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Israel Corp. said it will provide a $350 million cash injection into Zim Integrated Shipping Services as part of a recovery plan for its struggling ocean container shipping unit.

British Airways swung to a net loss of $175 million in the fiscal first quarter from a $44.6 million profit in the same period in 2008 and warned of tough trading conditions for cargo and passengers t

When the Port of Tampa decided recently to tear down its 35-year-old cold storage site and build a bigger facility as part of a larger container terminal expansion, the port was defying trends at port

Let’s face it, whether in good times or bad, no one wants to pay more for services or goods than they had been paying.

The economic recession is opening new cracks in the road for the trucking industry — and thousands of tractors and trailers are falling through.

At this point in the recession, with rail employment at the lowest levels of the decade and traffic stuck in a stubbornly low range, even hefty profits don’t inspire rail executives to see good times

For all the debate over “green shoots” and “brown shoots,” it is increasingly clear that a global industrial recovery is taking root and is starting to fertilize economic recovery worldwide.

There may be less cargo to go around, but that’s not stopping professional thieves who are just as bold as ever but now targeting higher value products.

Less-than-truckload carriers are finding it more difficult than their truckload counterparts to reduce excess capacity. They can’t simply park trucks.

A significant reform of U.S. export controls long criticized as deeply flawed and counterproductive is in the works, and exporters hope for major changes in the regulations.

True or false: The inability of ship pilots to receive “reasonable pay” jeopardizes ship safety? The answer depends on who is making the argument.

To say there is a disconnect would be an understatement. On the one hand, evidence is mounting that a U.S.

Less-than-truckload carriers are finding it more difficult than their truckload counterparts to reduce excess capacity. They can’t simply park trucks.

Let’s face it, whether in good times or bad, no one wants to pay more for services or goods than they had been paying.

Pacer International, the Concord, Calif.-based intermodal and logistics company, took another step toward a transformation of its business model when it agreed to sell its heavy-haul trucking segment

On the surface, at least, domestic parcel shipping looked remarkably strong at UPS amid the U.S. economic wreckage.

Back in 2007, Don Hamm was worried his terminal wouldn’t have enough capacity to handle the growth in container trade.

Taxing drivers by the number of miles they travel instead of the amount of fuel they buy has become a popular alternative for lawmakers as they look for ways to pay for the highway infrastructure of t

Back in 2007, Don Hamm was worried his terminal wouldn’t have enough capacity to handle the growth in container trade.

In 2007, when the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were experiencing robust growth, executives at the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority suggested collection of the rail corridor’s user fees

The formation of a single Pilotage Fee Commission in 2004 to oversee rate hearings in Louisiana has calmed years of bitter pay wrangling between the state’s four pilots groups and the maritime industr

The economic recession is opening new cracks in the road for the trucking industry — and thousands of tractors and trailers are falling through.

Forgot who’s on top of The Journal of Commerce’s list of the World’s Top Container Ports? After all, they really don’t change much from year to year.

As complaints mount about the slow pace of the federal stimulus program, planners of a truck staging ramp for shippers in St. Joseph, Mo., have just the opposite problem.

A 76-year-old truck driver was not paying attention when he slammed into six other vehicles on an Oklahoma highway, killing 10 people, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Vessel owners participating in a Port of Seattle emissions program have reduced sulfur dioxide emissions by 80 percent and diesel particulate matter emissions by 60 percent so far this year, the port

The House on Thursday passed H.R. 283-142 a bill that tightens safety standards for domestic and imported food products.

A government audit says the financial viability of the U.S. Postal Service is at high risk as the USPS struggles to keep up with declines in mail volume reaching billions of pieces a year.

Three of Bremen, Germany-based heavy-lift carrier Beluga’s 12,744 deadweight-ton F-class vessels will be transiting the chilly north-east passage along the northern shore of Russia this summer t

The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners executive committee unanimously approved a resolution urging Congress to amend federal transportation legislation to give ports regulatory control over harbor t

Canadian trucking and oilfield services company the Mullen Group earned a profit of $17.8 million on revenue of $202.7 million in the second quarter.

The Department of Transportation’s stimulus payments jumped by $146 million in the week ending July 24, bringing its total to $919.5 million.

David T. Matsuda was sworn in Thursday as deputy maritime administrator, the agency announced.

Maria Luisa O’Connell, president of the Border Trade Alliance, has been appointed Customs and Border Protection assistant commissioner for public affairs, the trade group announced.

The World Trade Organization decided Friday to create a panel of experts to investigate whether a ban by the United States on imports of Chinese poultry violates WTO regulations.

The decline in gross domestic product slowed dramatically in the second quarter, giving hope the recession may indeed be coming to an end.

Transportation industry analysts said Friday trucking company YRC Worldwide may run out of cash in as little as three months after posting a $309 million net loss in the second quarter.

CMA CGM today joined the group of carriers that are attempting to raise freight rates on trans-Atlantic lanes in an effort all carriers are calling “rate restoration.”

Global air freight traffic fell 16.5 percent in June from a year ago, the 13th straight month of shrinking volumes, the International Air Transport Association reported.

The Senate July 30 voted 79-17 to use $7 billion from the general treasury to bolster the Highway Trust Fund, a day after the House of Representatives approved identical legislation.