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Old Dominion Freight Line will raise its tariff base rates 4.9 percent Aug. 6, joining several less-than-truckload competitors that raised rates in June and July.

The volume of containers handled by the Port of Savannah during fiscal 2011 ended June 30 grew by a relatively meager 1.9 percent year-over-year due to what the Georgia Ports Authority called the &ldq

Japanese export ship orders fell 8.5 percent in June from a year earlier to 499,370 gross tons, according to figures released by the Japan Ship Exporters’ Association.

Firefighters continue to battle a fire on the MSC Flaminia as the abandoned container ship is being towed from the mid-Atlantic toward Europe.

A second consecutive month of year-over-year growth in June saw Hong Kong International Airport stabilize first-half cargo throughput.

Pantos Logistics has won a contract to provide international rail transportation services for a General Motors joint venture in Asia.

Hong Kong and southern China face port and airport disruption today and Tuesday as typhoon Vicente hits land.

Genesee & Wyoming is buying RailAmerica in a $1.4 billion deal that would combine the two largest short-line and regional railroad operators in North America.

The International Chamber of Shipping, representing 36 national shipowner associations, has urged the International Maritime Organization

Mediterranean Shipping Co. will impose a new low sulfur surcharge on import shipments at all U.S. ports on the East, West and Gulf Coasts.

Maersk Line will seek a general rate increase on its services from India to West Africa, starting Sept. 1.

It’s not supposed to work like this. When cargo volumes soften, consumer confidence wanes and vessel capacity increases, ocean carriers don’t raise their freight rates.

The class-action price-fixing lawsuit looming over the United States’ four largest railroads will likely rival the attention analysts give to sluggish coal traffic during second quarter earnings

As the logistics provider for the upcoming London games, Big Brown faces an Olympic-size challenge

Pessimists looking for signs of a poor U.S. economy for the rest of the year should look elsewhere than on the railroads.

Is this the time to invest in the maritime business? Yildirim Group thinks so.

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Shippers aren’t waiting for the Surface Transportation Board to address railroad customer pricing concerns and carriers’ ability to make enough money to invest in their networks.

For Central Freight Lines, natural gas was a natural choice as an alternative fuel.

West Coast ports have access to millions of square feet of warehouse and distribution space, but those hubs can be as far as 50 miles from the ports.

In this podcast, JOC Editor Joseph Bonney reports live from Delray Beach, Fla., where labor contract negotiations are taking place between the International Longshoremen's Associatio

Port of Oakland executives will begin making a 5 percent contribution to their retirement programs under the newly adopted fiscal year 2012-13 budget.

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The International Longshoremen&rsquo;s Association and United States Maritime Alliance ended three days of negotiations with optimism about a strike-free contract for East and Gulf Coast dockworkers.<

Forward Air profit in the second quarter jumped 23.2 percent year-over-year to $24.4 million, as airport-to-airport volume rose 5.4 percent in the same period.

Canadian and U.S. trucking operator Vitran Express drove deeper into losses in the second quarter as it struggled to rebuild its U.S. less-than-truckload business.

Net profit dropped 19.1 percent at Heartland Express to $18.2 million, as the trucking firm increased second quarter revenue 1.8 percent to $139.7 million.

DHL has launched a new direct twice-weekly express flight from the U.S. to Australia.

Intermodal growth and higher truckload rates helped Swift Transportation boost second quarter net profit 72 percent from a year ago to $33.7 million.

Free trade agreements with the U.S. and the European Union are driving imports of cars to South Korea, according to a leading trade association.

Korean Air said the global cargo slowdown is a major contributing factor as it booked a loss in the second quarter.

Maersk Line plans to raise its rates on major trade lanes as part of what it calls a new &ldquo;rate restoration program.&rdquo;

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The last time you took your kids to Orlando, you probably rented a car from one of the 10 car rental companies at Orlando International Airport so you could play chauffeur from Disney World to Univers

The Senate could introduce legislation key to authorizing the deepening of East Coast ports and improving inland maritime routes by the end of the year, according to the head of the Waterways Council.

Former Federal Maritime Commission Chair Leslie Lazar Kanuk died at her home in Manhattan on Tuesday. Her son, Alan Kanuk, said she died in her sleep.

New Orleans Cold Storage, the oldest cold storage company in North America, opened a new 142,000-square-foot cold storage warehouse at the Port of New Orleans on Thursday.

Werner Enterprises boosted net profit 11 percent in the second quarter to $30.7 million despite a year-over-year decline in truckload miles and revenue.

A 9 percent jump in intermodal volume lifted Hub Group&rsquo;s profit in the second quarter by 18 percent year-over-year to $16.9 million.

The International Longshoremen&rsquo;s Association and United States Maritime Alliance moved closer to a contract agreement with an agreement in principle on two top issues &mdash; new technology and