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INTTRA said Thursday it is integrating its e-commerce platform with Info-X Software Technology, which will enable the Indian software provider to provide end-to-end ocean transportation bookings for i

Infrastructure remains a challenge for ship lines, says Juergen Pump, senior vice president of Hamburg Sud North America.

Advent International, a private equity firm specializing in Latin American investment, is acquiring 50 percent of the capital stock of Terminal de Conteineres de Paranagua, Brazil’s third-largest cont

Port Corpus Christi passed an important hurdle Wednesday in its quest to move ahead with the huge Las Brisas electric generating plant that Chase Energy plans to build at the Texas port.

Congressional leaders are moving a new six-year surface transportation bill higher on their priority lists after President Obama’s call for infrastructure investment in his State of the Union ad

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The Federal Maritime Commission is stepping up its attention to ocean carrier practices, voting Wednesday to launch a formal inquiry into slow steaming.

The global container market may grow by more than 8 percent this year, according to A.P. Moller-Maersk CEO Nils Smedegaard Andersen.

Higher intermodal and logistics revenue boosted fourth quarter profits and sales at temperature-controlled trucker Marten Transport, Mondovi, Wis.

Truck tonnage rose 5.7 percent last year compared with 2009, helping tonnage to recovery from an 8.7 percent plunge, the American Trucking Associations said.

Canadian Pacific Railway’s fourth quarter net income spiked 27 percent from a year earlier to $187 million (C$186 million), outpacing a 13 percent rise in revenue to $1.3 billion.

Truckload carrier Celadon Group’s net profit increased to $2.9 million in its last quarter, nearly triple its net income a year ago of $1 million.

Transportation trade groups are praising President Obama's call to rebuild the nation’s efforts infrastructure but some members of Congress say the administration will have to put more details b

French dockers and port workers will stage a four-day nationwide strike on Friday, Jan.

Industrial property markets are seeing “modest” recovery in line with a gradual strengthening of the economy, real estate investment firm Grubb & Ellis said.

Horizon Lines says the eastbound trans-Pacific service it launched in December is providing 15-day transits from Shanghai to Kansas City through Los Angeles.

Korea Line filed for a court receivership on Tuesday in the wake of losses caused by the global oversupply of bulk vessels and low freight rates.

Cargolux said Wednesday it will appeal the European Union’s $109 million fine for participating in an international price fixing cartel, making the all-cargo carrier the second airline to formal

The widely watched Industrial Price Index of materials pricing hit a 12-month high last week and rose at the fastest rate in a year, a sign the business cycle’s upswing is gaining momentum.

Container volume increased to 343,366 20-foot equivalent units in 2010, a 29.5 percent increase over 2009, at the three-year-old container port of Prince Rupert in remote northern British Columbia.

Norfolk Southern earned a net profit of $402 million in the fourth quarter, a 31 percent gain compared with a year earlier, as revenue grew 14 percent to $2.4 billion, the railroad said Tuesday.

Rule changes proposed by the Census Bureau would severely limit post-departure electronic export declarations. Only a limited number of agricultural and bulk commodities would be eligible.

The seven largest freight railroads trimmed 642 positions from their combined U.S.

A construction industry group says backers of a new national transportation bill must provide “transformational reforms” to get a highway spending plan through an increasingly conservative Congress.

The U.S. Postal Service saved $5 million in 2010 by reducing energy, water, solid waste to landfills and petroleum fuel use.

The Port of Oakland announced three hires to advance its five-year strategic plan.

Swift Transportation raised its operating revenue 16.8 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter to $780.4 million as it increased volume and raised rates.

Pirates off the coast of Somalia captured a German multipurpose vessel with 12 men on board.

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index in January shifted upward to a level not seen since May 2010 as income expectations rose.

Canadian National Railway saw its fourth quarter operating income rise 18.5 percent from a year earlier to $774 million while revenue rose 12.5 percent to $2.1 billion.

Vietnam's Cai Mep International Terminal took delivery of the first two of six super post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes that will enable it to handle the largest container vessels.

DP World reported container traffic rose 14 percent in 2010 from the previous year to an all time high of almost 50 million 20-foot equivalent units as world trade recovered from the global economic r

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CSX Transportation’s net profit rose 42 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier to $430 million, with a revenue gain of 21 percent to $2.82 billion, the railroad announced Monday.

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The Jacksonville Port Authority is delaying for as long as two years construction of the new container terminal it will build in North Jacksonville for Hanjin Shipping.

Hamburg Sud North America, joining the push by ocean carrier to narrow equipment services, said Monday it will stop providing chassis to shippers moving containers with merchant's haulage through Phil

The six members of the Caribbean Shipowners Association will hike their bunker surcharge on containerized cargo as of Feb. 27.

The U.S. should look at the long-term economic benefits of transportation when making infrastructure investments, the two authors of a new Bipartisan Policy Center study said Friday.

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings will add two 747-400 freighters to its agreement with DHL Express, sharply raising capacity on trans-Pacific routes.