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The Environmental Protection Agency will issue a proposed rule to establish a “no-discharge” zone along the West Coast that bans sewage dumping from large vessels.

Landstar System is reducing its earnings outlook for the third quarter amid signs of slowing demand and tighter capacity in the domestic truckload market.

India's Adani Group acquired Abbot Point Coal Terminal, a dedicated coal export facility, in Queensland, Australia, from North Queensland Bulk Ports.

The Transportation & Logistics Council is pleased to announce that it is launching a new Website on September 1st.

Norway's Green Reefers, a leading carrier of palletized refrigerated cargo, blamed low spot rates, Russia's six month ban on U.S.

Truck tonnage rose 7.4 percent in July, the eighth consecutive month of year-to-year increase, the American Trucking Associations reported.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services swung to a slim $3 million second quarter net profit from a $186 million loss a year ago as the Israeli carrier's enforced restructuring program coincided with a rebou

North American short line and regional railroads are reporting freight traffic gains on the rise since mid-summer, a contrast to the wave of weak economic reports on housing and other activity for Jul

Container shipping lines have rebounded from a disastrous 2009, but their fortunes will “change quite dramatically” later this year as vessel capacity continues to rise, warns a new report

A former senior state transportation official said Tuesday the Obama administration must include financing proposals in any federal transportation policy to make the goals credible.

The Federal Maritime Commission on Tuesday announced the investigation of a Chinese non-vessel-operating common carrier for violations of the Shipping Act.

Cosco and China Shipping Container Line, which operate China’s two largest container carriers, have joined the parade of ship lines that have returned to profitability after losses in 2009.

Columbia Coastal Transportation last week terminated what could be considered one of the oldest marine highway services in the U.S.

Railcar and barge builder Greenbrier Companies took orders valued at $130 million to build new railcars and modify older ones, mostly to meet still-growing demand for high capacity domestic intermodal

German ocean container carrier Hapag-Lloyd will mull plans to issue a $630 million corporate bond and extend existing credit lines at a meeting of its supervisory board on Thursday, according to Finan

Georgia's Port of Savannah reported the busiest month for container shipments in its history in July, with 251,126 20-foot equivalent units moving through the port in an accelerating shipping rec

Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods rose 0.3 percent in July but only because of a 76 percent jump in sales of commercial aircraft, the Commerce Department said.

Breakbulk and project cargo carrier Intermarine said it will take delivery this month of the Industrial Freedom, the first of four new multipurpose heavy-lift ships the carrier has ordered.

The Indian Shipping Ministry agreed to temporarily relax cabotage regulations to allow foreign shipping lines to transport containers between the ports of Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva), Mumbai, Mundr

Forth Ports, the UK’s only listed ports operator, increased first half profits 29 percent from a year ago on strong container growth and cost cuts.

Clarksons, the world’s biggest ship broker and shipping services company, boosted first half pre-tax profit 49 percent, driven by a recovery in shipping markets as a result of increased international

Global air cargo traffic climbed 22.4 percent in July from a year ago but the pace of recovery is likely to slow toward the end of the year, the International Air Transport Association said.

Japan's exports grew for the eighth consecutive month in July, but the pace of that growth slowed for the fifth month in a row as the yen gained strength and the global economic recovery faltered.

Closeout retailer Big Lots said its mid-summer inventory levels swelled as it scheduled import shipments early to avoid possible problems with container shortages during the traditional August-October

Cosco Pacific said its net profit for the first half jumped 81.7 percent as its container terminal volume increased and the company booked an $84.7 million gain from selling its stake in Cosco Logisti

The Federal Railroad Administration plans to issue revamped guidance to freight railroads in the next month or so to address rail executives' concerns over requirements they could face when accepting

The Port of North Dakota on Monday shipped its first container load of agricultural commodities to international markets.

CMA CGM is negotiating with a Lebanese group about investing in the French ocean container carrier, according to French press reports.

One of the world’s largest aircraft leasing companies is closing the books on one part of the financial industry’s 2008 meltdown.

Ocean carriers that were trying to delay deliveries of ships a year ago are now pushing shipyards to bring forward construction dates as confidence returns to container shipping, according to a leadin

Sales of previously occupied homes fell more than 27 percent last month to the lowest level in 15 years, the National Association of Realtors reported.

China-based ports investor Cosco Pacific said its Piraeus container terminal, acquired in the face of fierce opposition includ

The Tri-City Regional Port District in Granite City, Ill., on Monday received a $6 million check to begin work on a terminal and railroad loop to expedite the movement of cargo between land carriers a

Robert Sanchez will succeed Anthony G. Tegnelia, who is retiring as president of Ryder Global Fleet Management Solutions after 33 years with Ryder System.

Con-way Freight, which has struggled to regain its financial footing in the less-than-truckload market, announced the departure Tuesday of John G. Labrie as president.

E-commerce provider Inttra said its ocean shipping transactions surged 33.8 percent in the last 12 months and now total more than 350,000 container transactions a week.

Retail diesel prices fell for the second week in a row, dropping an average of 2.2 cents to $2.957 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Direct ChassisLink, which Maersk set up last year as neutral provider of chassis to truckers, said it will extend service to California and other southwestern U.S.

The Department of Transportation is starting to push out the first of nearly $17.6 million in a multi-layered stimulus grant for upgrades of some Appalachian freight short line railroads, by nailing d

Federal and state officials broke ground last week on a federally funded project to repair a crumbling cargo pier at Honolulu, six months after it won a $24.5 million grant from the Department of Tran