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Volkswagen will import auto parts for its new manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., through the Port of Savannah, the Georgia Ports Authority said.

United Arab Shipping Company expanded its Asia-Europe Service 1 with a direct call at Jebel Ali, a major transshipment hub in the Middle East.

Bulk shipper costs are escalating for the second quarter, an industry analyst said, because of heavy flooding on major U.S. rivers.

The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index fell 0.5 percent in April after rising 2.7 percent in March, underscoring what the index sponsors called a “fitful” recovery.

Growth in import cargo volume at the U.S.’s 10 busiest container ports is expected to level off until the annual peak season begins in August, the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associat

The Federal Maritime Commission wants to learn more about the nascent container freight index and derivatives markets. Chairman Richard A.

GE Transportation says it will open a locomotive manufacturing facility in Texas, with production to start next year.

HHLA, Hamburg’s biggest stevedore, increased first quarter profit by 47 percent from a year ago as container volume jumped 32 percent on surging European exports to China and buoyant traffic to

The Coast Guard, bracing as Mississippi River floodwaters spread south, was preparing Friday to restrict vessel traffic at the Port of New Orleans if the river rises another half-foot at the city, but

Neel Shah, vice president of Delta Airlines’ cargo division, has reason to be pleased with 2011’s first quarter results.

Tay Yoshitani believes that each port is unique, and the role of the chief executive is to ascertain a port’s strengths and build upon them.

NOL Group, parent of container ship operator APL, lost $10 million in the quarter ending March 31, as rising fuel prices and lower-than-expected demand ate up the strong revenue growth.

India&rsquo;s exports surged nearly 35 percent year-over-year to $23.9 billion in April, the first month of fiscal 2011-2012, according to provisional trade figures released by the Commerce Ministry.<

Spanish airline Iberia will start operating a 737 freighter between Madrid and Brussels in an upgrade to the carrier&rsquo;s perishables &ldquo;cool and fast&rdquo; service.

&ldquo;K&rdquo; Line appointed Jiro Asakura as its new CEO and president Friday, taking the place of Kenichi Kuroya, who resigned from that position.

CSAV&rsquo;s container volume increased by 48 percent in the first four months of 2011, the Chilean carrier said Thursday.

Norway&rsquo;s Wilh.

Frankfurt Airport boosted cargo traffic 12.8 percent in April from a year ago to an all time high for the month as the German hub benefited from accelerating global trade.

APM Terminals signed a 30-year concession contract with the Peruvian government Thursday for the development and operation of the multi-purpose Terminal Muelle Norte at the Port of Callao.

The Panama Canal Authority received six proposals Tuesday from design and engineering companies or consortia around the world for the design of the first-ever bridge on the Atlantic side of the waterw

Carload traffic on North America&rsquo;s largest railroads slipped 1 percent in the most recent week, extending a slide the rails have seen for the past month even as intermodal volume maintains stron

A bipartisan group of senators is proposing legislation to extend the Department of Transportation&rsquo;s TIGER grant program through fiscal 2018, but stops short of authorizing a specific amount for

Forwarder Panalpina is expanding its scheduled freighter operations through Huntsville, Ala., with a second weekly service connecting the city to Hong Kong.

DHL Express will modernize its fleet in Europe with the acquisition of 13 A300-600 passenger aircraft and conversion of the planes to freighters.

Hong Kong International Airport&rsquo;s freight volume 6.2 percent in March over the same month a year ago as expedited shipping surged back following a demand downturn the month before.

Retail sales rose for the 10th straight month in April, driven by higher prices at gasoline stations and grocery stores, the Commerce Department reported.

Railcar and barge manufacturer Greenbrier Companies named Mark Eitzen as vice president and general manager of its Gunderson factory in Portland, Ore., the company&rsquo;s key freight car plant in Nor

Japan&rsquo;s exports to the rest of the world are still sinking in the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern part of the country on March 11.

Two Japanese international freight forwarders expanded their operations into Indochina, a Southeast Asian region sandwiched by two Asian giants -- China to the east and India to the west.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union has a reputation of militancy, but a Southern California union official said recent history shows the ILWU is a collaborative partner of the West Coast

Hanjin Shipping lost $28 million on container operations in the first quarter, compared with $23 million a year earlier, as rising fuel costs offset a 19 percent increase in container revenue.

NYK will charter another four vessels with capacities of 13,000 20-foot equivalent units from OOCL under a new agreement between partners in the Grand Alliance service network.

India&rsquo;s Tariff Authority for Major Ports ordered a 35-percent reduction in the scale of rates currently applied by Chennai Container Terminal, a DP World-managed facility.

French ocean carrier CMA CGM is in talks over the sale of a minority stake in Malta Freeport Terminals, one of the largest container transshipment hubs in the Mediterranean.

Hapag-Lloyd announced general rate increases effective July 1 for all cargoes and container types for the North Atlantic and Europe-Mexico shipping lanes.

Hapag-Lloyd fell to a $31.8 million loss after interest and taxes in the first quarter despite an improvement in operating results and the German ocean container carrier said it would seek new rate in

Leaders of the Senate Commerce Committee are proposing a $5 billion national infrastructure fund that would encourage private investment in transportation infrastructure through loans, loan guarantees

Japanese semiconductor maker Renesas Electronics said Wednesday it will resume production at its flagship Naka factory on June 1, much earlier than the previously planned June 15.

Canadian National is spending nearly US$39 million to add tracks and make rail yard improvements on busy lanes in and east of Edmonton, Alberta, that handle rail traffic for Canada and the U.S.

The amount of freight carried by for-hire carriers rose 1.9 percent in March from February to reach its highest level since July 2008, the Transportation Department reported.