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Exports of refrigerated goods from the U.S. last year increased 16 percent to 15.5 million metric tons, and economists forecast reefer exports will rise again this year.

Package and industrial transportation giant UPS launched an expedited ground freight service linking Mexico and the U.S.

The first new truck funded by the Massachusetts Port Authority&rsquo;s Clean Truck program<

Trucking companies hauling less-than-truckload freight should be able to hold onto the pricing power they&rsquo;ve gained over shippers through 2014 at least, increasing rates and yields in 2012 and 2

Maher Terminals has filed a Federal Maritime Commission complaint alleging the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey discriminated against Maher by

Westbound Asia-to-Europe spot rates eased slightly this week, but held on to most of the 28 percent jump in

Container shipping lines have been able to raise Asia-Europe freight rates enough to return them to profitability on the route, according to the latest Bimco Shipping Market Overview.

South Korea attracted far higher foreign direct investment in the first quarter of 2012 as investors positioned to take advantage of the recent U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement (FTA).

Lufthansa Cargo carried 12.6 percent less freight in March than a year ago as it sharp

DB Schenker this month launched a less-than-containerload service from Houston to the Middle East via Dubai to meet growing demand for oil and energy equipment exports.

Hapag-Lloyd will launch a new weekly service next month connecting Germany with ports in the Baltic region.

Employee drivers who work for the Toll Group logistics company in Southern California won an historic election Wednesday to become one of the few harbor trucking fleets in the U.S.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. denied it is weighing plans to spin off its global container terminals unit in an initial public offering in Singapore.

If Southern California is to meet federal pollution reduction standards established for 2030, it appears inevitable that the goods movement industry will have to rely on zero-emission and near zero-em

The West Coast arbitrator who adjudicates labor disputes involving the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and waterfront employers on Wednesday ruled dockworkers in Los Angeles-Long Beach wou

Orient Overseas Container Line will add eastbound calls in Los Angeles and Shanghai to its Pacific Atlantic Express service beginning with the May 9 sailing from Yantian, China.

For the third time in as many months, federal regulators shut down an unsafe trucking company, ordering J&A Transportation out of service on April 9.

When the Army Corps of Engineers released final documents Wednesday for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project, it surprised the industry by calling for dredging the Savannah River to a depth of 47 fee

International semiconductor sales in February fell 7.3 percent year-over-year and 1.3 percent from January, further illustrating the weak demand plaguing the air cargo industry.

CMA CGM has announced an &ldquo;emergency rate restoration&rdquo; of $385 per 20-foot container on routes from Asia to Europe and the Mediterranean.

Hamburg is set to sharply increase its share of the fiercely competitive North European container market after a long-delayed plan to

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the final documents on Wednesday for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project for review by state and federal agencies and the general public.

Large truckload carriers had a slightly easier time holding onto truck drivers in the fourth quarter, with rising tonnage likely translating into more miles and pay.

Container imports to Europe increased 4 percent in February, while exports grew 8.89 percent, according to the latest analysis from Container Trade Statistics.

A Vietnamese vessel carrying 60 containers sank off the shore of southern Vietnam after it collided with a Thai ship Tuesday morning, according to reports.

The Federal Maritime Commission is interested in exploring a suggestion by agricultural shippers that establishing a container rate index for exports could be beneficial for U.S. shippers.

Horizon Lines said its fourth quarter loss on continuing operations narrowed to $6.9 million from $33 million a year earlier as

Maersk Line is implementing a new round of general rate increases on various trade lanes that will take effect in May.

The general rate increase implemented on March 15 by carriers on the eastbo

"K" Line will upgrade its services linking Asia and Mexico and the west coast of South America ov

Canadian Pacific Railway expects first fiscal quarter diluted earnings per share to be triple that of the same period a year ago, a result that would strengthen the railroad&rsquo;s position amid a pr

Horizon Lines has completed transactions that reduce the company&rsquo;s net deb

Maryland Gov. Martin O&rsquo;Malley&rsquo;s proposal to raise the state gas tax by 6 percent, or roughly 18 cents, died in committee, dampening the prospects of similar measures in other states.

Japanese containerized cargo trade will rise 3.3 percent in fiscal 2012, which started on April 1, from fiscal 2011 to 12.8 million 20-foot equivalent units, a Tokyo-based research firm predicted in a

OOCL named Andy Tung, its current chief operating officer, as its new chief executive, succeeding outgoing CEO Philip Chow, as of July 1.

Ocean carriers could face a short-term funding call of up to $20 billion in 2012 as they are not generating sufficient cash to cover interest payments and meet capital requirements, according to conta

Import cargo volume at the nation&rsquo;s major container ports is expected to increase 3.2 percent in April compared to the same month last year, and year-over-year gains should continue through the

YRC Freight implemented two changes of operations over the April 7 weekend, reconfiguring its terminal network to speed freight and reduce handling.

International Airlines Group, the merged British Airways-Iberia carrier, reported cargo traffic down 2.9 percent in March as an 11.2 percent decline at the Spanish airline outweighed a 0.9 percent dro

Air France-KLM carried 3.4 percent less cargo in March than a year ago as traffi