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Cosco Pacific’s first half gross profit jumped 71 percent to $119.3 million as the Hong Kong-listed company posted sharply improved results from its terminal operations and container leasing, ma

North Carolina’s ports of Wilmington and Morehead City will close noon Friday as the coast braces for the impact of Hurricane Irene and the 115 miles-per-hour winds expected to hit landfall abou

The top executive at New York Container Terminal on Staten Island is urging the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to provide a frequent-user discount for truckers whose bridge tolls will more

A 23.5 percent rise in exports pushed the Port of Tacoma’s loaded container volume up 10 percent in July from the same period a year ago.

Russia’s northwestern port of Murmansk has been put up for sale with a price tag of around $700 million.

Beleaguered shippers facing delays and congestion surcharges at the India’s Port of Chennai will have an alternative gateway in January.

Container truck drivers at India’s Port of Chennai ended their strike Tuesday night following intense negotiations between the strikers, port-terminal officials and trade representatives.

The congestion at cargo terminals in India’s Port of Chennai that has plagued ocean carriers and shippers over the past two months is set to worsen in the coming weeks because of another wildcat

Despite rising costs for manufacturers in coastal regions, China has vast potential for logistics companies and forwarders as government incentives open up interior regions, said a senior shipper repr

India plans to build seven ports by 2017, using 7.6 billion in public and private funds, according to reports

A longshoreman fell to his death in a breakbulk ship Saturday in the second fatal accident in eight days on the Philadelphia waterfront.

The Coast Guard is warning vessels and ports in South Florida to be prepared for gale force winds from Hurricane Irene within 48 hours.

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Jim Newsome is methodical and detailed in describing the 10-year, $1.3 billion capital improvement program at the Port of Charleston, but the South Carolina port’s president and CEO takes on som

In the Year of the Tiger, China showed its stripes.

Truck tolls at bridges and tunnels linking New Jersey and New York City will more than double over the next five years under an increase approved Friday by the Port Authority of New York and New Jerse

Cargo through Port of Rotterdam in the first half of the year increased 1 percent year-over-year to 215 million metric tons, as a 9.7 increase in container handling helped offset a decline in oil prod

Shifting trade patterns in the Far East and Southeast Asia may insulate ports in the region from the impact of weaker east-west trade as a result of the debt crisis in Europe and the faltering U.S.

The latest diesel emissions inventory released by the Port of Los Angeles shows that the Clean Air Action Plan reduced pollution more than 70 percent in 2010 even as cargo volume rose by 5 percent.

Container traffic at New Zealand’s Port of Tauranga rose 15.5 percent year-over-year to 590,506 20-foot equivalent container units in fiscal year 2011 ending June 30, as its transshipment volume

Container throughput at the Port of Wilmington, N.C., increased 14 percent in June over the same month a year ago to 23,598 20-foot equivalent units.

RailAmerica said 34 of its customers in the first half of the year announced plans to build, expand or reopen facilities, generating more than 25,000 annual carloads for the short line operator within

Wal-Mart Stores says it reduced the impact of rising diesel fuel prices this spring by some two-thirds through transportation efficiency programs in its distribution network.

Canada National and Canadian Pacific railways’ new and expanded transload centers for stuffing lumber, logs and other products into containers bound for Asia will help the ports at Vancouver and

Container traffic at the Port of Singapore rose 4.7 percent in July to 2.6 million 20-foot equivalent container units from last year, giving the port its busiest month in at least 19 months.

Emirates Shipping Line is imposing a port congestion surcharge on import containers at India’s troubled Port of Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru).

Containerized imports at the Port of Charleston jumped 11.8 percent in June compared to the same month a year ago but exports fell back 2.7 percent amid signs the slumping economy was affecting shippi

China Merchants Holdings is teaming up with two Sri Lankan partners to build a $500 million container terminal in the Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka.

Container throughput at the Port of Hamburg jumped 17.4 percent in the first half of 2011 from the same six-month period last year, as carriers added new and expanded liner services consisting of larg

Container traffic at Spain’s Port of Algeciras Bay grew 3.9 percent to 1.5 million 20-foot equivalent units in the first half of the year from the same period a year ago, largely due to a record

Home improvement retailer Lowe’s, facing higher shipping costs and weakening sales, is ramping up a dramatic increase in online sales operations and shipping more goods directly to customers fro

Containerized imports declined a combined 2.3 percent at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in July compared to the same month last year, as the ports handling fell short of an especially strong

Nine container ship lines want the Federal Maritime Commission to order the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to quit collecting a fee that they claim illegally subsidizes intermodal rail ship

CEVA Logistics’ profit rose 24.6 percent to $115 million from the same period a year ago, as increased freight management business offset softening freight volumes.

The Port of Montreal bought two more multiple-generator locomotives that burn less fuel and produce less carbon emissions than previous models.

Import container volume at the Port of New York and New Jersey slipped 0.5 percent in June from the same month a year ago, the port's first monthly decline in 20 months.

Two longshore workers were killed in work accidents at Packer Avenue Marine Terminal in Philadelphia and Maher Terminals in Port Newark, N.J.

Harbor truckers have complained for years that marine terminal gates are a source of lengthy yet preventable delays in the transportation supply chain.

Epic problems this summer at India’s largest container port provide a stark example of the hurdles the country faces in raising its profile in world trade, and the reality-bending challenges to

Europe Container Terminals in Rotterdam is replacing its first-generation automated guided vehicles nearly 20 years after pioneering the use of the equipment to shuttle containers between container cr