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The Containerization and Intermodal Institute will give its latest Connie Award for accomplishments in the shipping industry to Richard D.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration wants to extend the deadline for its truck driver hours-of-service rule as it seeks additional comments.

The Drewry Air Freight Price Index pushed back up to its highest level in five months in March despite slipping 5.6 percent on a year-over-year basis, according to Drewry Shipping Consultants.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, unveiling a shift in strategy for allocating federal rail spending, sent $2 billion on Monday to passenger networks around the country after Florida had rejected t

Container service reliability declined for the second quarter in a row during the first quarter of 2011, according to Drewry Maritime Research’s latest “Schedule Reliability Insight”

Air China Cargo is adding Chengdu to its Asia-Europe freighter service as the carrier looks to raise the Western China industrial city's profile in its global network.

FedEx Express is building a Southeast Asia hub operation in Singapore that will become the carrier’s second-largest facility in Asia after its main sorting operation in Guangzhou, China.

Cargo traffic at Air France-KLM grew 11 percent in April and capacity jumped 15.6 percent from last year, when fallout from the volcano eruption in Iceland put a lid on airline activity in Europe

The main goal for many U.S.

BNSF Railway posted a $607 million profit for the first quarter, up 20 percent from the same period in 2010 and reflecting a mix of higher freight traffic, fuel fees and pricing.

The Indian Navy and Coast Guard Thursday rescued a Chinese merchant ship that had been attacked by Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea.

Orient Overseas Container Line is raising rates on Asia-Europe trade lanes as part of what it calls a new “rate restoration program.”

CEVA Logistics reported its profit expansion accelerated in the first quarter, with the $102 million earnings growing 36.5 percent year-over-year on improving freight management margins up across the

Multiyear contracts underpinned by adjustable freight rates are moving into the Asia-Europe trade and may reach the trans-Pacific next year.

United Arab Shipping received its first 13,500-TEU vessel, part of an order of nine so-called A13 vessels from South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries.

2003 — Horizon Lines formed as separate company when CSX sells its subsidiary to The Carlyle Group.

It’s a strange anomaly that in this environmentally conscious, time-is-critical age when most trade processing is handled by computer, vessel operators still file manifests for ships leaving U.S

If the Surface Transportation Board is inclined to impose new competition and shipper access rules on U.S. railroads, the Obama administration appears to be OK with it.

When it comes to rates, there’s an ocean of difference between global shipping lines and North American domestic carriers.

If there’s been one reliable trend in recent years, through recession years and growth, it’s that rail rates keep rising.

Ocean World Lines, a subsidiary of Pacer International, says it has a new program to help U.S. apple growers increase exports and meet increasing overseas demand.

China’s demand for bulk commodities has determined the fundamental trend of the dry bulk shipping market.

Trinity Industries is getting a needed boost from improving rail business, but the improvement in the transport equipment manufacturer’s financial picture this year goes beyond the railroads.

The latest International Monetary Fund forecasts predict China’s economy may surpass that of the United States in real terms by 2016, coinciding with the end of the Socialist state’s 12th

Charles W. Moorman, chairman, president and CEO of eastern-U.S.

Virginia is moving ahead with an intermodal freight strategy even as the federal government in large part is still talking about it.

When disasters such as the earthquake and tsunami in Japan strike, there is an immediate need for food, medicine and shelter to be sent to affected areas.

When intermodal giant Hub Group acquired Exel Transportation this spring, its top executive said Exel’s refrigerated intermodal business was what made the deal especially attractive.

The $6 billion refrigerated warehouse industry in the U.S.

The International Dairy Foods Association supports the Obama administration’s proposed cross-border trucking agreement between the United States and Mexico.

Within the last year, Cincinnati-based Chiquita added 4,700 PrimeLINE units equipped with the QUEST power-saving mode to the 1,250 previously acquired for its banana fleet.

Maersk Line in April imposed general rate increases and reefer charges on several trades in reaction to what it says is a “severe shortage of reefer containers during the reefer season.”

The Global Cold Chain Alliance has signed a service partnership agreement with Cascade Energy.

Neel Shah, head of International Air Cargo Association’s security committee, is raising warnings about the impending 100 percent screening deadline set by the U.S.

Drug and health care companies are being told that how you distribute products can be a billion-dollar decision.

The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America is cautioning the U.S.

Amid much hoopla and celebration last April, a handful of 53-foot refrigerated containers left the Port of Quincy, Wash., on a BNSF Railway stacktrain to Chicago.

Embattled Horizon Lines says it is facing a “challenging” year for its operations even after dodging a debt default and bankruptcy filing thanks to a timely assist from the Justice Departm

YRC Worldwide may have cleared perhaps the largest obstacle to its survival by securing an accord on a restructuring plan to cut debt and boost liquidity, but it almost certainly will not be the last

Japan&rsquo;s three largest ocean carriers expect lower profits this year because of higher fuel prices, uncertain bulk and car carrier markets, and the impact of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.<