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The Los Angeles City Council approved the nomination of former International Longshore and Warehouse Union President David Arian for the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners.

September was the strongest month since springtime for North American railcar owners shrinking their lists of idle equipment as gains in both carload and intermodal traffic prompted operators to activ

APM Terminals signed a 25 year concession agreement to operate and modernize the port of Monrovia, paving the way for a $120 million investment in its first fully-owned container terminal in Africa.

The UK's coalition government Oct.

Wal-Mart CEO Mike Duke said he expects sales at U.S.

Aeronautical Engineers said it will provide one 737-400SF, 11 pallet configuration, passenger-to-freighter conversion for an undisclosed customer.

Russia's largest rail container operator, TransContainer, plans to raise up to $525 million from an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange before the end of the year.

Grand Alliance members Hapag-Lloyd, NYK and OOCL said Wednesday they are reducing capacity for the slow winter season between Europe and the Far East.

Wilh Wilhelmsen and Wallenius Lines ordered two new car/truck carriers, signaling a recovery from the deep slump in the ocean car transport market that forced the two companies to lay up and scrap ves

Despite the widespread attention paid to attacks by Somali pirates on international shipping in the Gulf of Aden, the true costs of these attacks to the maritime insurance industry are still uncertain

CSX Transportation, the eastern U.S.

Customs and Border Protection said 80 percent of importer filings comply with the Importer Security Filing, or 10+2 rule, since enforcement began in January.

Clean-air regulations affecting heavy-duty trucks and 53-foot trailers in California will continue in force no matter what happens in the Nov.

Diesel prices soared 6.6 cents last week to $3.066 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

The trade group that represents transportation executives for state governments cheered President Obama's plan to seek $50 billion in new spending for transport infrastructure before the end of this y

CargoSmart, a provider of logistics software, Tuesday introduced an Import Control System filing service that will allow ocean carriers to comply with the upcoming European Union Regulation 1875/2006,

Mediterranean Shipping Co. said it will impose a low-water surcharge starting Oct.

A dissident Teamster who started her career as a warehouse worker and truck driver is challenging James P. Hoffa for the top job in the Teamsters union.

Container throughput at the Port of Baltimore surged by 21.7 percent in August to 57, 510 20-foot equivalent units, compared to the 47,259 TEUs in the same month last year when trade was severely impa

The Shipping Corporation of India announced a general rate increase on the westbound trades from India to Europe, the fourth GRI this year.

Trucking employment fell slightly in September, ending a six-month growth streak, according to preliminary data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

French Dockworkers Oct. 12 joined a 24-hour nationwide protest, crippling major ports as well as rail and air transport in Europe's second largest economy.

INTTRA said it has been issued three patents for technology related to several of its products and services, including multi-carrier track and trace functionality and booking functionality.

Somali pirates hijacked a multi-purpose Japanese vessel called the Izumi off the coast of Kenya over the weekend. The ship has not been heard from since soon after its capture.

French logistics provider SDV opened two offices in Poland and plans to open several more to handle the country’s growing market for inbound and outbound freight services.

Beluga Shipping, the heavy lift and project cargo carrier, and Hochtief Construction jointly ordered a specialized jackup vessel designed to speed up the assembly of offshore wind turbines.

Global container terminal operators face "very strong" competition on costs in the face of slowing traffic growth and surplus capacity in key markets, the head of APM Terminals said.

Frankfurt airport's cargo traffic jumped 15.4 percent in September from a year ago to an all time high for the month.

Consumer caution, high unemployment and slow growth in household wealth will slow U.S. economic growth through next year, according to a survey by the National Association of Business Economics.

Strong loadings of truck trailers by North American railroads point to continued momentum in the overall intermodal market, which is dominated by stackable containers, says a report from BB&T Capital

Cargo traffic at London Heathrow grew 12.2 percent in September over the same month a year ago, but freight demand showed signs of slipping with the airport’s smallest monthly tonnage since April.

President Obama called Monday for sweeping investment in infrastructure, putting new urgency to his pledge of more funding and jobs through a broad national plan for transportation.

Container lines are putting profits ahead of market share, a change that is redefining shipper-carrier relations, Drewry Shipping Consultants said in its Annual Container Market Review & Forecast.

Union Pacific Railroad and CenterPoint Properties on Oct. 18 will open the 785-acre Joliet Intermodal Terminal southwest of Chicago.

Lufthansa carried 20.5 percent more cargo in September than a year ago, easily outpacing its main European rivals Air France-KLM and British Airways as the carrier prepares to boost freighter services

APL’s average revenue per container dipped last month for the first time this year as the carrier’s container volume leveled off.

North America’s major railroads hauled more motor vehicles and other types of large equipment in the last half of September than any other time this year, as volume keeps rising in a key cargo g

The United States Department of Transportation Oct. 6 issued an order tentatively approving an antitrust immunity application filed in February by American Airlines and Japan Airlines.

Faiveley Transport USA and Amsted Rail early this month finalized their joint venture, Amsted Rail-Faiveley LLC, based in Greenville, South Carolina.

Federal airline safety officials, moving cautiously in an area of growing concern, are warning airlines that lithium batteries can ignite in cargo compartments if the hold gets too hot.