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Amid Republican electoral gains in Congress and a new focus on ways to pare down the budget deficit, transportation groups can take hope from several new reports that support an increase in infrastruc

A bill that would give the Food and Drug Administration new authority to regulate imported and domestic food chains is a critical piece of unfinished business before the lame-duck 111th Congress.

As the effort to reshape federal rules on railroads’ rate-setting power shifts to the Surface Transportation Board, it is becoming clear that nothing will change quickly.

In the increasingly contentious world of airline security, one thing on which everyone agrees is that the mandatory deadlines air carriers must meet in filing air cargo manifests isn’t working.

Cargo volume moving through Los Angeles-Long Beach is slowing down in line with seasonal trends, but truck lines at marine terminals are getting longer.

Surprise visitors arrived at the headquarters of Horizon Lines, Sea Star Line and Crowley Maritime on April 17, 2008.

Freight shipping demand slowed in the third quarter, but many of the nation’s largest trucking companies improved their bottom lines by carefully matching capacity to demand and better utilizing

The Georgia Ports Authority may face more hurdles before a project to deepen the Savannah River to 48 feets gets under way, but it looks like the Army Corps of Engineers may be able to start the proje

Supermarkets and shopping malls don’t have rail sidings, truckers love to point out, but the intermodal industry is moving steadily closer to the store floor.

A Central America Free Trade Agreement agreement may be the ticket President Obama needs to convince legislators and critics that he’s ready to kick start his administration’s export plan.

Ocean customers in the eastbound Pacific aren’t batting an eye over carrier intentions to increase freight rates by $400 per 40-foot container to the West Coast and $600 to inland and East Coast

Harold Daggett isn’t offering any apologies for the news that some dockworkers receive some $400,000 or more for what the Waterfront Commission says is minimal work.

French ocean carrier CMA CGM, in a broad overhaul of the its troubled finances, said Friday it has a new agreement to restructure its huge debt and also expects to get a new $150 million cash injectio

Global air freight increased 14.4 percent in October from a year ago and got a peak season shipping boost with the first month-on-month increase since May, the International Air Transport Association

Japanese imports from the U.S.

Israeli ocean carrier Zim turned a $37 million net profit in the third quarter after losing $208 million a year ago as increased cargo volumes, higher freight rates and lower costs helped the company

Maersk Line is close to placing an order for up to 20 container ships that would each be able to transport 18,000 20-foot ocean containers, breaking through industry standards for carrying capacity.

In a manag;ement change at the top of one of Europe’s largest airlines, Lufthansa German Airlines’ board elected Lufthansa Cargo chief Carsten Spohr chief executive of the overall airline

Container line CMA CGM announced an agreement Thursday with Turkey-based investment firm Yildirim Group that will push $500 million into the debt-ridden French carrier.

Truck freight volume rose for the second straight month in October, pushing for-hire truck tonnage up 6.1 percent year-to-date compared with the first 10 months of 2009.

India's Cochin Port Authority announced plans to extend concessions on vessel-related charges granted at an earlier time to mainline vessels.

Major North American railroads hauled the most intermodal equipment in a month during the week ending Nov. 20.

Cities and states issued more than $150 billion worth of Build America Bonds for a wide range of infrastructure needs, the Treasury Department reported.

Southeastern Freight Lines is expanding its workforce by hiring 900 employees, bringing its total headcount to more than 7,000 workers by the end of 2010.

Orders and shipments for durable goods fell in October while inventories rose, reflecting a slowing of business equipment investment from the high post-recession levels earlier this year.

Orders of new trailers hit a 33-month high in October, as dry van trailer orders more than doubled, according to ACT Research. Total orders topped of 17,000 units.

Evergreen Line is entering into a vessel-sharing agreement with intra-Asian carrier MMC Transport to launch the Malaysia - Bangladesh Shuttle service.

Applications for unemployment benefits fell last week for the fourth time in six weeks, declining to the lowest point since July 2008, the Labor Department said.

The Drewry Container Rate Benchmark for trans-Pacific shipping fell 5.7 percent in the week ended Nov.

APL Logistics hired two veteran intermodal experts to strengthen its inland transport capabilities.

Matson Navigation, joining the move by ocean carriers to announce price increases early heading into the New Year, said Thursday it plans to freight rates between Hawaii and the mainland by $120 per w

The president’s deficit reduction commission should reject proposals that would reduce investment in the nation’s waterways and ports, the National Waterways Conference said Tuesday.

Port Metro Vancouver hit the high point in container traffic in the port authority&rsquo;s nearly three years of existence in October, with volume growing 19.5 percent over the same month a year ago.<

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach approved an update to their ground-breaking 2006 clean air action that calls for a significant reduction in pollution from vessels and line-haul locomotives.

A Bahamas-registered container ship collided with another container vessel Tuesday on the Hooghly river near India&rsquo;s eastern Port of Kolkata.

The Federal Aviation Administration is asking for $838,250 in civil penalties from two shippers and an aviation maintenance company for violating aircraft hazardous cargo and safety rules.

APM Terminals Pipavav, which operates India&rsquo;s Port of Pipavav, agreed to lease nearly 100 acres of land to Mumbai-based Aegis Logistics.

The end is near for the Federal Maritime Commission&rsquo;s high-profile investigation into carrier capacity and equipment shortages.

India&rsquo;s Union Ministry of Environment gave the state authority final clearance to build the long-awaited Navi Mumbai airport project, about 20 kilometers from the city.

Dockwise secured approval from shareholders Nov. 23 for a $106 million share issue to help pay for the construction of a giant vessel with a lifting capacity of more than 100,000 metric tons.