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Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific and wholly owned subsidiary Dragonair carried a total of 140,824 metric tons (about 155,231 tons) of cargo and mail in November...

South Korean ocean container carrier Hanjin Shipping is hiking rates for Asia-Europe trade routes, effective Jan. 13, 2013, to cover losses from falling freight rates, the company said.

Netherlands-based CEVA Logistics today signed an agreement with Australian company Brambles for the sale of both its European Container Logistics business and Asia Pacific Pallecon business...

DP World’s flagship Jebel Ali terminal in Dubai has handled a record 500,000 automobiles so far this year, 21,000 more than in the previous full-year pre-recession peak in 2008.

The Tampa Port Authority in Florida reported at its annual State of the Port luncheon that port tonnage for fiscal year 2012 was 34 million tons, down 1 percent year-over-year.

The National Association of Manufacturers has applauded President Obama’s signing of the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal Act...

Asia Airfreight Terminal, an air cargo terminal based at the Hong Kong International Airport, reported that tonnage throughput in November was 69,150 metric tons...

Container trailer operators on Dec. 15 called off a three-day strike at the APM Terminals facility in India’s Port of Nhava Sheva...

A fatal accident serves as another reminder of the difficulty U.S. regulators face in keeping illicit carriers off the road.

President Obama today signed H.R. 6156, the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Segei Mangitsky Rule of Law and Accountability Act of 2012, which authorizes the establishment of permanent normal trade relations with Russia and Moldova.

Dollar General will open 635 new stores next year, building on the 625 stores the retail giant is on track to open by the end of 2012.

Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas Container Line today announced a rate increase in Southeast Asia-Australia services, effective Jan. 15, 2013.

The Port of Los Angeles reported total cargo volume in November was 582,982 20-foot-equivalent units, dropping 16 percent from 694,109 TEUs in November 2011.

The National Association of Manufacturers’ President and CEO Jay Timmons today said in a released statement that the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Ambient Air Quality Standards for fine particulate matter is a display of the agency’s “shortsightedness.”

Florida-based marine salvage and wreck removal company TITAN Salvage, a Crowley company, has established a new office and equipment depot in Cairns, Australia.

The Georgia Ports Authority today unveiled its first four electrified rubber-tire gantry cranes, which reduce fuel consumption by an estimated 95 percent.

Summa Friday completed the takeover of Fesco, giving the Russian trading and investment group control of the nation’s largest ocean container carrier.

The New York-New Jersey Foreign Freight Forwarders and Brokers Association has selected Claudio Bozzo, president and CEO of Mediterranean Shipping Company...

Cosco Container Lines will increase rates by $500 per box for reefer shipments from the Far East to Persian Gulf, Red Sea and Indian subcontinent, effective Jan. 1, 2013.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has appointed Michael W. Kearney to the Port of New Orleans board of commissioners.

The Port of New Orleans board of commissioners has elected Joe Toomy to be chairman, succeeding Valerie Cahill, whose five-year term as chair expired.

The U.S. government forecast is far from robust, but railroads would welcome any improvement, or even stabilization.

Montreal’s Maritime Employers Association is conducting its own negotiations with ILA locals 375 and 1657 for renewal of the contract that expires on Dec. 31, but the contract likely would be extended if they don’t reach agreement by year-end.

Striking port clerical workers had barely raised their picket signs at Los Angeles-Long Beach this month when shippers began clamoring for President Obama to use the Taft-Hartley Act to end the walkout.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ordered Two Dayes Trucking and Two Dayes Transport, based in Murfreesboro, N.C., to cease all transportation services immediately because of safety violations.

Weak demand from Europe, the U.S. and Japan will dampen growth in Chinese exports in the coming months, IHS's senior economist for China says.

The Florida East Coast Railway has signed a joint marketing agreement with Port Everglades to promote its new 42.5-acre intermodal container transfer facility in South Florida.