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The attempted attacks on two airliners in October gave new impetus to U.S.

With a warning that the current U.S.

President Obama will find strong support in the new House majority if he accelerates foreign trade efforts, Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, said Tuesday.

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Vessel movements came to a near standstill Tuesday at India's eastern Port of Kolkata, local shipping sources said.

The House Republican Conference on Wednesday confirmed Rep. John L.

The Port of Seattle Commission approved appropriations for environmental and congestion relief projects at the seaport and at Sea-Tac International Airport for next year.

The U.S. has sent the International Maritime Organization a proposal for new controls on ocean vessels operating off the coasts of Puerto Rico and the U.S.

A bulk ship that broke down in the Bering Sea on Friday reached Alaska's Dutch Harbor on Tuesday.

DHL launched two direct routes from Paris and Frankfurt to its U.S. hub in Cincinnati in a major expansion of its trans-Atlantic express services.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans to spend almost $65 million to upgrade three of the major roads truckers use to transport cargo to and from the agency's three New Jersey container

Dynamex received a higher offer from an unnamed bidder, jeopardizing its $237.8 million acquisition by transportation investor Greenbriar Equity Group.

OOCL may place an order for huge container ships, each of which would have almost 50 percent more capacity than any ship in its fleet, a senior executive told a Hong Kong newspaper.

A federal judge delayed a ruling on the approval of a $52.25 million class-action antitrust settlement by U.S.-Puerto Rico carriers until he decides on a payment plan for plaintiffs’ lawyers in

CSAV is upgrading its service between the west coast of South America and the U.S.

The Panama Canal Authority and the Port of Long Beach signed a memorandum of understanding in which both parties agreed to work together to generate new business and economic growth and promote intern

Jack Kyser, former chief economist for the Los Angeles Economic Development Corp., died Monday at his home in Southern California. He was 76 years old.

Air France-KLM's cargo traffic rose 6.1 percent in November from a year ago, driven by strong growth in services to the Americas.

The Port of New York and New Jersey will drop its special fee for rail moves and replace it with a broad infrastructure charge on all cargo that will be used for intermodal rail and road infrastructur

With rail freight demand slowing, railcar owners last month pulled fewer cars out of storage than at any time this year, according to the Association of American Railroads.

INTTRA extended its e-commerce platform for the ocean freight industry to enable all forwarders and shippers to use its electronic standardized business process for all container shipments.

The owners of Hapag-Lloyd hired three investment banks to prepare for a possible initial public offering for the German ocean container carrier in 2011, the TUI travel company and the Albert Ballin co

AGL Resources agreed to acquire Nicor, parent of Caribbean carrier Tropical Shipping, in a $2.38 billion cash-and-stock deal that would combine two regional natural gas distributors.

Indian garment manufacturer Smart Garment is accusing Worldlink Logix, an Iselin, N.J., freight forwarder of fraud and violations of the Shipping Act for alleged mishandling of the delivery of two con

Qantas Freight will add a 767-300 freighter on its Tasman route, expanding capacity 40 percent on the regional service.

The American Association of Port Authorities is asking Republican leaders in the House and Senate to create alternative ways to fund freight transportation and infrastructure projects after their vow

The framework accord negotiated between President Obama and Congressional Republican leaders includes two new stimulus measures that could help perk up the economy and opens the door for some transpor

Pirates hijacked a Bangladesh-flag cargo ship in the Arabian Sea off the Indian coast Sunday.

Germany's Deutsche Bahn signed an agreement with Beijing to develop China's rail freight transport and supervise the construction of high-speed rail lines.

Ocean container carriers may struggle to push through freight rate hikes planned for January, an analyst said.

Moving to shore up security after this fall's failed bombing attempt in the Middle East, UPS said Tuesday it will require customers using retail outlets around the world to show a government-issued ID

Midwestern truckload carrier Continental Express is expanding in the Southeastern U.S. by purchasing Carolina Refrigerated, Gaffney, S.C. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

States, cities and other public entities rushed to issue more Build America Bonds for infrastructure projects in November than any other month, in a stimulus program that is set to expire this month.

Lufthansa Cargo plans to serve Manaus, Brazil, starting Jan. 21, 2011, pending regulatory approval.

Diesel fuel prices jumped an average 3.5 cents across the United State over the past week to $3.197 per gallon, the highest point diesel prices have reached in more than two years, according

The Teamsters union at one point pressured ABF Freight System to buy ailing rival YRC Worldwide, ABF Freight System revealed on a company Web site.

FedEx Ground will raise its rates by a net average of 5.9 percent Jan. 3, but a fuel surcharge reduction will blunt the increase to 4.9 percent.

The Department of Transportation’s reimbursements to states to pay for stimulus-backed projects swelled to $23.426 billion as of Nov. 26, an increase of more than $1.4 billion from Oct. 29.

U.S. officials are predicting an increase of $10 billion to $11 billion in exports to South Korea following the endorsement on Friday of a new free trade agreement.

ABF Freight System's attempt to overturn YRC Worldwide's historic wage-cutting agreements with the Teamsters union is headed to federal court Dec. 16.