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Candidates for top office in the Teamsters union battled over the fate of multiemployer pension plans, jobs and organizing and concessions to employers Sept.

Major Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co.

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted Thursday to extend surface transportation programs through Jan.

Bulk freight shipments on major North American railroads rose 1.4 percent last week to the highest level since April 2, with gains across a wide range of cargoes.

The terrorists attacks of September 11 forced the U.S. government to take a closer look at not only the security risks facing their airspace, but at its ports, railroads and highways as well.

ILWU protestors clash with police near a controversial grain terminal in Longview, Wash.

The average spot rate for shipping a container from China to the U.S. West Coast fell 11 percent in the past week amid slumping U.S.

The Arizona Supreme Court cleared the way for a driver lawsuit against Swift Transportation that could have big ramifications for how trucking companies pay drivers.

Moody’s downgraded CMA CGM a day after Standard & Poors lowered its credit rating for the French oc

A cooling-off period that starts today could soon lead to presidential intervention in contract disputes between 11 national rail unions and the largest U.S.

Lufthansa Cargo Charter boosted its presence in North America by signing an agreement with Airline Network Services, a U.S.-based general sales agent, to cover the Canadian market.

A surge in July sales of American motor vehicles, industrial equipment and aircraft pushed U.S.

FedEx is mulling buying up to 50 widebody freighters from Boeing and Airbus to update its aging fleet, according to a report by Bloomberg.

OOCL is minimizing the accumulation of currencies in emerging markets to reduce its foreign-exchange risks, because hedging costs are higher in these more-restricted markets, an executive said Thursda

Somali pirates released the MSC Panama container ship this week after reportedly receiving a $7 million ransom for the vessel, according to published reports.

Hurricane Irene cost the CSX about $10 million to $15 million in damage and lost business but the railroad expects to make up some of the losses, an executive said.

Wal-Mart is “guardedly optimistic” about the rest of 2011 but sees a trend toward a “flatter” peak season for holiday shipments, said Kelly Abney, the retailer’s vice pre

Rail service has slipped because of bad weather and cost-cutting that have left railroads without enough train crews to operate trains or switch railcars frequently, shippers told an investment bank c

The July container volume at West Coast ports fell 3 percent compared to July 2010, despite another strong showing in exports.

China will need 5,000 new commercial planes valued at $600 billion by 2030 as the country becomes the second-largest aircraft market after the U.S., aircraft manufacturer Boeing said Wednesday.

Wall Street research firm Wolfe Trahan Group is reducing its estimates for transportation earnings per share as economic headwinds gain strength.

President Obama nominated Michael A. Khouri to a full term on the Federal Maritime Commission.

The July figures from the Labor Department included 551,000 job openings in trade, transportation and utilities industries, a 33 percent increase from a year ago.

The Federal Maritime Commission extended by seven months its oversight of carriers involved in the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement and Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement.

The changes in container industry practices called for by Maersk Line CEO Eivind Kolding will take years, according to shippers and Maersk Line who are getting ready discuss a new way to do business i

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union vowed to maintain its pickets at a newly built grain terminal in Longview, Wash., despite a temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge in Tac

Air France-KLM’s cargo traffic fell 0.2 percent in August, as gains on Americas services were outweighed by lower volume on Asia-Pacific routes.

NYK Line plans to issue $325 million of bonds maturing in 2021 with a 1.218 percent coupon, the carrier’s lowest for a 10-year security since February 2003, according to Bloomberg.

Standard & Poors downgraded its outlook for CMA GCM to negative and affirmed its B+ plus rating on the French ocean carrier’s debt.

BNSF Railway Chairman and CEO Matt Rose believes the best way to get U.S.

Weakening economic conditions haven’t slowed trucking giant Landstar System, which says it gained truckload freight and raised rates in July and August.

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Class 8 truck orders rebounded in August, despite dire predictions for the U.S. economy, according to preliminary figures from two research groups.

Saddle Creek promoted Mike DelBovo, a 14-year company veteran, to the new position of president of transportation at the contract logistics operator.

Weakening economic conditions led Journal of Commerce Economist Mario O. Moreno to lower his forecast for U.S.

CMA CGM added a direct call at the Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal, a DP World facility in India’s Port of Cochin, to its North Europe-Mediterranean-Oceania service.

McDonalds’ plan to add more than 700 restaurants in China by 2013 signals the growing market for cold chain logistics providers.

Container shipping will wrestle with excess capacity through 2011 but vessel supply and demand should come into better balance in 2012, said consultant Philippe Hoehlinger.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent President Obama and Congress a detailed list of job-creation measures it supports, with a heavy focus on taking steps to expand U.S.