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Air freight rates out of Asia slipped back 0.4 percent in November from the month before and took a sharp turn downward from last year, according to the Drewry Freight Price Index.

The federal government will consider limiting the speed of all heavy trucks to 68 mph, a proposal some truckers support and others oppose.

Japanese forwarder Yusen Logistics at an extraordinary board meeting on Wednesday promoted Hiromitsu Kuramoto to president and representative director, effective April 1.

Democrats are wasting no time punching back after the House adopted new rules on Wednesday

After two months in which it increased its bunker surcharges, Mediterranean Shipping Co. will lower the surcharges slightly for imports into the U.S. as of Feb. 1.

The Surface Transportation Board is proposing a new regulation that would ensure Amtrak’s intercity passenger train system can keep operating even if an emergency knocks out its normal routes.

The Port of Seattle Commission approved measures to advance the port's strategic planning process and the programs it offers under the Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy.

A plan by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to use stickers to identify drayage trucks that comply with the port's clean-air plan represents "de facto re-regulation of the trucking industr

The value of trade using surface transportation between the United States and Canada and Mexico rose 19.3 percent in September from a year earlier but was 4.8 percent below the September 2008 level, t

The Jacksonville Port Authority's board of directors on Wednesday formally approved the selection of former Federal Maritime Commissioner A. Paul Anderson as its new chief executive officer.

The Harbor Trucking Association of Southern California, in a brief filed Wednesday with the U.S.

Truck manufacturers closed 2010 with three strong months of orders for heavy rigs as truckers replaced older equipment they hung onto during the recession.

Wall Street firm J.P.

Old Dominion Freight Lines promoted several key executives following the death of John B. Yowell, executive vice president and chief operating officer.

The Port of Montreal reported a 6.1 percent increase in container traffic for 2010, outpacing growth in dry and liquid bulk cargoes.

South Carolina-based Southeastern Freight Lines is launching a truckload and logistics subsidiary, moving beyond its regional less-than-truckload market.

The Intermodal Association of North America elected a chairman, vice chair, treasurer and five directors, the board announced Jan. 5.

Eastbound spot rates on the trans-Pacific opened the New Year with a hefty jump as shipping lines put peak season surcharges into effect until the Chinese New Year.

Maersk Line is forecasting an even balance between container vessel capacity and shipping demand this year even as the supply of new vessel capacity is expected to grow 9 percent.

Intermodal middleman firm Pacer International said it replaced its credit financing arrangements with a new deal that cuts interest rates and fees and shrinks to two from eleven the number of particip

Warehouses and distribution centers will see gradual declines in vacancies and small increases in lease rates during the next year, especially in markets near ports and transportation hubs, according

Container throughput at major ports in India for the April-December period surged 11 percent over the same period in fiscal 2009-10, the Indian Ports Association said Wednesday.

Customs and Border Protection announced Tuesday it will hold its 2011 Trade Symposium on April 13 and 14.

House Republicans on Tuesday night rejected an amendment to proposed rules that would have ensured highway spending would be determined by a long-term transportation bill.

John B. Yowell, a veteran trucking executive who helped build Old Dominion Freight Line into an almost $2 billion company, died Dec. 30. He was 59 years old.

UPS said it is opening healthcare facilities in Singapore, the Netherlands, Canada and the United States in an expansion designed to meet the evolving needs of pharmaceutical, biotech and medical devi

Norfolk Southern Railway on Dec.

Oregon International Port of Coos Bay finalized a transaction with Union Pacific Railroad transferring ownership of 23 miles of the Coos Bay rail line to the port.

U.S. steel imports declined 5.5 percent in November from October, largely because of weak demand from Mexico, according to the American Institute for Imported Steel.

Ship owners and operators are betting their future profitability on super-sized container ships and must delay deliveries of additional vessels to avoid overcapacity and plunging rates, a European shi

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Trucking company ABF Freight System is broadening its container service from the U.S. to the Dominican Republic as it expands its global portfolio.

The Surface Transportation Board rejected a claim by agricultural shipper Cargill that BNSF Railway was "double-dipping" in how the carrier assessed fuel surcharges, but the STB will let Cargill pursu

Increased demand for capital equipment pushed orders for U.S.

Japanese carrier MOL expects improved results from container shipping to push the group's ordinary income "much higher" than the $1.2 billion previously forecast for the current fiscal year.

The supply of container ship capacity will outstrip the growth in demand for vessel space this year and next as more new container ships are delivered in the two-year period, the president of NYK Line

Cathay Pacific Airways Jan. 1 completed its switch to electronic air waybills for all shipments departing from Hong Kong.

The Department of Transportation pushed the level of its payouts from the 2009 economic stimulus package to $24.56 billion through Dec.

A threatened strike at the Port of New York and New Jersey was averted when negotiators for the International Longshoremen's Association and port maintenance contractors agreed on a two-year contract

The top 20 container lines increased their operated capacity 14 percent over the last 12 months, as the strong recovery in freight volume led carriers to take on new tonnage over 2010, Alphaliner repo