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Roadrunner Transportation Systems increased its profit 70.5 percent in the first quarter to $7.9 million as revenue rose 38.2 percent to $236.6 million.

Singapore-based container carrier APL imposed a port congestion surcharge on all shipments from Asia and the Middle East to Aden, Yemen.

A strike by truck drivers at Malaysia’s key gateway of Port Klang continued Thursday, preventing drayage movement of containers in and out of terminals operated by Westport and Northport stevedo

Kuehne + Nagel has opened a new less-than-containerload gateway in Shanghai.

Asian investors reacted positively Thursday to the news that the G6 Alliance will not rei

Schneider National, the largest privately owned U.S. truckload carrier, is replacing one-third of its truck fleet, purchasing more than 3,000 new trucks in 2012.

California’s low carbon fuel standard will contribute to the increasing price of diesel in the state, as high as $6.69 a gallon by 2020, according to a study conducted for the California Truckin

West Coast ports handled 7 percent more loaded containers in March compared to the same month last year, according to numbers published on the Web site of the Pacific Maritime Association.

The UPS acquisition of TNT Express is on track and so is profitability at the Dutch parcel deliver

Activist investor William Ackman said shareholders should determine Canadian Pacific Railway management amid reports that some railroad directors are floating a compromise.

A bipartisan group of 15 senators urged President Obama to give U.S. apparel shippers more flexibility in sourcing under the proposed free trade agreement with Asia-Pacific countries.

Trucking company Pitt Ohio expanded its expedited less-than-truckload service for national and global shippers.

Owner-charterer Diana Containerships said its first quarter net profit

BDP International will expand its operations in western and northern China later this year.

The Port of Jacksonville will get new calls this month by China Shipping and United Arab Shipping, which participate in a vessel-sharing agreement with CMA CGM in its PEX 3 service.

India’s Tariff Authority for Major Ports approved a 25 percent increase in tariffs levied by Indira Container Terminal, the private terminal operator in the Port of Mumbai.

The members of G6 Alliance said Wednesday they would not reinstate Loop 2 of the seven Asia-Europe services that the six carriers had planned to launch in April.

Container terminals must improve productivity at the same rate as growth in ship sizes or “preferably much more,” an APM Terminal official said at a Stockholm port conference.

Trucking and logistics giant Con-way more than tripled its net profit in the first quarter, increasing earnings to $25.6 million as revenue ro

Maersk Line will impose a general rate increase on cargo from India to the east coast of South America, starting June 1.

Waterfront employers and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union agreed to close down the Port of Oakland during the day shift on Tuesday to avoid any potential disruptions by the Occupy movem

Importers, exporters and investors in Southern California learned on Tuesday that they should soon begin to realize benefits from the

The American Trucking Associations is urging Congress to require drivers to use electronic on-board recorders, while independent owner-operators argue the technology has no safety or cost benefits.

Fitch Ratings affirmed its long-term "A" rating of the Virginia Port Authority’s outstanding port facilities revenue and refunding bonds.

China's official Purchasing Managers' Index expanded for a fifth month in April, aided by expanding export orders.

Genesee & Wyoming’s profit was nearly flat at $22.2 mil

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Evergreen Line and Crowley Latin America Services have filed a slot-charter agreement that will allow Evergreen to provide weekly northbound and southbound service between Florida, Panama and Puerto L

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty said it will waive the insurance deductible on theft of truck cargo in transit if the theft is reported to law enforcement within an hour of the theft.

The value of surface-transportation trade between the U.S.

Russia’s leading intermodal operator saw international transit traffic handled increase by 17.8 percent last year as Asia-Europe overland transport options grew in popularity.

Container lines have started reactivating their idle container fleets for

The rebound in earnings on container trades has prompted operators to start reactivating larger tonnage, according to the latest report from

Less-than-truckload motor carriers that survived the recession are struggling with challenges, including modal shift and rising costs, that are transforming their industry, a quartet of trucking CEOs

NYK Line, which has been getting out of the business of providing chassis at ports and terminals in the U.S., said Monday it would extend the withdrawal to the Denver/Salt Lake City market on July 1.

Diesel prices across the U.S. fell for the third week in a row, dropping 1.2 cents in the week ending April 30 as oil prices rose slightly above $4 a barrel.

The number of active for-hire motor carriers in the U.S. rose 7.5 percent from February 2011 through this month, an increase of more than 11,500 trucking companies.

YRC Worldwide's lenders agreed to reset financial covenants that underpin the company's restructuring to help the struggling

HHLA and Deutsche Bahn are reshuffling their intermodal shareholdings as Hamburg’s biggest stevedore and Europe’s largest rail freight company move to tighten control over their inland rai

DSV, the Danish logistics and freight forwarding group, reported first quarter revenue stalled at $1.93 billion as lower sea and air traffic, along with freight rates, offset a stronger performance at