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Horizon Lines is discontinuing its money-losing trans-Pacific service, a route that sought to sail in a niche market underneath the scope of larger container lines by linking the U.S.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica said he will take “every measure that’s needed” to pass a four-year authorization of the Federal Aviation Adminis

Diesel prices across the United States rose 2.4 cents in the week ending Oct. 24, increasing for the second straight week as crude oil prices rose to their highest point in nearly three months.

Containerized imports into the Port of Seattle plunged 22.6 percent in September over the same month a year ago as a tumultuous month at Pacific Northwest ports brought a meek showing in the midst of

Refrigerated trucker Marten Transport increased its net profit 15.5 percent to $6.3 million in the third quarter on higher operating revenue, volume and surcharges.

FedEx, showing strong confidence in U.S.

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Truckload giant Landstar System increased net profit 38.5 percent to $30.2 million on a 9.8 percent increase in revenue to $684 million in the third quarter.

Bob Evans Farms is serving up a portion of its distribution network, selling its Springfield, Ohio, BEF Foods distribution center to Millard Refrigerated Services.

Truckload carrier USA Truck rejected merger talks with larger rival Celadon Group despite falling back into the red with a $4.3 million third-quarter loss.

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“Share and share alike” is a maxim shippers find hard to follow, especially if it means sharing zealously guarded supply chain resources.

INTTRA, the e-commerce cargo-booking portal, said its electronic bookings reached a record high in the past two months.

Star Reefers’ loss in the third quarter widened to $14.1 million from $3.7 million a year earlier as the Norwegian refrigerated ship operator faced plunging spot freight rates and high fuel pric

Japan’s exports in September grew 2.4 percent year-over-year, increasing for the second straight month after five months of declines following the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami in March, a

Air freight moving through Hong Kong fell 6.1 percent year-over-year in September, the seventh straight monthly decline and a lackluster start to the peak fall shipping season.

Williiam G. Gotimer Jr. and Mark Tanner have been named co-CEOs of Trailer Bridge, replacing Ivy Barton Suter, who resigned Friday.

Ray LaHood has had enough.

For months, year-over-year gains in rail freight traffic have countered gloom-and-doom warnings about the U.S. economy heading back into recession.

Latin America’s economies are as varied as the countries’ political and economic foundations.

The two Class 1 railroads serving the ports of Virginia are playing musical chairs. When the music stops, the big winner will be the Virginia Port Authority.

The American Society of Civil Engineers likely never intended to be the Cassandra of U.S. infrastructure decline, but Washington hears its prophecies loud and clear.

One country’s container tax is another country’s trade barrier. A coalition of six major U.S. West Coast ports and two major railroads argues that the U.S.

What’s keeping trucking executives awake at night as 2012 approaches? If it’s not the threat of a double-dip recession, it’s drivers, drivers and drivers.

Latin America was the United States’ fastest-growing partner among the major trading regions during the last decade, according to the Congressional Research Service.

Third-party logistics providers are by nature intermediaries linking shippers with carriers of all types. Now they’re linking shippers with shippers.

For decades, economists have been telling the international trade and transportation industries that Latin America is the region of the future. The future, it appears, has finally arrived.

The Obama administration is moving quickly, by government standards, to reform the regulations that delay outbound shipments or add unnecessary costs to the export process as the White House presses a

With the global shipping industry facing overcapacity, a decision over deployment is hardly an idle question for carriers

Semiconductor giant Intel, projecting caution across the technology sector despite its own record sales in the third

Exporters are urging the Obama administration to break down more trade barriers after the president signed free trade pacts with Colombia, Panama and South Korean into law Friday.

German container carrier Hapag-Lloyd will apply a general rate increase on cargo shipped from East Asia (exclu

Democrats in the Senate plan to schedule a vote soon on President Obama’s proposals for major new infrastructure spending, as the next step to bring up his “jobs plan” in bits and pi

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey confirmed Patrick J. Foye as its new executive director at its monthly board meeting Thursday.

The American Trucking Associations announced a new three-year agreement with Bill Graves, the former Kansas governo

China may double its corn imports from the U.S.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey reported its busiest month for container imports so far in 2011 in August, but volume at the U.S.

Terminal container operators negotiating with a port authority for new facilities should expect talks to be lengthy, possibly contentious, and focused on financial feasibility, considering terminals c

California’s container ports are working overtime to convince cargo interests that Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oakland should be their first choice in the trade with Asia, but the ports’ b