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The World Container Index went live today, with the first Europe-based assessment of ocean freight rates showing increases on some major liner trade routes.

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JHCI Holdings’s acquisition of essentially all of the assets of G-Link Express Logistics, a Singapore-based forwarding group, strengthens the third-party logistics provider’s Asia services

Westports Malaysia in the first half saw volume rise 17 percent year-over-year to 3.1 million 20-foot container equivalent, as the port operator expands at Malaysia's top container gateway.

Many trucks are still unable to make deliveries in New Jersey, Vermont and New York because numerous bridges and road remain washed out after Hurricane Irene battered the region last weekend.

Globe Express Services opened an 110,000-square-foot facility in Miami and added two offices in China, as the freight forwarder works to expand its stations to 50 from 42 by the end of 2011.

The GT Nexus Shipper Council, a group of the world’s biggest importers and exporters, is responding to Maersk Line’s call to change the way carriers and shippers conduct their business.

President Obama is directing federal agencies to draw up lists of “high impact, job-creating infrastructure projects” that could be fast-tracked through targeted permitting or review actio

Penske Logistics will handle the Brazilian distribution of LG Electronics products that are produced in the country and imported from South Korea.

President Obama requested a Sept. 8 joint session of Congress, the White House said, where he will formally unveil a set a proposals to revive the flagging economy and create more jobs.

The federal government is suing trucking company Old Dominion Freight Line for allegedly discriminating against an alcoholic truck driver.

Singapore-based container carrier APL is imposing peak-season surcharges on all cargo shipped from India to East/West Mediterranean, starting Sept. 1.

Orders to U.S. factories grew 2.4 percent in July on the largest hike in auto demand in eight years and increased commercial aircraft orders, providing a boost for the beleaguered U.S.

Trucking’s urge to merge will be dented by an uncertain economy and faltering economic growth, slowing the pace of merger and acquisition activity after a year rife with motor carrier buyouts, s

New investments in transportation infrastructure and passage of pending bilateral trade agreements are key steps Washington policymakers should take to create more jobs, the U.S.

President Obama called on Congress to quickly approve “clean” extensions of critical transportation funding programs that are set to expire at two points in September, to avoid what could

The Indian Shipping Ministry is allowing Indian-flag ships to use armed guards to protect themselves from piracy.

APL Logistics said it is outperforming the U.S. intermodal market since its reentry into the business last year after a decade-long absence.

The North Carolina ports of Morehead City and Wilmington were fully operational Tuesday after closures in advance of Hurricane Irene. 



Declining freight rates are not stopping lines from investing in new post-Panamax ship buildings, according to analyst Braemar Seascope.

Kerry Logistics will open a 32,808-square-foot logistics center in northern Vietnam in November, as the company completes its warehouse network in the

Aeroports de Paris expanded first half net profit by almost 31 percent to $259 million, but the French airport operator said upheavals in North Africa and an asset sale will cut into earnings the rest

APM Terminals will design, build and operate a large terminal in Costa Rica under a $992 million contract with the country’s government that APM said would launch the largest infrastructure proj

Goldenport boosted first half earnings 24.4 percent year-over-year to $25.7 million, as the Athens-based ship owner’s healthy container rates outweighed a volatile bulk shipping market.

A new revenue index published by the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement shows revenue for maritime carriers in eastbound lanes from Asia steadily declining in the first six months of the year.

Avnet’s e-commerce arm unveiled features allowing customers to track their inventory in bonded warehouses and create customized order reports, as the major electronic distributor beefed up its s

Maersk Line will resume container service to Libya on Sept. 8 in its first shipment since February.

APM Terminals agreed to sell half, or a 25 percent share, of its stake in China's Xiamen Songyu Container Terminal, the company told Reuters on Tuesday.

The dollar value of U.S. surface trade with Canada and Mexico rose 11 percent in June to $77.5 billion, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics said Tuesday.

Irish Continental Group’s first half earnings shrunk nearly 20 percent to $23.2 million from a year ago, as higher fuel bills offset a 12 percent increase in roll on/roll off freight volume.

Regular international container services will partially resume next month at the most important port in the northeastern Japanese region of Tohoku, which bore the brunt of the earthquake and tsunami i

FedEx Freight is expanding in Mexico, adding terminals in Toluca, Puebla and Veracruz through its alliance with Mexican carrier Auto Lineas America.

China Merchants Holdings (International) doubled its first half profit year-over-year to $501.1 million, as the port operator’s container volume grew and it received a one-time gain linked to a

OOCL plans to increase productivity at its Kaohsiung Container Terminal in Taiwan by up to 10 percent by adding two super-post-Panamax gantry cranes to the existing six cranes.

The Indian government will review vessels older than 25 years before they are allowed to sail in Indian waters.

Freight forwarder Panalpina, looking to capitalize on the growing importance of intra-Asia trade

International port companies face rising losses at Vietnam’s showpiece Cai Mep container port as terminals are operating at less than half of their capacity, according to industry analyst Alphal

CSX will spend $59 million to expand its intermodal terminal in Columbus, Ohio, leveraging its new terminal to the north and part of its $850 million initiative to better connect East Coast ports with

Purolator International, moving to double its footprint in the United States, said it plans to open three more branch offices in the U.S. this year after opening seven facilities since January.

Diesel prices across the United States rose 1 cent in the week ending Aug. 29, increasing for the first time in six weeks as oil prices rose on a report of increased consumer spending.