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Damco, the logistics and forwarding unit of A.P. Moller-Maersk, posted a 29 percent increase in profit last year as revenue and margins rose.

International Airlines Group’s freight revenue in 2011 grew 8.6 percent from a year ago to $1.6 billion, as the Anglo-Spanish carrier increased traffic in a declining global air cargo market.

The U.S. economy expanded at a 3 percent annual rate in the last quarter of 2011, topping the previous estimate of 2.8 percent, as consumer spending and incomes rose.

Hong Kong Airlines has bowed to pressure from customers and animal welfare groups to stop transporting live dolphins.

Mediterranean Shipping became the second carrier after Maersk Line to announce a second rate hike this year of $400 per 20-foot container on the westbound leg of the Asia-Europe trade.

West Coast ports could see a diversion of cargo from East and Gulf Coast ports this year if contract talks between waterfront employers and the International Longshoremen’s Association become he

Average eastbound trans-Pacific spot rates fell 1.8 percent this week, as slack seasonal demand further undermined the rate increase that carriers implemented as of Jan. 1.

The American Trucking Associations is siding with regulators in federal court to support voluntary use of electronic onboard recorders by trucking companies.

The White House on Tuesday announced the formation of a trade enforcement center to ensure exporters’ trading rights achieved through international agreements and protect exporters from other co

The freight tonnage carried by for-hire trucks fell 4 percent in January from December, when it surged 6.4 percent, the American Trucking Associations said.

U.S. surface transportation trade in December with Canada and Mexico totaled $74.2 billion, an 11.6 percent increase from a year earlier, according to the Transportation Department.

Increases in freight volume and yield pushed YRC Worldwide’s total revenue up 11 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 to $1.2 billion, but didn’t add up to a profit.

APM Terminals plans to invest about $3 billion in infrastructure development and expansion of its global network of terminals in 2012, the Hague-based terminal operator said Tuesday.

Container ship lines in the Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement have announced rate increases for dry cargoes as they try to stem losses in the U.S.-Asia market.

Containerized imports to major North Europe ports dropped by nearly 7 percent in the fourth quarter and are expected to rise less than 3 percent in the current quarter, according to the North Europe G

Orders for U.S. durable goods fell 4 percent in January, the biggest decline in three years, following the expiration of a tax break on equipment purchases.

Samudera Shipping Line’s profit last year rose 33.8 percent year-over-year to $12.6 million, as the Singapore-listed carrier’s expansion in Indonesia domestic shipping helped offset a down

Malaysian shipping group MISC Berhad blames its withdrawal from container shipping for a $405 million loss in the nine-month period ended 31 December.

Operations at the Port of Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva) were severely disrupted Tuesday after dock workers at India’s largest container gateway joined a 24-hour nationwide general strike.

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Diesel prices across the U.S. topped $4 a gallon in the week ending Feb. 27, jumping 9.1 cents to a nearly 10-month high as oil prices fell after a seven-day surge.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Monday urged state transportation officials to “be bold, don’t be afraid” as they meet with members of Congress in what is likely to be a cruci

Four ocean carriers are teaming up to jointly launch a new service between ports the U.S. East Coast and Brazil in March.

Forecasters surveyed by the National Association of Business Economics show growing optimism about the U.S.

Electronic container cargo booking in 2011 outpaced overall industry volume growth by nearly four-fold, according to figures released Monday by INTTRA, an electronic booking portal for the container s

Hong Kong Airlines is refusing to stop transporting live dolphins captured in Japan despite public uproar over its involvement.

China plans to build the world’s largest cargo airport near Beijing in a $4.8 billion project due for completion in late 2017.

APM Terminals profit declined 18 percent in 2011 to $649 million from $793 million a year ago, but the container terminal operator expects gains in market share will improve results in 2012.

CMA CGM will trim its network of all-water services between the Far East and the U.S. Gulf and East Coast at the end of March.

Maersk Line will remain in the red this year after slumping to a $602 million loss in 2011 from a record $2.6 billion profit in 2010, said A.P.

Drewry Shipping Consultants estimates the international shipping industry contributes about 3.3 percent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions, part of an enormous impact from global freight tr

One of the smallest victims of Capitol Hill’s battle over transportation funding may be the one most missed by industry and government leaders who need solid data to create effective programs.

Joseph B. Atkinson knew trouble was coming when Schneider National leaped into the regional truckload business in 2008.

After years of turning their backs on distribution centers as grey hulks full of low-paying jobs, more states and cities are knocking on cross-docks with incentives.

Chicago, the hub around which so many of the nation’s transportation assets spin, is home to two non-asset transport operators whose rapid growth underscores a significant shift in how U.S.

A decade ago, Hapag-Lloyd operated in the rarefied air along with the world’s most profitable global ocean carriers.

Three long-awaited free trade agreements passed Congress last year, and the U.S. is negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership. What next?

After three years of boom and bust, Chile’s CSAV hopes a new business model and $1.2 billion in fresh capital will provide smoother sailing for South America’s largest container line.

Trucking in 2012 is an increasingly divided industry, not along lines such as truckload or less-than-truckload or dry van or flatbed, but by size and scale.

OOCL will implement a general rate increase on trans-Atlantic cargo moving via Canadian ports, starting April 1.