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The Grimaldi Group will recommence service between the Mediterranean and West Africa with the launch Oct. 26 of its "Mediterranean Express" service.

The State of Maine has reached an agreement to purchase 233 miles of track in Aroostook and Penobscot counties from the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, the governor’s office announced on Oct.

A Somali national who pleaded guilty to piracy charges still awaits sentencing after postponement of a hearing in New York Tuesday.

The French government Oct.

The MSC Emanuella, the latest of Mediterranean Shipping Co.’s super sized container vessels, made its first call at the Port of Salalah in Oman on its maiden voyage Wednesday.

Panalpina launched its dedicated 747-400 freighter service linking Luxembourg with Dubai's new international airport and with Hong Kong.

Commercial warehousing revenue in the U.S. will total $50 billion this year, exceeding pre-recession levels, according to a new report by Armstrong & Associates.

Costamare, the Greek charter container ship owner, plans to raise up to $260 million in an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange.

Intermodal logistics firm Hub Group saw net income soar 28 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier to $12.6 million, with double-digit sales gains by its three business segments – intermodal,

During September, 43 container vessels called at the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal in New Orleans, setting an all-time record for the number of container ships arriving at the port in a given mon

The container volume handled by the Port of Charleston in the quarter ended Sept.

Retailers that survived the Great Recession by cutting costs now see their supply chains as vehicles for growth as well as savings, according to a survey of 175 supply chain managers.

As many as half of the driver qualification files motor carriers keep are incomplete or inaccurate, according to a survey of trucking customers by LexisNexis.

Net profit for state-owned Container Corporation of India grew by a mere 2 percent in the second quarter to $47 million as earnings plunged in the core export-import segment amid increasing competitio

The lone Republican on the Surface Transportation Board, which regulates most types of economic issues involving railroads and their shippers, said he will not seek reappointment after his term ends D

Profit and revenue leaped at Werner Enterprises in the third quarter, even as the freight surge that lifted the trucking industry in the second quarter ebbed.

Striking French dockworkers, truck drivers and railway employees paralyzed a large swath of the nation's supply chain Oct.

Home construction, a key source of freight transportation volume, rose slightly last month but remained weak amid high unemployment, tight credit and weak prices.

The Somali pirate who led the attack on the Maersk Alabama off the coast of Africa last year will be sentenced Tuesday.

The growth of the intra-Asia container trade lanes will make up for the slower growth of markets in the U.S. and Europe, according to the chairman of Taiwan's Evergreen Marine.

Orders for ships received by Japanese exporters increased for the 10th consecutive month in September, surging 96.1 percent compared with the depths of the recession a year ago.

Maersk Line plans to reduce capacity on its Asia-Europe services starting next month and will cut more next year to adjust to slowing demand during the slack winter season.

The parent company of container ship line APL reported third-quarter net profit of $282 million, a turnaround from a $139 million loss a year earlier, as revenue jumped 55 percent to $2.4 billion.

The Port of Jacksonville’s Blount Island Terminal carried on its work this week after a regular inspection of its mile-long pier exposed severe deterioration.

The Port of Miami was awarded a $22 million U.S.

Diesel prices inched upward seven-tenths of a cent last week to an average of $3.073 per gallon nationwide in their third consecutive weekly increase, according to the U.S.

While a small number of air forwarding customers remain concerned about the Transportation Security Administration's 100 percent screening rule, most seem to be adapting, according to a new survey by

Container traffic in the port of Antwerp surged 16.9 percent in the first nine months of 2010 from a year ago to move within sight of the pre-crisis record set in 2008.

A UPS humanitarian mission funded by the UPS Foundation paid dividends last week.

The sluggish pace of economic recovery tops truckers’ long list of critical issues despite four straight quarters of economic growth and a strong surge in freight demand this year, the American Transp

Turkish Airlines is taking delivery of two new A330-200 freighters and four 777-300 extended-range aircraft by the end of the year.

Steel exports increased 6.8 percent in August from July because of higher sales to Canada and Mexico, the largest buyers of U.S.-made steel, Commerce Department data show.

YRC Worldwide expects to narrow its losses in the third quarter on the back of higher tonnages and revenue per load, the nation's largest trucker said Monday.

French dockworkers will walk off the job at midnight to join a 24-hour nationwide strike Oct. 19 against government plans to reform the state pension system.

U.S. industrial production fell in September for the first time since June 2009, the Federal Reserve said in a report that could indicate slowing transportation volume in the months ahead.

Hanjin Shipping will expand its network into north-south trade lanes by buying slots on a new “K” Line South Africa Express service from Asia to South Africa.

Maersk Line Oct.

Kuehne + Nagel booked a record $282 million third quarter operating profit, an 18.9 percent increase on last year's $237 million profit driven by sharply higher ocean container and air freight volumes

Ship hijackings reached a five-year high in the first nine months of 2010 as Somali pirates launched attacks farther from shore to avoid warship patrols, the International Maritime Bureau said.

For Expeditors International’s Todd Thomas, the debate over vessel routing when ships of up to 12,000 TEUs will be able to transit the Panama Canal comes down to simple math: “The shortest