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Hanson Logistics, a provider of temperature-controlled supply chain services, announced today the appointment of Blake R.

Menlo Worldwide Logistics, the global logistics subsidiary of Con-way, created a dedicated export logistics center in Joliet, Ill. for machinery manufacturer Caterpillar.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is joining the push by California ports to give ports exemption from federal trucking oversight, saying local regulation is needed to create stronger clea

The Russian Navy located a cargo ship missing since late July, the New York Times reported.

The short line operator formerly known as Arizona Railroad Group is no more.

Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee want to change the focus of the federal Customs and Border Protection agency to stress efforts on trade enforcement and facilitation.

Neptune Orient Lines container shipping volume grew to its highest level this year in the monthly period ending July 24, growing 8.8 percent from the previous reporting period and providing a new sign

Business conditions are beginning to improve for manufacturers in the state of New York for the first time since the start of the recession, according to the latest Empire State Manufacturing Survey.

CSX Transportation and state officials broke ground for an intermodal terminal at North Baltimore, Ohio, A spokesman said it will be the “centerpiece” facility for the big eastern-U.S.

In troubled financial times, it’s increasingly important to manage your business effectively.

The air freight industry is hoping Polo Ralph Lauren isn’t creating new fashions for international shipping strategy.

Federal regulation of freight railroads may be headed for a more shipper-friendly overhaul, but Congress broke for its long recess with a reform bill still to be written and after a key regulatory app

The Gulf of Mexico oil patch is the unlikely battleground over the Jones Act.

Max Pietsch has a simple formula for expedited trucking companies to survive the recession.

Bright spots are as hard to find in the trans-Atlantic container trade as anywhere else — maybe even harder.

With shipment volume weak, it’s no surprise even the best-managed providers of logistics and transportation services are suffering lower revenues.

Chances are you’re pinching pennies these days. You’ve whittled all the fat out of your transportation budget and are running lean and mean.

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There’s an uneasy feeling in the trade community that ACE is not whole.

For many trucking companies, the business outlook for the rest of 2009 is pretty bleak.

The state of the trucking industry in mid-2009 is, to put it mildly, chaotic.

If North American intermodal shipping were only a domestic business, there would be plenty of reason to say things are bottoming out.

On a windswept spit of land where the Port of Rotterdam meets the North Sea, a new landscape is emerging.

The fate of the nation’s largest trucking company lies in the hands of its bankers — and customers.

Emboldened by improving vessel utilization under steep capacity cuts, carriers in the eastbound Pacific are warning cargo consolidators: If you don’t agree to pay higher freight rates, securing space

The federal government gave plans at Eaton to build plug-in hybrid trucks and utility vehicles a $45.4 million charge with grant money from the stimulus package.

President Obama nominated transportation attorney Cynthia L.

Overall rail traffic declined from a week earlier at North American short lines tracked in the RMI RailConnect index, but small railroads recorded some of the strongest loadings in months for several

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Board of Commissioners on Aug.

Freight traffic for European airlines fell 20.7 percent in June compared to last year, including an accelerating decline in European air trade with Asia, the Association of European Airlines said.

Last year’s gut-wrenching drop in global steel demand appears to be easing as rust-belt steel manufacturers gingerly begin restarting idled mills and recalling workers.

Industrial production in the United States increased in July for only the second time in more than a year-and-a-half, edging up 0.5 percent from the month before, the Federal Reserve said Friday.&nbsp

French carrier CMA CGM will implement a general rate increase for cargo moving on its services from India to destinations in West Africa, effective Sept. 1.

A leader in the New York-New Jersey port trucking community said he is among drayage operators who have signed up to rent Maersk Line chassis under the company’s new Direct ChassisLink program b

Regional Israeli carrier C.A.L.

Cargotec, the Finnish manufacturer of cargo-handling equipment and cranes, said it is merging its business units Hiab and Kalmar and reorganizing the company.

President Obama is calling for broad review of export controls across the government, saying controls need to be brought up to date.

Stimulus money is rolling out of the Department of Transportation at ever-increasing amounts to pay for initial infrastructure projects, as DOT spending jumped by $347 million in the latest week.

Rickmers Maritime Trust, the Singapore-based containership owner and charterer, said its profit for the second quarter ended June 30 dropped 43 percent to $5.33 million from $9.2 million in the same q