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BNSF Railway boosted profit nearly 16 percent year-over-year to $701 million, as higher pricing and a 3 percent volume rise pushed revenue up 10.3 percent.

Operations at Port Klang have now returned to normal following strikes by truck drivers last week

Middle Eastern carrier Emirates Shipping Line will raise its rates on cargo moving on its Far East and intra-Asia services, starting May 15.

Box volumes at South Korea’s ports reached a record high in April as transshipment traffic drove growth.

When U.S.

Imports at the nation’s top container ports will be flat this month compared to May 2011, but imports will then show steady growth into the fall, Global Port Tracker says.

Panama will get a fourth container terminal, a new one in Colon at t

A federal grand jury in Miami indicted 11 men for sale and distribution of $100 million in stolen freight, including $75 million in pharmaceuticals taken in the brazen burglary of an Eli Lilly & C

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UPS is expanding its premium air freight service into Nicaragua and Honduras, as the parcel giant taps the growing economies that share the U.S.

The trucking industry is reluctant to add natural gas-powered vehicles to its fleets despite the lowcost and abundant supply of the fuel, according to a recent survey.

South Korea’s Hyundai Merchant Marine said higher fuel costs and lower container volumes widened its first quarter operating loss to 201 billion won ($177 million) from $24 million a year earlie

Indian authorities released the Italian-flag merchant ship

What a difference four months can make. When 2012 dawned, a sense of doom prevailed in the containing shipping industry. Spot container rates in the critical Asia-to-U.S.

Much of the reason the North American railroad industry continually leads other freight modes in profitability is its ability to match demand with capacity. This year looks to be no different.

The failure late last month of American Feeder Lines and its 9-month-old service in the U.S. Northeast marks the latest body blow to short-sea shipping.

Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Richard Lidinsky Jr.

The push by U.S. ports for more federal dredging dollars is finally beginning to make waves in Congress.

Lead the people by laws and regulate them by penalties, and the people will try to keep out of jail, but will have no sense of shame.

Shippers normally opt for the expense of air service only when they need to expedite high-value cargo such as computer chips and diamonds.

Prince Rupert, British Columbia, was the fastest-growing container port in North America in 2011, ramping up its export strategy and spiking 59.1 percent export growth year-over-year.

China weathered the global financial crisis of 2008-09 better than most countries, but the downturn still had a profound effect on its export-led economic model.

Jack Holmes, president of one of the largest trucking companies operating on U.S. highways, keeps an eye on the sea, where container shipping lines are struggling to stay afloat financially.

The Omani Ministry of Transport and Communications has awarded a $143 million contract for the construction of a new general cargo and liquid bulk terminal that will double the general-cargo handling

The transportation and warehousing industries appear to have added jobs between March and April, while public transportation job losses shrank the total industry employment by 16,600.

The decision by the U.S. and the European Union to recognize each other’s trusted shippers is expected to save those companies money through speedier customs authorization.

Declining cargo revenue and rising fuel prices devastated the profits of Asia’s leading airlines last year, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines.

U.S.

The manufacturing numbers tell the story of why China’s economy is undergoing a fundamental restructuring.

Panalpina swung to a loss of $64.5 million in the first quarter ended March 30 from a profit of $38.2 million in the same quarter last year.

After a slack start to the year, China’s containerized exports will begin to pick up this quarter, helping lift average throughput growth at the nation’s ports to 9 percent in 2012, Macqua

Hapag-Lloyd will impose a general rate increase on all cargo from the Indian subcontinent to Southeast and Northeast Asia.

The U.S.

U.S. intermodal rail shipments in the week ending April 28 jumped 5.5 percent year-over-year and 1.3 percent from the previous week, according to the Association of American Railroads.

A proxy advisory services firm castigated Canadian Pacific for “an enduring failure of board leadership” in its endorsement of the seven director nominees proposed by an activist investor.

The Port of Los Angeles on Thursday adopted a clean-air program for vessels that is projected to significantly reduce harmful emissions from the largest source of air pollution in the harbor.

Average spot rates on the westbound Asia-Europe trade spiked 19 percent on May 3, an increase of $629 per 40-foot container, which means that carriers got most of the general rate increases they imple

Proposed federal rules that would tighten fuel economy standards for cars, trucks and SUVs would strip the Highway Trust Fund of $57 billion, or 13 percent, by 2022, according to a recent Congressiona

Troubled trucking giant YRC Worldwide narrowed its first quarter operating loss from a year ago while expanding revenue on an year-over-year increase in tonnage.