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TRAC Intermodal on Dec. 1 will open its West Coast Metro Pool in Oakland and Los Angeles, leasing chassis to harbor trucking companies and ocean carriers on a short and medium-term basis.

There is only a "slim" chance the appellate court handling the Port of Los Angeles clean-truck case will agree with U.S.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. will impose bunker surcharges on containers moving between North Europe and the Mediterranean and Venezuela, Central America and the west coast of South America as of Dec.

The cold chain may be the weakest link in distribution in China, and specialty U.S. trucker C.R. England sees that as an opportunity.

DHL announced a major expansion of its Asia-Pacific service logistics business in May, including a doubling of its footprint in India and China, expansions in Singapore and Japan, and a $70 million in

The Asia-Pacific region is filled with logistics challenges, including infrastructure, regulatory framework, licensing issues and disparate customs rules.

In a sign of growing strength in rail freight demand, North American railcar leasing firms and other car owners pulled 12,799 more railcars out of storage in October, said the Association of American

The Port of Seattle Commission authorized an additional expenditure of $110,000 in incentive money to encourage shipping and cruise lines to burn low-sulfur fuels in their auxiliary engines while at b

President Obama's deficit cutting panel delivered plans for transportation policy that include a gradual 15-cent increase in federal fuel taxes to shore up the Highway Trust Fund and a proposal that t

A shipper organization wants the Obama administration to release rewritten hours-of-service rules for truck drivers, kept under wraps since July.

Ulrich Ogiermann, facing charges that he took part in a global air cargo price-fixing conspiracy, stepped down Thursday as president and chief executive of freight airline Cargolux and was replaced by

Wilh. Wilhelmsen boosted third quarter earnings 55 percent from a year ago, driven mainly by a strong rebound in ocean car shipments among Asia, Europe and North America.

The economy may be slowing, but truck demand is picking up, and will double by 2013, according to ACT Research.

A resurgence of iron ore and coal shipments combined with a healthy increase in grain exports to drive an upward trend on the St. Lawrence Seaway as the current shipping season comes to an end.

Container throughput at major ports in India for the April-October period surged 12 percent over the same period last year, the Indian Ports Association said Thursday.

Global Ship Lease, the NYSE-listed container ship charter owner, reported a narrower third quarter loss as it revealed it won't be taking delivery of two new vessels because it can't finance the $155

The Australian state of Queensland agreed to sell a 99-year lease on the Port of Brisbane to a group including Global Infrastructure Partners and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority for $2.1 billion in

Lufthansa carried 18.3 percent more cargo in October than a year ago.

CEVA Logistics said its core profit jumped 26 percent in the third quarter over the same period a year ago to $117.9 million as revenue soared 32 percent and business grew sharply from the second quar

The American Trucking Associations recruited a top Republican Senate staffer to lead its advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill, including its campaign to secure reauthorization of the surface transportatio

New York-New Jersey marine terminal executives testified they're doing what they can to chip away at inefficient labor practices such as paying union timekeepers up to 27 hours a day, but they said th

California's ocean and air cargo exports increased by double digits in September compared to the same month last year, marking the 11th consecutive year-over-year monthly increase in the state's expor

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told the governors-elect of Wisconsin and Ohio they cannot redirect federal passenger rail grants to other uses once they take office, so the Department of Transpor

Railcar and barge builder Greenbrier Companies earned a $7.7 million net profit in its fiscal fourth quarter that ended Aug.

The bomb discovered on a UPS plane at a UK airport last month was timed to detonate over the easter

The Maritime Administration awarded two contracts totaling $3.1 million for disposal of two ships in the Suisun Bay reserve fleet.

Chinese officials assured a U.S.

Frankfurt airport boosted cargo traffic 15.8 percent from a year ago to an all time monthly high as freight outpaced passenger growth at Europe's largest air cargo hub.

Lua Cheng Eng, who built the regional Neptune Orient Lines business into a world shipping power through the landmark 1997 merger with APL, died in Singapore on Nov. 9.

Kintetsu World Express, Japan's second-largest forwarder, earned net profit of $48.84 million in the six months to Sept. 30, more than double its profit in the year earlier period.

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International Longshoremen’s Association official Harold Daggett said he’s ready for “war” with container lines transferring intermodal chassis service to companies outside the

BNSF Railway presented achievement awards to three shortline railroads at the annual Shortline conference in Grapevine, Texas.

Memphis-based third party logistics provider Mallory Alexander International Logistics expanded into the Charleston, S.C., market with the acquisition of forwarder Tradesource from Atlantic Services G

The European Union Nov. 9 fined 11 airlines $1.1 billion for their role in a global cartel that colluded to fix air cargo rates.

A company that develops explosive-detection equipment for the military is expanding into the cargo world with technology that can sniff out bombs.

Truckload demand increased and capacity tightened in the first week of November following three straight weeks of decline, according to Longbow Research.

The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index fell 0.6 percent in October, pointing to a drop in trucking activity in what's typically a strong month for truck traffic.

Wholesale inventories increased for a ninth consecutive month in September and grew faster than sales, suggesting that the restocking that has boosted transportation volume may lose steam in the month