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In a slow-growth economy, truck pricing will rise anywhere from 0.5 to 6.5 percent over the next two years, but could shoot much higher if demand surges, Stifel Nicolaus analyst David Ross warns.

Port Canaveral is pursuing the development of an inland port near the north end of Brevard County, Fla., in conjunction with the start this fall of the widening and deepening of the Florida port’s 3.5 mile channel.

The board of Florida’s Tampa Port Authority has agreed to maintain its already existing slate of officers with William “Hoe” Brown as chairman, Stephen Swindal as vice chairman and Carl Lindell Jr. as secretary and treasurer.

The Georgia Ports Authority’s board of directors has elected Robert S. Jepson Jr. to serve a second term as chairman of the board.

The Panama Canal has received the first two of 14 tugboats that will help strengthen the waterway’s capacity for the operation of its third set of locks.

FedEx reported net income in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013, ending May 31, 2013, was $303 million, down from $550 million in the fourth quarter of the previous year, ending May 31, 2012.

The Massachusetts Port Authority has approved a business plan and budget for fiscal year 2014 of $592 million, up 2.5 percent or $14.4 million compared with the previous year.

CMA CGM has added a weekly westbound call at Durban, South Africa, to its MIDAS service, connecting India and the Persian Gulf with southern and western Africa.

DFDS’s bid to buy Scandlines, a German-Danish ferry operator, was not accepted, meaning DFDS is no longer part of the sales process.

HNA Group Co. of China has agreed to acquire GE Capital’s TIP Trailer Services, a European trailer leasing and rental business, as part of its investment strategy.

Russian president Vladimir Putin unveiled plans to spend nearly $14 billion on three large rail and road projects to ease transport bottlenecks and stimulate a slowing economy.

Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port Group reported consolidated cargo turnover from January to May was 61.3 million metric tons, falling 10.4 percent from 68.4 million metric tons in the first five months of 2012.

The CMA CGM Jules Verne has made its maiden call at the Terminal de France in Port 2000 in Le Havre, France, as part of its first rotation on the French Asia Line 1 service, connecting Northern Europe with Asia.

STX Pan Ocean, a South Korean shipping company, has filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection, according to court records, Bloomberg reports.

Gulftainer will be taking over full management of terminals at the Saudi Arabian ports of Jeddah and Jubail after acquiring a majority stake in Gulf Stevedoring Contracting Company.

Geoje Island in South Korea is an unlikely catalyst for major changes in how global trade is conducted. Tourists flock to its rolling tree-clad mounts to hike through the spring blossoms. But nestled among the hills in Ogpo Bay sits one of the world’s largest shipyards.

Once feared as the high-growth export juggernaut of East Asia, Japan has been slipping in and out of deflation and recession for years. So when the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe recently embarked on an aggressive monetary policy aimed at ending years of deflation in the world’s third-largest economy, economists rejoiced.

India’s Mumbai Port Authority has issued a request for qualification from interested bidders for the construction of a new “offshore multi-purpose cargo berth.”

United Against Nuclear Iran on June 21 launched its Maritime Intelligence Network and Rogue Vessel Analysis system, a new initiative that tracks Iranian vessels and identifies and exposes the Iranian regime’s efforts to smuggle oil and cargo...

Australia’s total export volume rose by more than 6 percent in 2012, according to “Composition of Trade, Australia 2012” and “Trade in Primary and Manufactured Products 2012” released by the nation’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

FedEx has retired its last Boeing 727 aircraft from service as part of the company’s modernization strategy.

Protests in the areas of Brasília, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil may lead to disruptions in transportation, according to FreightWatch International.

The U.S. is now a “listed” country with the European Commission, meaning U.S. companies do not need to obtain an export certificate from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration before shipping certain pharmaceutical products to Europe...

The United States’ marine freight transportation system is increasingly underfunded and “facing serious challenges,” according to a report by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.

Hong Kong’s Census and Statistics Department said that the volume of Hong Kong's re-exports of goods increased 8.9 percent year-over-year in April, while domestic exports decreased 7.1 percent.

The sale of TNT’s domestic delivery business in China earlier this year as part of its global restructuring program will not disrupt its trucking and air links to the country, the integrator claims.

The Singapore Shipping Association is “gravely concerned” about the effects of worsening hazy conditions on the safety of ship navigation in the Malacca and Singapore straits region.

Airlines for America reported yield in April for domestic cargo was $73.05 per revenue ton mile, dropping 1.8 percent year-over-year, while yield for international cargo was $37.83 per RTM, sliding 0.2 percent.

TransCore Link Logistics’ Canadian Freight Index volume rose 10 percent in May compared with the previous month, following weak results in April, but dropped 16 percent year-over-year.

Pilot Freight Services has opened a new station in A Coruña, Spain, a port city in the Northwest of the country.

Universal Africa Lines today named its new 8,600 deadweight ton cargo ship “UAL Texas” at an event at the Cruise Terminal Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

Maher Terminals said its gate processing was flowing smoothly today and that its main terminal and chassis depot will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday for import deliveries.

For years, Peter Friedmann has touted the idea that exports can regain their long-lost dominance over imports in U.S. container trade. Now some economists say the executive director of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition may be onto something.

MercuryGate International, a transportation management system for logistics service providers and shippers, has partnered with e4Data Systems to establish MercuryGate EMEA.

Shippers aren’t only scaling back how much freight they plan to move this year and in early 2014, but also how much they plan to pay to transport their goods by rail, truck, air and sea.

The euro area’s member states have recommended Latvia to join the currency union on Jan. 1, 2014.