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North American transportation and logistics firm Vitran Corporation acquired Wichita, Kan.-based reg

United Airlines' unions agreed to contracts that could help the carrier out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The Maryland Port Administration, which went through a bruising political power struggle over contro

Neptune Orient Lines said container volume increased 14 percent for the four weeks from April 9-May

The Port of Long Beach, Calif., wants to add a new headquarters to a project now under way to replac

The New York Customs District saw overall air cargo tonnage increase 1.67 percent in March from a ye

John Fontanella, a onetime chief of worldwide logistics for Microsoft who has become a leading consu

US Xpress Enterprises Inc., the nation's fifth biggest publicly owned truckload carrier, on Tuesday

China Cosco Holdings, which won approval last week from the Hong Kong stock exchange for its US$1.5-

U.S. imports from Asia increased modestly in April in the traditional slack period that precedes the

U.S. Xpress gave up on the troublesome air freight market, announcing Monday that it agreed to sell

WASHINGTON -- The express delivery industry directly contributed $64 billion to the global economy i

Calling it the largest-ever assignment for a U.S.-based commercial real estate firm in mainland Chin

The Pusan Port Authority will conduct an investment forum on June 14 to promote the construction of

Canada's Fraser River Port Authority reported overall cargo handled in the first quarter topped 9 mi

FORT ERIE, ONT - The Government of Canada and the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority toda

As the new hurricane season begins, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Man

OTTAWA -- A US$33.6 million project to speed up truck traffic on the third-busiest U.S.-Canada borde

Two separate train derailments occurred over the weekend of May 14-15 in Converse County, Wyo., snar

Shippers and others successfully blocked the latest congressional effort to require more inspection

CHENNAI -- Mediterranean Shipping Co. announced the launch of a new service from India to Chinese po

MOL announced today a new trans-Pacific service, the Pacific Southwest Express (PSX), which will mak

LONDON -- Amsterdam's main container terminal has finally landed its first regular shipping services

Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group said Tuesday it acquired Ermefer, the food-grade container busine

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced on Monday that it will file a request for the

The Port of Houston Authority on Tuesday announced that Executive Director H. Thomas Kornegay was un

It's not every day the nation's biggest business lobbying group calls for higher taxes. But the deca

Robert Kraft is better known as owner of the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots than as a pape

Chris Koch says information that the government uses to screen U.S.-bound containers before they're

BNSF Railway wants the Surface Transportation Board to put a damper on shippers infuriated by its pl

Members of the Senate Commerce Committee have begun to rethink transportation and supply-chain secur

It was an unpleasant surprise: A U.S. exporter discovered that his company was in trouble with Chine

The smiling Latina known as Chiquita is one of the world's most widely recognized food brands, sold

When IKEA opened its first U.S. store in 1985 outside Philadelphia, local mall crawlers weren't sure

When it comes to global brands that symbolize America, few outdo Nike, synonymous with stylish, high

Things you never thought you'd know: In 2004, The Home Depot calculated that each square foot of its

Shippers struggling with ballooning expenses and tightening capacity are hunting for any way to cut

For a mature industry, trucking saw an amazing growth spurt in 2004 that shows no sign of slowing in

The Journal of Commerce's annual Top 100 U.S. Importers and Exporters ranking is based on data from

Weyerhaeuser, the 105-year-old forest-products company, consistently ranks among the top exporters o