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Magnetek, a builder of industrial equipment that includes material moving products for marine terminals and mines, says many of its key markets are still expanding.

A Great Dane Trailer plant in Georgia, an intermodal rail project in Arkansas and a truck technicians’ school in Alaska are among those benefiting from infrastructure grants awarded this month b

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Tuesday awarded $9.98 million in grants to 13 small shipyards across the United States to hel

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Somali pirates released the MV Sinin, a Maltese-flag bulk carrier, and its crew on Aug. 13 after 182 days in captivity, according to the Indian Shipping Ministry.

The Department of Transportation’s payments to states for finished stimulus projects reached $30.4 billion as of Aug.

Agility, the Kuwait-based global logistics company, reported second quarter profit plunged 57 percent to $29.4 million from a year ago because of lost defense and business contracts.

British contract logistics operator Wincanton will pull out of mainland Europe under an agreement to sell its business there to Germany’s Rhenus for $107 million.

The Japanese economy shrank 0.3 percent in the second quarter of this year from the preceding quarter, or at an annualized pace of 1.3 percent, in real terms, the government said in a preliminary repo

September could be a tough time for transportation spending, and that could affect transportation planning for far longer.

The Customs and Border Protection agency and customs brokers agree changes in regulations are needed to conform to business operations today. The question is how to update the rules.

The U.S. Postal Service on Friday said it is considering laying off some 120,000 employees, about 21 percent of its work force, as it faces a second year of losses totaling more than $8 billion.

Caterpillar Chairman and CEO Doug Oberhelman called for U.S. policymakers to launch a strong infrastructure repair program to upgrade ports and domestic transportation networks.

U.S. retail sales rose 0.5 percent in July, and business inventories grew in June for the 18th straight month but at the slowest rate in more than a year, the Commerce Department said.

The U.S. trade deficit rose in June to its highest level since October 2008 as soft overseas demand reduced industrial and capital goods exports.

Saddle Creek is adding facilities in Chicago and Jacksonville, Fla., expanding its network of contract logistics and distribution

Trying to quell fast-spreading concerns about its policy plans for farm truck operators, the Department of Transportation said it is not planning to force farm drivers to get commercial drivers’

Two key shipping associations are protesting a proposal that could extend a trucking safety regulatory agency’s authority to their operations.

The Transportation Department’s Freight Transportation Index rose 2.6 percent in June, the index’s largest month-to-month increase since November 2009.

Yusen Logistics (Americas) added management of its transportation division to the responsibilities of Michael Noone, the logistics company’s executive vice president and chief operating officer.

Kintetsu World Express, Japan’s second-largest international forwarder, said its net profit doubled in the first quarter of fiscal 2011, which ended June 30, from a year to $30.6 million on a co

The Federal Reserve announcement Tuesday that it will seek to keep interest rates very low for at least the next two years, which could give transportation and other capital-intensive businesses stron

Vacancy rates for warehouses and distribution centers near U.S.

President Obama on Tuesday introduced fuel efficiency standards for heavy trucks projected to save truck operators $50 billion from 2014 through 2018.

Japan’s exports of agricultural, fishery and forestry products fell for the third straight month in June on a year-to-year basis, dropping 2.3 percent to $491 million, according to the Ministry

Transportation stocks took a deep dive on Wall Street on Monday, riding a huge selloff in response to the downgrading of U.S. debt that sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 635 points.

Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Monday a congressional “super committee” appointed to find ways to cut the federal deficit may find that spending more on U.S.

President Obama renewed his call for Congress to quickly approve a new transportation infrastructure investment program next month, and extend a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits to bolster the ail

Third-party logistics companies continue to invest in warehousing and other supporting capacity in interior provinces of China, as manufacturers look to cut costs by moving away from coastal provinces

President Obama is set to unveil final rules Tuesday that for the first time set fuel efficiency and carbon emission standards for a wide range of commercial trucks and buses.

Vessel traffic through the Panama Canal will be affected this month by maintenance and dredging.

Japan on Monday extended for a year punitive tariffs on ball bearings and tapered roller bearings imported from the United States in retaliation for a U.S.

Who’d have thought that a museum in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley would point to issues now flaring in Washington about the role of government investment in the nation’s infrastructur

Federal Maritime Commissioner Mario Cordero has a solution for the discordant state of Washington politics: music.

The U.S. Postal Service lost $3.1 billion in its third fiscal quarter ending June 30, deepening the Postal Service's financial woes as it gets closer to running out of cash.

U.S. job growth increased more than expected in July as a rise in private payrolls offset shrinkage in government jobs, the Labor Department said.

A key measure of Chinese manufacturing fell for the straight month to its lowest point in more than two years in July, adding to the mounting worries over the direction of the global economy.

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Panalpina returned to profit in the second quarter from a year earlier loss by ending high-volume low-margin contracts across its global network.

Nippon Express, Japan’s largest international freight forwarder, posted a net profit of $69.7 million on a consolidated basis in its fiscal first 2011 ending June, compared with a