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U.S. containerized exports increased modestly in January as solid growth in Asian markets was partially offset by losses in European markets. Overall U.S.

Hapag-Lloyd will impose an “interim fuel participation” surcharge on Europe-Asia trade lanes to cover rising bunker costs.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on Friday submitted to federal officials a formal request that the Bayonne Bridge "Raise the Roadway" project be considered for expedited review

Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry increased slightly in the three months ended February 2012, reaching its highest level since May 2011, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Su

A.P. Moller-Maersk CEO Nils Smedegaard Andersen will remain on sick leave another six to eight weeks pending further surgery to fix a heart problem, the Danish group said Monday.

Japan and Canada have formally agreed to launch negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) to eliminate import tariffs on most products and strengthen overall economic relations.

When a news headline last week declared YRC Worldwide was “back at (the) brink” of the default and bankruptcy filing it narrowly avoided in late 2009, nerves quickly frayed at the long-tro

An electronics manufacturer in Singapore last year wanted 25,000 wire forms to be used in one of its products, and it needed them fast.

By the middle of 2014, the Port of New York and New Jersey will have a container terminal able to handle ships carrying 10,000 20-foot equivalent container units.

While the Senate pats itself on the back for passage of a mere two-year surface transportation bill, a handful of states are pushing what most of their federal brethren decry as infeasible: fuel tax h

No one is more delighted about the impact of 2004’s U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement of 2004 than Tom Tjerandsen, North American managing director of the Chilean Fresh Fruit Association.

When automobile manufacturer Fiat in 2010 announced plans to build a $1.8 billion plant in northeastern Brazil, CEVA, a global non-vessel-operating common carrier and third-party logistics provider, s

When he arrived in Overland Park, Kan., last July, James Welch began his plan to restart YRC Worldwide by cleaning house at the holding company, starting at the top.

When Steve Russell buys a trucking company, it’s not because he wants trucks.

Mexico’s rail industry is poised for growth, especially in intermodal shipments.

In the fashionable neighborhoods of Bogota, the gourmet restaurants, lively nightclubs and luxurious hotels are brimming with foreign executives eager to sign trade and investment deals in South Ameri

Next time you’re dining out in Seoul, have a good steak and wash it down with a shot of Jack Daniel’s, compliments of U.S. exporters.

Trucking company Old Dominion Freight Line opened a drayage facility in Oakland, Calif., expanding its container-hauling business to meet higher demand.

Container volumes at the Port of Tacoma declined 2.2 percent in February compared to the same month last year.

Journal of Commerce Senior Editor William B. Cassidy interviewed YRC Worldwide CEO James P.

FedEx will pay $3 million to more than 21,000 rejected job applicants to settle allegations of hiring discrimination, the Labor Department said Thursday.

U.S. intermodal rail shipments in the week ending March 17 rose 2 percent year-over-year, and traffic was flat on a week-to-week basis, according to the Association of American Railroads.

Maersk Line is implementing a new round of general rate increases in its Far East Asia services, starting April 15.

Florida East Coast Industries will launch a private passenger rail service linking South Florida and Orlando in 2014, the real estate and transportation company said Thursday.

More transportation services and a bigger agent network helped logistics operator AutoInfo increase gross revenue 14.4 percent to $320 million

Coal from the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming, and iron ore from the U.S.

Maersk Line has suspended bookings on its North Europe-to-Asia services effective immediately as it battles to clear up a backlog of containers at clogged European terminals.

Australia’s government will introduce legislation in the lower house of Parliament Friday to remove a tax on domestic shipping companies in an effort to counter a 40 percent decline in the natio

The G6 Alliance’s Loop 3 Asia-Europe service will not include a call at the port of Gdansk, Poland, OOCL said Friday.

When it came time to impose the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement’s recommended March 15 rate increase, the 15 member carriers took different approaches.

In the battle for dominance in the U.S. container shipping trades, Mediterranean Shipping Co. didn’t deliver a knockout, winner-take-all punch, but it sure came close.

What’s going on with the world’s container carriers? Maersk Line and other large carriers say they’re no longer seeking additional market share.

Nippon Express Co., Japan’s largest international freight forwarder, said that its U.S. subsidiary has formed a capital alliance with Colombia’s Map Cargo S.A.S.

Shippers on Thursday got their shot to tell the Surface Transportation Board that it’s unfair for them to pay higher rates to BNSF Railway because of the $8.1 billion premium Berkshire Hathaway

DHL Express is expanding next-day package service between Asia and the U.S. and Western Canada with a new flight connecting Hong Kong and Los Angeles.

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Average spot prices in the Asia-Europe trade slid this week for the third consecutive week following the huge March 1 general rate increase implemented by carriers in the trade.

Lufthansa Cargo plans to sell its 25 percent stake in Jade Cargo International, the China-based carrier that grou

Costa Rica gave the final go-ahead for APM Terminals’ 33-year concession to build and operate a $992 million container terminal at the Caribbean port of Moin.

Container ship charter owner Costamare said proceeds from the sale of 7.5 million shares in a secondary offering on the NYSE will be used to acquire ships and repay debt.