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Lakeland, Fla., Dec. 15, 2009 – Saddle Creek Corporation, a third-party logistics company, recently promoted Kimberly Devore to the position of manager of business development.

An Iowa Pacific Holdings short line railroad in Texas launched a major upgrade over 70 miles of track, using a recent loan from the Federal Railroad Administration.

For the second time in a week, YRC Worldwide faces a midnight deadline for a critical part of its plan to avoid bankruptcy.

The Greenbrier Companies agreed with General Electric Railcar Services to modify GER's railcar manufacturing contract by reducing the order from 11,900 to 6,000 railcars.

Dubai World's financial problems will have no immediate adverse impact on India's first international container transshipment terminal under development at the southeastern Port of Cochin, subsidiary

The federal Environmental Protection Agency chose the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to be the recipients of its Environmental Justice Achievement Award for their clean truck plan.

Strengthening the transportation system’s resilience may reduce long-term costs from climate change, according to a study by transportation specialists Cambridge Systematics.

Menlo Worldwide Logistics, the global logistics subsidiary of Con-way, launched a warehouse and inventory management system for a customer of freight forwarder Crane Worldwide Logistics.

The Government of India set up a high-profile committee on maritime security to enhance surveillance of the country’s vast coastline.

Worldwide sales of Volvo Group trucks declined 37 percent year-over-year in in November and were down 7 percent from October, the company said.

Industrial production increased 0.8 percent in November, the fifth consecutive month without a negative change, according to a report Tuesday from the Federal Reserve.

The world's airlines will lose $5.6 billion in 2010, nearly 50 percent higher than a forecast of $3.8 billion in September, because of rising fuel prices, the International Air Transport Association s

The House on Monday voted to extend two widely-supported trade programs, but for only one year.

China Cosco Holdings, China’s largest shipping company, warned Monday that it will post a full-year loss.

The head of the American Association of Port Authorities urged leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives to help boost industry jobs by bolstering some ongoing federal programs and tackling a

Freight services provider Pacer International said Tuesday Chairman and CEO Michael E. Uremovich is leaving the company immediately and will be replaced by Daniel W.

Hapag-Lloyd swung to an operating loss of $986 million in the first nine months of 2009 from a year-earlier profit of $320 million as Germany's biggest ocean container carrier booked double digit decl

Japanese export ship orders sank for the 14th consecutive month in November on a year-on-year basis, tumbling 23.5 percent to 404,190 gross tons, according to figures released by the Japan Ship Export

The U.S. Postal Service cut to 170 the number of stations and branches it is reviewing for possible shutdown as it seeks to cut costs by consolidating offices.

The Environmental Protection Agency is sending $13 million to the Army Corps of Engineers to help prevent the voracious Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes at Chicago through the barge canal syst

The decline in diesel prices took a sharper turn in the week ending Dec. 14, the sixth consecutive week of falling prices. According to the U.S.

MOL in January will increase ocean freight rates in two phases for all refrigerated cargo exported from the United States and Canada to Asia, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand.

Roadrunner Transportation Services is connecting its Midwest markets with the West Coast by acquiring Bullet Freight Systems and its logistics unit, Caliber Logistics.

Already low less-than-truckload rates are falling further as truckers become “incrementally more aggressive," Longbow Research says.

Marine terminal and shipping industry executives applauded the latest relief program that will save Port of Los Angeles tenants about $25.7 million in the coming year.

Hapag-Lloyd co-owner TUI on Monday rejected the latest bid by its biggest shareholder John Fredriksen, the Norwegian shipping tycoon, for a seat on the TUI supervisory board.

The year long decline in Asia-Europe container traffic is slowing and freight rates are rising, according to the latest figures from ocean carriers.

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Fitch Ratings expects modest volume improvements in 2010 for the U.S.

Lufthansa employees brought the airline’s operations at its Frankfurt Airport hub to a stop Monday as the Lufthansa Cargo Corporate Works Council staged a special meeting to oppose the airport&r

British Airways cabin crewmembers plan to launch a strike against the airline next week in a dispute over wages and job cutbacks.

Lufthansa is launching fresh legal action against night flight restrictions at Frankfurt airport which it claims threatens the existence of its freight business.

The St. Lawrence Seaway had one of its toughest seasons in 50 years, but its Administrator for the United States says "the worst is over."

Jordan’s Aqaba Container Terminal on Monday unveiled plans for a $235 million terminal expansion project centered on the 1,509-foot extension of its berth, which will increase annual container t

The United States and Japan have a new tentative agreement on an “open skies” aviation treaty that would give UPS new freedoms to add air service in competition with FedEx.

Federal payouts for construction projects authorized by the Department of Transportation under the stimulus law reached $6.818 billion by Dec. 4, DOT reported.

YRC Worldwide faces a fresh challenge from the federal government, which filed a third lawsuit claiming the company's nationwide less-than-truckload carrier, YRC, discriminated against black employees

It’s been a rough year for ports along the U.S. Gulf Coast. Forest products and steel, key cargoes for most of the region’s traditionally breakbulk ports, were in free fall.

While other truckload carriers are laying up trucks to wring extra capacity out of their networks, Con-way Truckload is shifting capacity to its potentially more profitable short-haul service.

YRC Worldwide is edging closer to bankruptcy as it struggles to save a debt-equity swap with bondholders and stabilize its finances.