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The volume of containers handled by the Port of Rotterdam increased by 17.7 percent in the first six months of the year, the Rotterdam Port Authority reported Thursday.

State-owned rail operator Container Corporation of India announced the launch of train services between the ports of Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva), Mundra and Pipavav.

India's biggest container port resumed partial operations on Thursday, ending the shutdown caused by the collision of two ships in its main channel last Saturday.

Trailer Bridge said full vessels on the southbound leg of its U.S. mainland-Puerto Rico service contributed to a 5.7 percent increase in second quarter operating profit.

Users of railcars pulled another 5,808 out of storage in July from sidings and rail yards across North America, the strongest drawdown since April when freight traffic was stronger.

Freight shipments as measured in ton-miles rose 0.2 percent in June from May, in the latest step of a gradual increase

Non-asset logistics operator AutoInfo increased revenue from transportation services 57.8 percent from a year ago to $69.1 million in the second quarter.

The Department of Transportation unveiled eight marine highway project corridors around the country that it will help through $7 million in current grant funding plus future aid, and listed six major

Icelandic carrier Samskip Multimodal Container Logistics said it will increase the frequency of its new Oslofjord service to weekly from biweekly at the end of August to accommodate demand for refrige

The tonnage of breakbulk cargo handled by the Port of Rotterdam in the first half of 2010 increased by 21 percent, even stronger than the 18 percent increase reported earlier, the Port of Rotterdam Au

The U.S. trade deficit widened in June to its highest level since October 2008 as exports slipped 1.3 percent while imports hit a record high, the Commerce Department said.

Hapag-Lloyd earned record second-quarter operating profit as the German ship line’s volume rose 7.8 percent and average per-container rates jumped 29.9 percent.

Trade moving through India’s Port of Mumbai, which remained closed for a fifth day following the collision of two cargo ships at the ma

Mediterranean Shipping Company will expand its India-Subcontinent-Europe Service, operated jointly with the Shipping Corporation of India, with a direct call at India’s Port of Pipavav, effectiv

The oil leak in the hull of the crippled container ship MSC Chitra was finally plugged on Tuesday, but only after 800 metric tons spilled into the Mumbai harbor channel.

Former Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, died Tuesday in a plane crash at Dillingham, Alaska, a fishing village on Bristol Bay in western Alaska. He was 86.

NYK Line North America, which had announced it would stop providing chassis in Oakland, Calif. as of Sept. 1, said it will postpone the action.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Tuesday 85 percent of the country will be connected by a high-speed rail network within 25 years.

Regional and short line railroad operator Patriot Rail reached an agreement in principle with paper manufacturer and forest products supplier Weyerhaeuser to buy six small rail lines the shipper has i

Survivors of maritime catastrophes like the Deepwater Horizon would have more clout in recovering damages from liable companies if a bill in the Senate becomes law.

Wayne Wise, who with his wife Donna founded Western Express, one of the nation's top 50 trucking companies, died July 31 at the age of 60.

Roadrunner Transportation Services reported a 32.9 percent gain in revenue in the second quarter, but costs associated with the retirement of debt cut into earnings.

China's export volume in July rose 38.1 percent from a year earlier, down from June’s 43.9 percent rate.

The lull in rail freight volume growth might have ended last month, as seasonally adjusted U.S.

Mediterranean Shipping Co.

About 300 independent truckers in the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association who operate in parts of the central and southwestern U.S.

As Japan Airlines, the country’s largest air carrier, moves away from cargo flights, Japan’s second largest airline, All Nippon Airways, is gaining a large share of the recovering market.

India’s two biggest ports, the Port of Mumbai and the Jawaharlal Nehru Port, are likely to be shut for at least a week, as their main channel remains blocked by containers that fell off a ship a

Hamburg Sud will impose a general rate increase on Sept. 1 on all cargo moving from the West Coasts of the U.S. and Canada to Europe.

YRC Worldwide plans to ask Nasdaq for additional time to raise its stock value above $1 a share to avoid delisting, the company said in its full quarterly 10-Q report.

Panther Expedited Services, the second largest expedited transportation company in the U.S. by revenue, plans an initial public offering worth up to $100 million.

The average price of diesel fuel jumped 6.3 cents last week to $2.991 per gallon, according to a report Monday from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

A Pakistani clothing manufacturer is accusing two U.S. freight forwarders of defrauding it out of some $207,000 in payments due.

More trucks on the road mean more cups of coffee sold at TravelCenters of America, not to mention more meals, deals on merchandise and gallons of diesel.

The Jawaharlal Nehru Port at Mumbai, India’s busiest container port, closed Monday morning following a collision between two vessels on Saturday that left hundreds of containers floating in the

BNSF Railway posted a $603 million net income for the second quarter, up 49.3 percent from a year earlier as revenue rose 23.5 percent to $4.094 billion.

Mediterranean Shipping Company and the Shipping Corporation of India formed a vessel sharing agreement to launch a direct container service linking the Indian subcontinent and the Mediterranean, start

As rail executives peer through the fog of uncertainty around the economic outlook for the rest of the year, many find their intermodal business lighting the path ahead.

California’s flower growers have taken a cue from their produce counterparts and will begin to consolidate shipping to save freight costs and better compete with South America’s floral pro