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Criticism and controversy over federal stimulus spending may have played a part in Rep. James L.

Swift Transportation is raising the ante in its initial public offering to $1 billion as the truckload business gains traction.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood didn’t even wait for incoming governors of Wisconsin and Ohio to be sworn in.

A major shipper group is decrying the Federal Maritime Commission’s lack of action on a nine-month investigation into ocean carrier practices on the Pacific and says it may take legal action to

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington cleared the Department of Transportation to launch its CSA 2010 trucking safety program as early as this weekend, denying a request for a delay.

Letters submitted as evidence in court indicate the Teamsters union was willing to help ABF Freight System purchase struggling YRC Worldwide earlier this year.

Celadon Group secured a $50 million, five-year revolving credit facility from Bank of America, giving the truckload carrier increased liquidity and financing flexibility.

U.S. consumer confidence rose to its highest level in six months, adding to transportation providers’ hopes that strong holiday sales will increase inventory restocking.

Federal agents say they dug up $51,900 in cash buried by a New Jersey longshoreman who reported the money represented dockworkers’ annual Christmas-season “tribute” payments to organized crime.

Freight airline Florida West International Airlines and three cargo executives face charges they conspired to fix prices on shipments from Colombia to the United States, including peak season surcharg

Frankfurt airport's cargo traffic rose 5.2 percent in November from a year ago to hit an all time high for the month of 198,333 metric tons.

Exports jumped 3.2 percent to a two-year high in October, driving the U.S. trade deficit down a larger-than-expected 13 percent as imports declined slightly.

A Florida state court in Miami on Thursday blocked developers from building three high-rise condominiums on 25 acres along the Miami River, an industrial area of terminals for shallow-draft ships that

International air cargo prices jumped 6.2 percent in October from the month before, recovering from a five-month swoon and reaching the highest point since June, according to the latest Drewry air fre

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Shippers appear dedicated to getting ahead of potential truck capacity constraints in 2011.

Shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes is winding up the year with strong growth based on staples of grain exports along with imports of iron ore and steel.

FedEx Freight is speeding less-than-truckload service between U.S. and Canadian markets, cutting transit times in more than 500 lanes, the company said.

Two American cargo pilots are under arrest and charged with trying to smuggle some 300 pounds of cocaine U.S. And Dominican drug agents found hidden on their small freight aircraft.

President Obama said the U.S. is "on track to meet" his goal of doubling exports in five years, and his administration is taking additional steps to maintain the momentum.

The former president of Con-way Freight, John Labrie, joined truckload giant CRST International as head of its core dry van division CRST Expedited.

Maersk Line said it is struggling to connect exports via terminals in India’s Port of Chennai because of severe port congestion and a sudden shortage of container trucks that is crippling outbound car

Just as he threatened, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood began redirecting $1.195 billion away from passenger rail projects rejected by governors-elect in Wisconsin and Ohio, and said those stimulus

Independent Container Line announced a restructuring of its U.S. sales team with the appointment of new vice presidents of sales for the northern and southern regions.

The Federal Maritime Commission on Thursday accepted the final report from a nine-month investigation into vessel capacity and equipment shortages. The commission will form committees to follow up.

The House on Thursday by a narrow margin passed a bill that would give new authority to the Food and Drug Administration to recall products and inspect food processing facilities.

The Jacksonville Port Authority authorized its executive director to negotiate for a contract to build a new container terminal for Hanjin Shipping.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano met Dec. 8 with officials from major air cargo firms and the U.S.

Lufthansa boosted freight traffic in November 18.2 percent from a year ago, triple the growth of its closest European air cargo rival Air France-KLM.

Waiting ships started passing through the Panama Canal Thursday after it was closed for 17 hours because of flooding.

United Parcel Service is targeting small and medium-sized European acquisitions rather than big ticket deals, the U.S. parcel delivery firm's chief financial officer said.

Container ship charter rates are falling as ocean carriers sit out the seasonally slack fourth quarter and reassess their capacity requirements amid uncertainty over cargo volumes and freight rates go

Hanjin Shipping announced a series of rate increases Wednesday for Asia-Europe services starting Jan.

Ryder System will buy Total Logistics Control from SuperValu, increasing the company’s reach in the beverage, food and consumer packaged goods market.

Oil prices are headed upward, and diesel and other oil-based fuels will cost more as a result, according to a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Tuesday.

The Transportation Department’s Freight Transportation Services Index climbed 0.2 percent in October from its September level, rising for the 13th time in 17 months.

National labor organizations intensified their attack on the classification of harbor truck drivers as independent contractors with the release Wednesday of the report, "The Big Rig: Poverty, Pollutio

The attempted attacks on two airliners in October gave new impetus to U.S.

With a warning that the current U.S.

President Obama will find strong support in the new House majority if he accelerates foreign trade efforts, Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, said Tuesday.