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The summer doldrums in freight activity led some major railroads to cut their U.S. employment while others added jobs, so that their overall workforce fell slightly from mid-July to mid-August.

Greek lawmakers Wednesday voted to reform the nation's protected trucking industry as striking drivers clashed with police and blocked key highways on the tenth day of a nationwide walkout.

A resurgent automobile industry helped push vehicle imports through the Port of Baltimore to 250,515 units during the first eight months of this year, a 72 percent increase from a year ago, the Maryla

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach released an updated Clean Air Action Plan that sets even stricter goals for reducing toxic air contaminants than were contained in the original CAAP of 2006.

The International Group of P&I Clubs, the subject of a European Commission antitrust investigation, is not a cartel, said the chief executive of a New York-based protection and indemnity club.

Lufthansa appointed Christoph Franz chairman and chief executive officer and named Karl Ulrich Garnadt to head the cargo business in a series of management shifts at Europe's second-largest airline.

Two of the country’s pioneer marine highways operators received Maritime Administration grants to expand their services on the Gulf of Mexico and the James River in Virginia.

An Atlanta grand jury Tuesday indicted Martinair Holland senior vice president Maria Christina Ullings for conspiracy to fix air cargo prices.

APM Terminals, which owns and operates a terminal concession in the Brazilian Port of Itajai, will take over from the Itajai Port Authority the 895-foot Berth 2, which the Brazilian government reconst

Panalpina hired executives from rivals Kuehne + Nagel and DHL to head up its core ocean and air freight divisions and brought in a former Timex Group supply chain executive to run its logistics arm.

Total volume of containers handled by state-owned major ports in India surged 10 percent in the first five months of fiscal 2010-11 ending Aug. 31, the Indian Ports Association said Wednesday.

TUI's supervisory board approved a refinancing of its Hapag-Lloyd ocean carrier unit that clears the way for the German tourism group to quit the container shipping business.

Spot freight rates in eastbound trans-Pacific trade lanes declined last week to their lowest point since May as carriers expand capacity faster than the growth in cargo volume.

The Retail Industry Leaders Association is remaining neutral “at this point in time” in a congress

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday will introduce what it calls an important new tool to gauge the effectiveness of transportation infrastructure.

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., said Tuesday he will be working on a bill to create a national infrastructure bank that should be ready by the time the 112th Congress convenes in January 2011.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said he is initiating a new regulatory process to ban texting and limit use of mobile devices by commercial truck drivers while hauling hazardous materials.

UPS said it is preparing to follow its ban on driver texting with a broader policy on use of cell and smart phones while its employees are behind the wheel, in support of federal policies to combat di

The South Carolina State Ports Authority is investing $17.3 million in a new terminal operating system, enhancing cargo visibility and customer service.

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings gave new momentum to the recovering air freight market on Tuesday, increasing its profit outlook for the year more than 20 percent on what the freighter said was growing d

The Greek parliament will vote on controversial plans to deregulate road transport Tuesday as a nationwide truck drivers' protest strike entered its second week.

Home construction jumped 10.5 percent in August from the previous month but the housing market sent more tepid signals to the shipping world since the increase came mainly from apartments and condomin

India's Port of Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva) said it will consider "justifiable" requests from users for waiver of charges accrued on the traffic affected by the recent port shutdown and restricted

The world's three largest ocean container carriers, Maersk Line, MSC and CMA CGM joined forces to fight piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.

The world's airlines likely will post a net profit of $8.9 billion in 2010, the International Air Transportation Association said, more than tripling its previous forecast of $2.5 billion in June as u

“K” Line once again won recognition as a member of the FTSE4Good Global Index, a listing of socially responsible companies that meet certain criteria for investment that include social, ethical and e

The White House is drawing fire from highway safety advocates for its support of pilot projects permitting heavier trucks on interstate highways in two states.

The retail price of diesel increased 1.7 cents to an average of $2.96 per gallon last week, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Customs and Border Protection has not clearly defined the purpose of its Importer Self Assessment, the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General said on Monday.

The National Bureau of Economic Research says the recession that began in December 2007 ended 18 months later in June 2009, making it the longest post-World War II downturn.

Tropical Shipping, a subsidiary of Birdsall, acquired V.I. Cargo Services, a non-vessel operating common carrier serving the island of St. Croix in the U.S.

A draft bill by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee would severely control ocean carriers' actions in the marketplace. Its limits would abolish nearly all antitrust immunity.

Dockwise, the Netherlands-based heavy lift ship-owner, said its three largest shareholders pledged their support for a planned $100 million stock issue to finance the construction of a giant new heavy

Air France-KLM Cargo and Martinair Cargo launched twice weekly freighter flights between Amsterdam and Shanghai via Moscow.

The barge-mounted Charleston Giant heavy-lift crane, already the largest floating crane in the Southeast, increased its certified load capacity from 450 short tons (900,000 pounds) to 500 short tons (

AirBridgeCargo Airlines launched the first scheduled freighter flights between Russia and France.

President Obama late Friday nominated Long Beach Harbor Commissioner Mario Cordero to the Federal Maritime Commission.

Damco, the combined logistics arm of A.P. Moller-Maersk, is absorbing the operations of Maersk Distribution Services, the inland distribution and warehousing arm of Maersk Line in North America.

Georgia’s port volume got a substantial boost from shippers in the five counties that make up metropolitan Atlanta in the last year.

U.S. containerized imports grew faster than exports during the first half of this year, the first time that has happened since imports’ pre-recession heyday of 2006.