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If you want to get a rise out of International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett, ask him about the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor.

After nearly 100 years, it’s time to change the system the U.S. government uses to collect anti-dumping duties.

If the intent of the Occupy movement was simply to attract attention by attempting to shut down West Coast ports on Dec. 12, the loosely knit groups achieved a major coup.

Despite the heavy losses container lines are seeing in 2011, they are in much better shape than they were in 2009 because the oversupply of vessel capacity is less than perceived and because most stil

Although leading indicators point to a continuing but slow U.S. economic recovery, the U.S. stock market has been roiled by the twin forces of political gridlock in Washington and the eurozone.

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The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor and the port industry it oversees have had a rocky relationship since Marlon Brando was a young man.

Need proof the economy is on the mend?

If a truckload carrier has 100 drivers and a 90 percent annual turnover rate, does that mean only 10 of those drivers are still with the company at the end of the year? Not necessarily.

Analysts don’t expect Asia-Europe rates to recover in the coming weeks because there is no surge of volume and reduction of overcapacity in sight.

Intermodal volume for U.S.

Canadian Pacific named veteran railroad executives Tony L. Ingram and Edmond L.

Oakland City Council members are urging city leaders to prevent protesters from shutting down the Port of Oakland again, but Occupy supporters on Friday threatened to strike back against the city&rsqu

Maersk Line is imposing port congestion surcharges on all inbound containers handled at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

The ocean shipping industry’s confidence grew in the quarter ended Nov.

Lufthansa Cargo is considering a reduction of operations in China, which accounts for a fifth of the company’s sales, as the German carrier struggles to make a profit in the world’s second

U.S. exporters are looking forward to a good year in 2012, but they also are somewhat disappointed. If the global economy were doing better, 2012 could be a great year for exports.

Few industries face the unique market forces that can affect the flow of trade as agriculture does. Markets can be as fickle as the weather.

Asian demand for new cars and increased sourcing of parts from China are fueling a third-party logistics boom in the continent, but the market is “very fragmented with lots of local players in d

The Port of Long Beach reported double-digit declines in cargo volume in November, largely because of the loss of a major tenant.

Three additional defendants and dozens of counts were added to a federal racketeering indictment accusing mob figures and ex-International Longshoremen’s Association officials of extorting New Y

Less-than-truckload giant YRC Worldwide is getting out of the truckload business, selling most of the assets of unprofitable truckload subsidiary Glen Moore to Celadon Trucking, a fast-growing trucklo

Mediterranean Shipping overtook Maersk Line off as the top container line serving the U.S.

Container imports at the Port of New York and New Jersey fell 3.7 percent in October to the lowest level since June and export growth slowed down as business at the East Coast’s largest port eas

A dozen shipper and trucking organizations are planning a one-day blitz on Capitol Hill Feb.

International Longshoremen’s Association Local 1964 and Yang Ming (America) have agreed on a three-year contract covering the carrier’s two New Jersey-based vessel stowage planners.

A 15 percent increase in exports in November over November 2010 assured the Port of Los Angeles that it will have another record year in containerized exports, according to the port's

Road and bridge projects received nearly half of the $511 million awarded through the Department of Transportation’s third round of TIGER grants, leaving port and rail-related projects with abou

FedEx Freight, the nation’s largest less-than-truckload carrier, rolled farther into the black in its mos

Maersk Line suspended its congestion surcharge of $100 per 20-foot container imposed earlier on shipments to and from Sydney, Australia.

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FedEx profit soared on higher pricing and fuel surcharges despite declining shipment volume at its air package and industrial freight businesses in the

MOL is adding a call at the Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal in India’s Port of Cochin, bringing the number of direct weekly services to DP World's new container f

The migration of manufacturing in China inland and north to avoid higher labor costs in the south is now b

Citing a strong Black Friday weekend, the National Retail Federation said it now expects holiday sales to rise 3.8 percent instead of the 2.8 percent year-over-year gain it forecast in October.

Asia-Europe spot rates fell 2.1 percent this week in a continuing downward spiral that has seen freight rates decline by almost 65 percent since the end of January.

Deepening the channel into the Port of Charleston’s harbor to 50 feet is unlikely to be finished before 2024, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said this week.

Cargo transported by Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific and sister carrier Dragonair in November dropped 13.8 percent year-over-year, falling for the eighth straight month as a year-end peak failed to mat

Maersk Line will add three European ports its Daily Maersk “conveyor belt” service between Asia and Europe, seeking to counter the

A Senate committee approved measures on Wednesday that would establish a multimodal freight program, mandate electronic onboard recorders on all trucks, and tighten hazardous materials regulation.