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The time to switch the tracks and prevent Canadian Pacific Railway from barreling toward a proxy fight is over.

Canadian Pacific Railway saw fourth-quarter profit rise 19 percent year-over-year to $221 million, but the railroad’s operating ratio worsened as management faces pressure from an activist inves

Hapag-Lloyd will impose a series of general rate increases on Far East services in March, as part of the German carrier’s rate restoration program.

Tight capacity, rate hikes and acquisitions helped Celadon Group boost net profit 86.2 percent in the last quarter despite a less than 1 percent rise in freight revenue.

The Port of New York and New Jersey’s various factions must work together to improve a port that is “not as efficient, productive or even as safe as some of our competitors,” said Ne

Orders for long-lasting goods rose 3 percent in December, a sign the manufacturing sector continues to bolster a slow economic recovery.

Forth Ports acquired full ownership of Tilbury Container Services, paying $147 million for the remaining 67 percent share of the London container terminal.

Average spot rates on the Asia-Europe trade lane fell this week after increasing week-over-week in the previous five weeks as demand declined during the week-long factory shutdown for the Chinese New

Hapag-Lloyd will open its own shipping agency in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in a joint venture with its existing third party agent, Inchcape Shipping Services.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. said it will put a new piracy surcharge into effect on containers it transports between ports in South Africa and East Africa beginning in March.

Asian air carriers shipped 5.4 percent less freight last month than in December 2010, as the traditional end of the year peak season failed to materialize, said the Association of Asia-Pacific Airline

Mediterranean Shipping Company imposed a port congestion surcharge on all cargo moving to the Port of Mombasa, Kenya, starting Feb. 1.

Throughput at Kong Kong International Airport in December fell 4.3 percent year-over-year, pulling annual traffic down 4.6 percent at the world’s largest cargo airport.

Mediterranean Shipping plans to shuffle the U.S. East Coast port rotation of its Golden Gate Service from the Far East in February.

Marten Transport raised its net profit 47 percent to $7.1 million in the fourth quarter as the refrigerated carrier’s revenue jumped 15.9 percent to $158.3 million.

Ground transportation rates paid by Canadian shippers rose 1.6 percent month-to-month in November, the ninth straight monthly increase since March2011.

Swift Transportation reported its first annual profit since 2006 as the nation’s largest truckload carrier rebuilt its revenue base and slashed debt in 2011.

The harbor trucking industry is clashing with the Teamsters union over a bill before the Washington state legislature that would classify owner-operators as employees rather than as independent contra

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Canadian National Railway’s profit in the fourth quarter rose 17.7 percent year-over-year to $584 million, as revenue jumped 12 percent to a record $2.3 billion on stronger pricing and freight t

Chilean carrier CSAV has raised $129 million in the second stage of a planned $1.2 billion capital increase and said it hopes to complete its refinancing by Feb. 15.

The port of Rotterdam will grow container traffic faster than its north European rivals over the next six years and its terminals will achieve higher utilization rates, according to a report by McKins

House Republicans on Thursday will introduce a surface transportation bill that calls for highway spending at current levels “for at least five years” to give states financial stability to

The northern French ports of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris are working together on a joint effort to attract business to a logistics corridor along the river Seine.

Higher intermodal, coal and general merchandise volumes helped Norfolk Southern increase net profit 19 percent to $480 million in the fourth on $2.8 billion in sales.

Damco has appointed Henriette Hallberg Thygesen, a 16-year veteran of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, as its new CEO for North Asia.

Maersk Line will begin charging a cargo declaration amendment fee on shipments to destinations that require advanced manifest, starting March 1.

European Union trust busters ordered Deutsche Post to pay back up to $1.3 billion in aid from the German government that breached the bloc’s competition rules.

Average spot freight rates on the eastbound trans-Pacific trade held firm for the third week in a row even as Chinese factories closed for Lunar New Year celebrations.

Japan suffered a trade deficit of $32 billion with the rest of the world in 2011— the first annual deficit in 31 years —primarily because of the effects of the devastating earthquake and t

Maersk Line is reorganizing its Far East Asia-West Mediterranean service network, effective mid-February.

Panalpina said its six new direct less-than-container-load services on intra-Asian routes are aimed at tapping growing demand from consumer, high-tech and telecom sectors.

Global economic headwinds aren’t slowing Harley-Davidson. The iconic motorcycle maker bolstered its profits as it increased sales and shipments in 2011.

For-hire truck tonnage rose 5.9 percent in 2011, the biggest year-over-year freight gain for trucking since 1998, the American Trucking Associations said Tuesday.

The International Monetary Fund reduced global economic growth forecasts for the year to 3.25 percent from its 4 percent last fall and warned that the euro zone debt crisis could push the region back

Emirates SkyCargo will further boost cargo capacity to Africa in early February by adding five weekly flights from Dubai to the capitals of Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Kansas City Southern Railway saw fourth-quarter profit skyrocketed 84.6 percent year-over-year to $95.6 million, as the railroad’s 11 percent jump in revenue set quarterly and annual records.

Far East Land Bridge will launch a new rail service in March linking Europe to the thriving manufacturing center of Chongqing in central China.

Pantos Logistics recently opened a second logistics center at South Korea's Incheon airport, the world’s fourth largest cargo airport by volume in 2010.

Amazon plans to open a 1 million-square foot fulfillment center in Spartanburg, S.C., its second new fulfillment center in the Palmetto State in two years.