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The CMA CGM Columba became the largest container vessel to call at a Vietnamese port when it participated in the inauguration of the new Cai Mep International Terminal.

Hanjin Shipping and Yang Ming are adding a new joint weekly service to their networks between Asia and the Pacific Northwest, starting April 22.

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke called upon small and mid-size companies to increase their profits and hasten the U.S. economic recovery by becoming more engaged in exports.

Concern about inflation and income caused a closely watched barometer of consumer sentiment to fall from its th

The value of trade moved by surface transportation between the U.S.

Cargo theft declined 12.5 percent last year at truckload and intermodal giant Schneider National, running counter to national trends, the company said.

The residents of Dover overwhelmingly voted in favor of a proposal for the local community to buy and operate Europe's biggest roll-on, roll-off freight port.

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics said Tuesday it reduced its carbon dioxide emissions 21 percent last year, compared to 2009.

The role of the customs broker in the supply chain is high on the agenda when COAC members meet on April 12.

Less-than-truckload carriers say they increasingly are handling heavier freight typically moved by truckload carriers as capacity in that sector tightens.

Chinese authorities rejected a container ship operated by MOL, Japan's second-largest shipping line, saying they had detected high levels of radiation.

The political turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa curbed global air cargo growth to 2.3 percent in February from a year ago, the International Air Transport Association said.

Because of congestion, terminal management closed the export gate at Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal in India’s Port of Jawaharlal Nehru.

Horizon Lines said it expects to default on its loans as the result of a $45 million fine for price-fixing in the Puerto Rico trade and could be forced into bankruptcy if a deal can’t be worked out wi

Restoration work on Japanese transportation systems devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern part of th

The Grand Alliance is resuming service to the Japanese city of Nagoya operated by Hapag-Lloyd on March 31, according to a bulletin by OOCL.

Japan's commerce with the U.S.

A U.S. District Court in San Juan issued a temporary restraining order on Friday in favor of Crowley Puerto Rico Services.

Canadian Pacific Railway unveiled a plan to spend nearly $103 million in its North Dakota network this year and next, and said it should aid several big commodity cargo groups there.

After a record 15 weeks of price increases, diesel took a tenth of a cent drop a week ago but started cli

UPS launched four additional direct flights from Hong Kong to Europe, expanding its next-day delivery coverage for packages and heavy freight.

Rail equipment supplier Wabtec said a stronger U.S.

The Indian navy and coast guard captured 16 Somali pirates and rescued 16 hostages after a three-hour running battle in the Arabian Sea, according to media reports.

Crowley Maritime is adding a direct, fixed-day sailing from Port Everglades, Fla., to St. Maarten in the Caribbean that will reduce transit time by one full day.

Consumer spending in the U.S.

Ohio is dropping a controversial rule that extended safety regulations designed for larger vehicles and for-hire truck fleets to thousands of small private carriers.

Maersk Line is taking delivery of the first of a series of 22 container ships called Wafmax that are specifically designed for the limitations of the West African market.

Wal-Mart Stores will reopen 12 of its Seiyu stores in Japan that were affected by the earthquake, and is hoping to open the remaining 12 impacted stores as soon as possible, a spokesman for the U.S.-b

The earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands and devastated a swath of Japan is promising a deeper impact on the country’s economy and global supply chains, and triggering what experts say m

Container ship charter rates are still rallying even as freight rates are falling as ocean carriers seek additional tonnage to defend market share amid strong cargo volume ahead of the summer peak shi

Air France-KLM Cargo added new freight services linking its twin Amsterdam and Paris hubs with the U.S., Peru, Cambodia, China, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Japan Airlines flew out of bankruptcy protection on Monday, about 14 months after going into it.

The columns of red and black numbers in the rankings of the Top 40 Container Lines by volume reflect the tenuous recovery from the deep downturn in trade that hit carriers so hard in 2009.

Weeks before North Carolina nailed down an implementing agreement with Norfolk Southern Railway to spend $461 million in passenger rail stimulus funds, the state’s transportation secretary said

Maritime and intermodal industry officials are raising alarms that the proposed federal hours-of-service rules for domestic U.S.

Vessels and containers arriving at U.S. ports from Japan will face inspections by the U.S.

If Congress agrees an infrastructure bank should be part of an overall strategy to draw on private resources to build public infrastructure, lawmakers will have at least two models to consider.

Industrial real estate activity is picking up in Southern California, and that’s a good sign for the economy and for shipping — the 1.5 billion-square-foot market is a bellwether for wareh

From the bridge of a container ship passing through the Panama Canal, the signs of the canal authority’s huge expansion project are clearly visible.

Hong Kong’s billionaire Li Ka Shing has achieved a number of records with his IPO of Hutchison Whampoa’s Hutchison Port Holdings Trust on the Singapore stock exchange.