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The Port of New York and New Jersey is facing a shortage of chassis available for use in draying containers to and from the terminals.

The Virginia Department of Transportation said Wednesday it is extending until Aug.

DHL will look to smaller “bolt-on” acquisitions rather than major takeovers to speed growth in the years ahead, according to Frank Appel, CEO of Deutsche Post DHL.

Global semiconductor sales in May rose 1.4 percent from the prior month, giving the struggling air cargo industry, which typically ships the foundation technology, a slight boost in the arm.

Average spot rates in the eastbound trans-Pacific trade lane fell 2.9 percent this week, dropping for the second week in a row since carriers put a peak-season surcharge into effect on June 10.

German ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd will impose a congestion surcharge on all cargo moving to and from the Port of Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

International Longshore and Warehouse Union members this week are picketing a barge facility in southern Oregon to protest a lumber company’s use of non-ILWU labor to load and unload wood produc

Oscar J. Abello, the former president, CEO and chairman of "K" Line America, died on Sunday, July 8, in Pembroke Pines, Fla., where he had retired.

Retailers continue to plan for increased imports this fall despite discouraging news recently regarding consumer confidence, employment numbers and retail sales.

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Germany’s Lufthansa Cargo carried 4.6 percent less freight in June than a year ago as it slashed capacity in line with weakening demand on its key Americas and Asia-Pacific routes.

Vietnam’s ambitious Cai Mep container port is losing its appeal to ocean carriers, according to Alphaliner, as lower-than-expected cargo volumes have cut the number of weekly direct line-haul se

Japan's containerized cargo trade will rise 3.2 percent year-over-year in fiscal 2012, which started on April 1, to 12.865 million 20-foot equivalent units, a Tokyo-based research firm predicted in a

The fate of the long-planned Savannah Harbor Expansion Project remains undecided after a federal judge ruled against the dismissal of an environmentalists’ lawsuit aimed at blocking a pollution

Maersk Line plans to implement a new round of general rate increases in its Asia services that would take effect Aug. 1.

Diesel prices in the U.S. rose for the first time in three months, climbing 3.5 cents in the week ending July 9 as oil prices rose more than a $1.

Agricultural exports, such as grain shipments moving through the new EGT terminal in Longview, Wash., are leading the economic recovery, the chief agricultural negotiator at the Office of the U.S.

The South Carolina State Ports Authority plans to develop an inland port in Greer, S.C, together with Norfolk Southern to improve the efficiency of international container movements between the Port o

Total U.S. freight tonnage will grow 21 percent by 2023, as freight revenue rises 59 percent, the American Trucking Associations predicts in a new freight forecast.

Cape Breton is looking for a terminal operator to build a container terminal on a greenfield tract of land in the deep-water harbor of Sydney, Nova Scotia.

Brazilian Customs officials continued the slowdown in inspections at most Brazilian ports

Air Menzies International is now offering all-inclusive online express import rates and bookings in the U.S. from global destinations.

Kerry Logistics plans to expand its presence in Thailand further.

The Global Air Cargo Advisory Group has warned regulators that national, ad hoc and impractical approaches to advance electronic information systems will undermine air cargo security and increase cost

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Unionized dockworkers called off a threatened strike at the APM Terminals facility in India’s P

Etihad Crystal Cargo’s traffic soared 21 percent in the first half of 2012 from a year ago to a record 175,000 metric tons as the Abu Dhabi carrier expanded its all cargo-fleet and freighter net

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.

The top four U.S.

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.

Intermodal shipments on major U.S.

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.