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Israel’s Zim Integrated Shipping Services slumped to a $66 million net loss in the third quarter and the carrier braced for a new cash injection amid a grim outlook for the coming months.

Major Japanese trading house Marubeni said on Friday Brazilian grain export terminal operator Terlogs Terminal Maritimo is now a wholly owned subsidiary.

Maersk Line says it will merge its ICON service linking the Far East and Indian sub-continent to Northern Europe into its recently launched

Lowe’s says its inventory in the third quarter was up 5.2 percent year-over-year and the home improvement retailer is “more aggressively ramping up for winter.”

Japanese export ship orders grew for the first time in six months in October on a year-on-year basis, rising a strong 26.5 percent to 854,570 gross tons, according to the Japan Ship Exporters’ A

India had a trade deficit of $19.6 billion in October, the highest in four years, as the pace of export growth slackened amid a slowdown in major global markets.

Eimskip increased third quarter operating profit 7.6 percent year-over-year to $14.85 million, as the Icelandic container shipping and refrigerated logistics company carried 11 percent more cargo.

Lufthansa Cargo said it could cut capacity by as much as 30 percent going into 2012 and temporarily ground some freighters amid indications of a slowdown in demand.

China Cosco Holdings named Jiang Li Jun to replace Zhang Liang as president, extending a management shakeup that comes amid steep losses at the container line.

Drayage companies in Southern California by the end of the year will remove from service the final 280 trucks that do not meet the standards contained in the Los Angeles-Long Beach clean-truck program

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The Port of Los Angeles is promoting an international incentive program that encourages ship operators to reduce pollution through engine, fuel and technology enhancements to their vessels.

The Occupy Movement is calling for a shutdown of all West Coast ports on Dec.

ABF Freight System is looking at new growth areas, including potential acquisitions, as the freight carrier seeks to build its business beyond its long-haul, less-than-truckload core operations, accor

Trucks handled more freight in October, as rising manufacturing output helped increase for-hire truck tonnage 0.5 percent from the previous month and 5.7 percent from a year ago, the American Trucking

Trailer Bridge swung to a $1.9 million loss

Shipping lines that carry U.S. exports to Asia intend to increase their refrigerated container rates effective Jan 1.

Railroad, trucking and aviation executives generally have a positive view of the Transportation Security Administration’s program for sharing threat information, according to a federal report re

The U.K.’s Royal Mail more than tripled first half earnings to $105 million, as increased profits from its European express unit offset losses on domestic letter deliveries.

Diana Containerships swung to a $2.7 million profit in the third quarter from a $100,000 loss in the same period a year ago, as the chartering of three vessels to Maersk Line helped the vessel owner-c

Antwerp has begun construction of a major lock that will allow the inland Belgian port to keep pace with the increasing size of containerships and boost its competitive position in the Le Havre-Hambur

Maersk Line is implementing a series of general rate increases and peak-season surcharges that will take effect on its Far East Asia services in December.

The rate war waged by leading ocean container carriers on the Far East Asia-North Europe trade has so far failed to drive out smaller rivals, according to Alphaliner.

Executives at clothing retailer the Gap say they plan to keep inventories more lean in the

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood decried the failure of the congressional super committee to reach an agreement on budget reductions on Monday, warning the collapse of the effort could lead to majo

Diesel prices across the United States increased 2.3 cents in the week ending Nov. 21, rising over $4 a gallon for the first time in 26 weeks as crude oil prices fell.

CEVA Logistics is working to re-engineer the supply chains of its aut

Postmaster General and CEO Patrick Donahoe urged Congress on Monday to take a bold approach to reforming the U.S.

Lufthansa Cargo is suspending plans for a $1.35 billion expansion of the airline’s Frankfurt hub because of a German court’s ban on night flights at the airport, according to a published r

Grain transport on U.S.

Containerized imports generally lagged but exports continued to grow in October at the ports of Oakland, Portland, Tacoma and Seattle.

Orders for Class 8 heavy trucks hit a six-month high in October, with manufacturers receiving 29,824 new orders and 28,026 net orders, according to ACT Research.

The Georgia Ports Authority board approved a $6.5 million, 6,000-foot extension of the Mason Intermodal Container Transfer Facility, as the

When Honda resumed production at one of its plants near Bangkok more than a month after shutting its factories amid devastating floods, it seemed to provide a small ripple of optimism for Thai manufac

Japan suffered a trade deficit of $3.56 billion in October, as exports fell amid a slowdown in the global economy and a stronger yen, according to the Japanese government.

Box throughput at leading Asian gateways grew in October despite the economic uncertainties that plague key European and U.S. markets.

Hapag-Lloyd said currency swings and rate competition caused third quarter profit to drop 94 percent year-over-year to $17.5 million, but the German carrier was one of the few major container lines to

Hong Kong International Airport saw cargo volume fall 8.2 percent in October from the same month a year ago as a surge in peak season shipping airlines have been looking for failed to materialize.&nbs

While attending a recent two-day marine highways workshop at George Mason University, I realized the concept has been studied exhaustively for more than 20 years, with no tangible results.

The Port of Long Beach is in the early days of implementing the largest capital expansion program in its history, so it was with a sense of relief that the Southern California transportation community