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Truckload executives say volumes are firming and rates stabilizing. Less-than-truckload and rail executives say demand is weak. And shippers expect volumes to decline further.

For shipping lines plying the perilous seas off the Somali Coast, risk management begins long before vessels enter the Indian Ocean or the Gulf of Aden.

For ship owners negotiating the release of a hijacked ship, its crew and cargo, the actual ransom is just the beginning of what likely will be a much more expensive, drawn-out and complicated journey.

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Amid its more publicly anticipated expansion project, the Panama Canal Authority is also modernizing and upgrading the existing waterway to streamline operations and increase capacity.

NYK Logistics Americas said today it has opened its newest reverse Logistics facility in Spartanburg, S.C. to handle returns of merchandise from retail customers in the area.

The Port of Charleston will get another weekly call by Mediterranean Shipping Co.

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When the 343 short line railroads that report to RMI’s RailConnect Index said their total loads rose by 2,031 units in the latest week, they may have punched through a low-hanging cloud.

Talks between at least two Senate staffs, representing different committees with separate legislation in the works to alter the freight railroads’ relationships with shippers and communities, co

Material handling technology specialist Intelligrated acquired rival FKI Logistex Group for $40 million.

Retail sales fell and unemployment increased in Japan in April. In Europe, the pace of the declining economy grew even faster in May.

The Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust, one of approximately 20 separate multi-employer pension plans to which YRC contributes, has referred its 10 YRC accounts to its attorneys for collect

As pirates stalk, Washington talks.

President Obama picked an infrastructure coalition leader with top Senate staff experience and a work history that includes major port areas to become the Department of Transportation’s assistan

Lufthansa Cargo will shift its technical stopover point for Asian flights.

A group of German charter container ship-owners agreed to a $710 million rescue for CSAV, the financially troubled Chilean ocean carrier.

New Zealand-based forwarder Mainfreight expanded its net profit 2 percent in the year ending March 31 to $25.5 million despite a weak performance from its recently acquired U.S. operation.

The United States and the five member states of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) have decided to negotiate a bilateral investment and trade cooperation agreement instead of the more comprehen

Real gross domestic product decreased at an annual rate of 5.7 percent in the first quarter, according to preliminary estimates released Friday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ("K" Line) established its own shipping agency, "K" Line Roro & Bulk Agencia Maritima Ltda., in Brazil for car carrier and bulk shipping.

With stricter border documentation requirements set to start June 1, Canadian truckers are “on edge” about how the new rules will be applied to drivers delivering exports into the United S

The Port of Montreal on Thursday reported itself "relatively optimistic about the future," although a 22.5 percent drop in April container traffic reduced performance that has proved compara

The Federal Railroad Administration awarded $15 million to nine states for emergency repairs to damaged railroad infrastructure resulting from natural disasters.

Trade among North American Free Trade Agreement partners using surface transportation fell for the sixth consecutive month in March.

Liquid bulk carrier DisTech opened a terminal near Cincinnati as part of a plan to relocate into bigger facilities to take advantage of transportation options.

FTR Associates is forecasting the economy will stabilize in the third quarter, followed by a moderate recovery in 2010 with GDP growth estimated to rise 2.7 percent, data the firm says suggests the wo

Revenue rose 7 percent for Descartes Systems Group to $17.4 million during the first quarter of fiscal 2010, ending April 30.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke said Wednesday that the U.S. government will help American companies sell their products to China in order to reduce America's trade deficit with the country.

Germany's BBC Chartering and Danish carrier Clipper Projects have called time on their five year Far East project cargo joint venture.

Ports in the Baltic nations of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are overcoming their reputation as a cargo bottleneck and could compete with St.

If this is the bottom, U.S. railroads are dragging along it with only a small hint at climbing out of the hole.

The American Trucking Associations will support legislation limiting tolls on federal highways while the Obama administration is keeping tolling on the table as a way to pay for maintaining and upgrad

A new equity partner has apparently saved the Port of Miami tunnel project just in time for a June 1 deadline.

The downturn in global trade is hitting the Virginia Port Authority hard.

Zim Integrated Shipping reported first quarter net losses widened to $119 million from $29 million a year ago on weaker freight rates and a slump in cargo volumes.

The Japanese government released an annual report on what it deems unfair practices by trading partners, including the controversial "Buy American" clause and 35 other policies and measures

Shipments of manufactured durable goods declined for the ninth consecutive month in April, decreasing $0.3 billion or 0.2 percent to $174.2 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Thursday.

A pilot program that fosters cooperation between the U.S. Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Mounted Police is now permanent.

Third party logistics provider Kenco Logistic Services announced the executive promotions of Andy Park to senior vice president, operations and Dean Arnold to senior vice president, public operations.