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Even in a slow economy, third-party logistics is a growth industry. U.S.

The idea of using public-private partnerships to build or maintain toll highways and bridges may not be as popular as it was during the Bush administration, when Transportation Secretary Mary Peters c

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is a hero to advocates of public-private partnerships for successfully negotiating a $3.8 billion deal to lease the Indiana Toll Road.

While UPS made a splash with its move to buy TNT Express earlier this year, FedEx appears to be forging a more cautious approach in countering the European and Brazilian expansion of its main rival.

Could “used-truck salesman” be one of the best jobs in trucking? Follow the money. “It’s a great time to be a used-truck dealer,” said Steve Tam of ACT Research.

Negotiations on a new International Longshoremen’s Association contract for East and Gulf Coast dockworkers have taken a negative turn, confronting shippers with tough choices in the weeks ahead

The words “technology” and “automation” are troubling to longshoremen because they signal a loss of job opportunities.

Delegates to the 35th convention of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union voted unanimously to affiliate with the Panama Canal Pilots Union.

Fitch Ratings said CMA CGM's first-quarter results are evidence that the world's largest container shipping companies are beginning to reap the benefit of a more rational approach to pricing.

U.S. intermodal shipments on major railroads in the week ending June 2 rose 4.1 percent year-over-year but fell 12.6 percent from the week before, according to the Association of American Railroads.

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FedEx Freight, the nation’s largest stand-alone less-than-truckload carrier, is first out of the gate to raise pricing this summer with a

A House committee approved a bill to reform the Lacey Act to avoid what retailers and other businesses say are uni

A suspended pier superintendent at Maher Terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey pleaded guilty to a federal charge of illegal bookmaking using Internet sites and 1-800 telephone numbers.

Celadon Trucking acquired a portion of the equipment of Hiner Transport, a truckload carrier based in Huntington, Ind. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Signs abound that Congress won’t get its act together before the highway spending extension expires at the end of the month.

CEVA Logistics has further committed to operating truck services in China, completing the buyout of CEVA Ground in China, a former joint venture that has now become a wholly owned subsidiary.

Jade Cargo International is being liquidated after shareholders, including Lufthansa Cargo, failed to agree on a restructuring of

United Arab Shipping Company has joined other major container ship operators in announcing a general rate increase on westbound Asia-Europe trades, starting July 1.

Having worked for more than 22 years in the shipping industry, much of the time with ocean carriers, Stephen Aldridge understands that freight rates charged to cargo consolidators will rise and fall w

Sam Woodward was named president and CEO of domestic ocean carrier Horizon Lines

A stevedoring company that plans to use workers from the Operating Engineers union to load military ammunition at Charleston said it is not competing for work currently done by International Longshore

The Los Angeles Harbor Commission certified the final environmental impact report and approved the proposed expansion of the APL terminal operated by Eagle Marine Services.

The Los Angeles Harbor Commission adopted a 2012-13 fiscal year budget that includes projected capi

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Richard Wainio, director and chief executive of the Tampa Port Authority, resigned unexpectedly on Wednesday, saying he wants to leave on a high note and spend more time with his two high school-age c

Average spot prices on the Asia-Europe trade slipped again this week for the fifth week in a row, reflecting the growing amount of new capacity that is being deployed and of idled vessels that are ret

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Energy giant Shell Oil and truck stop chain TravelCenters of America agreed to build and operate a nationwide natural gas fueling stations for heavy-duty trucks.

The nation’s two dock worker unions may take the lead in forming a maritime labor alliance to protect their jurisdiction against encroachment by non-maritime unions or non-union employers.

The International Longshoremen’s Association may have to take on the U.S. Marines to protect its jurisdiction in the Southeast.

Global air freight volume in April declined 4.4 percent year-over-year, according to the latest figures from Airports Council International.

Container freight rates are profitable again and could rise further if trade picks up over the summer, A.P. Moller-Maersk CEO Nils Smedegaard Andersen said on Thursday.

Neptune Orient Lines promoted Jason Wong to the position of regional president for South Asia.

Air France-KLM’s cargo traffic slumped 8.8 percent in May from a year ago, driven by a double digit decline in the Americas network and sharply lower volumes on previously resilient Middle East

Maersk Line plans to apply a series of general rate increases on major trade lanes that will take effect in July.

Shippers on Wednesday failed to convince members of Congress to scrap legislation requiring all containers be scanned overseas before being allowed into U.S. ports.

Waterfront employers’ refusal to guarantee jobs in exchange for automation at East and Gulf Coast ports remains a serious “hurdle” to negotiation of a new International Longshoremen&

Although production of hard-disk drives is rapidly recovering from the catastro

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has used a $2.4 million security deposit to pay part of $2.8 million in back rent and fees owed by the port’s largest auto import processor.