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Frederick Potter is assuming his new position as director of the Teamsters’ port division with humility and a keen awareness of the magnitude of the task that lies ahead.

The global financial crisis has put the brakes on merger and acquisition activity in the global transportation and logistics sector, according to a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

YRC’s Worldwide’s latest move to avoid exiting the highway for good raises new questions not only about the trucking company’s financial status but also the future of thousands of retired union employ

Overcapacity in the trucking industry is sending used truck prices plummeting and leasing companies are scrambling to minimize the damage and keep inventory rolling.

Containerized imports at the Port of Tacoma fell 33 percent in April to the lowest level of the year as exports outweighed imports at the Pacific Northwest port long heavily weighted toward outbound t

The Virginia Department of Transportation scaled back its plan to close a group of rest stops in one of the heaviest truck routes in the country in a move the American Trucking Associations says will

Net profit for Transport Corp. of India fell 28 percent to $2.4 million in the January-March quarter of fiscal 2008-09 ended March 31.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill yesterday, including a provision making it easier for the Teamsters union to organize FedEx.

NOL Group, parent company of ocean carrier APL, selected an office building in Phoenix, Ariz. as the new home for its regional headquarters in the Americas.

Reddaway, a subsidiary of YRC Worldwide in the western United States and Canada, this week launched a four-level Guaranteed Window Delivery service.

Hanjin Shipping will launch a direct service between Busan, Korea, Shanghai, China and Haiphong, Vietnam starting from the beginning of June.

Recovery Act spending launched 545 highway and transit projects worth $2.1 billion by the end of April, the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee said, which was about twice the level at

A group of four small western European countries is seeking a free-trade agreement with Russia and other eastern European nations.

States would be effectively barred from launching their own port access identification card programs by an amendment to the $7.6 billion Transportation Security Administration 2010 budget authorizatio

Take a deep breath of that Spring air. It’s a lot cleaner than it was last year.

Airlines and labor unions alike are hoping new Federal Aviation Administrator Randy Babbitt can bring new energy to an agency that has been losing altitude.

The contraction in the global economy seems to be slowing, said Angel Gurria, head of the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation, in a speech May 22.

The public-private partnership concept could be dealt a blow if Congress approves a bill filed Thursday that would prohibit states, private ventures, or public-private combinations from imposing tolls

The Surface Transportation Board is the best small agency to work for in the federal government according to the Partnership for Public Service and American University's Institute for the Study of Pub

In a burst of sudden activity before lawmakers head out of town for a Memorial Day recess, the Senate filled several important transportation posts for the Obama administration.

While the drop in rail traffic has long cut into demand for new railcars, diversified equipment makers like Trinity Industries were able to keep up their barge building.

London -- British Airways crashed to a record pre-tax loss of $630 million in fiscal 2008/2009 from a record profit of $1.45 billion in the previous year.

Helicopters from two nations thwarted an attack Friday by pirates in the Gulf of Aden. A U.S.

Despite some lift from intermodal volume, major U.S. railroads by two important measures had their worst week so far this year.

A planned new container terminal in Portsmouth would get $28.5 million in federal funds under the Obama administration’s announced budget for the next year.

An early indicator of the direction of the general economy gave its first positive sign in seven months as the Conference Board Leading Economic Index for the U.S. increased 1 percent in April.

“As of this week, we’ve made nearly $13 billion available” in Recovery Act funds for infrastructure projects around the country, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said.

The Obama administration does not favor raising the federal tax on motor vehicle fuels as a way to bolster highway spending accounts, said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

Emirates airline’s parent company said its profit slid 72 percent in the year ending March 31 as the global downturn hit even the financially strong Middle East carrier.

Texas Governor Rick Perry signed legislation that will permanently allow trucks to transport overweight freight between the Port of Brownsville and Mexico.

Maersk Line will implement a general rate increase for cargo moving on its services from India to Europe. Effective June 1, the increase will be $100 per container for dry cargo.

The Greenbrier, a West Virginia resort hotel that until May 6 was a money-losing drag on CSX Corp.’s railroad focus, is now cleared by a bankruptcy court for its new owners to try to revive it a

Drewry Shipping Consultants is warning against a false dawn in the dry bulk shipping sector.

The Port of Houston Authority’s Port Commission approved spending more than $16 million on cranes and is seeking bids for construction at the Bayport Container Terminal.

Crowley Maritime recently christened and launched its latest delivery, a heavy lift deck barge, at Gunderson Marine Shipyard in Portland, Oregon.

Representatives of Canadian National Railway, CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Railway say they expect agricultural products to be the first to bounce back after the recession.

Some investment analysts think the ocean shipping industry may be reaching the bottom of its downturn and have started recommending Asian shipping stocks.

The Port of Tacoma is eliminating 18 percent of its staff positions, citing what port executives believe will be a lengthy recovery period from the current slump in international trade.

June could be a key time for Congress to act on rail antitrust legislation and perhaps on changes in how economic regulations enforce competition among carriers, said a top official for an activist ra

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee voted to send to the full Senate for confirmation the president’s nominees for deputy transportation secretary and head of the Federal A