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"Relentless" investment in equipment, higher driver pay help boost capacity, revenue, profit for Werner.

Los Angeles-Long Beach market share has eroded steadily since 2002.

APL is expanding its intra-Asia footprint and has teamed up with a sister company to launch a new Korea service.

The Cosco-OOCL takeover and the merger of Japan's three carriers into ONE show two very different approaches to M&A.

With just two months left of the year, carriers trying to turn around the steady rate decline on Asia-Europe are battling against a structural overcapacity undermining all attempts at increasing rates.

YRC Worldwide was hit by two hurricanes and a wave of rising transportation costs in the third quarter, forcing it to lower its projected operating profit for 2017.

Port officials are evaluating the best ways to keep capacity above demand.

Truck driver wages and benefits grew for the fourth straight year in 2016.

Although the gain is encouraging for public ports, the threat private ports pose to their market share remains.

Optimism has been in short supply for breakbulk and project carriers.

CSX Transportation’s overhaul of its network ultimately may benefit shippers.

The shuttle plugs a gap in south Brazilian logistical networks that emerged seven years ago.

The shipping industry is about to register a significant milestone.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will soon release the final draft of an update to its historic Clean Air Action Plan.

Congestion problems at Prince Rupert continue to plague beneficial cargo owners after six weeks.

A sharp break in relations between the United Kingdom and the European Union after Brexit will be devastating for the trade and business between both parties.

The facility will be the first in Mexico dedicated exclusively to handling vehicles.

The carriers said that despite their exclusive cooperative agreement, they will maintain separate operations.

There was no slowing down Chinese containerized exports in September, but the double-digit growth continued to be accompanied by steadily declining freight rates.

After climbing for seven straight weeks, US spot truckload rates stalled last week, but remain higher than usual for early October. DAT Solutions expects spot pricing to keep climbing.

Pasha Hawaii is pulling a 37-year-old ship out of layup.

The revised rates took effect October 1 and will remain in force until March 31, 2019.

Improve Europe's structural inadequacies and cut tariffs on the China-Europe rail network, is the message from a rail industry association executive.

CSX is discontinuing international services as part of a broader operational overhaul.

Express couriers each day handle thousands of e-commerce shipments.

The landside ability of the supply chain to handle volume generated by mega-ships must improve before carriers can achieve the lower unit costs their deployment promises.

Debt levels will be targeted by German carrier Hapag-Lloyd's capital increase that was successfully completed on Oct. 16.

Just how different carriers and their customers view the container shipping business was illustrated during an executive panel at JOC’s TPM Asia conference in Shenzhen.

Technology cannot replace personal relationships, but greater automation can help smooth processes, Echo Global Logistics CEO Waggoner says.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust’s truck-to-train freight conversion and dwell-time reduction efforts appear to have slackened in September.

More than 75 percent of Asia-Europe rail cargo ends its transcontinental journey in Germany.

Offering the right solutions and not the lowest price will be the way carriers can differentiate themselves, believes the APL CEO.

The fourth round of talks on the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement are careening toward an inclusive end.

Disruption is unavoidable for container shipping as multiple technologies converge with unprecedented speed.

Nittsu Research Institute and Consulting Inc. has revised upward its forecast for Japan’s air cargo trade growth.

It will not happen overnight, but experts believe supply chains and transportation will become increasingly automated and more efficient as technology enables real-time exchange and analysis of vast amounts of data thanks to Amazon.com.

Higher third-quarter operating costs at J.B. Hunt, especially costs related to drivers and empty trucks, show why US shippers should be concerned about truck and intermodal pricing.

During the last two decades, Georgia has encouraged development of import distribution centers that have attracted all-water services from Asia and made Savannah the second-largest US East Coast container port.

Nittsu Research Institute and Consulting Inc. has again revised upward its outlook for Japan’s container trade in fiscal year 2017.

The post-Golden Week slow demand season and surplus capacity has pulled down rates across the east-west trades.