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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

Mediterranean Shipping Co.

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.

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Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., who chairs the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, intends to start a process in February that can help his panel craft a new multi-year surface transportation bill.

Freight traffic at Los Angeles International Airport fell 2.6 percent in November, the first decline the major trans-Pacific gateway has reported in 15 months.

Retail diesel prices slowed their six-week climb after the first of the year as crude oil futures declined.

New Jersey indicted on charges of loan-sharking and money laundering two men accused last April of participating with a longshore union official in a scheme to extort money from dockworkers at the Por

Dan Stamper, president of the company that owns the Ambassador Bridge, was jailed Monday on contempt charges by a Wayne County (Detroit) judge.

Cargo traffic at the Air France-KLM airline group grew 2.1 percent in December, the slowest year-over-year growth rate since July, the European carrier said Monday.

Chilean carrier CSAV is adding the Port of Savannah to the port rotation of its all-water service from Asia to the U.S. East Coast, the Georgia Ports Authority said Monday.

The new chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said he has a clear understanding from House leaders that changes to future Highway Trust Fund legislation will not use trust

For Jonathan Gold, 2010 was a year for lessons. For Donna Lemm, 2011 is about hope. And for George Macko, the trucking concerns of today will be with us into 2012.

Container throughput handled by Singapore-based port operator PSA International increased 14.4 percent to 65.12 million 20-foot equivalent units at its port projects around the world in 2010.

Some ocean carriers are suspending delivery of hazardous materials at Thailand ports because of a new Thai regulation requiring advance payment of insurance.

Mediterranean Shipping Company announced a general rate increase on the westbound trades from India to Europe and the Mediterranean, starting Feb. 1.

Shanghai overtook Singapore as the world's busiest container port in 2010, helped by continuing growth in Chinese trade and the business generated by the World Expo it hosted last year, the city gover

UBM Global Trade President John Day announced that Liam Power, publisher of The Journal of Commerce since 2008, is leaving the position to take another post in the company.

It’s been almost 11 years since I left the public sector after 21 years at Customs headquarters in Washington as a trade compliance attorney to begin my second career in the private sector.

After more than three years of struggle between railroads and disgruntled freight shippers over how to write industrywide rules for disputes over rates and service, both sides face the prospect of let

For U.S. importers in the trans-Pacific, getting goods out of Asia in 2011 may amount to a case of you-get-what-you-pay-for.

Trucking companies have been eliminating capacity since 2007, after “pre-purchasing” a glut of new tractors in 2006 to avoid higher-cost models with new emissions controls.

Largely dormant in the recession, merger-and-acquisition activity in trucking is reviving as the recovery boosts the value of companies and equipment.

All of the stars are aligned for a huge year of U.S. cotton exports. The only question is whether trucking companies, shipping lines and equipment providers will be up to the task.

With production strong, prices near record levels and export opportunities booming, the U.S. cotton industry looks poised to have one of its best years ever.

The best news for many breakbulk and project operators looking toward 2011 is that plenty of new capacity is entering the market.

When the global recession erupted in late 2008, providers of logistics, trade and transportation technologies struggled to make sense of the likely impact on corporate spending for their products.

As the industrial real estate industry enters a new decade, the light of optimism is shining a little brighter than in recent years. According to Real Capital Analytics, sales of significant U.S.

Slow U.S. economic expansion will keep North American third-party logistics revenue growth in the single digits through 2011.

Apparel was at the forefront of the low-cost, outsourced manufacturing revolution, and the business of making shirts in South Asia and sweaters in Central America only got cheaper in recent decades, h

It would be hard for the global air cargo business to grow any faster in 2011 than it did last year.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky clearly will hold a lot of cards in the Congress of 2011-2012.

The bad news for transportation policy as 2010 ended was that Congress again put off tackling long-term issues, and kicked major decisions on highway spending programs down the road for a few more mon

Amid rampant fears of a “double-dip” a year ago, we predicted — correctly — the U.S. economy would not backslide into recession.

Scott Douglas believes marine highways are not only a possibility, someday they’re going to become a necessity.