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Hapag-Lloyd will raise its rates on services from the Indian subcontinent to the U.S., starting Aug. 15.

Diesel prices in the U.S. rose for the second week in a row, inching up 1.2 cents in the week ending July 16 as oil prices rose more than $1 per barrel.

Intermodal trucking giant J.B. Hunt Transport Services reported an $80.5 million second quarter net profit as revenue increased 9 percent to $1.26 billion.

Federal regulators last week shut down an Alabama trucking firm identified as a “chameleon” carrier set up to evade an earlier out-of-service order in May.

Containerized imports at the Port of Los Angeles increased 6 percent in June compared to June 2011, while exports were up 6.9 percent.

One of the 25 persons aboard the ship was reported missing and one has died from burns.

The class action price-fixing lawsuit looming over the United States’ four largest railroads will likely rival the

Intermodal shipments on major U.S. railroads in the week ending July 7 rose 5.6 percent year-over-year but fell 1.2 percent from the prior week, according to the Association of American Railroads.

Kuehne + Nagel’s net profit fell in the

Spot market truckload freight volumes dropped 2 percent in June from May but remained at record high levels, according to the DAT North American Freight Index.

U.S. retail sales fell for third straight month in June as consumers cut spending on goods including cars, building materials, and electronics and appliances, the Commerce Department said.

The Port of Charleston got more good news last week when Hamburg Sud announced it will switch calls to Charleston from Savannah in mid-September by its service between Australia, New Zealand and the U

Kerry Logistics has opened a new 36,000 sq. ft. warehouse in Vietnam.

Cathay Pacific Airways saw month-on-month cargo volume hold steady in June, but throughput was still slower than a year earlier.

Maersk Line will impose a general rate increase on westbound shipments from India to North Europe and the Mediterranean, starting Sept. 1.

Major state-owned ports in India, getting off to a sluggish growth trend in 2012 amid global economic uncertainties, saw container volume remain flat in the first fiscal quarter from a year ago, accor

A milestone power utilities achieved this spring should jolt transportation operators and shippers.

Roughly 16 years after Burlington Northern, now BNSF Railway, took its two natural gas-powered locomotives off the tracks, railroads are giving the fuel another look.

The surface transportation bill Congress squeezed out in late June appears to be more a deferral of hard decisions than a strategy to fix the nation’s crumbling infrastructure.

For ocean shipping, unlike trucking and railroads, environmental regulation, not fuel costs, will likely drive the use of natural gas and other alternative energy-powered engines.

Federal and state regulators reportedly are visiting drayage company offices and requesting voluminous amounts of documentation, seeking to demonstrate the companies are intentionally misclassifying d

After years of producing garments and luxury goods for the world, China’s fashion-conscious consumer is now a major engine for logistics development efforts at home.

If the United States is truly serious about leading the world out of its economic malaise, it should be investing in the infrastructure needed to transport food products from the nation’s interi

The trucking industry faces a number of regulatory and operational changes, but advances in information technology are helping motor carriers keep a lid on the costs these challenges bring.

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A Teamsters-backed effort to have owner-operator truck drivers classified as employees instead of contractors has been dismissed by a federal judge in New Jersey.

West Coast ports entered 2012 anticipating only modest, single-digit growth in imports and exports. To date, that forecast has been right on target.

The fund of the family that controls A.P.

The four carrier members of the CKYH alliance announced plans to cut capacity on the routes from Asia to Europe and Asia to the Mediterranean, where overcapacity has been undermining the rate increase

OOCL reported positive operating results Friday for the second quarter ended June 30, with strong increases in both container volume and revenue.

Average spot rates in the Asia-Europe trade lane eased this week following the general rate increase that carriers put into effect on July 5 ranging between $400 and $500 per 20-foot equivalent unit.<

Freight volumes at Asia-Pacific airports grew in May for the second consecutive month, latest figures from Airports Council International show.

China&rsquo;s exports outperformed imports in June, but year-over-year growth slowed compared to May.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. will impose a peak-season surcharge on westbound trade from Asia to Europe, starting Aug. 1.

Japan&rsquo;s All Nippon Airways Co. said its international cargo volume grew for the fourth consecutive month in May on a year-over-year basis, rising 7.1 percent to 43,591 tons.

By the time the Panama Canal Authority opens its new set of locks in 2015, the 50-mile stretch of canal may have at least two new terminals, one at each entrance, with plans for a third on the Pacific

When Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner expropriated control of the country&rsquo;s largest oil producer, YPF, from its Spanish parent Repsol YPF in May, the shockwaves reverberated th

Overall growth in containerized Asian trade has been at a snail&rsquo;s pace, with imports through the U.S.

The ups and downs of this year&rsquo;s International Longshoremen&rsquo;s Association contract negotiations resemble a stock price chart on a volatile trading day.