International ports

Encompass Global Logistics will further expand its network into low-cost manufacturing centers as outsourcing trends evolve, according to a leading executive.

After reviewing objections raised by shipping lines to the toll increases it proposed in April, the Panama Canal Authority postponed the first step of the two-step increase from July until October this year...

Kuehne + Nagel Australia has signed a logistics contract with a leading provider of fiber optic and copper product solutions used in telecommunications networks.

Stacks of Crowley and Seaboard Marine containers at Florida East Coast Railway’s Hialeah Rail Yard near Miami are a sign of the volumes South Florida’s ports see coming down their sea lane

A lawsuit brought on by eight shippers accusing the top four U.S. railroads of colluding to set fuel surcharges gained class action status on Thursday.

The pricing complaints of captive agriculture shippers, or railroad customers dependent on a single carrier, could gain a wider audience through a recently approved amendment to the Farm bill.

The contracting group that is building the new set of locks at the Panama Canal completed the first monolith of the new locks on the Pacific end of the canal.

The Panama Canal Authority is moving to cut carbon emissions in the environmentally sensitive watershed zone around the canal by encouraging sustainable use of its forests.

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Descartes Systems Group said it will acquire substantially all of the assets of Integrated Export Systems and IES Asia for about $35 million in cash.

APM Terminals ordered eight Kalmar post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes and two Kalmar barge quay cranes for expansion of its Maasvlakte II terminal in the Port of Rotterdam.

Delegates to the 35th convention of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union voted unanimously to affiliate with the Panama Canal Pilots Union.

CEVA Logistics has further committed to operating truck services in China, completing the buyout of CEVA Ground in China, a former joint venture that has now become a wholly owned subsidiary.

Transport Corporation of India said its net profit rose 19 percent year-over-year to $10.8 million on a consolidated basis in fiscal 2011-12, which ended March 31, despite a 5 percent increase in oper

Jorge Quijano is preparing to move out of his old office in what looks like temporary buildings on the site of a former U.S.

Germany’s Deutsche Post said it expects profits to increase by 1 billion euros ($1.25 billion) a year by 2015, driven by strong growth across its DHL transport and logistics businesses and stabi

Toronto-based SCI Logistics has acquired White Glove Transportation Systems Ltd., which provides specialized delivery and installation of specialized equipment such as bank machines and MRI equipment,

Pantos Logistics has opened a second logistics center in Indonesia to meet growing demand for domestic logistics.

Damco, the logistics unit of the A.P.

China’s Tianjin Port Group and Singapore-based global container terminal operator PSA International have signed an agreement to further develop Tianjin Port into a leading gateway to North East

The production cost gap between the U.S. and China is steadily decreasing, but the number of U.S. jobs gained through near-sourcing will barely offset the amount of U.S.

With transportation representing the biggest cost factor in the domestic supply chain, retailers are locating their inland distribution facilities as close to rail ramps as possible, an industrial rea

Macy’s has joined the ranks of retailers that are filling online orders with inventories from stores as well as warehouses.

DB Schenker Logistics will open a new logistics center near Shanghai later this year.

Caterpillar, a major exporter of heavy equipment, plans to sell off the majority interest in its third-party logistics company to Platinum Equity for about $750 million.

XPO Logistics is willing to absorb a little pain for future gain.

Livingston International has acquired New Orleans-based forwarder and customs broker M.G. Maher & Co. and the business of its affiliate MCLX, Inc., for an undisclosed price.

Nippon Express Co., Japan’s largest international freight forwarder, said that its net profit surged a whopping 215.5 percent in fiscal 2011, which ended on March 31, from the previous fiscal ye

Operations at Port Klang have now returned to normal following strikes by truck drivers last week

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Panalpina swung to a loss of $64.5 million in the first quarter ended March 30 from a profit of $38.2 million in the same quarter last year.

A strike by truck drivers at Malaysia’s key gateway of Port Klang continued Thursday, preventing drayage movement of containers in and out of terminals operated by Westport and Northport stevedo

Kuehne + Nagel has opened a new less-than-containerload gateway in Shanghai.

BDP International will expand its operations in western and northern China later this year.

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty said it will waive the insurance deductible on theft of truck cargo in transit if the theft is reported to law enforcement within an hour of the theft.

Major Japanese international freight forwarder Yusen Logistics Co., Ltd.

A 21.9 percent jump in freight brokerage propelled Echo Global Logistics' profit in the first quarter to $3.1 million, up 42.9 percent year-over-year.

The port of Antwerp’s container traffic grew a modest, but significant, 0.7 percent in the first three months of 2012, reaching a record high for the first quarter in sharp contrast to

An expert in cargo theft advised warehouse operators and motor carriers to spare no expense when it comes to securing their assets because thieves are becoming ever more sophisticated in carrying out

Rotterdam’s container traffic declined 4 percent in the first quarter of 2012 from a year earlier to 2.8 million 20-foot equivalent units as fewer Asian imports were shipped to Europe’s bi