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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.

When the earthquake and subsequent tsunami struck northern Japan in mid-March, killing hundreds and causing major damage to that country’s infrastructure, supply chain specialists sensed immedia

With overall exports this year at near-record levels, cotton shippers are hustling to secure equipment and vessel space in the trans-Pacific, and they seem to be fairly successful in doing so.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Transportation interests are praising bipartisan efforts in the Senate to craft a new surface transport bill even though the measure is only about two-thirds the size of what President Obama proposed.

The U.S. Export-Import Bank is guaranteeing $22.2 million in euro-denominated loans so a Vermont builder of wind energy turbines can export 55 units to Italy.

Landstar System is increasing its number of business capacity owners, the owner-operators who operate trucks for the $2.3 billion transportation company.

EVA Airways agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to fix international air cargo prices and to pay a $13.2 million fine in the antitrust investigation that has produced criminal charges against some of

The barge industry is taking new safety measures to deal with “unprecedented” flooding on the Mississippi River, working closely with the U.S.

The breakbulk vessel Cielo di San Francisco, preparing to embark on its maiden voyage from Vancouver, is marking a shift in trade patterns at Canada’s largest port.

Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group plans to start a regional freight airline using converted 737 freighters to supplement the long-haul business of the company’s AirBridgeCargo operation, accordin

CSAV is upgrading its weekly New Discovery service between China, Malaysia and South Africa by extending its coverage to include West Africa.

Net orders for commercial truck trailers dropped 30 percent in April from March after climbing for 18 straight months, according to ACT Research.

Container traffic at the Port of Montreal grew 4.5 percent in the first quarter year-over-year on strong demand from the U.S. Midwest and Canada, and double-digit growth in Mediterranean trade.

Volvo said it cut its carbon footprint delivering goods and products around Europe by 22 percent between 2006 and 2010.

Direct ChassisLink, Maersk Line’s chassis rental business, is adding Kansas City as a start-stop location to its chassis program in the Midwest.

America Chung Nam, the sister company and supplier of wastepaper to China’s largest containerboard manufacturer, was the largest American exporter of containerized goods by volume

The APL Singapore flipped a switch on Friday at the Port of Oakland that made it the first ship there to “cold-iron” and use shore-side electric power, extending a major maritime environme

Wal-Mart remained the No. 1 importer of containerized ocean cargo in the latest annual ranking of The Journal of Commerce Top 100 U.S.

America Chung Nam, the primary supplier to china’s largest containerboard manufacturer, came in as this year’s top exporter on The Journal of Commerce’s Top 100 2010 Exporter list.

Hamburg Sud said Thursday it will raise its bunker adjustment factor on July 1 on the trade between the Pacific Coast and North Europe and the Mediterranean trade.

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The Georgia Ports Authority, facing environmental opposition to its plans to deepen the Savannah River to 48 feet, said its recently completed environmental survey shows wildlife is flourishing at its

The Virginia Port Authority board of commissioners approved the lease agreement with the Port of Richmond to take over operations at the James River port and thereby unify all container cargo terminal

Following Missouri’s lead, the state of Kansas is suspending some motor carrier rules to expedite relief shipments heading to tornado victims in Joplin, Mo.

Maersk Line is pulling out of Gioia Tauro, dealing a major blow to the troubled southern Italian port’s role as the Mediterranean’s leading ocean container transshipment hub.

Hamburg Sud and Maersk Line plan once again to bring back a second sling to their joint Asia – South Africa/South America East Coast Service, which they cut back to one sling for the 2010-2011 s

CMA CGM is said to be negotiating the sale of a 49 percent stake in its Malta container terminal to Turkey’s Yildirim Group, a minority shareholder in the French ocean carrier.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services announced a sharply lower first quarter operating loss of $24 million against $83 million a year ago, driven by higher freight rates and increased cargo volumes.

Matson Navigation says the trans-Pacific service the carrier began five years ago has proven a successful expansion beyond Matson’s comfortable Jones Act trade and that it will maintain its comm

U.S. domestic maritime carriers must continually remind Congress of the ongoing benefits of the Jones Act protections for the business, Matson Navigation President

Truckload carriers are holding onto rate increases despite a decline in truck tonnage and loads, according to a report from Jefferies Equity Research Americas.

Shareholders of TNT today approved the de-merger of the Dutch company’s express and mail operations.