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As freight traffic began to recover from a spring slowdown, owners of parked railcars across North America pulled 2,847 units out of storage in June, nearly reversing the number of units they idled du

Fortune International Transport says its new membership in the INTTRA’s ocean shipping e-commerce network will give the Italian non-vessel operating common carrier better access to the global oc

Greatwide Logistics tapped John P. Tague, the former president of United Airlines, as chief executive officer, succeeding veteran trucking executive Leo Suggs.

Container-on-barge service could be a $500 million business on the inland waterways, but the federal government hasn’t been willing to test the idea on a large scale to prove its value, accordin

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The top 20 ocean container carriers boosted their combined world market share to a record 84 percent in July, according to Alphaliner.

Moody's Investors Service set a negative outlook for the shipping industry over the next 12 to 18 months on Tuesday, saying the business from container carriers to bulk operators is facing overcapacit

Frankfurt airport’s cargo traffic fell 6.4 percent in June from a year ago due mainly to slightly lower Asian shipments.

Schneider National is looking to hire 300 truck drivers in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico for its dedicated and bulk divisions to serve the region’s booming oil business.

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APL Logistics is offering double-stack container service in India and plans to expand its service as more rail corridors are approved for stacktrains.

Trucking giant YRC Worldwide secured a $400 million asset-based loan facility from its lenders, a key step toward completing its

Prologis, the world’s largest industrial property developer, said Monday it has signed four new lease agreements with third-party logistics providers totaling about 723,000 square feet of distri

President Obama is keeping his message about improving the nation’s transportation infrastructure front-and-center, using debate on the federal budget deficit to say a debt deal with Congress co

YRC Worldwide is one step away from completing its financial restructuring by a July 22 deadline, a key official at th

Container shipping volume through major Indian ports increased 3 percent in the fiscal first quarter from a year earlier, the Indian Ports Association reported on Monday.

Global container volume will rise during the second half of this year but weak inventory restocking will produce a summer-fall peak season “unlikely to inspire” higher rates, Macquarie Equ

Lufthansa Cargo saw tonnage grow 14.8 percent in the first six months of 2011 from a year ago, driven mainly by strong growth in the Americas that enabled the carrier to

Major railroads are warning customers that shipment delays, detours and track outages from the flooding Missouri River could last weeks longer, suggesting the river will have disrupted

Lufthansa Cargo is phasing in lightweight plastic freight containers the airline says will cut its fuel consumption and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

U.K. competition regulators are expected to order airport operator BAA next week to sell London Stansted Airport, the country’s second largest cargo hub, within 18 months.

Japan’s competition oversight agency rejected an appeal from Yusen Logistics of the freight forwarder’s fine for violating antitrust laws in a global air freight pricing conspiracy, accord

Congressional committees moved three long-stalled free trade agreements closer to ratification as members held a “mock markups” for implementing the bills Thursday.

The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing a civil penalty of $689,800 against FedEx for allegedly violating

YRC Worldwide named financial executive Christopher C. Wren senior vice president and treasurer of the $4.3 billion trucking enterprise.

Containerized export volumes are growing faster than imports in trans-Pacific trade lanes this year, fueled by surging exports of cotton, wastepaper and logs.

The Federal Maritime Commission will discuss a proposal to increase the PierPass traffic mitigation fee to $60 per TEU when it meets July 13.

Orient Overseas Container Line has advised its customers that its previously announced peak season surcharges in the eastbound Pacific will be delayed until Aug. 1.

Singapore terminal operator PSA International said Friday it will manage a new container terminal in Cuba, currently under construction in the port of Mariel on the island’s northern coast.

Greenbrier Companies, one of North America’s major builders of freight railcars plus some barges, saw revenue soar 153 percent in its fiscal third quarter that ended May 31, mainly on the streng

The for-hire trucking industry is adding workers to company payrolls while the national unemployment rate continues to rise.

Spot market truckload rates rose 4.5 percent in June from May, according to TransCore Freight Solutions, as truckload capacity dropped 7 percent.

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Freight brokers increased their revenue 17.1 percent in the first quarter from the same period a year ago as the third-party logistics companies expanded fastest in business beyond their cor

Container ship operators are scheduled to take a record amount of new capacity in 2012, with deliveries set to expand capacity some 9.5 percent over available space this year, according to Braema

All-cargo carrier Cargolux has grounded a Boeing 747-400 freighter after maintenance staff detected a bullet hole in its fuselage.

Air France-KLM’s cargo traffic fell 2.8 percent in June from a year ago as demand weakened amid political turmoil in Africa and the Middle East and the aftermath of Japan’s natural disaste

Chilean carrier CSAV has raised $430 million of $500 million in additional capital from shareholders, and expects the rest to be fully subscribed.

Democrats wasted no time Thursday in denouncing House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Jo