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Tank truck operator Quality Distribution purchased Trojan Vacuum Services, drilling deeper into the hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” energy market.

The construction of the new third set of locks at the Panama Canal is behind schedule by seven months, but the other seven major components of the canal expansion are ahead of schedule, so the overall

Trailer Bridge has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization Monday following a court’s approval last month.

Ocean carriers succeeded in raising freight rates on the headhaul legs of the Asia-Europe and trans-Pacific trades in the last month, but their results are likely to be weak in the first quarter befor

International air freight traffic grew 5.1 percent February from a year ago, but the outlook for carg

OOCL is joining other major container ship operators in seeking a second general rate increase this year on Asia-Europe services.

Lufthansa Cargo may sell its entire freighter fleet if a court upholds a ban on night flights at Frankfurt airport, the carrier’s chief executive warned.

Time appears to be up for the passage of surface transportation bill this year.

Diesel prices across the U.S. fell for the first time in 10 weeks in the week ending April 2, dropping half a cent as oil prices rose over $105 a barrel.

Global freight volume remains below pre-recession levels in the U.S.

Customs broker Livingston International has completed its acquisition of the customs and trade compliance services of JPMorgan Chase’s Global Trade business, which includes the operations and te

Philippine terminal operator International Container Terminal Services is buying a minority stake in a terminal in Pakistan’s largest port, Karachi.

Warmer than typical winter weather helped hold demand for trucking steady in February, typically a slack month for motor carriers, FTR Associates said.

Container volumes at West Coast ports declined 4 percent in February compared to the same month last year, due to an 11 percent drop in imports.

Roy Amalfitano has been named president of Evergreen Shipping Agency (America) Corp., North America agents for global ocean carrier Evergreen Line.

Echo Global Logistics is expanding its offices in Arizona to accommodate the addition of employees through the acquisition of Advantage Transport.

Canadian bulk trucking giant Trimac acquired a 60 percent stake in Fortress Trucking for about $4.4 million, the company said Friday.

Evergreen Marine swung to a $105 million net loss last year as weak rates plunged the company into red ink during the fourth quarter.

U.S. manufacturing expanded in March for the 32nd consecutive month, according to the Institute for Supply Management.

Maersk has continued its global round of freight rate hikes by boosting levies on its services into the U.S.

Japanese shipping giant MOL believes the current cross-sector shipping recession is without historical precedent.

The Port of Jacksonville will handle exports of the new 2012 Honda CR-V that is being manufactured at the Honda plant in East Liberty, Ohio.

Dubai and Louisville were the major movers last year among the world’s top 20 busiest international cargo airports, according to preliminary figures for 2011 from Airports Council International.

DSV said Italian trust busters reduced a fine related to the Danish trucking and logistics company’s acquisition of ABX Logistics by $5.2 million to $26.4 million.

China Shipping Container Lines said weak rates and high fuel costs contributed to a net loss of 2.74 billion yuan ($428 million) last year, compared with a $667 million profit in 2010.

TNT Express, the Dutch parcel delivery company being taken over by UPS, said “mixed” economic conditions in Europe and slowing Asia-Europe trade volumes depressed its first quarter operati

U.S. containerized imports declined 5.8 percent in February, the first year-over-year drop in four months, PIERS data show.

Hamburg lawmakers approved a $562 million investment in Hapag-Lloyd that makes the city state the biggest shareholder in the German ocean container carrier.

HHLA, Hamburg’s biggest stevedore, said it expects to boost its container traffic by 5 percent in 2012 and take market share from its slower growing North European rivals for a second straight y

When the president of the West Coast dockworkers’ union pledged full support to the International Longshoremen’s Association in this year’s contract negotiations, many shippers and c

As multinational companies pursue global expansion strategies, their key 3PLs are expected to expand with them.

Economic uncertainty, natural disasters and fast-changing consumer markets are forcing third-party logistics providers to rethink their global expansion strategies.

Shippers challenging high rail rates will likely learn the only thing more enduring than railroads’ pricing power is federal agencies’ embrace of precedent.

Congress has a knack of making cynics into realists. Fears that the push for a transportation bill would dissolve into a scramble for funding extensions have been realized.

When Maersk Line shocked the maritime world in late March by suspending bookings in its North Europe-Asia service, it highlighted a trend easily lost amid headlines of sovereign debt crises and financ

For the past decade, importers of footwear had a basic sourcing philosophy: China first, China only.

Delivering an annual profit this May is the top priority for FedEx Freight, which lost money in its fiscal third quarter ending Feb. 29, its first quarterly loss in a year.

Stories of mob connections, excess staffing and $400,000-a-year dockworker pay at the New York-New Jersey port got a fresh airing from the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor just days before the

Family Dollar Stores’ plan to increase inventory up to 20 percent by adding new products and opening up to 500 stores this year will drive business for shippers, particularly those that supply f

Federal regulators shut down trucking firm Reliable Transportation, citing the carrier and its owner for “countless” violations of driver work and truck safety rules.