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A $9 million rehabilitation of the Port of Tacoma's main road will replace over 1.4 miles of the port’s main drive this spring, aimed at smoothing the port’s traffic patterns and boosting safety.

As consumers raced to stores, spot truck rates rose higher in the week of Thanksgiving and Black Friday, DAT Solutions reports.

WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., lashed out at the Jones Act during a Friday panel at the Heritage Foundation, saying the 94-year-old maritime law is an anachronism that hurts U.S. farmers and manufacturers at the expense of foreign rivals.

Trucking employment jumped 2.5 percent from a year ago last month, riding the biggest wave of hiring in the U.S. economy in three years and pushing the JOC For-Hire Trucking Employment Index up to 98.3, the highest reading for the index since late 2007.

Brazil’s trade deficit narrowed for the third month in a row in November as the economy continues to face headwinds.

The heads of the two largest U.S. ports said it is time for President Obama to pressure the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association to end the contract impasse that is crippling West Coast ports and is threatening the nation’s economy.

Import volume growth at the busiest U.S. container ports is slowing this month amid severe West Coast delays that have put a sour finish on a strong year for container shipments, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report.

Total U.S. containerized exports slumped in October amid weakening global demand caused by sluggish economic conditions abroad.

The overwhelming majority of shippers surveyed by RBC Capital Markets expect U.S. and Canadian truck pricing to rise up to 6 percent in 2015.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Federal Highway Administration are seeking public comments on their draft environmental impact statement on a cross-harbor barge or tunnel for the movement of trucks, containers or railcars.

Officials celebrated the start of operations at Mumbai port’s new $300 million offshore container terminal with the arrival last week of the Hoegh Delhi, a roll-on, roll-off vessel.

Canada and U.S. shippers expect to ship more volume via the Class I railroads next year and pay more to do so, but they’re still frustrated with the level of rail service, according to a recently released survey from RBC Capital Markets.

The Port of New York and New Jersey handled record container volume in October, and port officials report progress on a broad effort to prepare for larger ships expected to accompany the mid-2016 raising of the Bayonne Bridge.

Maersk Line is enhancing its Chennai Express Express, adding a fortnightly call at India’s Kattupalli International Container Terminal.

Multiple container lines plan to attempt general rate increases in numerous trade lanes in December and January, although any gains achieved could be temporary as overcapacity and sluggish global demand continue.

Spot rates on all major east-west trades tumbled this week, with Asia-U.S. West Coast rates hitting levels not seen since July, according to the latest reading of the Shanghai Containerised Freight Index.

Strong consumer spending in the U.S. over the past three months has depleted inventories and the replenishment drive to restock shelves for the Spring launches will keep air and ocean carriers busy well into the first quarter.

The Teamsters union drive to organize FedEx Freight, the largest U.S. less-than-truckload carrier is hitting a few roadblocks. The union withdrew an election petition at the less-than-truckload carrier’s Nashville, Tennessee, terminal this week.

Logistics is a booming business in the Belgian city of Genk, not far from the Dutch and German borders and home to the newest Menlo Logistics distribution center in Europe.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission said Wednesday that 15 trans-Pacific carriers have individually agreed to hold off on imposing U.S. West Coast port congestion surcharges until next year.

Landstar System on Wednesday narrowed its fourth quarter revenue forecast to the higher end of a range after seeing strong trucking demand in October and November, the latest sign of a steadily expanding U.S. economy pushing more freight into the arms of motor carriers.

Transportation technology provider Descartes increased its net income 91 percent year-over-year in the third quarter, citing the industry's growing reliance on logistics technology to handle increased trade regulation.

Spot rates for containers heading from Asia to Europe dropped an additional 15 percent this week, sinking to 19-month low.

Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico's second-largest container port, saw traffic rise for second straight month in October.

A decline in U.S. intermodal traffic on a week-to-week basis, because of the Thanksgiving weekend, allowed the railroads to improve a key metric of intermodal rail service.

President Obama on Wednesday severely downplayed the chances of hiking the federal fuel tax to provide more stable surface transportation funding.

Two U.S. senators are objecting to a provision in a House-passed Coast Guard reauthorization bill that they say will require more U.S food aid shipments to be carried on U.S.-flag ships.

The CKYHE Alliance this week received U.S. regulatory approval to further integrate its newest member, Evergreen Line, into its vessel-sharing agreement covering the trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic trade lanes.

Global third-party logistics providers DSV A/S and UTi Worldwide said they are no longer discussing a merger or acquisition.

Lufthansa Cargo and All Nippon Airways have launched the world’s first air cargo joint venture, with maiden flights between Europe and Japan.

Bill Wyatt, Port of Portland, Oregon's executive director, plans to retire within five years, according to Portland Business Journal.

India’s fast growing e-commerce market is facing some formidable challenges, with nation-wide distribution among the key issues logistics services providers must overcome.

Less than container load specialist AGS World Transport is growing its Intra-Asia business at “double digit” levels that it expects to extend through 2015 as trade expands across the region.

Hong Kong’s rapid transition into a transshipment hub has been driven in part by the high cost of exporting South China containers through the port compared to neighbouring Shenzhen, but losing direct export cargo removes a key revenue source for shipping lines.

U.S. West Coast contract negotiations could go one of two ways when the International Longshore and Warehouse Union convenes a caucus in San Francisco in the week beginning Dec. 15.

Net orders for Class 8 trucks in North America topped 40,000 units in November for the second straight month, reflecting motor carriers’ expectations for freight growth in 2015 and broader economic expansion.

Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Co. today unveiled their finalized east-west network for their 2M Alliance, just months before the alliance is slated to begin operating.

A barge port and industrial center are planned on the 800-acre site of a former paper mill at St. Marys, Georgia, just north of the Florida state line.