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An index of spot freight rates for Asia-to-Europe container shipments inched up 0.1 percent this week, showing new strength in ocean carrier attempts to shore up pricing on the troubled trade la

The executive directors of the nation’s two largest container ports intend to address one of their most vexing and embarrassing problems – slow turn times at marine terminal gates.

The Port of Jacksonville, Fla., will receive an additional $7.7 million and the ports of Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Ga., will get $2.5 million each for work on their deepening projects, the

Flatbed trucking company Maverick Transportation is raising truck driver pay as it purchases new trucks and expands capacity to meet growing freight demand.

A Senate committee approved on Tuesday a $9.6 billion package to help plug a $12 billion shortfall in a bipartisan two-year surface transportation bill.

Container throughput at the Port of Wilmington jumped 11.2 percent last year from the previous year, as the North Carolina port handled more imports and exports of agricultural products.

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The new president of Sea Star Line says “structural changes will be essential” so the Jones Act carrier can reinvest in coming years.

Truckload rates are likely to rise anywhere from 2 to 6 percent in 2012 and even as high as 8 percent in coming years, depending on the strength of the recovery and the effect of new truck safety regu

Global air freight volumes declined by 1 percent last year, but traffic could improve quickly this year if the overall economic situation improves, according to Airports Council International.

A labor dispute at APM Terminals in Rotterdam that has disrupted shipping at one of Europe’s largest container handling facilities for more than a week shows no sign of an early end.

Shipowners urged governments to take a heavier hand to captured Somali pirates and their financiers, as the threat to trade and seafarers increases.

OOCL will extend its largest rate increases to Asia-Australia services, starting March 15.

Mediterranean Shipping will apply a general rate increase on all cargo from North Europe to ports in the Indian subcontinent.

A federal appeals court affirmed a lower court’s decision that the New York Shipping Association acted prematurely in challenging a port crime watchdog agency’s plan for independent monito

Atlantic Container Line later this month will launch a weekly roll-on, roll-off service from the U.S. and Canada to Finland and Russia.

The newly formed G6 alliance of ocean carriers is speeding up the launch of its Asia-Europe service by a month to the first week of March to coincide with steep hikes in freight rates on the world&rsq

International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett said the ILA will enter this year’s contract negotiations seeking guaranteed minimum staffing and protection against job c

A federal prosecutor is charging a Pennsylvania trucking company with running a three-year scheme to avoid federal trucking driver hours of service regulations.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration slapped an out-of-service order on U&D Services, shutting down the recently established trucking company.

HHLA, Hamburg’s biggest stevedore, boosted container traffic 21.3 percent in 2011 from a year ago, significantly outpacing growth in Antwerp and Rotterdam to boost its market share in the fierce

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The Senate passed and sent to President Obama on Tuesday a bill authorizing the Federal Aviation Administration for four years, ending a five-year battle over the measure that held up modernization of

Air France-KLM blamed a weak global economy and the timing of the Chinese New Year for cargo revenue slumping 10.3 percent in January from a year ago.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services will raise its rates on westbound trade from the Indian subcontinent to Europe by $750 per 20-foot container, starting March 1.

Korean Air said it will strengthen its cargo operations on a trans-Pacific and a North Europe service by adding a new freighter to each.

The port of Busan is building a 22 million-square-foot distribution park to meet the demand for manufacturing, packaging, and assembly at the South Korean hub.

The Michigan Court of Appeals on Monday said a local judge was in his rights to jail the owner of the Ambassador Bridge, Manuel “Matty” Moroun, and his lieutenant for contempt, but the duo

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union members on Tuesday will help load the first vessel to arrive at the new EGT export grain terminal in Longview, Wash., putting an end to months of rancor

Trucking operators profiting from rising U.S. domestic shipping demand in turn are boosting sales and profits at truck and engine makers and technology firms.

Pennsylvania plans to begin collecting sales taxes Sept. 1 by Internet retailers, including Amazon.com, that have a physical presence in the state.

Worldwide smartphone shipment volume jumped 54.7 percent in the fourth quarter to 157.8 million units, spurred by the release of new products that provided a flood of new electronics shipping last yea

South Korea’s Hyundai Merchant Marine reported a 2011 operating loss of $327 million, reversing a profit of $541 million in 2010, as revenue fell and costs rose.

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., is expected to propose Tuesday a plan to plug the majority of the $12 billion shortfall in the Senate’s two-year surface transportation bill.

United Arab Shipping imposed a $775 general rate increase on Asia-Europe services effective March 1, joining other major container ship operators in seeking rate restoration on the depressed trade lan

Mediterranean Shipping will raise rates on shipments from India to ports in East Africa, as part of what it calls a new “rate restoration initiative”.

Container Corporation of India boosted third quarter net profit 6 percent from a year ago to $49.2 million, as growth in the state-owned company's core container hauling business pushed revenue up 8 p

Forwarder Nippon Express saw net profit surge 67.3 percent in nine months ending Dec. 31, as the end of a retirement-related accounting loss boosted earnings on flat revenue.

Bridgestone plans to open a $575 million factory in 2014 near the Vietnamese city of Hai Phong, as the coastal city becomes a major export gateway for multinational corporations.

China barred its airlines on Monday from joining the European Union’s new carbon trading scheme that will charge airlines for carbon emissions for flights to and from Europe.