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Container carrier Zim Integrated Shipping Services yesterday named

The TT Club, a mutual insurance association, urged all participants at the International Maritime Organization’s session on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers to redouble their effort

The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index comprehensive reading for Sept.

Canadian National Railway is testing two locomotives fueled primarily by natural gas in northern Alberta, a major step in the railroad industry's determination of whether the alternative fuel is feasible.

Truckload carrier Celadon Trucking Services acquired some of the assets of Robinson Transport, a 200-truck motor carrier based in Columbus, Ohio.

Surface transportation trade between the U.S. and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners, Canada and Mexico, rose...

Hapag-Lloyd’s planned initial public offering is unlikely to happen until 2014, one of the container line’s largest shareholders told a German newspaper.

U.S. intermodal rail shipments rose 0.7 percent year-over-year in the week ending Sept. 22, while carload traffic fell 4.1 percent in the same period, according to the Association of American Railroads.

Maersk Line plans to implement general rate increases on two major trade lanes, as part of a new rate rest

The 50 largest transportation and third-party logistics operators worldwide increased revenue 8.4 percent in 2011 to $650.6 billion, an increase powered largely by 3PLs embedded in global supply chain

BNSF Railway’s proposed Southern California International Gateway will eliminate 1.5 million truck trips a year between the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and downtown Los Angeles, the rail

There was no sign of a bounce back in cargo demand for Asian carriers in August, according to the latest figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines.

A shortage of available commercial drivers threatens truckload carriers with higher costs, and shippers with much higher rates. What is the driver shortage, and why does one exist when opportunities are plentiful and unemployment is high?

The World Container Index comprehensive reading for Sept. 21 was down 3 percent or $66.03 from the week before, to $2,137.54 per laden 40-foot container, the World Container Index reported.

Berkshire Hathaway has roughly a week to explain to the federal government how it will divest itself of two railroads, after the company revealed it owns two carriers other than BNSF Railway.

Container ships reached their destination ports around the world on time 77 percent of the time in August,

Investors are scaling back their profit forecasts for several of the major U.S.-based railroads ahead of the release of their third quarter earnings next month, after the carriers saw sluggish growth

INTTRA announced a new release of its OceanSchedules service that enables customers to access and evaluate more than 7 million global vessel schedules from 31 ocean carriers.

Indonesia is planning to roll out a single electronic platform across all of its commercial ports over the next few years that will automate all business process between port stakeholders, including t

India’s port privatization program suffered yet another setback Thursday when a consortium that had won concessions to build and operate a new container terminal at the southeastern Port of Enno

Truck tonnage rose 3.2 percent from a year ago in August but dropped 0.9 percent from July, according to the Americ

Negotiators for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and grain terminal operators in the Pacific Northwest continue to meet each day in hopes of reaching a settlement before the current lab

The U.S. air freight and express industry saw volume fall 1.3 percent year-over-year in 2011 to 12.117 billion ton miles (for domestic freight and mail, combined)...

DHL Express said it will raise rates worldwide by an average of 5 percent from January 1 to offset inflation and increased operating costs.

North American exports of wood pellets and other biofuels will increase in coming years as several Asia countries shift to renewable fuels.

The annual cost of operating a container ship rose 3.1 percent in 2011, mainly because of rising wages for crews and higher repair and maintenance costs, according to international accountant and ship

Russia’s Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port plans to invest $205 million to expand capacity and modernize facilities at a container terminal in the Black Sea port of Novoroslesexport to keep pace

Average spot rates in the eastbound trans-Pacific trade stayed flat this week after a jump of 8.6 percent last week fueled by demand for space.

In a progress report on the Panama Canal expansion project, the Panama Canal Authority said Tuesday that about 44.5 percent of the work had been completed as of Aug. 31.

Japan and Colombia have agreed to launch formal negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) aimed at eliminating import tariffs on most products traded between the two countries.

Check in with the JOC as we provide you with the latest developments out of the International Longshoremen's Association and United States Maritime Alliance contract negotiations labor dispute.

Maersk Line CEO Soren Skou has warned shippers of refrigerated cargoes for several weeks that they are going to have to start paying more.

The major annual conferences put on by the National Industrial Transportation League and the Intermodal Association of North America will be held at separate locations and dates in 2014 after a decade

The International Council of Shopping Centers is forecasting a 3.0 percent sales increase in the traditional Novembe

Annual capacity of Mediterranean container ports is expected to rise by 63 percent to 114 million 20-foot-equivalent units during the next decade, according to

Carriers in the eastbound trans-Pacific trade plan to increase freight rates significantly on imports from Asia in 2013.

The Global Port Tracker report forecast continued sluggishness in North Europe container imports, and forecast that international imports to the region’s ports will decline 2.1 percent this year