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Negotiators for the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance are scheduled to meet Wednesday to resume stalled contract bargaining under supervision of a fede

Agility Logistics will focus on organic growth to expand its Asia business and meet rapidly increasing demand, according to one executive.

Hong Kong International Airport saw cargo volumes increase in August on the back of strong trade to and from Japan and South East Asia and a 3 percent increase in exports.

Singapore-based ocean carrier APL said it is struggling to move containers to and from the Port of Dammam, Saudi Arabia, because of terminal congestion and yard delays.

Let’s hoist a glass of Stolichnaya to some of the top Fortune 500 industrial giants in a Russian mood these days.

The ocean container industry is holding its collective breath as carriers attempt to pull off the seemingly impossible feat of raising freight rates in a sputtering global economy that’s slowing

A sputtering U.S. economy. Rising costs in China. The eurozone crisis. Shifting sourcing patterns. An ever-more-rigorous regulatory environment.

In developing its Supply Chain 25, Gartner digs deep, analyzing each company as a unique entity on its own merits.

When it comes to developing a world-class supply chain, it’s all about adapting and upgrading.

Federal mediation of International Longshoremen’s Association contract talks has revived hope for a settlement or temporary extension to avert a threatened East and Gulf Coast port shutdown at t

Judging by the negative rhetoric from the presidential campaign trail, the fate of U.S. free trade is in dire straits.

Some companies are already nibbling at the caviar of Russia’s maritime sector in the wake of Moscow’s accession to membership in the World Trade Organization.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. came within 105,716 20-foot-equivalent units in imports from becoming the top carrier in all three segments of U.S. trade: imports, exports and total trade.

Since the end of the Great Recession, trucking industry revenue has outpaced the growth in the general economy, benefiting from a resurgence in manufacturing and growth in U.S.

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The trucking industry is being rewired, thanks to rapid changes in technology, regulatory and competitive demands and acquisitions and investment.

Rising equipment costs and driver pay are cutting into earnings at Werner Enterprises, which lowered its third quarter earnings estimate after the stock market closed Thursday.

The timing and health of shipping peak season is as murky on the rails and roads as it is on the water.

Federal programs that directly and indirectly affect freight transportation face more than $1.7 billion in automatic budget cuts through the looming sequestration, according to an analysis of a White

Toy shippers are the latest importers to urge the International Longshormen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance to seek a contract agreement that averts a threatened Maine-to-Texas

James K. Lyons, long-time head of the Port of Mobile, returned to work on Friday after a temporary leave of absence.

Hapag-Lloyd will impose a general rate increase on all cargoes from East Asia to Mexico, Central America a

Health care benefits and pensions as well as wages will top the agenda when the Teamsters union and UPS, the largest Teamsters employer, begin

Col. Paul E. Owen assumed command of the New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday.

Kuehne + Nagel said it has entered into an agreement to settle a U.S. class-action lawsuit alleging anticompetitive practices in relation to certain surcharges for freight forwarding services.

CSAV said it and some of its employees have received subpoenas from U.S.

Shippers dependent on a single major railroad will likely have a harder time contesting rates after the Surface Transportation Board raised the rail industry’s after-tax cost of capital for 2011

Lower growth in China’s export volumes reflects changes in its manufacturing sector, according to Maersk Line CEO Soren Skou,

Panalpina boosted its fast-growing less-than-containerload Asia-Europe network with the launch of three services from China and Singapore to Hungary, the Czech Republic and Austria.

OOCL has launched a new intra-Asia service linking Taiwan and China to Japan.

India’s exports shrank for the fourth consecutive month in August on a year-over-year basis, falling 9.7 percent to $22.3 billion, according to preliminary figures released by the Commerce Minis

As e-commerce transforms the retail industry from a brick-bound behemoth to a fast-moving, multichannel enterprise, retailers, parcel carriers and logistics providers are devising new products and ser

Cathay Pacific Airways saw cargo volumes lose further ground in August but predicted a rebound in the latter part of this month.

Frankfurt airport’s freight traffic dipped 4.1 percent in August from a year ago as an uncertain global economy and the deepening euro crisis continue to impact Europe’s second-largest air

Saudi Airlines Cargo has extended its reach in West Africa to nine new destinations.

Air China Cargo has launched a new flight linking China to Europe.

Intermodal shipments on major railroads rose 3.1 percent year-over-year in the week ending Sept.

Strong iron ore, cement and coal shipments boosted volume nearly 6.8 percent year-over-year on the St. Lawrence Seaway in August.

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Determining ways to measure the conditions and performance of a national freight work emerged as a top priority for the Transportation Department’s newly formed Freight Policy Council on Thursda