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ProLogis plans $800 million to $1 billion in new development this year in Asia, Europe and North America, the industrial real estate giant said Tuesday.

Con-way Freight says it expects the company's operating profit to fall by nearly a third in the fourth quarter because soaring healthcare costs are offsetting improvements in shipping demand.

The new chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, signaling domestic transport goals similar to those of the Obama administration, says he wants to advance several initiatives

The U.S. manufacturing outlook remains healthy despite indications of slowing expansion, a quarterly survey of 62 manufacturers said.

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Port Klang, Malaysia's largest container port, expects double-digit growth in cargo this year, the Port Klang Authority said.

Crowley Maritime named Tony Otero vice president of the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba liner services.

The global container industry is headed for long-term growth, thanks to increasing population and incomes in developing countries and a tendency for world trade to expand faster than GDP, the head of

The Port of Charleston will move to a single-gate operating system on Jan. 18 to streamline operations, the South Carolina State Ports Authority said Wednesday.

Borders will close its Nashville, Tenn., distribution center and scale back its supply chain as the bookstore chain struggles with declining sales in a market buffeted by digital book sales and e-comm

The nation’s economy steadily improved in December, and business contacts expressed a modestly optimistic outlook for 2011 in a survey released Wednesday by the Federal Reserve.

Cargo tonnage at Memphis International Airport grew 2.3 percent in November as slowing volume for FedEx Express helped give the airport its lightest month for cargo in nine months.

A commission representing South Carolina's interests in navigational issues on the Savannah River aired its objections to plans by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deepen the Savannah harbor.

The Transportation Department's Freight Transportation Services Index, which measures monthly change in ton-miles, fell 0.3 percent in November from October to 98.5, the lowest level of any November s

Canadian Pacific Railway will spend between $964 million to $1.065 billion this year for capital projects, saying the money will help it meet rising demand for rail freight service while cutting costs

The Federal Maritime Commission is ordering three global vessel alliances to provide more timely reports on changes in vessel capacity in the U.S. trades.

Hapag-Lloyd said Wednesday it will apply emergency congestion surcharges on all containerized cargo moving through India’s Port of Chennai.

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited broke previous tonnage records in 2010 even as growth slowed in the third and fourth quarters, the company reported Wednesday.

Crowley Maritime promoted David Nickless to vice president of finance and planning for Crowley's shipping and logistics business line.

A new U.S.-Mexico cross-border trucking program could be in place within four to six months, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said Monday.

India’s exports jumped 36.4 percent in December to $22.5 billion, the highest year-over-year growth rate in 33 months, according to provisional trade figures released by the Commerce Ministry.

DP World opened its new container terminal in Port Qasim near Karachi in Pakistan on Wednesday.

All dockworkers and a large number of port staff in Le Havre joined a national strike Wednesday shutting down shipping terminals at France's largest container port.

In today's slow-growth environment, customers expect their transportation service providers to help them attain a competitive advantage, and that involves developing innovative solutions based on best

TRAC Intermodal extended its web-based TRAC Connect program to the South Atlantic.

The Port of New York and New Jersey will close all its marine terminals on Wednesday as the port braces for a winter storm expected to drop up to a foot of snow on the region.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas J. Donohue on Tuesday called for the abolition of all tariffs on goods moving between the U.S.

The Surface Transportation Board will hold a May 3 public hearing to start the first review in over a decade of regulations that some shippers say allow major railroads to hold many freight customers

Investment in transportation is a key part of rebuilding the U.S. economic foundation, and the U.S.

Cargo traffic at Hong Kong International Airport grew 7.1 percent in November over the same month the year before amid signs that capacity was growing far ahead of demand.

Freight railroads, shippers and railcar leasing firms across North America pulled 1,539 freight cars out of storage in December, as they prepped more equipment for cargo service in the months ahead.

Wholesalers’ inventories dropped 0.2 percent in November, the first month-to-month drop in nearly a year, while sales rose for the fifth consecutive month, the Commerce Department said in a report tha

World Courier opened a logistics service office in Guangzhou, the third wholly foreign-owned office in China for the cold-chain logistics specialist.

Drewry Shipping Consultants is forecasting average ocean freight rates on major east-west trade lanes will decline 7 percent this year as large ocean carriers once again gear up for a fight for market

The number of trucking operations tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics dropped 7.5 percent from 2007 through early 2010, a sign of significant consolidation among motor carriers over the course o

The Department of Transportation's efforts to lock in remaining funds from the 2009 economic stimulus package have it closing in on the main target -- obligating all $48.1 billion that was allocated i

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Dan Stamper, president of the Detroit International Bridge Co., was released late Monday afternoon after spending a few hours in the Wayne County Jail in Detroit.

Crowley Maritime is expanding its reach into the energy and oil market with its acquisition of Jarvis International Freight, a Houston-based freight forwarder.

Joe Cutrona, who led the association representing small parcel shippers for two tumultuous decades of change in the U.S. transportation world, died on Christmas Day at his home in Naples, Fla.