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Customs, police and wildlife officers from Asia, Africa and the U.S. have launched a cross-border enforcement operation, known as “COBRA,” to crack down on wildlife crime syndicates.

Neptune Orient Lines today reported a net loss of $98 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, improving 69 percent from a net loss of $320 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Imports into China are again set to rise this year after growth rates for container shipments and value of imports outstripped exports in 2012.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services said it will add a weekly call at the Port of Cochin, India, in March to its independent Asia-Med-Europe Service, known as the AME service.

Logwin reported it saw record growth on its Eastern China to Vietnam trade lane in 2012 across a range of industries.

Five individuals and two domestic honey-processing companies have been charged with federal crimes in connection with a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations-led...

Cathay Pacific Services today began the first stage of operations at the new Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal at Hong Kong International Airport.

The gap between the supply of drivers and the demand for them could be costly to the Canadian economy, concluded a Conference Board of Canada report.

Hapag-Lloyd will increase rates for all cargoes and container types from East Asia, excluding Japan, to the Red Sea, by $500 per 20-foot-equivalent unit, effective March 15.

In 2013, Terex Port Solutions will supply 17 Terex NSC 624 E sprinter carriers to Global Container Terminals for its operations in Bayonne, N.J.

More than 80 percent of ocean shippers are looking to cut costs through e-invoicing in 2013, according to a survey of high-volume shippers and freight forwarders by INTTRA.

The Maritime Employers Association and Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 375 have signed a six-year collective agreement...

Container terminals in India’s Port of Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva) remained closed on Thursday as local dockworkers continued to participate in a 48-hour nationwide general strike called by major trade unions.

Samuel Shapiro & Company has promoted Robert Burdette to vice president of strategic development at its headquarters in Baltimore.

Matson Logistics has opened a new distribution center in Savannah, Ga.

UPS has tripled the coverage area of its UPS Worldwide Expedited air service for international shipments.

The criminal Court of First Instance in Rabat, Morocco, has sentenced trade union leaders Said Elhairech and Mohamed Chamchati each to two and a half years of imprisonment.

SeaCube Container Leasing reported net income in the fourth quarter of 2012 was $11.9 million, falling 3.2 percent from $12.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Though politically unpopular for Congress and the president, hiking the fuels tax for the first time in two decades appears to be the only way to maintain surface transportation spending in the short-term.

Mullen Group reported its profit for the full year of 2012, profit was $130.9 million, increasing 9.6 percent from $119.4 million in 2011.

Eos Risk Management has launched a maritime security service in West Africa to protect commercial ships on their way through the Gulf of Guinea, which has been designated as a high risk area for piracy.

The Los Angeles Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association has elected Karen Quintana, the western regional director of compliance at Yusen Logistics (Americas), to its board of directors.

Paul “Chip” Jaenichen, deputy maritime administrator, urged state and local agencies to get involved in federal programs to improve infrastructure and boost U.S. exports.

FreightCar America reported a net loss of $1.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with a net income of $8.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.

An aging population in the U.S., a shift in manufacturing from China to Southeast Asia and Mexico, and competition from ports on the East Coast and Canada’s Pacific Coast are forcing West Coast ports to become more efficient in order to protect their cargo base.

Progressive Transportation’s agent carrier, Christenson Transportation, and Florida East Coast Railway have teamed up to reduce delivery time between the Tennessee and Kentucky border to Florida.

LCL Logistix has opened its third container freight station in Haldia, near Kolkata Port on India’s east coast.

Japan’s exports to the United States rose for the first time in two months in January on a year-on-year basis, surging 10.9 percent to $9.03 billion, according to preliminary figures released by the Finance Ministry on Wednesday.

The Port of Nagoya in central Japan overtook Narita International Airport near Tokyo to become the biggest export hub among the nation’s airports and seaports for the first time last year in terms of value, according to figures from Tokyo Customs and Nagoya Customs.

Costco Teamsters have voted in favor of a new three-year contract that includes a 9 percent wage increase over the term of the agreement, stronger job protections and an improved grievance procedure...

TransCore’s Link Logistics Canadian Freight Index showed load volumes in January increased 25 percent from December 2012 and 4 percent from January 2012, surpassing the record set for the month...