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Siemens has awarded a four-year contract to heavy-lift specialist ALE.

DP World has signed a “term sheet” with the government of Somaliland to invest hundreds of millions of dollars.

The steep devaluation of the Brazilian currency because of the country's economic weakness has boosted exports.

Schneider acquires two companies.

The government of Myanmar is searching for a solution to crushing congestion at the Port of Yangon.

Singapore-based terminal operator joins its global peers in offering container weighing services from July 1.

The Teamsters union is accelerating its efforts to organize harbor truck drivers in Southern California.

A surge in auto exports, as well as other goods, helped lift trucking activity at the three largest U.S.-Canada border crossings.

After completing the most disappointing service contracting season on record, shipping lines in the eastbound Pacific can at least feel confident that things won’t get any worse.

French container line offers online page to help customers.

Hamburg-based Rickmers-Linie will take over the multipurpose heavy-lift fleet of Nordana Project & Chartering.

Russia is making it easier for shippers to secure spot containerized rail transport.

U.S. Great Lakes ports, vessel operators and maritime trade groups have filed a lawsuit against the Coast Guard.

Hyundai Merchant Marine announced Wednesday that it has reached a resolution with holders of all five bond issues that are maturing in 2016 and 2017.

China’s Landbridge Group said it would invest in a major expansion of Australia’s Darwin Port.

Volume rose slightly at East Coast ports as traffic declined elsewhere.

The second filing deadline for U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s new electronic filing system came and went this past weekend.

Truck turn times at the Port of Long Beach's newly automated Long Beach Container Terminal are half those at other terminals in the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex.

Uncle Sam is seeking input from shippers, transportation providers and others on how to make U.S. ports more competitive.

The battle over truck driver hours-of-service and the 34-hour restart will likely roll into a House-Senate conference committee this summer.

A group of ports and maritime authorities questioning whether too light a touch will be taken starting July 1.

The Port of Chennai said it has completed a dredging project to make it the deepest in India, but it is holding off on plans to build an outer harbor because of slumping traffic.

Hyundai Merchant Marine said on Tuesday that the first three of five meetings with bondholders to renegotiate credit terms were successful.

China Cosco Shipping and Hanjin Shipping have added a call at the Port of Mobile, Alabama.

A container block train bound for Duisburg in Germany pulled out of the northwestern Chinese city of Urumqi at the weekend, the latest milestone in the development of China-Europe container rail links.

Japan has agreed to provide financial support for a new international port development project in Indonesia.

Another week, another step closer for CMA CGM toward acquiring NOL.

The First Container Terminal is Russia's first container terminal to announce a plan to provide container weighing services.

Switzerland will open the world’s longest rail tunnel June.

Some truckers working at the Port of New York and New Jersey are turning away from the leasing system that dominates the industry.

The worst could be over for the Asia-North Europe trade, but maybe not, Drewry says.

South Korea’s ports registered declines in throughput in container and overall tonnage volumes in April.

2M restructures its Asia-North Europe services to better manage its scale.

DP World's Islamic bond issue to help fund terminal operator's global expansion.

The relaxation of U.S. rules regarding trade with Cuba has yet to translate into higher shipping volumes.

"If you don't have the infrastructure outside your gates, you're dead in the water."

Mandatory appointments will help OICT manage truck flow.

An increase in Asian freight shipped straight to Mexico means fewer trucks heading south from the U.S., tighter capacity for northbound shipments.

Rise ends three consecutive weeks of decline.