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Hostility toward proposed changes to truck driver hours of service rules could come to a boil at a Feb. 17 public hearing with federal regulators in Arlington, Va.

Damco, the logistics unit of A.P. Moller-Maersk, formed a joint venture with General Holding Corporation to provide logistics and forwarding services to the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

A solid 19 percent revenue gain in its principal intermodal business and a 38 percent leap for its logistics unit helped push Hub Group's fourth quarter profit up 26 percent from a year earlier to $13

Consumer spending and exports fueled 3.2 percent growth in the U.S. economy during the fourth quarter, completing a year in which the economy grew 2.9 percent, the Commerce Department said.

Jacques Saade returned to the position of chief executive of CMA CGM as Turkish investors injected $500 million into the French ocean container carrier.

Hanjin Shipping swung into the black in 2010, riding higher demand and stronger freight rates to a $229 million net profit after losing $1.1 billion 2009.

Key senators who tried to push rail regulatory legislation in the last Congress re-introduced those measures this week, with one trying to toughen broad oversight powers while the other would strip ra

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica took Amtrak to task in a field hearing Thursday in New York City, saying the passenger rail agency "will never be capable

UBM Global Trade, the parent of The Journal of Commerce, will launch a container slot e-marketplace this month called JOC Exchange that will use intelligent online technology to enable the buying and

OOCL's revenue jumped 41.9 percent to $1.5 billion in the fourth quarter on strong gains in demand and pricing, parent OOIL said Wednesday.

Spain became the first country to ratify the Rotterdam Rules, a new international agreement governing liability for damages to

Knight Transportation is breaking from the truckload pack, adding capacity and increasing its length of

Higher spot market and contract pricing and fewer empty miles boosted Werner Enterprises' net profit 34 percent in the fourth quarter to $24.1 million.

The Federal Maritime Commission on Wednesday closed the book on a 16-year-old proceeding that once threatened a trade war between the U.S. and Japan.

ProLogis and AMB Property say they are negotiating a potential blockbuster merger that would combine two of the world's largest managers of distribution facilities.

Port Metro Vancouver handled a record volume of 2.5 million 20-foot equivalent units of containers in 2010, a 17 percent increase from the previous year.

The volume of containers handled by India’s Port of Mumbai climbed 35 percent year-over-year in the nine months ending Dec. 31, the port authority said in a statement.

President Obama re-nominated Customs Commissioner Alan Bersin on Thursday along with Rebecca F.

Japan's trade surplus with the rest of the world expanded for the second consecutive year in 2010, widening 153.4 percent to $82.56 billion, as exports grew faster than imports, according to prelimina

YRC Worldwide will cut 80 jobs in Akron, Ohio, and is looking for a buyer for the former headquarters of Roadway Express there, the Akron Beacon Journal reported.

Korean Air, the world’s largest international freight airline, said Thursday its cargo revenue grew 1.9 percent in 2010 to $863 million, and it will meet the improving market with increased capacity i

Heartland Express Chairman and CEO Russell Gerdin will take a leave of absence from his position at the truckload carrier for health reasons, the company said.

U.S. factory orders fell slightly in December as a result of a large decline in aircraft orders. But orders for non-transportation goods and capital equipment showed significant increases.

A strong surge in intermodal traffic pushed Kansas City Southern’s net profit up 60 percent to $52 million in the fourth quarter, extending a strong string of profit reports from North American

More than 300 barges are still trapped on the River Rhine in Germany more than two weeks after a ship carrying 2

INTTRA said Thursday it is integrating its e-commerce platform with Info-X Software Technology, which will enable the Indian software provider to provide end-to-end ocean transportation bookings for i

Infrastructure remains a challenge for ship lines, says Juergen Pump, senior vice president of Hamburg Sud North America.

Advent International, a private equity firm specializing in Latin American investment, is acquiring 50 percent of the capital stock of Terminal de Conteineres de Paranagua, Brazil’s third-largest cont

Port Corpus Christi passed an important hurdle Wednesday in its quest to move ahead with the huge Las Brisas electric generating plant that Chase Energy plans to build at the Texas port.

Congressional leaders are moving a new six-year surface transportation bill higher on their priority lists after President Obama’s call for infrastructure investment in his State of the Union ad

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The Federal Maritime Commission is stepping up its attention to ocean carrier practices, voting Wednesday to launch a formal inquiry into slow steaming.

The global container market may grow by more than 8 percent this year, according to A.P. Moller-Maersk CEO Nils Smedegaard Andersen.

Higher intermodal and logistics revenue boosted fourth quarter profits and sales at temperature-controlled trucker Marten Transport, Mondovi, Wis.

Truck tonnage rose 5.7 percent last year compared with 2009, helping tonnage to recovery from an 8.7 percent plunge, the American Trucking Associations said.

Canadian Pacific Railway’s fourth quarter net income spiked 27 percent from a year earlier to $187 million (C$186 million), outpacing a 13 percent rise in revenue to $1.3 billion.

Truckload carrier Celadon Group’s net profit increased to $2.9 million in its last quarter, nearly triple its net income a year ago of $1 million.

Transportation trade groups are praising President Obama's call to rebuild the nation’s efforts infrastructure but some members of Congress say the administration will have to put more details b

French dockers and port workers will stage a four-day nationwide strike on Friday, Jan.

Industrial property markets are seeing “modest” recovery in line with a gradual strengthening of the economy, real estate investment firm Grubb & Ellis said.