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Deutsche Post DHL boosted earnings 50 percent in 2010 from a year ago as the global economic recovery drove strong volume growth and higher freight rates in ocean container, air cargo and express mark

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will stop using the term "Alert" to describe trucking company scores that break thresholds in CSA safety categories, following a settlement between the

The two organizations that have wrestled over the unionization of harbor drayage companies for the past few years promised attendees at the 11th annual

The largest U.S. railroads will spend an estimated $12 billion on capital improvements this year, easily outpacing the record capital expenditures of $10.7 billion they made in 2010.

Florida Gov.

President Obama named Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to be the next U.S.

Freight transportation movements in the U.S. increased for the second consecutive month in January, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

Logistics operator Dunavant Enterprises acquired Sea Lane Express, a trucking and drayage company operating in the U.S. Southeast, its second acquisition in four months.

The American Trucking Associations wants the Obama administration to stop the opening and inspection of hazardous materials shipments unless those shipments are believed to pose an "imminent danger" o

Hong Kong Port container volume grew 5.7 percent in January, a much slower growth rate than the average for 2010, indicating the massive recovery is gradually running out of steam.

Hanjin Shipping, CNC Line and KMTC Line are teaming up to launch an intra-Asia service connecting Japan and Indonesia later this month.

Marine terminal operators keep close tabs on dockside crane productivity because it is the most critical factor in their profitability, a terminal executive told the Journal of Commerce’s

Lufthansa said it made a $1.5 billion net profit in 2010 compared with a year-earlier loss of $47 million, bolstered by a one-off tax gain of $556 million and record operating profit for Lufthansa Car

Panalpina boosted 2010 net revenue 20 percent from the previous year to $7.7 billion, driven by double digit growth in ocean container and air freight traffic.

Ship lines, truckers, leasing companies and other interests are still trying to decide how to fill the void left by ocean carriers that are ending their practice of providing U.S.

Several shippers that have diversified their U.S.

Suspected Somali pirates tried to seize the Maersk Alabama again on Tuesday in the third attempt to hijack it in three years.

Electric truck maker Smith Electric Vehicles U.S. raised $58 million in a series of stock sales. The proceeds will help the company pay for its acquisition of Smith Electric Vehicles UK.

Oil prices eased slightly Tuesday, falling 56 cents to $104.88 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, as assurances of production increases from Saudi Arabia and other OPEC countries made up

Railcar owners in the U.S., Canada and Mexico took 12,457 units out of storage in February, leaving the continent's idled fleet at 20.2 percent of all railcars available for service, said the Associat

The Government Accountability Office is raising concerns about the security of goods with civilian and military applications through "deemed exports" to foreign nationals.

Long Beach, Calif. – The head of the longshore labor union in Portland, Ore., said Tuesday he will work in “partnership” with a new terminal operator to improve productivity at the Port of Portland.

Cargo volume at major ports in India grew a mere 1.2 percent from April through February compared with a year earlier, according to preliminary traffic figures released by the Indian Ports Association

Global Ship Lease, the NYSE-listed container shipowner, slumped to a net loss of $4 million in 2010 from a $42.2 million profit in 2009 as revenue grew 7 percent to a record $158.8 million.

Maersk Line is extending its program to cut sulfur emissions on its services to New Zealand.

Hapag-Lloyd and Regional Container Lines plan to launch a new weekly joint service from China and South Korea to Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan, starting at the beginning of April.

Ocean carriers face a shortage of containers in the coming months as production of boxes lags growing cargo capacity, according to Alphaliner.

Container shipping lines and shippers would benefit if carriers could share information in ways barred by the European Union, the chairman of Orient Overseas Container Line's parent company told the J

Shipping lines that carry U.S. exports to Asia face the paradox of declining freight rates even as cargo volume remains quite strong.

LONG BEACH, Calif.--The supply of vessel capacity and demand for space on the trans-Pacific will be so close this year it could tip in either direction, toward oversupply and lower freight rates or ti

The Department of Transportation on March 14 will hold a public meeting to gather ideas and suggestions for updating the federal regulations that the department and subsidiaries administer.

The White House said Monday it was considering its options as to whether it should open the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve as unrest in the Middle East sent prices for crude oil and refined prod

Forth Ports received a conditional takeover offer from its largest shareholder that values the UK's only listed port operator at $1.2 billion.

A U.S. Naval vessel attached to the Combined Maritime Forces freed a Japanese-owned oil tanker that had reported it was under attack by pirates.

OOCL is planning to place an order "soon" for a number of big new container ships that will probably be in the ranges of ships capable of carrying 13,000 20-foot equivalent units.

State-owned Shipping Corporation of India plans to acquire 110 vessels at a total estimated cost of $6 billion over the next 10 years, Indian Shipping Minister G.K. Vasan said Monday in New Delhi.

The National Retail Federation is projecting an 11 percent increase in March for containerized shipments over March 2010.

Mainfreight, New Zealand's biggest trucking company, is buying Wim Bosman Group, a large Dutch transport and logistics firm, in a $154 million deal that establishes a bridgehead in Europe.

YRC Worldwide Chief Financial Officer Sheila Taylor will leave the troubled trucking giant March 31 as it attempts to recruit new leadership and restructure its finances.

Ceva Logistics reported revenue and profit increased 25 percent in 2010 from the previous year and expressed confidence both would continue growing in 2011.