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C.H. Robinson Worldwide moved more freight in the first quarter, but higher trucking costs bit into the non-asset logistics company’s truckload net margin.

Shipments of Harley-Davidson motorcycles in the first quarter jumped 19.4 percent year-over-year, reflecting a revving up of consumer confidence in the U.S. and abroad.

Canadian trucking giant TransForce acquired certain assets of Peak USA Energy Services, an oilfield trucking business in Texas, for approximately $10 million.

The port of Antwerp’s container traffic grew a modest, but significant, 0.7 percent in the first three months of 2012, reaching a record high for the first quarter in sharp contrast to

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has begun posting an index of monthly freight and passenger activity levels

BAA, one of the U.K.’s largest airports operator, reported first quarter operating profit grew 15.1 percent from a year ago to $372 million, driven by strong traffic growth and higher landing ch

Steel imports increased 6.5 percent in March over February based on preliminary U.S.

Trucking costs in Canada are steadily rising in early 2012 and are 10 percent higher than in March 2011, according to a monthly index of Canadian shipping costs.

Maersk Line named David Zimmermann as vice president of North American Sales, effective immediately.

Seven Indian sailors, held captive by Somali pirates for nearly four months, were freed Monday following intense diplomatic negotiations.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the nation’s beef supply is not affected by the discovery of a mad cow case in California this week because the animal was never intended for slaughter.

The state of Georgia will chip in another $46.7 million to help pay for deepening t

Maersk Line will impose a peak-season surcharge on trades from Far East Asia to Latin America, starting May 20. The planned surcharge will be $300 per 20-foot equivalent unit.

Trans-Pacific spot rates eased slightly this week after their 19.9 percent spike las

Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Richard Lidinsky Jr. said he hopes the FMC can move quickly on a “top-to-bottom” modernization of rules covering non-vessel-operating common carriers.

Norfolk Southern reported record profit for the first quarter, as the railroad’s pricing power on slim volume growth boosted earnings 26 percent year-over-year to $410 million.

The Port of Los Angeles will invest billions of dollars in transportation infrastructure to maintain its ranking as the largest U.S.

Truck freight increased in March, but at a slower pace, as the American Trucking Associations For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 0.2 percent from February.

Kansas City Southern boosted first-quarter profit 19.6 percent year-over-year to $74.9 million, as strong intermodal and automotive growth pushed the railroad to record revenue and volume.

Rising intra-Asian trade will propel the ASEAN bloc of Southeast Asia nations to become China’s largest trading partner by 2015, one think-tank says.

Rickmers Maritime reported first quarter net profit fell 12 percent from a year ago to $8.24 million as the Singapore-listed trust’s revenue stalled at $35.7 million.

RailAmerica tapped GaryLewis, an industry veteran of more than 20 years, as chief commercial officer and senior vice president of the 44-railroad holding company.

CMA CGM will add a direct call at the Port of Dunkirk, France, to its Epic service connecting North Europe, the Indian Subcontinent and the Middle East, effective in early June.

Canadian National Railway profit in the first quarter jumped 16 percent year-over-year to $781.3 million, as the largest Canadian railroad saw double-digit revenue growth in six of its seven business

Same-day carrier Dynamex is launching a truckload division, Dynamex Truckload Services, to haul larger, heavier freight for its shipper customers.

Diesel prices across the U.S. fell the most since mid-December, dropping 4.2 cents in the week ending April 23 as oil prices fell more than $1 a barrel.

Confidence regarding European air cargo improved slightly in April from the month before, but shippers and forwarders view most lanes connecting to the continent as “persistently lackluster,&rdq

Net income at Forward Air in the first quarter soared 30.6 percent to nearly $10.3 million, as the air freight trucker saw an increase in demand for its core services along with its logistics manageme

Norway’s Fairstar Heavy Transport spurned an unsolicited takeover offer from Dutch heavy-lift shipping rival Dockwise.

A presidential decree has cleared the way for the construction of new container terminals at the Port of Tanjung Priok, Indonesia.

France’s sovereign investment fund is weighing a $195 million stake in CMA CGM, the country’s largest ocean container carrier, according to a French national report.

CMA CGM and Emirates Shipping Line entered a vessel sharing agreement to jointly operate two container services connecting the Middle East and East Africa, starting in early May.

Cargo volume through Hong Kong International Airport dipped 0.4 percent year-over-year in March, to 368,000 metric tons, despite a 5.2 percent increase in flights.

Japan has written off more than 300 billion yen ($3.7 billion) of Myanmar’s debts, paving the way for the financing of new transport projects in the emerging Southeast Asian state.

Pirates are increasing their attacks on the maritime trades off West Africa, according to the latest global piracy report released Monday by International Maritime Bureau of the International Chamber

Roadrunner Transportation, one of the fastest-growing U.S. trucking companies, acquired flatbed carrier D&E Transport last week for about $11.2 million.

Orders at Japanese shipyards rose for the first time in four months in March on a year-on-year basis, increasing 8.6 percent to 1.1 million gross tons, according to the Japan Ship Exporters’ Ass

Intermodal rail service from West Coast ports involves much more than placing a marine container on a train in Los Angeles or Seattle and lifting it off at an inland rail ramp.

Spring arrived early, in more ways than one, for shippers, carriers and transportation intermediaries serving the U.S. market.