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Ocean carriers lose an average of 350 containers at sea annually, and the number rises to 675 containers if a vessel loses many containers in a single incident, the World Shipping Council reported Wed

Construction is under way on a major intermodal yard and locomotive refueling complex for Union Pacific Railroad at Santa Teresa, N.M., just inside the state border west of El Paso, Texas.

China Cosco Holdings said it will likely post a loss for the first half of this year because rising fuel costs have eroded the container and bulk carrier’s earnings.

Taiwan-based Wan Hai Lines imposed port congestion surcharges on import containers handled at India’s Port of Chennai, making it the second ocean carrier to do so at India’s second-largest

A dry bulk ship under long-term charter to China Cosco Holdings was arrested in Louisiana last week, making this the maritime company’s second vessel to be detained because of overdue payments i

Cathay Pacific Airways will buy eight 777-200 freighters to be delivered between 2013 and 2016 as the Hong Kong-based carrier expands its fleet and phases out older aircraft.

Cathay Pacific Airways’ profit fell 59 percent to $359.6 million in the first half of the year compared to the same period a year ago, as less demand from China and inflationary fuel prices drag

Yusen Logistics (Americas) added management of its transportation division to the responsibilities of Michael Noone, the logistics company’s executive vice president and chief operating officer.

Kintetsu World Express, Japan’s second-largest international forwarder, said its net profit doubled in the first quarter of fiscal 2011, which ended June 30, from a year to $30.6 million on a co

Hamburg Sud will increase its bunker adjustment factor as of Oct. 1 for all cargo moving from U.S. and Canada to Europe and the Mediterranean.

Midwest Railcar announced plans to expand its fleet by 2,400 cars, both new and used, by the end of 2012.

The Federal Reserve announcement Tuesday that it will seek to keep interest rates very low for at least the next two years, which could give transportation and other capital-intensive businesses stron

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Trac Intermodal said it will expand its new damage-waiver program for leased chassis to New York-New Jersey and Baltimore on Sept. 1, and nationwide by year’s end.

North American rail hauls of intermodal containers and trailers rose 6.5 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, as domestic traffic gains outpaced those from marine boxes.

Textainer Group more than doubled its net profit to $51.7 million in the second quarter, up 106 percent year-over-year, but the container lessor halted orders for standard dry freight containers amid

Freight traffic for European airlines fell 0.6 percent in May as weaker demand in Asia gave the carriers their first year-over-year decline in cargo in nearly two years, according to the Association o

Trucking industry groups and environmental activists are hailing new heavy truck fuel efficiency standards that could cut oil use 530 million barrels by 2018.

The Port of Baltimore moved up the rankings of U.S. ports in 2010 in terms of the dollar value and the tonnage of the cargo it handled, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley said Tuesday.

President Obama on Tuesday introduced fuel efficiency standards for heavy trucks projected to save truck operators $50 billion from 2014 through 2018.

A key measure of truckload capacity rose 8.8 percent last week, climbing for the second straight week after five weeks of sequential declines.

BNSF Railway is increasing its capital spending budget for 2011 by $300 million to $3.8 billion, as it repairs and improves its network damaged by Midwest floods and captures economic incentives.

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AutoInfo, the parent of non-asset trucking and logistics firm Sunteck Transport, increased its net profit 24.3 percent in the second quarter to $905,000.

BNSF Railway’s profit rose 14.4 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier to $690 million, as traffic grew only about 3 percent but per-unit receipts swelled 10.6 percent.

The container shortages that exacerbated the shortage of vessel capacity last year will not be a problem during this year’s peak season, according to Alphaliner.

Hapag-Lloyd said Tuesday it will apply “port congestion surcharges” on all containerized cargo moving to and from Chennai, the second major Indian port to attract such charges in recent we

Container lines are improving their vessels on-time arrival rates at ports, according to the latest measure of container service reliability by Drewry’s Schedule Reliability Insight.

Japan’s exports of agricultural, fishery and forestry products fell for the third straight month in June on a year-to-year basis, dropping 2.3 percent to $491 million, according to the Ministry

Global port operator International Container Terminal Services’ profit jumped 42 percent in the first six months of this year to $42.4 million, compared with the same period a year ago.

Higher fuel costs and weak trans-Pacific results caused Matson Navigation’s second quarter operating profit to fall 75 percent to $9.4 million from $37 million a year ago.

Transportation stocks took a deep dive on Wall Street on Monday, riding a huge selloff in response to the downgrading of U.S. debt that sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 635 points.

Matson Navigation ended one of its China services, citing overcapacity and declining freight rates in the trans-Pacific, as well as high fuel prices.

Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Monday a congressional “super committee” appointed to find ways to cut the federal deficit may find that spending more on U.S.

North American owners of railcars parked 707 more of them in July, as many categories of freight rail traffic slowed from June levels for most of the month and as flooding continued to hamper Midwest

President Obama renewed his call for Congress to quickly approve a new transportation infrastructure investment program next month, and extend a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits to bolster the ail

CMA CGM will invest $100 million in a major container transshipment hub in Jamaica in exchange for a 35-year lease at the Kingston Container Terminal, the Jamaica government said Friday.

Third-party logistics companies continue to invest in warehousing and other supporting capacity in interior provinces of China, as manufacturers look to cut costs by moving away from coastal provinces

FedEx Freight will raise its non-contract truck pricing 6.75 percent on Sept. 6, the nation’s largest less-than-truckload motor carrier said Monday.