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Japan's two largest airlines saw their international cargo volume continue to nosedive in February amid the deep global economic slump.

With its contract negotiations on hold and a civil racketeering lawsuit moving slowly, the International Longshoremen’s Association is wrestling with another problem -- a financial crisis that has roi

When Robin Silvester left Canada four years ago for a leadership position at P&O Ports, Port Metro Vancouver was in the midst of a surge in business from an Asia export boom that fed the Pacific N

"It's not a technology leap. It's an incremental move."

"If the needs match up, then it will get done."

For the first time since the Environmental Protection Agency in 1999 brought attention to the health risks posed by port pollution, the stars are aligned at the federal, state and local levels to redu

"What he’s really talking about ... is Phase I of the Interstate II idea.”

The new wave of attacks on ships in the Indian Ocean, most notably this month’s seizure of the U.S.-flag Maersk Alabama, is reverberating across the maritime industry, driving up insurance rates and r

Hard times are pushing some shippers to shift the way they build domestic loads, in the process cutting deeply into the use of intermodal truck trailers on trains.

If you're a U.S. exporter, odds are you aren't covered by trade credit insurance. In this age of insolvency, it's a risk that could come back to haunt you.

It’s an article of faith among short-sea shipping proponents that waterborne freight transportation can provide an environmentally friendly alternative to overcrowded highways.

At the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Chairman Jon Wellinghoff has been thinking about freight railroads.

"You at least have to start with a dual locomotive."

Some believe the housing sector that led the world into the economic slump may help lead the economy to recovery.

Con-way is reaching across the Atlantic and within its own company in a bid to load more freight and put pressure on the nation’s largest freight and parcel carriers.

America’s freight sector is getting stimulated.

One might think Albert J.

It’s tough for George Adams, president of SA Recycling in Anaheim, Calif., to see much good about the global trading economy when scrap steel exports are down 30 percent this year.

“I wouldn’t have a problem with the federal government helping the freight railroads invest.”

The U.S.

President Obama picked a Maryland official with two tours of experience running that state’s multi-modal transportation department for the second-highest job at the U.S.

Sometimes it takes a whole team of railroads to haul a project cargo.

LONDON — The Rotterdam Port Authority’s income rose 32 percent in 2008 from a year ago on higher harbor dues as cargo traffic in Europe’s biggest container port hit an all time high.

The Port of Anchorage in Alaska received $10 million from the Department of Defense for infrastructure improvements, the U.S. Maritime Administration said April 10.

The General Services Administration and Customs and Border Protection plan to spend $720 million on infrastructure improvements along the U.S. border.

LONDON — The containership order book is down to an 18-month-low, but ocean carriers and charter owners face rising overcapacity with shipyards poised to deliver hundreds of big vessels in the n

Hoping to prevent further deterioration in ocean freight rates, shipping lines in the eastbound Pacific are attempting to scrap the spot rates that have crept into service contracts and to establish a

The Port of Long Beach honored 14 shipping lines that led the industry in reducing their vessel speed within 20 miles of the coast in order to reduce harmful diesel emissions.

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Ports and transit systems have each been allocated $388.6 million for security grants out of a total of $970 million for preparedness grants announced Thursday by the Department of Homeland.

The U.S.

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has proposed new rule to allow the import of handmade or rustic goods made in China.

The four Somali pirates who seized and then lost control of the Maersk Alabama continued to hold its skipper, Capt.

Three international airlines pleaded guilty to cargo price fixing charges and agreed to pay a total of $214 million in fines, the U.S.

The Federal Maritime Commission dismissed three cases filed against the Puerto Rico Ports Authority.

As efforts continue in Congress to craft a new rail competition bill that shippers and railroads can both accept, a top railroad CEO says the pivotal lawmakers understand the need for rail firms to ea

Another week of unusually tough springtime weather, on top of a still-bad economy, left bulk railcar volume down 20.5 percent in the latest week for major U.S. railroads.

The Port of Jacksonville handled 656,805 vehicles during fiscal year 2008, a seven percent increase from FY 2007, making it the nation’s second busiest vehicle-handling port after New York/New J

In a report issued April 9, Coface, the Paris-based provider of credit insurance and business information, downgraded 28 countries and placed 19 countries on negative watch because of their vulnerabil

U.S. manufacturers and steelworkers filed anti-dumping and countervailing duty petitions against certain imports from China.