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Worried about driver and capacity shortages? Don’t forget the “spectrum crunch.”

Federal regulators shut down an Alabama-based trucking company after finding the carrier violated rules regarding hours-of-service rules, driver qualifications and vehicle maintenance.

Loaded containers moving through the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex increased 4 percent in April over April 2011, with imports up 3 percent year-over-year.

The production cost gap between the U.S. and China is steadily decreasing, but the number of U.S. jobs gained through near-sourcing will barely offset the amount of U.S.

A jump in coal shipments helped boost cargo volume on the Saint Lawrence Seaway up 2.2 percent in the first five weeks of the waterway season in 2012.

Motor carriers are adopting natural gas as one of the fuels of choice for their fleets because it makes financial sense, truck manufacturers told the Alternative Clean Transportation Expo in Long Beac

The schedule reliability of container ships in all trade lanes improved to 72.3 percent in the first quarter of 2012 from 69.4 percent in the last quarter of 2011, according to the latest quarterly Ca

Cathay Pacific Airways saw a year-over-year decline in freight volume in April.

The container volume handled by the Port of Virginia increased 5.2 percent year-over-year in April, to 169,644 20-foot equivalent units.

Jean-Louis Cambon, a prominent campaigner for shippers and a constant scourge of liner conferences, has died after a long illness. He was 59.

MISC Berhad saw revenues tumble in the first quarter following its decision to exit the container business<

Maersk Line slumped to a $599 million operating loss in the first quarter from a $424 million profit a year earlier as collapsing freight rates on the key Asia-Europe route outweighed double-digit gro

With transportation representing the biggest cost factor in the domestic supply chain, retailers are locating their inland distribution facilities as close to rail ramps as possible, an industrial rea

Hapag-Lloyd will impose a new round of general rate increases on its East Asia services, which will take effect in June.

Cargolux Airlines International has started a twice-weekly freighter service linking Luxembourg to the booming Chinese interior city of Chongqing.

Trucking giant YRC Freight is hiring 200 truck drivers in more than 10 cities across the U.S. as less-than-truckload freight demand increases at the struggling carrier.

NYK Line (North America) said it would quit providing chassis to customers in the Tacoma-Seattle-Portland market, effective July 1.

The Port of Long Beach launched construction of its $1.2 billion Middle Harbor project, which the port and Orient Overseas Container Line say will be the most automated container terminal in North Ame

Macy&rsquo;s has joined the ranks of retailers that are filling online orders with inventories from stores as well as warehouses.

The cargo division of Malaysia Airlines has launched a new intra-Asia freighter service.

Dockwise, the Dutch heavy-lift operator, made an unconditional mandatory takeover offer for its Norwegian rival Fairstar.

Ocean carriers&rsquo; bid to levy peak-season surcharges in Asia-Europe trades in June risk unraveling amid increasing signs of rate cutting, Alphaliner says.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday said the city plans to open a $200 million hub next year, as the city attempts to boost international volume through O&rsquo;Hare International Airport.

European Union naval forces said they conducted their first air strikes on a land base used by Somali pirates.

DB Schenker Logistics will open a new logistics center near Shanghai later this year.

Kerry Logistics is further expanding its logistics footprint in the interior provinces of China as OEM customers move inland in search of lower land and labor costs and to better serve the booming dom

Hanjin Shipping has joined its liner competitors in announcing a peak-season surcharge on westbound Asia-Europe shipments starting June 1.

Container traffic through India&rsquo;s major ports fell 2.4 percent year-over-year in April, the first month of fiscal 2012-13, according to latest traffic figures released by the Indian Ports Associ

Diesel prices across the U.S. dropped nearly below the $4 per gallon mark, dropping roughly half a cents in the week ending May 15 as oil prices hit a new 2012 low.

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A Mediterranean Shipping Co. vessel appears to be undergoing repairs after an onboard explosion rocked the 900-foot container ship roughly 70 miles north of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Global Ship Lease&rsquo;s first quarter net income fell to $8 million from $10.8 million a year ago as the NYSE-listed container ship owner&rsquo;s revenue dipped to $38.4 million from $39.1 million.<

U.S. poultry exports in the first quarter set records for quantity and value, according to the U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service.

The Port of Virginia will gain a &ldquo;first-in&rdquo; vessel call in June when MOL will begin making weekly calls at Norfolk International Terminals with its new all-water service between the Far Ea

Shippers can expect more upward pressure on truck pricing through the fall as available capacity t

The United States has formed a number of security partnerships with other nations since the terrorist attacks of Sept.

China, Japan and South Korea have formally agreed to launch negotiations on a trilateral free trade agreement (FTA) by the end of this year.

Japan Airlines Corp. (JAL) said on Monday that it posted a net profit of $2.33 billion on a consolidated basis in fiscal 2011, which ended on March 31, despite a decline in passenger numbers.

Pirates hijacked a Liberian-flag oil tanker with 26 men on board in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Oman on May 10.

Truckload rates decelerated in April, rising 6.9 percent year-over-year, compared with a 7.4 percent increase in March, according to Cass Information Systems.