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“K” Line said it will start offering more container slots between Honolulu and Asia next month on an existing service between Asia and the West Coast of South America.

YRC Worldwide reported a $62 million third-quarter net loss as revenue dropped 5.7 percent from a year ago at the nation's largest less-than-truckload operator.

The UK introduced tougher security checks on air cargo shipments from the Middle East, south Asia and North Africa following last week's

Union Pacific Railroad expects growing volume, higher rates and new pricing on expiring contracts with shippers to push annual revenue up 6 to 8 percent per year over the next five years, Chief Financ

Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray recently joined U.S.

Qantas Airways and Singapore Airlines are grounding their superjumbo A380 aircraft after part of an engine on a Qantas flight appeared to tear apart in flight.

Intermodal traffic rose 20.3 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier, driven by a 28.1 percent rise in import-powered international loadings, according to the Intermodal Association of North

Truck maker Navistar shipped about 17,000 vehicles to U.S. and Canadian customers in the quarter that ended Oct.

Panalpina will pay $81.9 million in fines and penalties to settle charges in the United States that it violated bribery laws, capping a case that led to management changes at one of the world's larges

Ocean carrier Matson’s operating profit surged 67 percent in the third quarter on 14 percent growth in revenue as the China trade boomed, supporting a 20 percent increase in parent company Alexander &

European Union explosive experts will meet Nov. 5 to examine new measures to tighten air cargo security. /air-expedited/ups-planes-grounded-searched-suspicious-packages

Container ship owner Costamare fell $100 million short of its maximum target in an initial public offering in New York.

One of the parcel bombs sent out of Yemen through air cargo carriers was defused 17 minutes before it was set to explode, according to France’s interior minister.

Panalpina, the Swiss global forwarding and logistics group, reported third quarter profit jumped 13 percent from a year ago driven by strong growth in ocean and air freight traffic.

Hanjin Shipping said it swung to a profit of $196 million in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, compared to a loss of $338 million in the same quarter of last year.

The Drewry Container Rate Benchmark fell 5 percent in the most recent week, leaving the spot market pricing measure down 23 percent from the year’s high point set three months ago.

Intermodal provider Pacer International saw its third-quarter net income jump 83 percent to $1.1 million while revenue fell, but said it would have done better had not Hurricane Alex disrupted its tra

Long Beach voters on Tuesday approved an initiative that will most likely result in the port turning over more of its revenue each year to the city.

Nippon Express earned net profit of $52.68 million in the six months to the end of September, an improvement of just 0.4 percent on the year earlier period.

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners Canada and Mexico was 25.3 percent higher in August 2010 than in August 2009, reaching

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano assured major air express carriers she is committed to working together with them on "enhanced screening and preventative measures" after last we

The air cargo industry has a "compressed" window of opportunity to develop measures to counter the threat of terrorism after authorities

The Federal Maritime Commission is seeking public comments and information to help in its three-year study of the effects of the European Union's repeal of ocean carrier antitrust immunity.

Net orders for heavy trucks surged in October, climbing 22 percent in the third straight month-to-month increase, according to FTR Associates.

Finnlines, the Finnish short sea shipping line, reported higher third quarter revenue and profit driven by a recovery in North Sea and Baltic Sea roll-on, roll-off traffic.

The Federal Reserve's policy panel said Wednesday it will buy $600 billion in long-term U.S.

Net income and revenue leaped in the third quarter at non-asset-based trucker Roadrunner Transportation Systems, with sales up 31.3 percent from a year ago.

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Republicans swept races to put them in firm control of the House of Representatives come January, including the Minnesota seat now held by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman James L.

Arkansas Best narrowed its losses to $300,000 in the third quarter, with a $2.6 million operating loss at its less-than-truckload carrier ABF Freight System.

Higher costs helped push trucking and logistics giant Con-way back into the red in the third quarter, as a second-quarter surge in truck demand faded.

The wave of Republicans taking over the House on Tuesday swept out Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., one of the most passionate supporters of the Coast Guard and U.S. merchant marine in Congress.

Stronger demand, improved yields and higher prices powered a 130 percent surge to $33.8 million in net profit for Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings in the third quarter.

UPDATE 5:55 p.m.: Greek authorities said Wednesday that recent bombing are not connected to al-Qaeda or international terrorism, but are instead the work or domestic terrorists.

The UK's Royal Mail reported first half profit slumped 72 percent from a year ago as losses at its core domestic mail unit outweighed improved earnings at its European logistics and international parc

Strong demand that led to a record operating margin pushed Expeditors International of Washington to a $96.1 million net profit in the third quarter, 66 percent better than the same quarter a year ago

FedEx will buy India package and freight delivery specialist AFL and its affiliate company Unifreight India, sharply stepping up the company’s investment in one of the world’s fastest growing economie

Yang Ming Marine, Taiwan’s second largest container line, posted a record profit and revenue in the third quarter, which ended Sept.

The American Trucking Associations and the Port of Los Angeles Tuesday asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit for an expedited hearing of their appeals in the port's clean-truck case.

Aircraft manufacturer Boeing, showing strong confidence in air freight demand after the longest downturn in the industry’s history, says world air cargo traffic will return to its 2007 peak by the end