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Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Richard Lidinsky said the FMC has been asked by West Coast members of the U.S.

Richard Hughes Jr., who is not seeking re-election as International Longshoremen’s Association president, said Harold Daggett has his “full support” as the next head of the Atlantic

Dennis Daggett, son of International Longshoremen’s Association president-in-waiting Harold Daggett, is the new president of the ILA’s Atlantic Coast District, which covers ports from Main

YRC Worldwide must demonstrate its value to shippers, logistics providers and its own employees to survive and succeed, new CEO James L. Welch said.

Canadian logistics provider and package carrier Purolator International opened a facility in Minneapolis as it rolls out an “aggressive” expansion in the U.S.

Hamburg Sud will stop providing chassis for merchant haulage in and around the Port of Oakland as of Sept.

The U.S.

Dockwise signed the first contract for the world’s largest heavy-lift vessel with U.S. oil company Chevron for a undisclosed sum.

Container, auto and breakbulk volumes at Georgia’s two deep-water ports surged at double-digit rates in the 12 months of the fiscal year ended June 30, the Georgia Ports Authority reported Monda

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell replaced 10 out of the 11 members on the board that oversees the Virginia Port Authority in an effort to spur lagging volume and revenue.

Containership owner-charterer Rickmers Maritime Trust said Monday that its net profit in the second quarter surged by 1,302 percent year-over-year to $8.55 million, while its revenue increased 3 perce

In its first full year of operations as a U.S. third-party logistics operator, Echo Global Logistics took in $33.2 million in gross revenue from 677 customers. That was 2006.

Severe terminal congestion at India’s Port of Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru) spurred major ocean carriers to skip calls at the port and reroute ships to Mundra, a privately-owned cargo hub farth

Some of the most up-to-date readings of the economy and detailed forecasts for where it&rsquo;s headed will appear this week and into early August, courtesy of major North American freight railroads.<

In their original proposal for the 2011 contracting season, ocean carriers announced through the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement discussion group they intended to impose a $400 peak-season surcha

The AFL New England made its inaugural call at Boston on July 19, officially kicking off the vessel&rsquo;s Halifax-Portland, Maine-Boston service, the first stage of a marine highway network American

Logistics 101 states shippers want reliable service at a competitive price.

There may be a strong case to be made for using natural gas to fuel the country&rsquo;s heavy-duty trucks, but for years that case has been ruled by inarguable logic: Truckers don&rsquo;t buy natural

Suddenly, infrastructure spending is catching fire as a national political issue.

Matthew &ldquo;Bo&rdquo; Bates thinks many ocean carriers have left their customers in the lurch.

The peak season is at hand in the eastbound trans-Pacific, but freight rates are dropping steadily and carriers are pulling vessels from service.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will replace fewer old trucks than expected under a $28 million clean-air initiative but says the program is a success and may be a forerunner of similar

YRC Worldwide on Friday named James L. Welch, a former president of Yellow Transportation who spent 29 years with the trucking company, as its new CEO.

A Port of Longview, Wash., grain terminal shut down temporarily on Friday when International Longshore and Warehouse Union protesters attempted to prevent vehicles from entering the facility in a stan

Troubled trucking giant YRC Worldwide completed its $500 million financial restructuring Friday, cementing long-term credit terms and labor concessions that will save the company more than $1 billion

Mediterranean Shipping Company will apply a general rate increase on the trade from India to South Africa as part of what it calls a new &ldquo;rate restoration initiative.&rdquo;

The seven largest freight railroads added 1,818 workers to their U.S. payrolls from mid-May to mid-June, the largest increase this year.

The largest export coal shipment ever handled by the Port of Mobile sailed early Friday, highlighting the Alabama State Port Authority&rsquo;s recent investments into the McDuffie Coal Terminal.

The Tampa Port Authority&rsquo;s board this week agreed to spend $12.9 million to expand the port&rsquo;s container-handling capacity and inland connectors.

DB Schenker said Friday it will shut down the U.S.

When YRC Worldwide&rsquo;s new board of directors meets for the first time today, job number one will be naming a new CEO. Job number two: a new CFO.

J.B.

Long-haul less-than-truckload operator YRC National rolled back into the black in the second quarter, reporting an operating profit of $10.6 million.

YRC Worldwide hiked its contract rates about 4 percent in the second quarter as the less-than-truckload carrier hauled more long-haul and regional freight.

The largest Maersk Line container ship ever to call Indian shores arrived Thursday at the Port of Cochin, a major cargo hub on the India&rsquo;s southeast coast.

Norway&rsquo;s Star Reefers swung to an $11.3 million second quarter net loss from a year-earlier profit of $3.8 million, as spot market rates fell, fuel costs rose and container carriers targeted the

The Port of Le Havre said Hanjin Shipping resumed service between Japan and the French port on July 15 after several years without any Japanese service to the French port.

Kansas City Southern, the smallest of North America&rsquo;s Class I railroads, saw profit leap by 104 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier to $70.7 million, as it held down cost increases