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Stephen Russell, chairman and CEO of Celadon Group, is selling about 15 percent of the stock he owns in the truckload carrier, the company said Monday.

Orient Overseas Container Line reported a profit of $841.6 million last year, after a loss of $376.9 million in 2009 and said it expects supply and demand to be near balance this year.

Japanese ports and airports suffered minor damage in the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern par

An Indian Navy frigate captured a group of pirates after exchanging fire with them, confiscating a hijacked mother ship and rescuing all hostages aboard in the South Arabian Sea.

As spring rains swell rivers and their tributaries throughout the central and southern U.S., the waters carry silt into the shallow bays and coastal waters lining the Gulf of Mexico.

The per-gallon fuel tax is so last century. Just ask the growing number of state, federal and industry officials pushing for a change.

The Department of Transportation appears poised to inject hundreds of millions of dollars into rail lines operated by major freight railroads to help build up intercity passenger rail service and use

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is trying to put a friendlier face on its new regulatory powers.

As Chief Financial Officer Sheila Taylor prepares to leave YRC Worldwide, pressure mounts on the company’s board to find a successor to William D. Zollars.

North America’s rail freight network, after shaking off a series of powerful winter storms in January, is back on the fast track to growth. But a new threat is emerging: surging fuel costs.

The trucking industry is hiring again, but at a pace and level far below its pre-recession plateau, placing a limit on the expansion of truck capacity.

Sitting on the sidelines at The Journal of Commerce’s Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference, two shippers said their solution to the troubling questions over services and rates sounded simple but wa

Potholes carry a heavy price, and John Q. Public is ponying up a good share to pay for their repair.

Alberto Aleman Zubieta had no illusions about what he was facing when he presided over the Panama Canal’s transition from U.S. jurisdiction to Panamanian control at the end of 1999.

Canada’s two largest airports base their infrastructure development strategy on the theory that efficient, cargo-friendly airports will lead the country to trade prosperity, and Asia will be the

The momentum many U.S. third-party logistics providers and freight brokers reported at the end of 2010 appears to be extending into 2011. C.H. Robinson, the largest domestic 3PL in the U.S.

It took years for ocean carriers to follow through on their desire to get out of the chassis business. Now it may take the rest of the industry years to find a new model that works.

The massive earthquake that struck Japan on Friday closed all ports and airports there, and coastal regions across the entire Pacific Ocean were blanketed with tsunami warnings and bracing for the imp

The U.S.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is making available $2.4 billion in passenger rail grant money rejected by Florida Gov. Rick Scott so that other states can submit applications for new projects.

The Department of Homeland Security on Friday announced a strategy to plug one of the biggest breaches in maritime security: terrorist attacks by small boats.

European Union trustbusters raided the offices of transport firms in the Baltic region amid suspicions they are involved in a cartel in the rail freight sector.

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U.S. retail and food sales posted a month-to-month gain of 1 percent in February, driven by strong auto sales, the Commerce Department said.

Horizon Lines said its lenders agreed to cancel a default triggered by the company's guilty plea to price-fixing in the Puerto Rico trade and to relax loan covenants.

OOCL and Yang Ming plan to expand the port coverage of their joint China-Pakistan Express service and launch a new service on the trade lane.

Mediterranean Shipping Co.

Lufthansa Cargo increased freight traffic 25.2 percent in February from a year ago.

The replacement of aging tractors and trailers, deferred for more than two years during the recession, is ramping up in 2011, according to ACT Research.

Japan's shipping industry and services will be hit across the board by the massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that slammed the country Friday, according to an initial assessment of the impac

President Obama said the U.S.

Container volumes moving through the Panama Canal will certainly increase when the canal is enlarged in 2014, but that does not necessarily mean West Coast ports will lose market share simply because

As the Panama Canal expansion project draws closer to its 2014 completion date and the global economy recovers, ports along the Gulf of Mexico are working hard to attract direct all-water services fro

The Department of Transportation is giving the public more time to comment on a proposal that would require electronic onboard recorders in most heavy trucks.

The Transportation Security Administration is satisfied with its security screening program for goods shipped on domestic passenger airline flights, but TSA said Wednesday challenges remain in meeting

A key measure of truckload demand jumped 18.9 percent week over week in early March, signaling tightening capacity as the nation and the economy warm up.

The Justice Department said it allowed Horizon Lines to pay a back-loaded $45 million fine for price fixing in the Puerto Rico trade because a stiffer penalty would have threatened the carrier's viabi

Ann Begeman, President Obama's choice to join the Surface Transportation Board, told senators at her nomination hearing she will work toward making sure shippers as well as railroads can approach the

The three carrier members of the Grand Alliance plan to overhaul their trans-Pacific services to the U.S. West Coast in advance of the peak season.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood took the Obama administration's "bold vision" for a new transportation bill to the Senate this week, but lawmakers were not ready to buy in.