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Lowe’s plans over the next few years to expand in Canada and Mexico and centralize its fulfillment operations, allowing the retail giant to cut transportation costs and speed e-commerce delivery.

Chief executive of Apple, Timothy D. Cook, said in interviews with NBC and Bloomberg Businessweek that Apple will manufacture one its existing lines in the U.S., The New York Times reported today.

Domestic ocean shipping company Horizon Lines has adjusted its Puerto Rico service schedule to better align its deployed capacity with market demand and to improve cargo availability times in San Juan.

UTi Worldwide today reported profit attributable to the supply chain management company in the third quarter of its fiscal 2013, which ended Oct. 31, was $10.5 million...

The Texas Emission Reduction Program recently awarded $500,000 to truck manufacturer Vision Industries Corporation, nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund, Air Projects and project partners...

Container industry hopes that the current glut of vessel capacity might come into balance with demand by 2015 appear to be doomed.

Port Canaveral reported total revenue for fiscal year 2012, ending Sept. 30, was more than $68 million, up 17 percent from last year’s record.

Nineteen U.S. agricultural associations have sent a letter to President Obama urging him to use his authority to maintain navigation on the Mississippi River between St. Louis and Cairo, Ill.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are making adjustments in their operations in an effort to reduce the economic impact that the eight-day office clerical workers strike will have on port customers.

The Retail Industry Leaders Association and National Retail Federation have urged the International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance to reach...

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Suddath Global Logistics has acquired Los Angeles-based Cali America Logistics, which specializes in import and export, freight forwarding, transportation...

U.S. Xpress Enterprises expects a surge of freight from the West Coast...

Car and light truck manufacturer Renault is in the process of rolling out a cloud supply chain platform, Easy Tracker, developed by technology company GT Nexus...

From June to October, India’s trade deficit has been rising, reported the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, part of the Ministry of Commerce.

International Airlines Group, the merged British Airways-Iberia carrier, reported 525 million metric ton kilometers of cargo in November, a 1.7 percent decrease year-over-year.

The Dutch Coast Guard today pulled a fifth body from the North Sea after the sinking of a car carrier that collided Wednesday with a container ship 40 miles southwest of the Port of Rotterdam.

Hair samples would be used to screen truck drivers for illegal drug use if a bill introduced in the House of Representatives this week becomes law.

The lead negotiators for striking office clerical workers and waterfront employers in Los Angeles-Long Beach say they negotiated a good contract that their membership will be able to live with.

The South Carolina Budget and Control Board has approved an agreement among the South Carolina Department of Commerce, its Division of Public Railways and the City of North Charleston...

Canadian Pacific Railway’s announcement this week of plans to trim its network and cut a quarter of its work force over the next four years is just the beginning of the changes coming down the tracks for the railroad.

The Port of Cleveland and the Northeast Ohio Trade and Economic Consortium have secured federal activation of a new foreign trade zone in Glenwillow, Ohio.

Transportation and logistics company Crowley Maritime Corp. today appointed Frank Larkin to senior vice president and general manager of logistics.

28 Asia-Australasia ports handled 70.5 percent of the JOC Top 50 World Container Ports in calendar 2011.

The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a bill, HR 2838, the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012, for regulatory reforms for the Coast Guard and maritime small businesses.

Chemicals manufacturer Royce Associates will spend $1 million to build a 48,000-square-foot chemical production and distribution facility in Gaffney, S.C.

JF Hillebrand Singapore, a logistics provider for the beverage industry, has selected Menlo Worldwide Logistics, a subsidiary of Con-way, to provide logistics and customs brokerage in Singapore...

China’s demand for iron ore and coal imports for its steel-making industry is expected to increase in 2013, according to Peter Sand, chief shipping analyst at shipping association BIMCO.

Supply chain management company APL Logistics and automotive third-party logistics provider VASCOR have formed a joint venture to serve the automotive sector in India.

Port of Tauranga in New Zealand has appointed Dan Kneebone as property and infrastructure manager, effective January 2013.

Ekol Logistics’ vehicle and trucking fleet has moved 1.2 million tons of freight through its domestic and international projects in the year to date, the Turkey-based company recently reported.

Container transportation company APL today introduced a new weekly East Asia service connecting Japan and Thailand, through a vessel sharing agreement with Hanjin Shipping...