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Swift Transportation is back on Wall Street after raising $806 million in its initial public offering, selling 73.3 million shares of stock for $11 each.

After almost a year of negotiation, a new accord between the Department of Transportation and the Ohio Rail Development Commission clears the way for eastern railroad CSX Transportation to use a $98 m

The first ship in Horizon Lines’ new China-to-U.S. service departed Shanghai for Los Angeles.

A federal judge's ruling dismissing many lawsuits involving FedEx Ground contractors likely won't affect broader battles over the classification of transportation workers at ports and on highways, a t

Two closely watched measures of future economic activity suggest the U.S. economy will recover in 2011, a development that would support rising freight transportation volumes.

ABF Freight System's withdrawal from an industry bargaining group in 2007 undermined its lawsuit against rival trucker YRC and the Teamsters union.

When President Obama in March announced the National Export Initiative, skeptics scoffed at his goal of doubling U.S. exports as unrealistic.

A.P. Moller - Maersk named APM Terminals CEO Kim Fejfer to the executive board, a move the company said signaled the importance of terminal business to the group and its global shipping operations.

AirBridgeCargo Airlines, Russia's largest scheduled cargo carrier, added a 747-400 freighter to its fleet to keep pace with "record-breaking growth."

India and China reached an agreement Thursday to boost trade between the countries to $100 billion by 2015 and accelerate investment flows, the countries announced in a joint statement.

A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit ABF Freight System filed against rival trucker YRC Worldwide and the Teamsters aimed at blocking a labor agreement central to YRC’s survival.

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman-designate John Mica, R-Fla., on Thursday named 20 new committee members to join 12 Republican veterans.

The Los Angeles Harbor Commission Thursday voted to prohibit two practices some motor carriers deploy to circumvent the port's clean-truck regulations.

Mediterranean Shipping Company is extending its California Express service linking Italy and Spain with the U.S. West Coast to include calls in the Pacific Northwest.

U.S. manufacturing activity is decelerating but should continue to grow modestly next year, the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI reported in its quarterly report on the outlook for 27 major industries.

Albert Cernadas, former executive vice president of the International Longshoremen’s Association, has been charged with extortion and conspiracy in a spreading federal investigation of waterfront corr

The American Trucking Associations launched a Web site on Thursday dedicated to efforts to keep the federal government from changing truck driver hours of service rules.

The House Democratic Caucus on Thursday named Rep. Nick J. Rahall, D-W.Va., ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

FedEx signed an agreement to acquire MultiPack, a Mexican domestic express package delivery company.

The Port of Marseilles boosted container traffic 15 percent in November from a year ago but will miss its 2010 target of 1 million 20-foot equivalent units because of strike action earlier in the year

OOCL said it contracted with Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding on Dec. 14 for construction of two new container ships with capacities of 8,888 20-foot-equivalent container units.

Three U.S.-Puerto Rico carriers have until Feb.

Maersk Line appointed Bjarne Foldager as its new country manager for Malaysia and Singapore.

TNT, the Dutch post and express delivery company, reached agreement with unions over planned job cuts at its mail unit, averting a four day strike planned for next week.

Saddle Creek, a Lakeland, Fla.-based 3PL, plans to expand its integrated logistics services with the acquisition this week of ProLog Logistics, a warehousing and fulfillment company headquartered in S

Japanese export ship orders rose for the 12th consecutive month in November on a year-on-year basis, growing 29.9 percent to 525,009 gross tons, according to figures released Thursday by the Japan Shi

Double-stack trains will begin rolling next week along the new Commonwealth Railway Mainline, a secure, dual-purpose rail corridor that eliminates 14 at-grade crossings in Virginia.

FedEx reported its net profit fell 18 percent in the quarter ending Nov. 30 to $283 million as rising costs and stagnant U.S.

Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., was praised for his dedication to the country and colleagues during a tribute Tuesday night on the House floor.

Hanjin Shipping plans to outsource the export documentation function now performed in four North American service centers to a new documentation center in Port Kelang, Malaysia, by next May.

More containers moved in and out of the Port of New York and New Jersey by rail in October than in any month since the end of 2008, when the recession caused volume to plunge.

November container volume at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach indicate exports are building strongly while imports, though down compared to recent months, are still running at double-digits ahe

A federal judge will hear arguments Dec. 16 on whether to dismiss a lawsuit that could reshape unionized trucking and threaten the survival of YRC Worldwide.

The Senate approved the big tax cut package that President Obama and congressional Republican leaders negotiated, voting 81-19 to send the measure to the House.

Crowley Liner Services plans to expand its container operations at Port Everglades under a new 10-year lease on its container terminal that calls for additional acreage and increased container guarant

Maersk Line plans to operate an ad-hoc direct sailing from India’s Port of Chennai to Jebel Ali, a major transshipment hub in the Middle East.

The U.S. industrial sector rebounded solidly in November, as manufacturing, construction and utilities all posted gains, according to Federal Reserve data reported on Wednesday.

The Department of Transportation paid out $23.63 billion through Dec. 3 to reimburse states for stimulus projects to improve their road, airport, rail or transit infrastructure.

The Federal Maritime Commission’s Dec.

American Commercial Lines shareholders by an 80 percent margin on Tuesday approved a proposal by an affiliate of Platinum Equity to take the company private.