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Six motor carriers that received subsidies from the Port of Los Angeles for the purchase of clean trucks may have to return some of the money because they did not comply with the requirements of the p

UPS boosted its cargo capacity 50 percent on flights to Central and South America last week, saying it is responding to solid growth in Latin American demand.

Con-way Truckload, looking to hire more truck drivers in the Western U.S., reopened a driver orientation site in Phoenix that closed during the recession.

Old Dominion Freight Line, a less-than-truckload carrier, is driving deeper into drayage, opening a container drayage facility in Mobile, Ala.

A key measure of freight shipping in the United States slipped back 0.2 percent in May from the month before, a new sign that the economy is losing momentum heading into the summer.

Major ocean carriers operating to and from India plan to raise rates on key trade lanes, starting in early July.

Eastern U.S. railroads CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railway each planned to hold groundbreaking ceremonies Monday on separate intermodal hub construction projects.

Shippers are bracing for higher transportation costs, even as the economy slows, according to a second-quarter survey of more than 2,000 logistics managers.

Global Ports, Russia’s largest container terminal operator, plans to raise about $100 million for an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange.

A tentative contract between the United Transportation Union and major U.S.

The International Air Transport Association scaled back its 2011 industry profit forecast by more than half on Monday, to $4 billion from an estimated $8.4 billion the industry group had projected jus

German logistics giant Deutsche Post DHL purchased Standard Forwarding, a five-state less-than-truckload motor carrier in East Moline, Ill.

The State Assembly will most likely not address a bill that would classify drayage truck drivers at California ports and intermodal rail yards as employees, although it could be taken up next year.

The Department of Transportation’s payouts to states for work done under the 2009 economic stimulus law went above $28.4 billion as of May 20, the government reported, a

Freight transportation employment was virtually flat last month while a closely watched survey of non-manufacturing activity showed a sharp drop in import growth.

Union Pacific Railroad will pay $25 million to settle a longstanding dispute with the Environmental Protection Agency over lead cleanup costs for a Superfund site in Omaha, Neb.

Leaders from Teamsters union locals around the country will review a tentative national car-haul agreement when they meet in Nashville June 13.

Truckload capacity appears to be tightening again, after loosening in April, according to a key measure of industry equipment supply and demand.

The Association of American Railroads will have a new person serving as its top lobbyist, as Laurie Knight will take the post of senior vice president of government affairs starting July 25, and repla

The Federal Maritime Commission is back in business and reopened today after being closed all week because of

Japanese export ship orders rose for the 17th consecutive month in April year-over-year, increasing 9.4 percent to 912,142 gross tons, according to figures released by the Japan Ship Exporters’

The first of 48,000 Canadian postal workers launched a series of rotating city-area strikes in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Friday while their union and Canada Post planned last-ditch meetings for later in the

Sammy Ofer, the billionaire Israeli shipping magnate and co-owner of ocean container carrier Zim, died today in Tel Aviv after a long illness. He was 89.

Sharp Electronics and Pier 1 fell back sharply in The Journal of Commerce rankings of the Top 100 Importers for 2010 in a sign of the ongoing impact of the retail industry’s inventory retrenchme

Bob Sappio, a veteran of 29 years at APL, will leave the company as the container shipping line extends a restructuring of its top management.

YRC Worldwide is once again contributing to Teamsters pensions, but at much lower level than it did before suspending those contributions in July 2009.

The Port of Los Angeles adopted a fiscal 2011-12 budget totaling $976.6 million, which projects operating revenues of $405.4 million and a capital budget of $291 million.

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Transport Corporation of India, the Asian country’s largest integrated supply chain and logistics service provider, on Thursday posted net profit of $11.4 million for fiscal 2010-11, a 20 percen

The Federal Maritime Commission announced that its offices remain closed on Thursday while the local electric utility attempts to restore power to the building that houses its offices.

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Maersk Line will operate scheduled services to the Mediterranean island port of Marsaxlokk, Malta Freeport Terminal confirmed.

Shippers are adjusting to slow-steaming by ocean carriers but want carriers to use some of the savings to reduce freight rates and improve customer service, according to a survey of 290 logistics exec

Mediterranean Shipping Co. will raise general rates on cargo shipped from northern European and Mediterranean ports to Canada and Mexico, effective July 1.

Neptune Orient Lines said Thursday it completed $1.1 billion in loan agreements and documentation with financial institutions providing financing for the 12 container ships the carrier ordered last ye

International air cargo traffic grew 5.4 percent in April but the gain lagged behind rapidly expanding capacity and behind growth in world trade, according to the International Air Transport Associati

Transportation and logistics giant Con-way will send $200,000 to help tornado survivors rebuild in Joplin, Mo., the home of its Con-way Truckload division.

UTi Worldwide reported a 13.2 percent decline in net profit to $8.7 million in its fiscal first quarter ending April 30 as costs from restructuring global operations offset a 14 percent gain in revenu

Horizon Lines, struggling in recent weeks to stave off a debt default, said Wednesday it has new agreements with bondholders to refinance the company's entire capital structure.

The Port of Oakland secured $18 million in federal funding for operations and maintenance dredging for its 50-foot channel.