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Port operator Indonesia Port Corporation II saw net profit climb by 45.9 percent year-over-year in the first quarter as demand for stevedoring services surged.

Canadian Pacific Railway shippers could see their raw materials and products move once again Thursday, as accelerated legislation to end a six-day strike takes effect, according to a report.

Eimskip, the Iceland-based container shipping and refrigerated logistics group, reported operating profit almost halved in the first quarter from a year earlier as higher costs and one-time items outw

Emirates SkyCargo this year will launch service between Dubai and Washington Dulles International Airport, the seventh U.S. airport the U.A.E.-based all-cargo operator will serve.

FedEx Express will set up a new regional hub for the North Pacific in Japan in 2014.

The German twin ports of Bremen-Bremerhaven boosted container traffic 13.6 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, closing the gap with slower-growing rivals in the Le Havre-Hamburg range.

Jorge Quijano is preparing to move out of his old office in what looks like temporary buildings on the site of a former U.S.

With Congress debating federal surface transportation bills, one would hope there might be an opportunity to create an effective national policy for freight.

As bad as the air cargo industry has fared in recent years, the woes would be so much greater if not for steady growth in U.S. electronics exports.

Chicago realizes it will have to put more of the heavy infrastructure lifting on its broad shoulders because the federal government isn’t pulling its weight.

Yogi Berra might as well have been talking about the 2012 JOC Top 100 Importers and Exporters rankings when he uttered one of his infamous quotes: “It’s déjà vu, all over aga

The Journal of Commerce’s Annual Top 100 Importers and Exporters ranking is based on data from PIERS, a JOC sister company, and other industry sources.

Container shipping lines hope peak-season volumes will get a boost from customers’ need to replenish tight inventories.

In the heated political debate over U.S. economic policy, Democrats and Republicans agree on at least one essential goal: China needs to start importing a lot more goods and services from the U.S.

Want to know what the next generation of technology used by transportation operators will look like? Glance at the nearest Android smartphone or Apple iPad.

Critics scoffed two years ago when President Obama announced his National Export Initiative aimed at doubling U.S. exports between 2010 and the end of 2014.

Fiscal 2011 produced record agricultural exports from the U.S., and exports for this fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, are expected to be almost as strong.

To gauge the outlook for furniture sales, check the real estate market. When people change homes, they often spend to furnish their new digs.

Veteran logistician Pat Moffett has been around since the last time the International Longshoremen’s Association struck at East and Gulf Coast ports — in 1977 — so he’s not get

A recently released World Bank report confirms what any shipper who has struggled to get containers out of an Indian port or truckload into inland Africa knows: The pace of logistics improvements has

Footwear importers are looking forward to a strong back-to-school season this year as the industry rebounds from a somewhat disappointing 2011.

When Nike this month accepted the Federal Maritime Commission Chairman’s Earth Day Award for outstanding shipper leadership and innovation in sustainable ocean transport practices, it affirmed t

When I took my 1999 Saab into the shop last year, the service manager told me I would need more than $4,000 in repairs.

Customs and Border Protection may be receiving high grades from the trade community for its attempts to streamline cargo entry and provide uniformity in its far-flung operations, but it’s appare

American consumers are spending again, fueling optimism that container shipping this year will see something missed the last two years: a robust pre-holiday peak shipping season.

President Obama, corporations and organized labor alike have heralded the trend of manufacturers bringing back jobs to the Americas as transportation and Asian labor costs rise.

Electrolux’s Bjorn Vang Jensen is looking for a new way of negotiating contracts with ocean carriers.

International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett said United States Maritime Alliance has been unwilling to agree to ILA contract demands for job guarantees in exchange for incr

A longshore labor dispute that produced three days of work slowdowns and long delays for trucks at Port of New York and New Jersey marine terminals apparently was settled Friday.

Surface Transportation Board Chairman Dan Elliot said this week the regulator would act soon on a compromise to balance pricing concerns of shippers and the need for railroads to stay profitable so th

Canadian Pacific Railway said it will have to lay off up 3,400 workers if the union doesn’t e

Looking for truck capacity? Look north. Tractor-trailer availability on the Canadian spot market was up 19 percent in April from a year ago, according to TransCore.

Lines could see the freight rate gains of this year on major trades wiped out in the fourth quarter when more vessels enter the market and volumes contract post-peak season, according to a third-partl

The port of Rotterdam is investing more than $18.75 million in a new heavy lift/project cargo terminal to keep pace with growing traffic and maintain its market share.

Manufacturers can spend 50 percent or more of revenue on purchasing parts.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is providing a model of what one state government can do to promote maritime trade.

Labor slowdowns at the Port of New York and New Jersey have caused lengthy delays for trucks at Port Newark-Elizabeth terminals in advance of the Memorial Day weekend.

Air France will reduce its freighter capacity by 20 percent as part of a cost-cutting and efficiency program aimed at returning to profitability.

The International Chamber of Shipping criticized planned Panama Canal toll increases as “rushed, excessiv