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Average diesel fuel prices across the United States jumped 4.6 cents in the week ending Dec. 27, according to the U.S.

The maritime community has until Dec.

Shippers in the Northeast were hit by service delays, but ocean, truck and air cargo operators said operations were returning to normal after a blizzard Sunday brought the region nearly to a

The Indian Shipping Ministry ordered all major port authorities to strictly implement new measures to improve the security and handling of hazardous materials, the ministry said.

Germany's Duisburg port, the world’s busiest inland port, boosted container traffic 25 percent in 2010 from the year before, outpacing growth at Europe’s top box hubs.

CBS News is reporting the Transportation Security Administration is investigating allegations that Activair, an air cargo subsidiary of third-party logistics operator OHL, forwarded freight shipments

Caterpillar Logistics Services is expanding its reach in the Middle East with a new 450,000-square-foot parts distribution center in Dubai, part of what the company says is a larger global expansion e

YRC Worldwide is hiring Tom Gerke, former president and CEO of communications firm Embarq, as general counsel and executive vice president, effective Jan. 3.

Federal transportation regulators released a long-anticipated proposal Thursday that would overhaul work rules for truck drivers, but the long-anticipated proposal puts off a decision on whether

Federal Maritime Commissioner Rebecca F.

OOCL on Thursday announced increases in terminal handling charges for China mainland traffic to and from Australia, effective Jan. 3.

New orders for commercial aircraft and parts plummeted $6.6 billion in November, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Thursday.

Two bills that could have had significant consequences for the supply chain died quietly as the 111th Congress adjourned Wednesday.

DP World sold a 75 percent stake in its Australian ports business to private equity firm Citi Infrastructure Investors for $1.5 billion.

Maersk Line said it will raise ocean freight rates from the Middle East and the Indian sub-continent to northern Europe and the Mediterranean twice during the first quarter of 2011.

In this podcast, Senior Editor William B. Cassidy shares his thoughts on 2010's biggest trucking stories, and gives his predictions for the big stories of 2011.

State-owned rail operator Container Corporation of India said it will increase its freight charges for the movement of containerized cargo, starting Jan. 20, 2011.

A barrage of tough winter storms that hit large parts of North America with blizzard conditions, ice or dangerous cold temperatures put a dent into rail traffic this month, but not as much as a major

The heavy rains in Southern California this past week caused mudslides and road closures throughout the region, but the harbor drayage community in Los Angeles-Long Beach kept on trucking.

Sales of previously owned homes, a key indicator for containerized import volume, in November rose 5.7 percent from the previous month but remained at the lowest levels in more than a decade.

It's not just shoppers spending heavily ahead of the holidays. The Department of Transportation said it sent states another $401 million in the week ending Dec.

Nike took a hit on Wall Street on Thursday as the sporting goods and apparel maker said rising costs in transportation as well as commodities would hurt profit margins in coming months.

Wisconsin's ballast water regulations are too strict, according to a study by the state's environmental department.

Heavy truck and engine maker Navistar International reported a 55 percent drop in net earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter that ended Oct. 31, to $39 million from $86 million a year earlier.

Iowa Interstate Railroad announced plans to build a locomotive servicing facility on a 62-acre site just west of Homestead, Iowa.

Japan’s recovery kicked into high gear in November as exports and imports not only grew but grew faster for the first time in months.

Some of the world's fastest growing airlines face significantly higher costs for new planes after the U.S., the European Union, Japan and seven other countries agreed to toughen rules for government s

Container traffic at Baltimore posted year-to-year increases of 5.7 percent in November and 16.9 percent during the first 11 months of this year.

The Canaveral Port Authority closed on a $42 million loan to help fund the $100 million construction of two cargo piers and a cruise terminal at Port Canaveral.

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The House on Tuesday passed legislation by a 215-144 margin that will give the Food and Drug Administration greater authority over the food chain.

The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners approved a motion to expand the port's clean-truck program to cover the smaller Class 7 trucks that have entered harbor service this past year.

YRC Worldwide is asking the Teamsters union and pension fund managers for more time to restructure the trucking company’s troubled balance sheet.

The owner and operator of the container ship NYK Meteor paid $38,500 on four counts of violating speed restrictions imposed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The House this week may put the final stamp of approval to legislation that will give the Food and Drug Administration greater authority over the food chain.

Hainan P O Shipping expanded its trans-Pacific service to include a weekly call at the Port of Oakland.

The House on Tuesday approved reauthorization of a popular program aimed at reducing emissions from diesel engines. The Diesel Emissions Reduction Act now goes to the president for signing.

Container volume through the Port of Charleston in November increased 12.6 percent from a year earlier, the 11th consecutive month of growth.

Business Roundtable named former Michigan Governor John Engler as its president, effective Jan. 15, 2011. Engler, 62, succeeds John Castellani.

In a landmark regulatory action, the Surface Transportation Board voted 2-1 to fine Canadian National Railway Company $250,000 for "knowingly violating board orders" in under-reporting how often train