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Burlington Northern Santa Fe named Raymond B. Greer the first president of its subsidiary BNSF Logistics, effective Feb. 15.

Dredging of U.S.

Truckers in Colombia will stop blocking roads in Bogota but will maintain their strike against a government plan to deregulate freight rates.

U.S. manufacturing exports rose 20 percent last year, with the top 10 markets accounting for more than two-thirds of the increase, the Commerce Department reported.

Combined containerized imports through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach grew 13 percent in January over the same month a year ago, extending the strong recovery pace at the nation’s large

The National Retail Federation projected retail sales, excluding autos, gas stations and restaurants, will rise 4 percent this year in a strengthening economy.

Congress is taking steps to complete legislation that gives operating authority to the Federal Aviation Administration, after 18 attempts to approve the last reauthorization, which expired in 2007.

Despite the Feb. 16 decision by Florida Gov.

The safety benefits of proposed changes to truck driver hours of service rules have been "wildly overstated," the American Trucking Associations claims.

Truckers will have a last chance to make their case against proposed changes to truck driver hours of service rules Thursday as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration hosts an all-day listeni

Costamare boosted fourth quarter 2010 earnings 56.5 percent from a year ago and said it is eyeing further ship acquisitions following a spate of deals worth nearly $600 million in recent months.

Maersk Line will launch service between southeast India and Sri Lanka and northern Europe in early March to tap into "one of the world's fastest growing sourcing areas for our customers."

Japanese investor Mitsui divested its entire stake in two container terminal operators in China.

The Federal Maritime Commission is taking the first steps toward making it easier for the public to conduct business there.

The Cleveland-Cuyahoga Port Authority is shifting its plans from a freight-focused ferry service across Lake Erie to Canada to focus on passenger operations.

The sole surviving member of the Somali pirate crew who hijacked the U.S.-flag Maersk Alabama in 2009 was sentenced Wednesday in Federal District Court in Manhattan to 33 years and 9 months in prison.

The Federal Maritime approved rules Wednesday that would exempt non-vessel-operating common carriers from the legal requirement to use published tariffs as the basis for rate-making.

U.S. poultry exports declined 4.4 percent in volume but increased 0.2 percent in value last year despite trade frictions with Russia and China, the two largest markets for U.S.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will take comments on its proposed truck driver hours of service rules until March 4 and hold what may be the last public "listening session" on its pro

Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., who chairs the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said he is "deeply disappointed" at Wednesday's decision by Gov.

Florida Gov.

Pasha Hawaii contracted with VT Halter Marine in Pascagoula, Miss., for construction of a second pure car/truck carrier for use in the ocean carrier’s West Coast-Hawaii service.

Spot rates on a key trans-Pacific container route fell 2.4 percent last week from a year earlier - the first year-to-year drop since January 2010, Drewry Shipping Consultants reported.

Truckload carriers are seeking rate hikes ranging from 5 to 10 percent as annual contracts come up for renewal, Wall Street firm Longbow Research reports.

Plenty of other states will want the passenger rail money that Florida's governor rejected, said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, while the canceled high-speed rail project could have eased conges

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's top officer urged Congress to support President Obama's budget proposal to p

U.S. steel exports jumped 29.3 percent to 12 million tons last year despite a 0.1 percent dip in December volume, government data show.

Trade moving through India’s Port of Cochin is at a complete standstill as the planned transfer of container activity from the port terminal to the new DP World facility hit a roadblock following labo

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United Arab Shipping Company finalized a $302 million loan facility to finance the acquisition of three remaining container vessels of 13,100 20-foot equivalent units capacity.

England Logistics acquired TMS Technologies of Alma, Mich., giving the subsidiary of trucking giant C.R. England access to new logistics technologies and tools.

Container traffic through Savannah posted a year-to-year gain of 5 percent in January while the port’s intermodal rail traffic posted its second-best month ever, with 25,877 moves.

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The Surface Transportation Board wants to make it cheaper for frustrated rail shippers to file formal complaints over rates and service, which could increase the number of cases customers initiate aga

U.S. industrial production fell 0.1 percent in January as a weather-related decline in utility output offset a continued upswing in manufacturing, the Federal Reserve said.

DB Schenker is setting up a logistics center in Leipzig, Germany, to supply auto components to BMW car plants in China and South Africa in one of the company's largest ever projects.

Japan's All Nippon Airways said its international cargo volume increased for the 16th consecutive month in December on a year-on-year basis, soaring 29.3 percent to 46,349 tons.

APL’s parent company reported fourth quarter net earnings of $177 million, reversing last year’s losses and pushing 2010 net profit to $461 million, but warned of “uncertain” market conditions.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. announced new rate increases for U.S.

President Obama's proposed budget would breathe new life into a cross-border trucking agreement with Mexico, allocating $50.