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California United Terminals, the terminal operator for Hyundai Merchant Marine at the Port of Long Beach, will move its operations later this year to the APM Terminals facility at the Port of Los Ange

Container volume at the Port of Charleston jumped almost 34 percent in June over the previous year, the fourth straight month of double-digit increases, the South Carolina State Ports Authority said T

This year’s peak season for containerized imports may have topped out in July as retailers shipped early to avoid delays, according to the Global Port Tracker report by the National Retail Feder

The Senate gutted a House bill for Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization, and used the bill number, H.R.

The Atlantic Basin is on track for an active hurricane season, according to the scheduled seasonal outlook update issued Thursday by The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate

Major U.S. freight railroads hit their highest load levels of 2010 in intermodal as well as bulk carload shipments during the week ending July 31, the Association of American Railroads said.

The Obama administration is guaranteeing a $250 million working capital loan to Ford Motor Company to finance the sale of $3.1 billion in cars and light trucks to buyers in Canada and Mexico.

Horizon Lines appointed Wing Lam as its owner representative and Ben Line Agencies as its general agent to support the carrier's ongoing sales and operations in Shanghai and Ningbo, China.

In a first such case against a railroad, an Environmental Protection Agency action against “excessive train engine idling” has prompted a Massachusetts commuter rail agency to spend over $

Seaspan reported a second quarter loss because of a change in the fair value of its financial instruments, but the container ship owner said it is expanding its fleet to meet carriers’ rising de

Mandating the use of stability control systems on heavy trucks could help avoid almost 3,500 rollover accidents and save more than 100 lives a year, industry and federal officials told the National Tr

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Intermodal and logistics services provider Pacer International posted a $1.4 million profit in the April-June period, up from a $7.3 million loss a year earlier, as its intermodal and logistics units

Canadian shippers paid more to move goods by truck in May, with overall freight costs rising 3 percent from April, the Canadian General Freight Index reports.

Railcar manufacturer FreightCar America narrowed its second-quarter loss to $1.3 million from $3.3 million a year earlier and said, while recent car orders were weak, other market conditions are impro

Hanjin Shipping returned to profitability in the second quarter as its container volume jumped 16.7 percent and freight rates rose.

Orient Overseas International Ltd., parent of Orient Overseas Container Line, reported after-tax profit of $287.3 million from continuing operations in the first half of 2010 as economic recovery push

Frozen Food Express Industries made sequential volume and revenue gains but was unable to shift back into profitability in the second quarter.

Trucking and logistics operator Con-way said its net profit fell by more than half in the second quarter to $13.9 million as earnings plunged in the core less-than-truckload operations despite improvi

Kintetsu World Express, Japan's second-largest international forwarder, reported net profit surged 292.4 percent in the April-June period from a year earlier to $13.69 million.

Washington’s Port of Grays Harbor is $4 million closer to its goal of more than $15 million for construction of additional rail storage tracks in the marine terminal complex.

Container traffic at major ports in India for the April-July period increased 14 percent over the same period last year, the Indian Ports Association said in a statement on Wednesday.

The Justice Department announced the guilty plea of a ship’s engineer on July 23 for violating federal water pollution laws.

T&T Bisso named Mauricio Garrido as its president on Wednesday. Garrido joined the company in 2008 as general manager of the Americas and Europe.

Union Pacific Railroad moved its first revenue trains through the new Joliet Intermodal Terminal on Aug. 3, launching UP’s fifth major box-handling yard in the Chicago area.

The Port of Los Angeles says it will use a $731,000 Environmental Protection Agency grant to buy and test a battery-

TRAC Intermodal said Tuesday it will start renting chassis to port truckers on a short-to-medium term basis.

Cargolux is making a weekly flight to Riyadh. The frequency expands services to Saudi Arabia in addition to the carrier’s twice-a week service to Dammam.

Hapag-Lloyd will launch an Atlantic Express Shuttle between North Europe and the East Coast of North America, effective Sept. 25.

Safmarine will add a direct container service between the Far East and West Africa via South Africa on Aug. 12. The FEW3 service will be operated jointly with parent company Maersk Line.

Caribbean carrier Tropical Shipping’s second-quarter operating income rose to $4.2 million from $2.5 million a year earlier as volume and rates increased, parent company Nicor said.

The Transported Asset Protection Association recognized the DHL Express hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport for meeting the group’s standards for cargo security.

Three House members are giving the Department of Homeland Security an Aug. 17 deadline for a detailed, port-by-port list of the barriers to implementing a 100 percent scanning regime.

Swiss logistics group Panalpina reported higher second-quarter volume, rates and operating profit but posted a net loss after setting aside $123 million for an expected settlement of a U.S.

Echo Global Logistics increased sales 82.3 percent from a year ago, as spot market and contractual brokerage and logistics revenue soared in the second quarter.

Spot prices for trans-Pacific ocean container shipping jumped 8.2 percent in the week ending Aug.

Terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach are extending gate hours and some will initiate appointment systems to keep the ports fluid during the peak shipping season.

YRC Worldwide's regional carriers reported a second-quarter profit, as tonnage growth put them on a faster trajectory toward recovery than national carrier YRC.

The first of seven roll-on, roll-off vessels scheduled to call at the Port of Philadelphia this month arrived late Monday to deliver Hyundai and Kia vehicles from South Korea.

Maersk Line denied Tuesday that it was in talks with shipyards to order 10 giant container ships, but said it was only monitoring the capacity situation at yards.