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The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Thursday gave a huge boost to beneficial cargo owners looking for long-term labor stability.

The first phase of Qatar’s $7.4 billion Hamad Port is on track to be fully operational by the end of the year.

Canadian partner gives $2 billion U.S. trucking company more roads to run.

Although mergers typically lead to disruption and irate shippers, that has not been the case in the recent merger of Cosco and China Shipping Container Lines.

State-owned Container Corporation of India’s net earnings slumped by double digits in the first fiscal quarter.

HHLA’s operating profit slumped by almost one-fifth in the first half of the year.

Supply chain disruptions are no longer the exception, they’re the rule, increasing demand for expedited transport.

Analysts do not expect Maersk Line to come out of the second quarter in the black.

Efforts by Chinese authorities seeking to prevent the spread of Zika have sparked concerns among U.S. exporters.

Three intra-Asia container liners are teaming up to link China and Vietnam through two different loops.

The head of South Korea's financial watchdog on Wednesday said Hanjin Shipping should prepare for receivership, if it can’t reach an agreement with creditors and tonnage providers.

The Chinese conglomerate will pay an additional 88 million euros for the extra 16 percent stake in Greece’s largest port.

The International Longshoremen’s Association won't discuss a contract extension until disputes over the current contract are resolved.

Traffic at major, or public, Indian ports rose in the first four months of the fiscal year, but growth could have been higher.

Global container traffic will likely grow at the second-slowest rate since 2009.

Surging e-commerce demand and spending in Asia has logistics companies looking to the future.

Hapag-Lloyd sank to a net loss in the second quarter as average ocean freight rates plummeted.

Capacity discipline has pushed up vessel utilization rates.

Maersk line has adjusted its third-party feeder network in China.

In its first acquisition in 78 years, Kottke Trucking expanded its business 60 percent, gaining drivers, freight, scale and density.

A historic International Longshore and Warehouse Union caucus that could solidify the role of the West Coast as the preferred and natural gateway for U.S. trade with Asia will convene Wednesday in San Francisco.

A Turkish port operator is determined to transform an Ecuadorian port into the largest container terminal in Latin America.

Fast-growing BlueGrace Logistics should grow faster with support from private equity firm Warburg Pincus.

Zhao Hongzhou, a former general manager at China Shipping Container Lines, has been tapped to lead the integration of of APL’s greater China operations into CMA CGM.

The recovery of the voyage data recorder could provide investigators with clues to the sinking that left 33 dead.

Last year’s acquisition of APL Logistics continued to dent profit at Kintetsu World Express Inc.

Manila-based global container terminal operator International Container Terminal Services saw year-over-year net profit drop despite throughput expanding healthily.

Fesco’s first-half profit more than halved.

Agility, the leading Arab Gulf logistics group, increased second-quarter earnings, but revenue declined.

Pushback against terminal operators' proposed chassis gate fee in Los Angeles-Long Beach intensifies.

Drewry Maritime Equity Research said it is forecasting a “washout” peak season on Asia-Europe.

India’s biggest private port infrastructure developer continues to build on its recent growth.

India’s busiest container handler this week launched phase two of a dredging project to handle mega-ships.

Connecticut trucking company will enable fast-growing supply chain provider to expand amid sluggish growth elsewhere in the trucking industry.

IHS economist: the volume of containerized U.S. imports will grow at a slower pace than expected in 2016.

The so-called freight recession in North America may soon be coming to an end.

Canal officials said they're "very pleased" with operations so far.

Rickmers Maritime said its charter fleet faces even tougher times ahead following the opening of the widened Panama Canal as its second-quarter loss more than tripled and its charter revenue was down more than a third from a year earlier.

The trend toward fewer services deploying larger vessels with multiple carriers pooling cargo will create winners and losers with the successful terminal operators most likely boasting strong connections to the dominant members of the alliances.

Waste caused by poor logistics is estimated to cost India around $45 billion per year, or 4.3 percent of GDP, according to global consulting firm McKinsey.