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The Port of Oakland is scheduled to receive more than $3.5 million in federal port security grant funding for three security projects during the current fiscal year.

Truck shipments rose in June from May but were down year-over-year, while freight spending by shippers declined, according to Cass Information Systems.

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Transportation and warehousing lost about 2,200 jobs in June, after a 36,000 job hiring spree in May,

Cai Mep International Terminal will handle close to 600,000 20-foot equivalent units in 2012, representing 50 percent of the containers moving through the Vietnamese port which has five other terminal

The Journal of Commerce Trucking Employment Index edged up one-tenth of a percentage point in June as trucking hiring slowed to a crawl.

The Japanese Shipowners’ Association voiced strong objections on Friday to the toll increases proposed by the Panama Canal Authority and urged it to withdraw the increases scheduled for this Oct

Kuehne + Nagel is acquiring the business contracts of Canada’s Perishables International Transportation in the latest expansion of Swiss logistics giant’s global fresh and frozen foods net

Maersk Line will seek a general rate increase on shipments from India to Latin America, effective Aug. 1. The proposed increase will be $150 per 20-foot-equivalent unit.

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Heavy duty truck orders were soft in June, as motor carriers concerned by rising truck prices, tight financing and a slowing economy kept their wallets shut.

The Port of Long Beach plans to provide an incentive payment to ocean carriers in hopes of attracting more intermodal rail cargo to the port.

DP World Australia said it received $138 million from the sale of its 60 percent shareholding in Adelaide Container Terminal to locally based Flinders Ports.

Trucking operator Saia didn’t have to look far for a logistics company to buy — Robart Transportation

The United States on Thursday filed a trade complaint with the World Trade Organization challenging Chinese duties placed on more than $3 billion in U.S.-made vehicles, Trade Representative Ron Kirk s

After eight straight weeks of declines, average spot rates on the westbound Asia-Europe trade jumped by 13.1 percent on July 5 as carriers on that route put general rate increases into effect ranging

Trucking giant Old Dominion Freight Line is expanding its less-than-truckload network, opening new terminals in Southern California and Florida.

French ocean carrier CMA CGM said it is a member of a consortium that plans to bid and invest between 200 million euros and 250 million euros ($250 million-$315 million) to develop and operate a secon

An Indian High Court of Appeals temporarily set aside tariff reductions ordered by port regulator Tariff Authority for Major Ports at the APM Terminals and DP World facilities in the Port of Nhava She

Slowdowns by Brazilian customs offices continue to delay shipments at seaports and airports.

Average spot rates on the eastbound trans-Pacific trade lane fell 6.7 percent this week, in the first drop since

Panalpina, the global freight forwarding and logistics group, has opened four new logistics competence centers around the world, supported by a new supply chain solutions center in Frankfurt.

Hapag-Lloyd said it plans to extend a $250 per 20-foot container peak-season surcharge imposed May 1 on Europe-Asia trades through the end of August.

Taiwanese ocean carrier T.S. Lines is joining the China-India Express (CIX) service operated by Hyundai Merchant Marine, effective this month.

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Although a new study raises doubts about the reliability of CSA scores, those score

A second Wells Fargo analysis of the CSA program deepens doubts about the link between CSA BASIC scores and a trucker

The world’s top 20 ocean carriers boosted their container ship fleets by 844,000 20-foot equivalent units in the past 12 months, intensifying competition even as they piled up large losses, acco

American exporters could get improved access to Asia-Pacific markets if U.S. negotiations with eight Pacific Rim countries that kicked off this week result in a favorable trade agreement.

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Airbus will start assembling narrow-body A320 aircraft at its first U.S.

Container lines could reduce their overall losses for the year as a whole to $1.3 billion or even turn a profit of $1.3 billion, depending on the overall development of costs, particularly fuel, accor

Taiwanese carrier Evergreen has finally embraced mega container ships, agreeing to charter 10 13,800 20-foot equivalent unit vessels ordered today at South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries.

Hapag-Lloyd plans to implement a peak-season surcharge and a general rate increase on Asia-Europe trade, as part of a new rate restoration program.

Maersk Line Ltd. was awarded an up to $2.1 billion contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to ship cargo internationally until the end of August 2013.

Union Pacific Railroad CEO and President Jack Koraleski said the railroad is on track for annual year-over-year volume growth and record 2012 profit.

Saia, a multiregional less-than-truckload carrier, purchased Robart Companies, a truck freight broker and logistics services provider based in Duluth, Ga.

Container volumes at West Coast ports increased 7 percent in May compared to May 2011, with imports up 8 percent and exports up 5 percent, according to

Shippers and transportation providers could see their fuel prices spike if Iran makes good on a plan to block oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz that are headed to countries no longer buying its crud

UPS Freight will raise its less-than-truckload tariff pricing 5.9 percent on average July 16, joining other LTL carriers with general rate increases this summer.