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The offshore oil platform Vermillion 380 blew up Thursday morning in the Gulf of Mexico, catching on fire and forcing 13 workers into the water.

North America's small railroads saw freight traffic for the week ending Aug. 28 rise to the highest level since late April, continuing a volume rebound that began in July.

Orders to U.S. factories edged up 0.1 percent in July because of strong demand for commercial aircraft. Excluding transportation goods, orders declined 1.5 percent, the biggest drop in 16 months.

Hiring in transportation and warehousing slowed in August, according to Monster Worldwide, as the hiring and recruitment specialist's

Gulf & Ohio Railways, Inc. (G&O), headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn., intends to acquire South Carolina’s Lancaster & Chester Railway Co. (L&C), the two have announced.

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Aug.

A small Virginia trucking operator is getting larger through acquisition, taking advantage of opportunities for expansion in the economic recovery.

Logistics provider UTi Worldwide earned net profit of $18.9 million in the second quarter, up 60 percent from $11.8 million a year ago.

Aeroports de Paris, operator of the French capital's Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports, said first half freight traffic climbed 14.1 percent from a year ago, contributing to an 8.2 percent rise in p

A.P. Moller-Maersk appointed Henrik Lund as head of the group’s investor relations function. He replaces Anders Mohr Christensen.

India's Port of Mumbai eased restrictions imposed earlier on vessel movements following the MSC Chitra-Khalijia-3 collision in the main harbor channel Aug. 7.

Frankfurt airport announced a major expansion of freight facilities to keep pace with surging shipments.

The Port of Los Angeles says it will phase in the requirement for employee drivers in port trucking now that the country's largest port has approval from a federal judge to implement portions of the c

A trucking official says a judge’s ruling against owner-operator drivers at the Port of Los Angeles was just one skirmish in “a war” the industry is fighting with officials at the po

The U.S.

Norfolk Southern Railway says it will cut greenhouse gas emissions in its operations 10 percent by 2014 from 2009 levels through fuel-saving technology and efficiency improvements.

Trucking costs for shippers in Canada rose in June for the second straight month but extended a 14-month streak of year-to-year declines, according to the Canadian General Freight Index.

Average air freight prices out of Asia fell 10.1 percent in July from the month before to the lowest point in nearly a year, according to the latest Drewry Air Freight Price Index.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. switched calls by two of its trans-Atlantic services, USA 1 and 2, back to Maher Terminal from the Port Newark Container Terminal as of Sept. 1.

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The Congressional Budget Office is drawing the attention of transportation policy experts with an upbeat estimate that the nation’s Highway Trust Fund should be able to cover its projected spending ne

France's state-owned railway SNCF returned to profit in the first half of 2010, helped by a recovery in freight traffic and logistics.

French ocean carrier CMA CGM swung to a first half net profit of $864 million from a year earlier loss of $518 million on higher traffic volume and freight rates combined with lower costs.

The Obama administration is taking the first steps toward creating a new export control system that will guard sensitive technology needed for national security while facilitating the exports of less-

Spot rates on key container shipping routes are weakening as growth in volume is outstripped by a 19 percent year-to-date increase in vessel capacity.

A major measure of U.S. manufacturing expanded in August, advancing 0.8 percentage points, defying forecasts of a decline in a slowing U.S.

The port of Hamburg lured several container feeder services from Rotterdam, stemming a year-long loss of market share to its north European rivals.

Greek container shipowner Danaos sunk into the red in the second quarter as losses on derivatives outweighed higher revenue and fatter margins.

The British retailer Argos filed suit in the UK against A.P. Moller-Maersk for $13.9 million, claiming breach of contract in rate increases and services.

China’s manufacturing growth improved in August as the nation’s auto sales rose 59 percent from a year earlier, according to reports that dampened concerns about a slowdown in the world&rs

Schneider Logistics will sell its freight forwarding and customs house brokerage business to Norbert Dentressangle, a $3.5 billion trucking and logistics operator.

Network Shipping, an agent for Del Monte, paid $100,000 to settle charges that it transported empty refrigerated containers to Ecuador and charged below tariff rates on northbound shipments, the Feder

Hapag-Lloyd announced the hiring of Jesper Praestensgaard as its new chief commercial officer on Tuesday.

Rail equipment suppliers L.B. Foster and Portec Rail Products said they agreed to extend to Dec.

The U.S. Department of Commerce this week began the task of merging two lists of export products subject to government control.

International trade and transportation specialist Paul Bingham joined Wilbur Smith Associates, where he will head the transportation and logistics consulting firm’s economics practice.

McAllister Towing and Transportation said it is joining the Marine Response Alliance, a group of companies that provides res

Declining used and new truck and trailer sales in July reflected seasonal trends and trucking company reluctance to add capacity in an uncertain economic recovery.

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and Canada and Mexico rose 4.6 percent in value in June from May and increased 37.6 percent from June 2009, the Transportation Department r

Three former executives of bankrupt Arrow Trucking filed $1.38 million in priority wage claims, drawing objections from Arrow's trustee, the Tulsa World reports.