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Japan’s exports to the rest of the world sank at an accelerated pace in early May in the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the country on March 11.

Horizon Lines says the New York Stock Exchange is warning the company faces possible delisting because its market capitalization and stockholder equity have fallen below NYSE criteria.

Container lessors spent an estimated $4 billion to acquire more than 1.6 million 20-foot equivalent units last year, according to the Institute of International Container Lessors.

The Department of Transportation is working on changes in rail regulations that could save the industry more than $1 billion over the next two decades.

The expanded Panama Canal and higher fuel costs will boost demand for U.S. warehouses and distribution centers, a new report says.

The value of surface transportation trade between the U.S.

President Obama said he will nominate John Bryson, former chairman and CEO of utility company Edison International, to head the Department of Commerce.

Rising shipments from China fueled an 8.7 percent increase in U.S. containerized imports in April, PIERS data show.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will delay the release of its controversial new truck driver hours-of-service rules until October.

Truckload giant Swift Transportation expects to raise its contract rates 4 percent this year, the CEO of the $2.9 billion trucking operator said Friday.

Ocean container freight rates on the Asia-Europe shipping lanes have become more volatile since the European Union outlawed liner conferences in October 2008, Alphaliner said.

New Jersey-based logistics company NFI Industries acquired the West Coast operations of The Gilbert Company from ocean shipping giant Maersk.

Ocean container volumes are projected to show solid growth at European ports in the coming six months after a weak first quarter, according to the Global Port Tracker: North Europe Trade Outlook&rsquo

Yildirim Holding, the Turkish trading and ports conglomerate that owns 20 percent of CMA CGM, agreed in principle to buy 50 percent of the French ocean carrier’s Malta Freeport container termina

Ocean container volume for Neptune Orient Lines and its APL shipping subsidiary rose jumped 9 percent in the four weeks ending May 6 but average revenue per box fell back 4 percent to the lowest point

United Arab Shipping has a new $205 million loan facility to finance the acquisition of two container ships with capacities of 13,100 20-foot equivalent units.

Turkey’s bold plan to build a canal to divert shipping from the heavily congested Bosporus Strait will be put to the test after the country’s general election on June 12.

American exporters are doing their part to meet the government’s goal of doubling exports in five years.

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RILA’s Casey Chroust says recovering retailers remain focused on tight inventories and – say it slowly – transportation disintermediation

If the world were a better place, the U.S. Agency for International Development wouldn’t be among the top 100 U.S. exporters.

U.S. container trade is growing at two speeds. Export volume is soaring while consumer-driven imports are rising more slowly.

Japanese automakers are struggling with epic supply chain disruptions in the wake of the magnitude-9 earthquake and tsunami on March 11 that devastated the nation’s industrial northeast and clai

With the economy improving, at least one major importer and exporter thinks it’s time to focus on building supply chain models better designed to handle market volatility and allow carriers and

U.S. farmers and processors are gearing up for another big year of corn exports — in high-value solid and liquid form.

After a year of recovery in imports of furniture and home furnishings, U.S. furniture and home furnishings importers are more optimistic than they’ve been in years.

The value of U.S. international trade rebounded sharply in 2010 and is now only 6.2 percent below the peak realized in 2008 prior to the global recession. International trade to and from the U.S.

Trucking technology is approaching a crossroads as safety regulations and economic necessity drive more trucking companies to purchase and plug into everything from electronic onboard recorders to net

Just when shippers were starting to feel good about equipment supplies this year, carriers and container lessors alike are warning of possible container shortages during the peak season.

Ports are facing a new security squeeze. The Department of Homeland Security is offering $235 million for the 12th round of port security grants.

When European Union antitrust authorities sprang a series of surprise visits on the offices of several of the world’s largest container lines, it set off what promises to be a long investigation

Don’t expect the next long-term transportation legislation from Congress to look much like the highway bills of old.

Companies that want to expand their export business should follow the advice newspaperman Horace Greeley gave 160 years ago: Go west.

Imports from Asia are largely responsible for making Long Beach the nation’s second-largest container port, but exports could lead that growth in the future, especially agricultural products.

Recycling paper, plastics and scrap metal is good not only for the environment but also for reducing the U.S. foreign trade deficit. Scrap exports comprise one of the largest sectors in the U.S.

Despite winter storms and rising energy costs, publicly owned trucking companies gained ground in the first quarter, buoyed in part by an expansion in manufacturing.

U.S. agriculture is riding high on the productivity of American farmers and a huge demand for their products in the global marketplace.

After suffering a decline in production as a result of growing company layoffs and bankruptcies tied to the Great Recession of 2008-09, the chemical industry is back to formulating trade gains.

The 2008-09 economic recession was painful for the footwear industry, but the industry is putting lessons learned to good use now that the market has rebounded.

U.S. textile and apparel imports have been rising this year as a result of growing confidence among importers that U.S. consumer demand is recovering.