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Nippon Express, Japan’s largest freight forwarder, said that its net profit plunged 32 percent in fiscal 2010, which ended on March 31, from a year earlier to 8.541 billion yen ($104.16 million)

Maersk Line said Wednesday it is postponing by a month the implementation of the general rate increase that it planned to apply June 1 on Asia-North Europe trade lanes.

A steep drop in exports following the twin disasters in Japan pushed the country’s trade deficit with the rest of the world to $5.65 billion in April, according to preliminary government figures

Trailer Bridge named Scott W. Fernandez as chief commercial officer today in place of the departing Adam E. Gawrysh Jr., who is leaving the company May 27.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is making $1 million immediately available in quick release emergency funds, allowing Minnesota’s Department of Transportation to keep repairing roads and bri

The Department of Transportation’s payouts to states for construction projects under the 2009 stimulus law reached $28.2 billion as of May 13.

The average price of diesel fell 6.4 cents in the past week to $3.997 a gallon across the U.S., the first time it has been below $4 in nearly two months, according to the U.S.

CMA CGM will enlarge the capacity of three ships on order from 13,800 20-foot equivalent units to 16,000 TEUs, according to the carrier.

Three Joplin, Mo., employees of Con-way Truckload and the spouse of one employee were injured in Sunday's tornado, the trucking firm said.

Missouri’s departments of transportation and public safety are helping truckers expedite shipments of equipment and relief supplies to tornado victims in Joplin as rescue workers and survivors c

The seven largest railroads added 935 employees to their U.S. operations from mid-March to mid-April, for a new high since the recovery began in 2009.

Hapag-Lloyd said it will apply a port congestion surcharge on all containerized cargo moving from Asia and Oceania to Bandar Abbas, Iran.

Japan and the European Union started mutually recognizing their trade security and facilitation programs called Authorized Economic Operator programs Tuesday, according to the Japanese Finance Ministr

Costamare’s first quarter profit slipped 28 percent to $17.9 million from $24.7 million a year ago, but the NYSE-listed container ship owner said it is

Deliveries of container ships are set to hit a record high in 2013, driven by a surge of orders in the past year that has revived fears of overcapacity in container shipping markets, according to ship

Freight volume at Singapore Changi Airport grew at its fastest year-over-year rate of 2011 in April, expanding 6.1 percent and extending the Asia airport’s recovery from a weak start to the year

Japanese logistics operator Sumitomo Warehouse Co. says it is in advanced negotiations to acquire Weyerhauser’s wholly-owned ocean vessel subsidiary, Westwood Shipping Lines.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it plans to disburse $235 million for port security grants in the 2011 fiscal year, an 18 percent drop for 2010 funding.

The Coast Guard reopened a nine-mile section of the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, La., that was closed Friday when three barges sank amid high water and fast currents.

U.S. containerized exports increased 11.6 percent in the first quarter of 2011, and the 3,006,592 TEUs exported represented the highest volume since the second quarter of 2008.

Freight tonnage at New York’s Kennedy International Airport grew 7.1 percent in the first quarter over last year on a strong surge in shipping during March.

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Cargo airlines are on alert for possible disruption to supply chains as drifting ash cloud from an active volcano in Iceland again threatens to shut down airports in northern Europe.

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Rail products supplier L.B. Foster is in the hunt for a new CEO, as Stan L. Hasselbusch said he will retire from that post effective Dec. 31.

An Indian High Court of Appeals temporarily set aside a decision by port regulator Tariff Authority for major ports to reduce tariffs at the Chennai Container Terminal, a DP World-managed facility.

Nearly a decade after landing squarely in terrorism’s crosshairs, seaports are discovering their security measures aren’t as secure as they thought.

“K” Line announced a series of changes in the responsibilities of its executive management team at its board meeting on May 20.

China, Japan and South Korea agreed to seek the completion of a joint study on a trilateral free trade agreement this year, one year earlier than initially planned, paving the way for the launch of ne

OOCL is changing the leadership at the container line’s trade management group effective June 13.

Maersk Line, extending its environmental initiatives to equipment, will phase out the purchase of containers with floors made of uncertified tropical hardwood this year in a bid to reduce demand for i

Intermodal interests this summer will have another chance to apply for federal TIGER grants, and by now it’s pretty clear collaboration and multimodal projects are key to attracting federal doll

The Port of Brownsville, Texas, is happy with the electronic readers it has as part of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential system, but that didn’t stop the port authority from tu

If Congress and the Obama administration are serious about fixing the United States’ aging surface transportation system, and move beyond repairs to true long-term investments, they will have to

Poti port in the Republic of Georgia isn’t one of Europe’s major container gateways.

For the majority of out-of-work Americans, the two years to late-2010 was a horrendous time to be searching for a job. It was so bad that many states extended unemployment benefits to 79 weeks.

Whether you’re a recent college graduate seeking employment or a mid-career professional in transition, your prospects may have finally improved.

California’s largest container ports are working hard to protect their market share in the trans-Pacific trade, but their toughest challenge isn’t competition from other ports.

Supply chain education is spreading beyond the campus and reaching for the high school classroom.

Third-party logistics company C.H.