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North America’s small railroads continued reporting heavy traffic declines in the second week of March, as the RMI RailConnect index said volume for all cargo types fell 24.69 percent in the wee

President Obama said he plans to nominate Robert S.

Intermodal shippers in Los Angeles-Long Beach say ocean carriers that are attempting to comply with the ports' clean-truck regulations could be violating the terms of the through bill of lading contra

Cross-country intermodal partners BNSF Railway in the West and CSX Intermodal in the East recently expanded their container service to more Southeast cities.

The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) warned March 19 of the damage that could result from the announcement that the government of Mexico will impose tariffs on U.S.

Dockworkers took a first-year wage freeze in a new three-year contract with the Halifax Employers Association at the struggling Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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Trucking activity, a bellwether of general trade and economic conditions, is in sharp decline along the United States-Canada border.

The Maritime Administration awarded a contract to Earl Industries, of Portsmouth, Va. to provide layberth services for three of the agency’s Ready Reserve Force vessels.

Satellite Logistics Group hired Geoffrey McRoberts in its supply-chain process and solution design group as a process consultant.

Aer Lingus appointed Remo Hanselmann head of cargo. He will be responsible for the development and targeted expansion of Aer Lingus’ cargo division.

The Greenbrier Hotel filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections, and said it has a deal under which Marriott will buy the resort owned by railroad operator CSX Corp.

Women’s fashion retailer Charming Shoppes will slash its inventory as it eliminates stores and overhauls its supply chain to cut costs.

London – France’s main seaports are at a standstill and rail freight is being severely disrupted as thousands of longshoremen and rail workers join a general strike to protest the governme

The government of China defended Thursday its decision to reject Coca-Cola's record offer of $2.4 billion for Huiyuan Juice Group.

The recession that began in December 2007 shows no signs of letting up in the near term, according to composite economic indexes compiled by business research group The Conference Board.

London -- Lufthansa Cargo warned March 19 it might ground more freighters and extend shorter hours for pilots and ground workers if global freight traffic keeps falling.

The Japan Fair Trade Commission fined 12 international freight forwarders a total of approximately $94.7 million for forming a cartel to raise air cargo charges.

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Consolidated container throughput at major ports in India grew by a mere 0.5 percent in the April-February period, amid strong indications that the country’s gateway hubs would miss targets set

London -- BAA, the world’s biggest airports operator, must sell London Stansted airport, one of the UK’s top freighter and express hubs.

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London – Smit Internationale of the Netherlands entered into an agreement to acquire all the shares of Minette Bay Ship Docking, a tug operator based in Prince Rupert, Canada.

FedEx earnings plunged in the company’s fiscal third quarter as a result of the global recession.

Maersk Line announced plans to implement a rate increase for the trade moving from Australia to North and Southeast Asia.

President Obama said he wants Joseph C. Szabo, the state legislative director in Illinois for the United Transportation Union, to head the Federal Railroad Administration.

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London – Maersk Line parent A.P. Moller-Maersk will cut costs by an additional $1 billion this year to respond to the “new global reality”, CEO Nils Andersen said.

Montreal-based TransForce, Canada's largest all-categories trucking/logistics firm, reports buckling down to a "deteriorating" business economy in North America with hiring and salary freeze

Class I railroads as a group cut 1,678 jobs by mid-January from a month earlier, as the recession deepened and freight traffic remained sharply below year-earlier levels.

European logistics provider Geodis is expanding its network through the acquisition of two divisions of Giraud International.

Industrial real estate owner and developer AMB Property Corporation leased 250,000 square feet at its AMB Millcreek Distribution Centre in Toronto to a leading global transportation services and logis

Driven by a surge in gasoline prices, consumers paid more for most things in February, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.

A millwright working at McDuffie Coal Terminal died Tuesday after slipping in a coal hopper, the Mobile-Press Register reported. Larry D.

The weakening economy reared its head in the latest data on trade between the United States, Canada and Mexico, showing year-over-year surface transportation growth of imports and exports in 2008 to b

Motiva Enterprises is delaying completion of a $7 billion expansion of its Port Arthur, Texas, refinery, according to the Houston Chronicle.

Japan and Peru will hold preparatory talks next week on concluding a free trade agreement between the two countries, the Japanese government announced on Wednesday.

Michelin, Savi Technology and Texas Instruments are joining other corporations and the federal government to form the DASH7 Alliance, a cross-industry initiative that will expand the use of wireless d

The Montreal Port Authority is looking for a new president and CEO following the departure of Patrice Pelletier on March 17.