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Ferrovial, the Spanish construction group that owns London Heathrow airport, agreed to sell Swissport International, the world's largest air cargo ground services company, to a French leveraged buyout

Canadian National Railway and North America Stevedoring Company, a unit of Quebec Stevedoring, said they will soon build a multi-modal steel trans-loading facility in Chicago, to tap what is already t

The Cass Freight Index for U.S. shipments fell 5.2 percent in October from the month before, dipping to its lowest point in three months.

Rail equipment supplier FreightCar America wrapped up its acquisition of DTE Rail Services from Detroit-based DTE Energy.

CSAV said it will restart its services to West Africa next month with the introduction of the West Africa Explorer service between South Africa and Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, and Nigeria.

French ocean carrier CMA CGM is conducting trials of a new eco-container manufactured with non-wood composite flooring.

Net profit for Transport Corporation of India surged 38 percent from a year earlier to $3.3 million in the second quarter ending Sept.

The International Air Transportation Association on Tuesday warned that governments should not take rash actions to address aviation security following the

OOCL announced the second phase of its policy to drop chassis coverage as part of its services on Monday, adding seven cities to the areas where it will no longer provide equipment for trucking ocean

All Nippon Airways will pay $83.4 million to the U.S. government and certain freight forwarders to settle charges the Japanese airline took part in a global price-fixing conspiracy.

Emirates Sky Cargo, the freight unit of Dubai-based airline Emirates, boosted first half revenue 48.4 percent from a year ago to $1.2 billion.

BNSF Railway, splitting its CEO and president roles, promoted Carl Ice to president and chief operating office while keeping Matthew K. Rose in the chairman and CEO positions.

UPS announced a 4.9 percent rate hike in January for domestic ground packages and air express shipments in the U.S., the company said Monday.

The average retail price of diesel fuel remained at $3.067 over the last week despite upward spikes in the Rocky Mountain states and in California that pushed the prices there to the highes

The Port of Charleston received its first ship in a joint service between North Europe, the U.S. Gulf and Mexico with the visit of CSAV’s Box Voyager.

Hamburg Sud is adopting the EquipmentRepair system from International Asset Systems to manage its global container maintenance and repair program.

The UK banned unaccompanied freight from Somalia, extending after Nov.

OOCL introduced an application called Mobile Rates of Exchange on Nov. 1 that gives shippers access to inbound and outbound rates of exchange for a particular port from their cell phones.

With more large retail store chains demanding “greener” supply chains, Maersk Line is becoming the first shipping line to receive independent verification of its CO2 emissions data, vessel by vessel.

Breaking with other container lines in the World Shipping Council, the chairman and CEO of Mediterranean Shipping Co. in the U.S.

TNT, the Dutch global express and postal group, reported third quarter earnings fell 24 percent from a year ago on lower mail earnings, higher costs and pricing pressures.

Customs and Border Protection has not yet increased the level of cargo scrutiny in the Port of New York and New Jersey in the wake of the

The Transportation Security Administration deployed a team of inspectors this week to Yemen to help in the screening of outgoing cargo on passenger and cargo airlines.

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British freight forwarders and transport companies warned against a knee jerk reaction to the discovery of

ABF Freight System is suing the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and three YRC Worldwide subsidiaries over the latest round of labor concessions at YRC.

The Obama administration's top counter-terrorism official says authorities want to look more closely at the September crash of a UPS freighter in Dubai, although investigators in the Middle East say i

Manufacturing growth accelerated in October as new orders and production surged to push the PMI index up 2.5 points to 56.9 percent, according to the nation's supply executives in a report on business

Truckload operator USA Truck reported a profit for the second straight quarter, though its net income slipped by a third from the second quarter to $586,000.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. will start charging a higher bunker adjustment factor next month on all cargo it carries on its Capricorn Service from Southeast Asia to Australia and New Zealand.

Hanjin Shipping, which operates five Asia-North Europe loops jointly with CKYH, said it will skip one loop in January and plans to skip more voyages on the other four loops to adjust capacity to lower

The port of Marseille is clearing a backlog of more than 60 ships after dockworkers at the Fos-Lavera oil terminal ended their month long strike over working conditions.

Japanese forwarder Yusen Logistics said its net profit surged 756.4 percent in the six months ending Sept. 30 from a year earlier to $26.4 million as economic recovery in Asia outpaced sluggish U.S.

APL will launch weekly intra-Asia service this month linking China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

Union workers at Navistar ratified a four-year labor pact the company says will improve the operating structure and flexibility of its truck and engine plants.

Teamster employees at YRC Worldwide approved extended wage, benefit and pension cuts to give the financially troubled trucking giant another shot at survival.

The U.S.

Walter Arsenault doesn’t buy that organized crime has vanished from the Port of New York and New Jersey.

Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin wants to enlist customs brokers as “trusted partners” in securing the nation’s borders against contraband and weapons of mass d

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