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The container ship charter market is set for a summer-long rally as ocean carriers, struggling to boost capacity amid surging demand, compete for a shrinking supply of vessels for hire.

Americans need to act quickly to begin a 10 year effort to improve and build new transportation infrastructure, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Thursday.

Evergreen Line and NYK Line joined a growing list of carriers that are stopping providing chassis for import and export cargo in the United States.

St. Lawrence Seaway shipping resumed at 4 p.m. EDT Thursday with 17 delayed vessels able to move out to sea or into the Great Lakes after nearly three days’ delay near the port of Montreal.

Intel’s inventory of finished goods increased 24 percent in the second quarter from the previous period, as broad-based corporate spending drove up sales.

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Office workers and waterfront employers on Thursday resumed negotiations for a new contract at terminals in Los Angeles-Long Beach, slogging through the tedious process of closing out relatively minor

Traffic at China’s top ten container ports fell in June from the previous month amid doubts over the sustainability of the nation's export surge, according to a leading container shipping analys

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As the rebound effects from the recession have almost entirely dissipated, a growth slowdown starting this summer is becoming increasingly apparent, according to Bart van Ark, chief economist of The C

Hapag-Lloyd will apply a general rate increase on all cargo moving on its services from the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East to South America East Coast.

The number of pirate attacks on shipping worldwide declined by 18 percent in the first six months of 2010 despite the increased range and capabilities demonstrated by Somali pirates, according to a re

Hamburg Sud plans to end its joint service with Zim Integrated Shipping Services from North Europe to Israel in October and launch its own independent service.

The Seattle Port Commission approved nearly $5 million in marine terminal, dredging and infrastructure improvements.

Landstar System expanded its profit 36 percent in the second quarter to $24.4 million with a record number of truckload moves and said it expects to maintain a strong recovery in demand through the th

The majority of Chinese steel mills are pessimistic about the outlook for steel pricing and production in the current quarter, according to a recent survey of Chinese steel producers conducted by Stee

North American railcar leasing fleets, shippers and railroads pulled 3,064 cars out of storage during June but still had 23.7 percent of their freight hauling equipment sitting idle.

Ceva Logistics said it signed a three-year contract worth a total of $38.3 million to coordinate the international flow of components, accessories and finished motorcycles from Asia for Britain’

Air freight and ocean shipping forwarder Expeditors International told investors it is having such strong business that it will report earnings next month significantly above recent market expectation

The number of autos handled at the Port of Baltimore increased by about 16 percent this year from the same time last year and is expected to rise further as Ford Motor Co.

Slow sequential moderation in truckload demand resumed after a spike before the July 4 holiday, Morgan Stanley Research reports in its latest freight index.

Freight shipments measured in ton-miles fell 0.4 percent in May after two consecutive monthly increases, the Department of Transportation reported.

The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index dropped 1.9 percent in June after gaining 3.1 percent in May, contributing to signs the economy is slowing.

Inventories held by businesses rose for a fifth consecutive month in May, but sales dropped for the first time since March 2009, the Commerce Department reported.

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European Union regulators July 14 cleared plans by British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia to form a powerful trans-Atlantic passenger and cargo alliance.

India’s Port of Jawaharlal Nehru said operations at its three terminals improved considerably over the last two months.

Deutsche Bahn said its recently launched rail container service between Duisburg, Germany, and Moscow has proved a success with shippers.

Imports at the Port of Long Beach in June increased 27 percent while exports increased at a more modest rate of 1.8 percent compared to the same month last year.

U.S. retail sales declined in June for the second straight month, raising concerns about slowing economic growth in the second half of this year.

Air France-KLM Cargo will increase its capacity from Europe to Japan with freighters and combis from Paris and Amsterdam to Tokyo.

Negotiations between office clerical workers and terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach are scheduled to resume on Wednesday morning as both parties intend to spend Tuesday caucusing internally.

The Department of Transportation, trying to push more infrastructure projects out of the pipeline and into “stimulus summer,” signed a $24.5 million grant agreement to help rebuild a conta

Imports through the Port of Los Angeles surged 32 percent in June to reach the highest monthly level since August of 2008.

The second U.S. economic stimulus package for first-time home buyers led to a 20 percent increase in containerized U.S.

Very large container ships -- with capacities of more than 10,000 twenty-foot-equivalent units -- made 70 calls during the first half of this year at Rotterdam, where they loaded and discharged an ave

Trucking company New England Motor Freight is expanding in the Midwest, opening a larger less-than-truckload freight terminal in Toledo, Ohio.

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Maersk Line signed a contract with Finland’s Wartsila Corporation to install Slow Steaming Upgrade kits on 34 of its large ocean container vessels.

MOL selected Descartes Systems to help manage its container division's EU Import Control System customs filings.