container Cranes to boost capacity.

Despite recent improvements, global container lines’ schedule reliability and on-time container delivery have been worse every month so far this year versus last year.

PSA International's opens a container terminal at China's Lianyungang Port, connecting to an intermodal network stretching across the continent and ending in Rotterdam.

David Abney will face his first big test as CEO of UPS in December, when the largest U.S. transportation company must avoid a repeat of last year’s holiday shipping debacle.

Asia’s export growth will bounce off the lows of 2012-13 and still be the envy of the world over the next five years.

Pet products are a serious and fast growing business in China.

China’s rapid urbanization, its growing middle class and improved access to health insurance is stoking massive investment in production and driving demand for logistics and distribution in the health care sector.

A nationwide dockworker strike is planned to begin on June 10 in Brazil, according to maritime services provider Inchcape Shipping Services.

Numerous container lines have planned general rate increases in various trade routes to take effect July 1, although any gains achieved could be fleeting as overcapacity and sluggish global demand continue.

The Hong Kong Association of Freight Forwarders and Logistics (HAFFA) has joined a coalition of global counterparts in calling for the U.S. federal government to seek input from small and midsize forwarders before expanding the Air Cargo Advanced Screening (ACAS) program

Customs brokers and forwarders are asking the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission to create procedures to help them better handle potential work stoppages at U.S. West Coast ports.

U.S. Gulf ports are seeing the first wave of increased cargo volume from shale drilling.

APM Terminals disputes suggestions that sister carrier Maersk Line benefits from lower terminal handling costs because of the companies’ common ownership by Maersk Group.

The largest group of ocean container shippers is urging European regulators to keep a close eye on the three carriers involved in the P3 Network to make sure they don’t abuse their “unprecedented market power.”

Allcargo Logistics Ltd., India’s leading international freight forwarder and port-based logistics provider, reported its group net income fell 14 percent in fiscal year 2013-14

The good news keeps rolling in for a fast-growing U.S. East Coast port: Savannah was picked as the gateway location for Dynacraft Bikes, one of the largest U.S. bike suppliers.

The U.S. trucking industry scored a rare victory against new federal hours of service rules after a Senate committee voted to suspend the revised restart provision.