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Freight volumes at Asia-Pacific airports grew in May for the second consecutive month, latest figures from Airports Council International show.

China’s exports outperformed imports in June, but year-over-year growth slowed compared to May.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. will impose a peak-season surcharge on westbound trade from Asia to Europe, starting Aug. 1.

Japan’s All Nippon Airways Co. said its international cargo volume grew for the fourth consecutive month in May on a year-over-year basis, rising 7.1 percent to 43,591 tons.

By the time the Panama Canal Authority opens its new set of locks in 2015, the 50-mile stretch of canal may have at least two new terminals, one at each entrance, with plans for a third on the Pacific

When Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner expropriated control of the country’s largest oil producer, YPF, from its Spanish parent Repsol YPF in May, the shockwaves reverberated th

Overall growth in containerized Asian trade has been at a snail’s pace, with imports through the U.S.

The ups and downs of this year’s International Longshoremen’s Association contract negotiations resemble a stock price chart on a volatile trading day.

A House hearing Wednesday on the federal CSA trucking safety initiative morphed into a debate over electronic onboard recorders, the relationship between driver pay and safety and even, briefly, wheth

A key manufacturing index suggests U.S.

German competition regulators approved the acquisition by Sweden’s Stena Line of five Baltic Sea freight routes from German rival Scandlines, accelerating the consolidation of the one of Europe&

Strong iron ore and coal shipments for the steel and construction industries were key in driving traffic on the St.

Bold plans to boost coal exports to Asia through Northwest ports will likely slow intermodal and grain shipments, resulting in higher freight rates and equipment costs, according to a new study commis

DHL Express opened its largest hub in Asia today (July 12), the latest step in the logistics major’s massive roll-out of new capacity across Asia’s key freight markets.

Russian private rail freight operator Globaltrans is aiming to raise around $450 million from a share sale to fund potential acquisitions in the nation’s rapidly consolidating domestic market.

Singapore-based container carrier APL will seek a general rate increase on trades from India to the U.S., starting Aug. 5.

The U.S.

A 0.7 percent year-over-year decline of U.S imports in May and the second-best month ever for the exports of goods and services helped pull the U.S.

The Army Corps of Engineers expects the deepening of Charleston's harbor to be completed sooner and cost less than it originally projected.

The Port of Rotterdam today closed the final gap in a near seven-mile long seawall, reclaiming almost 5,000 acres of land from the North Sea that will house Europe’s largest new ocean container

A section of a Norfolk Southern Railway train hauling ethanol on Wednesday morning derailed in Columbus, Ohio, sparking a fiery blast that forced the evacuation of about 100 people, according to repor

Having succeeded in raising their freight rates several times since Jan. 1, carriers in the eastbound Pacific will try to secure another rate increase in early August.

The Port of New York and New Jersey is facing a shortage of chassis available for use in draying containers to and from the terminals.

The Virginia Department of Transportation said Wednesday it is extending until Aug.

DHL will look to smaller “bolt-on” acquisitions rather than major takeovers to speed growth in the years ahead, according to Frank Appel, CEO of Deutsche Post DHL.

Global semiconductor sales in May rose 1.4 percent from the prior month, giving the struggling air cargo industry, which typically ships the foundation technology, a slight boost in the arm.

Average spot rates in the eastbound trans-Pacific trade lane fell 2.9 percent this week, dropping for the second week in a row since carriers put a peak-season surcharge into effect on June 10.

German ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd will impose a congestion surcharge on all cargo moving to and from the Port of Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

International Longshore and Warehouse Union members this week are picketing a barge facility in southern Oregon to protest a lumber company’s use of non-ILWU labor to load and unload wood produc

Oscar J. Abello, the former president, CEO and chairman of "K" Line America, died on Sunday, July 8, in Pembroke Pines, Fla., where he had retired.

Retailers continue to plan for increased imports this fall despite discouraging news recently regarding consumer confidence, employment numbers and retail sales.

The association representing the largest U.S.

Germany’s Lufthansa Cargo carried 4.6 percent less freight in June than a year ago as it slashed capacity in line with weakening demand on its key Americas and Asia-Pacific routes.

Vietnam’s ambitious Cai Mep container port is losing its appeal to ocean carriers, according to Alphaliner, as lower-than-expected cargo volumes have cut the number of weekly direct line-haul se

Japan's containerized cargo trade will rise 3.2 percent year-over-year in fiscal 2012, which started on April 1, to 12.865 million 20-foot equivalent units, a Tokyo-based research firm predicted in a

The fate of the long-planned Savannah Harbor Expansion Project remains undecided after a federal judge ruled against the dismissal of an environmentalists’ lawsuit aimed at blocking a pollution

Maersk Line plans to implement a new round of general rate increases in its Asia services that would take effect Aug. 1.

Diesel prices in the U.S. rose for the first time in three months, climbing 3.5 cents in the week ending July 9 as oil prices rose more than a $1.

Agricultural exports, such as grain shipments moving through the new EGT terminal in Longview, Wash., are leading the economic recovery, the chief agricultural negotiator at the Office of the U.S.

The South Carolina State Ports Authority plans to develop an inland port in Greer, S.C, together with Norfolk Southern to improve the efficiency of international container movements between the Port o