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United Arab Shipping will apply a general rate increase on the eastbound trade from North Europe to the Indian Subcontinent and the Arabian Gulf, starting Sept. 15.

Hapag-Lloyd announced general rate increases, effective. Oct. 1, for shipments between the U.S., Canada and Mexico and North Europe and the Mediterranean.

Bulk carload traffic at major North American railroads rose 2.8 percent in week ending Aug. 20 from a week earlier, setting a new volume peak for 2011.

Major railroads in the U.S., Canada and Mexico picked up 1.3 percent more intermodal containers and trailers last week than the week previous, for their second-highest total of 2011.

Orient Overseas Container Line named Paul Devine, a longtime sales executive in the carrier’s North America business, to be the new general manager for corporate logistics at OOCL’s Hong K

The grain crop marketing year that ended July 31 was one of the strongest on record for Canadian National Railway’s export volume to the West Coast ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert.

UPS added 100 all-electric delivery vehicles for deployment in California, bolstering its fleet of more than 2,200 alternative fuel vehicles and tripling its electric transport fleet.

The operating company that runs Singapore Changi Airport says it earned a $278 million profit in the fiscal year ending in March, helped by a 13 percent gain in revenue that was pumped up by a growing

Toll Group’s net profit in the fiscal year June 30 rose 1 percent year-over-year to $281 million, as the Australia-based logistics firm was hurt by an economic slowdown in its home country, part

U.S. port officials in the Pacific Northwest, saying higher taxes are partly behind the loss of business to Canada, are urging grain shippers to support efforts to change federal cargo fees.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services swung to a $68 million net loss in the second quarter from a $3 million profit a year ago, as lower ocean freight rates offset increased container volume.

The head of the American Trucking Associations wants Govs.

DP World boosted first half after-tax profit by 36 percent from a year ago to $281 million, as the global port operator benefited from

Freight traffic for Asia-Pacific airlines fell for the fourth straight month in July, a 4 percent decline that has air carriers viewing the rest of 2011 with growing pessimism.

Semiconductor sales in the first half of 2011 grew 3.7 percent from the same period a year ago, although sales dipped 1.5 percent between May and June, said Semiconductor Industry Association.

Cosco Pacific’s first half gross profit jumped 71 percent to $119.3 million as the Hong Kong-listed company posted sharply improved results from its terminal operations and container leasing, ma

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Averitt Express added 73,150-square-feet of warehouse space in Georgia, North Carolina and Texas, as it joins other less-than-truckload carriers in

Logistics real estate provider ProLogis, adjusting its holdings after merging with AMB Property, says it will sell 13 warehouse properties across the United States to Clarion Partners for $118 million

North Carolina’s ports of Wilmington and Morehead City will close noon Friday as the coast braces for the impact of Hurricane Irene and the 115 miles-per-hour winds expected to hit landfall abou

The top executive at New York Container Terminal on Staten Island is urging the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to provide a frequent-user discount for truckers whose bridge tolls will more

Four small railroads and seven Class I carriers received $7.7 million in security grants from the Department of Homeland, a $6.8 million decrease from the

U.S. ports received $235 million in security grants through the Department of Homeland Security’s annual program, a $15 million drop from the year before, the agency announced Wednesday.

Surging orders for aircraft and automobiles offset tepid investment in other products to produce a 4 percent gain in new orders for durable goods, the Commerce Department said.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems said will buy freight Prime Logistics for $97.5 million, as one the fastest gro

A 23.5 percent rise in exports pushed the Port of Tacoma’s loaded container volume up 10 percent in July from the same period a year ago.

Clarksons, the world’s largest shipbroker, saw its first half pretax profit fall 8 percent to $22.3 million from the same period a year ago, largely due to lower freight rates and an unfavourabl

Russia’s northwestern port of Murmansk has been put up for sale with a price tag of around $700 million.

An improved market and extra capacity boosted Qantas Freight’s earnings before interest and taxes by 48 percent year-over-year to $62 million in the financial year ending June 30.

Beleaguered shippers facing delays and congestion surcharges at the India’s Port of Chennai will have an alternative gateway in January.

Grain shippers in the upper Midwest could once again struggle to get containers later this year, says an equipment lessor, if the peak shipping season in the eastbound Pacific is disappointing and the

APL and Hamburg Sud will cooperate in a vessel-sharing agreement linking the West Coast of South America with Central American ports and connecting with the carriers’ linehaul services.

State transportation officials are warning if Congress fails to renew the government's authorization to collect fuel taxes for the Highway Trust Fund, infrastructure projects around the country will g

Container truck drivers at India’s Port of Chennai ended their strike Tuesday night following intense negotiations between the strikers, port-terminal officials and trade representatives.

Cargo traffic at Memphis International Airport grew 2.1 percent in June from the same month a year ago, an uptick that provided signs of life in the U.S. air express market.

For-hire truck tonnage fell 1.3 percent in July after rising a revised 2.6 percent in June, indicating growth will

APL will shift its port calls from New York Container Terminal on Staten Island to Maher Terminals in Elizabeth, N.J., next July in a move reportedly influenced by rising tolls at the Port Authority o

China Cosco Group named Ma Zehua, vice president at rival China Shipping Group, as CEO, succeeding Wei Jiafu, according to Dow Jones Newswires.

The congestion at cargo terminals in India’s Port of Chennai that has plagued ocean carriers and shippers over the past two months is set to worsen in the coming weeks because of another wildcat

Freight railroads will have to deploy expensive automation systems on far less track than earlier proposed under a new version of a positive train control requirement issued Tuesday by the Department