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A key indicator of trucking activity rose 0.5 percent in February from January, signaling truck freight volumes are rising after a post-holiday decline.

Rickmers-Linie and TOTE have joined the World Shipping Council as the newest members of the Washington-based maritime association.

United Arab Shipping Company will apply a general rate increase on eastbound cargo from North Europe to Asia and the Indian Subcontinent.

FedEx Trade Networks is expanding its U.S. freight forwarding operations, opening offices in Phoenix, St. Louis, Mo., and Milwaukee, Wis.

Truck trailer makers are struggling to keep up with demand, as strong orders create production backlogs, according to vehicle market consultant ACT Research.

Horizon Lines said Tuesday it expects to report a fourth quarter loss of $6.4 million from continuing operations basis on a GAAP (general accepted accounting principles) basis, compared with an operat

Global ports operator DP World is tapping its cash resources to repay a $3 billion revolving credit facility six months before it matures in October.

International trade through Japan’s Port of Yokohama declined 6.2 percent in 2011 from 2010 to 2.8 million 20-foot equivalent units, according to preliminary figures released by the Yokohama mun

Hanjin Shipping took delivery of the first two of a series of nine 13,100-TEU capacity container

Russia’s Global Ports booked net income of $146.9 million in 2011, up 23 percent on the previous year, as its Baltic and Far East container terminals boosted traffic 44 percent to more than 1.3

Encouraging small and midsize companies to enter the export arena will put the U.S.

A challenge to the Port of Los Angeles concession requirements for motor carriers moved a step closer to the U.S.

Mediterranean Shipping Co is imposing an “equipment imbalance“ surcharge and “no-show” penalties on the North Europe-Asia route after rival Maersk Line stopped taking cargo boo

Diesel prices across the U.S. hit a 33-month high in the week ending March 26, climbing half a cent as oil prices rose to nearly $107 per barrel.

U.S. containerized exports increased modestly in January as solid growth in Asian markets was partially offset by losses in European markets. Overall U.S.

Hapag-Lloyd will impose an “interim fuel participation” surcharge on Europe-Asia trade lanes to cover rising bunker costs.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on Friday submitted to federal officials a formal request that the Bayonne Bridge "Raise the Roadway" project be considered for expedited review

Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry increased slightly in the three months ended February 2012, reaching its highest level since May 2011, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Su

A.P. Moller-Maersk CEO Nils Smedegaard Andersen will remain on sick leave another six to eight weeks pending further surgery to fix a heart problem, the Danish group said Monday.

Japan and Canada have formally agreed to launch negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) to eliminate import tariffs on most products and strengthen overall economic relations.

When a news headline last week declared YRC Worldwide was “back at (the) brink” of the default and bankruptcy filing it narrowly avoided in late 2009, nerves quickly frayed at the long-tro

An electronics manufacturer in Singapore last year wanted 25,000 wire forms to be used in one of its products, and it needed them fast.

By the middle of 2014, the Port of New York and New Jersey will have a container terminal able to handle ships carrying 10,000 20-foot equivalent container units.

While the Senate pats itself on the back for passage of a mere two-year surface transportation bill, a handful of states are pushing what most of their federal brethren decry as infeasible: fuel tax h

No one is more delighted about the impact of 2004’s U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement of 2004 than Tom Tjerandsen, North American managing director of the Chilean Fresh Fruit Association.

When automobile manufacturer Fiat in 2010 announced plans to build a $1.8 billion plant in northeastern Brazil, CEVA, a global non-vessel-operating common carrier and third-party logistics provider, s

When he arrived in Overland Park, Kan., last July, James Welch began his plan to restart YRC Worldwide by cleaning house at the holding company, starting at the top.

When Steve Russell buys a trucking company, it’s not because he wants trucks.

Mexico’s rail industry is poised for growth, especially in intermodal shipments.

In the fashionable neighborhoods of Bogota, the gourmet restaurants, lively nightclubs and luxurious hotels are brimming with foreign executives eager to sign trade and investment deals in South Ameri

Next time you’re dining out in Seoul, have a good steak and wash it down with a shot of Jack Daniel’s, compliments of U.S. exporters.

Trucking company Old Dominion Freight Line opened a drayage facility in Oakland, Calif., expanding its container-hauling business to meet higher demand.

Container volumes at the Port of Tacoma declined 2.2 percent in February compared to the same month last year.

Journal of Commerce Senior Editor William B. Cassidy interviewed YRC Worldwide CEO James P.

FedEx will pay $3 million to more than 21,000 rejected job applicants to settle allegations of hiring discrimination, the Labor Department said Thursday.

U.S. intermodal rail shipments in the week ending March 17 rose 2 percent year-over-year, and traffic was flat on a week-to-week basis, according to the Association of American Railroads.

Maersk Line is implementing a new round of general rate increases in its Far East Asia services, starting April 15.

Florida East Coast Industries will launch a private passenger rail service linking South Florida and Orlando in 2014, the real estate and transportation company said Thursday.

More transportation services and a bigger agent network helped logistics operator AutoInfo increase gross revenue 14.4 percent to $320 million

Coal from the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming, and iron ore from the U.S.