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Lawmakers will have to cut through a knot of "confusing, contradictory" rules to establish effective regulations co

Damco, the logistics arm of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, will manage Marks & Spencer’s mainland China hub operation, as the British retail giant diverts cargo from its U.K.

European Union competition regulators launched an investigation into public loans to Frankfurt-Hahn Airport

Liberty Property Trust gained first inland port access by buying 1.2 million square feet of warehouse and distribution space adjacent to BNSF Logistics Park-Chicago for $60 million.

The backlog of Class 8 trucks on order to be built is getting bigger, as demand for new trucks remains strong despite a slowing economy, ACT Research said.

Private investors, returning to the global port industry following the credit crunch, are targeting projects in Africa, India and Latin America, as investment in Chinese ports becomes trickier, accord

Retail sales rose 0.1 percent in June as a rise in spending at automobile dealerships and chain stores offset a drop in gasoline prices, the Commerce Department said.

An index of manufacturing activity grew more slowly during the last three months but indicated expansion for the seventh consecutive quarter.

Overcapacity and slowing demand on the trans-Pacific spurred CMA CGM, Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Co.

Sea Star Line on July 22 will suspend its weekly service connecting Philadelphia; Jacksonville, Fla., and San Juan, Puerto Rico, because of a lack of business.

Truckload shipping volumes increased 2 to 3 percent in June from the previous month, with rates rising 4 to 5 percent, according to Longbow Research.

CSX Transportation is increasing its capital spending plan for this year to $2.2 billion, up from an initial $2 billion, as it locks in more orders for new railcars to haul export coal.

E-commerce giant eBay and consumer products manufacturer Newell Rubbermaid are taking ownership stakes in Shipwire, giving the shippers strong roles in the management of the growing outsourced distrib

A fleet of commercial medium-sized, medium-speed ships could fill the demand for vessels for marine highways operations, and provide the Navy with sealift capacity in time of war, a senior logistics e

There were 36 percent more international pirate attacks in the first half of 2011 compared to the same period in 2010, but Somali pirates’ hijacking success has fallen.

Freight carried by for-hire transportation carriers declined 1.8 percent in May from April to its lowest level since November, the Transportation Department’s Freight Transportation Services Ind

Containerized imports at the Port of Long Beach increased 3.5 percent in June over the same month a year ago, the slowest rate since March, and fell back 1.5 percent from May, according to port figure

YRC Worldwide expects to draw $255 million from its new $400 million asset-based loan to help repay its existing asset-based loan and set up an escrow account.

California’s exports increased 10.5 percent in May, marking the 19th consecutive month of year-over year gains in the export trade.

TransContainer, Russia’s largest rail container operator, boosted second quarter traffic by 13.9 percent compared to last year, as export volume growth outpaced domestic growth.

Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co. said Wednesday it will launch a tender offer for Portek International.

Hamburg Sud will cut one of the services it operates between North Europe and the eastern Mediterranean in another sign of weakening trading conditions on one of the Asia-Europe trade lanes.

Truckers are checking in ocean containers at a Hamburg terminal in an average of 130 seconds thanks to a recently installed self-service system designed to cut down waiting times at Germany’s la

Container ship owner-charterer Box Ships Inc. will buy a Panamax vessel with capacity for 5,060 20-foot equivalents under an agreement with an unaffiliated third party.

The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce index pulled out of its two-month slide with a 1 percent increase in June, though it remains lower than it was in March.

Kansas City Southern is receiving a $56 million insurance payment for lost profits and property damage last year from Hurricane Alex, which hit the railroad hard when it blew into Mexico.

Safmarine Container Lines and sister carrier Maersk Line will introduce a weekly loop this month, called the Rumba/Prime 4 service, between the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and the east coast

Zim Integrated Shipping Services is postponing by a month the implementation of the general rate increase it planned to apply July 1 on the Asia-Europe trade.

Spot container freight rates from Asia to the United States plunged dropping 6.7 percent over the past week, a new sign that excess vessel capacity is eroding rates, according to Drewry Shipping Consu

The World Shipping Council and regulators in Japan say their joint plan on vessel efficiency would set fees for operators of ships that do not meet new environmental and energy standards.

Diesel prices across the United States jumped 4.9 cents a gallon in the week ending July 11, rising for the first time in a month just as oil prices on world markets showed new upward pressure, the U.

A key measure of truckload capacity eased last week, after tightening for several weeks.

The Department of Transportation’s payments to states for infrastructure work funded by the 2009 stimulus law reached $29.6 billion by the end of June, with thousands more road and rail construc

Harold B. Sachs, 86, the former executive director of the Fashion Accessories and Gemini Shippers Associations, died July 10 at his home.

The Containership Company's bankruptcy trustee is seeking $25 million in liquidated damages from approximately 80 shippers who failed to fulfill their cargo commitments with the short-lived trans-Paci

A major natural gas company is investing $150 million in a venture that would build 150 liquid natural gas fueling stations for heavy trucks at truck stops nationwide.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton jumped into the battle in Washington over free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia on Tuesday, urging Congress to approve the long-delayed pacts b

Trade and transportation groups in Southern California are urging the Port of Long Beach not to transfer $16.9 million in harbor rev

The Graig Group, a charter shipowner based in Cardiff, Wales, placed orders for a series of up to 26 fuel-efficient container feeder ships that will be built at the Jin Hai shipyard complex in China.

Switzerland-based Kuehne + Nagel was the largest international forwarder in 2010, handling of nearly a 10th of the world’s air and sea freight business by revenue, according to Transport Intelli