Supply chain

China's softwood log and lumber imports declined 19 percent year-over-year in the first eight months of 2012.

Shipping company Hyundai Merchant Marine will no longer offer refrigerated services from the U.S. East Coast to Asia, starting Jan. 1, 2013.

The two major Canadian railroads and shippers are on track for a clash over legislation regulating service agreements likely to be introduced in Ottawa this fall.

Customs broker Livingston International acquired Norman G. Jensen, a Minneapolis-based customs broker.

Panalpina Group’s air freight volumes are expected to be weak in the third quarter of 2012, negatively impacting the company’s preliminary earnings...

Global regulations requiring the traceability of food products back to their origins are building momentum in the U.S. container trades, on both import and export shipments.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $30 million in grants to reduce emissions from existing diesel engines...

U.S. manufacturing growth will continue to soften for the next three to six months, according to a Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation survey released today.

Global PC shipments are likely to decline in 2012 for the first time in 11 years, according to IHS iSuppli, the technology arm of economic forecaster IHS.

Let’s be clear: China isn’t going anywhere as the world’s dominant low-cost manufacturing center. But with labor and transportation costs rising, manufacturers of everything from automobiles and electronics to apparel and consumer goods are slowly but steadily moving production closer to their export destinations.

FedEx plans to trim its workforce and aircraft fleet to boost profit by $1.7 billion in three years.

CEVA Logistics, today announced the retirement of CEO John Pattullo, effective Oct. 12.

Jones Act carriers transport life’s essentials to residents of Alaska and Hawaii as states linger in recovery mode.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has transferred all affected trade parties to the Automated Commercial Environment e-Manifest: Rail and Sea.

No one’s expecting much for the economy during the fourth quarter, and prospects are dimming for freight volumes in the months ahead.

East Coast Warehouse & Distribution Corp, based in Elizabeth, N.J., opened an expanded non-intrusive inspection facility on Oct. 5.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide sent a clear message about its global ambitions with the $635 million purchase of freight forwarder Phoenix International. The acquisition nearly doubles the size of C.H.

E-commerce distribution is expanding at the speed of broadband, giving a jolt to the broader industrial space market that is picking up but still growing closer to the pace of modem dial-up.

The U.S. Grains Council is predicting a strong Chinese corn crop, driven by higher yields and an increase in planted acreage.

The U.S. freight-related transportation industry and the warehouse sector added about 4,300 jobs in September from August, helping to push down national unemployment under 8 percent for the first time since 2009.

The Army Corps of Engineers, facing funding cuts for inland waterways and port work, must change how it operates to maintain the nation’s freight networks, according to a National Research Counc

WASHINGTON D.C.— The U.S.-Panama free trade agreement likely will take effect in November, with the signature of President Ricardo Martinelli being one of the last steps to implementing the long-delayed pact.

India and Austria signed a memorandum of understanding to accelerate cooperation in the development of port inf

Although China’s growth has slowed from double-digits down to the high single-digit range, the growth of food consumption is showing no signs of slackening.

Europe Container Terminals, Rotterdam’s biggest container handler, is joining forces with the port authority and Dutch logistics group Kloosterboer to develop a pan-European intermodal hub for t

North American logistics companies expect to increase revenue 10 percent in the coming year as they target specific industries with high growth potential, including health care, according to

Retail sales in November and December should increase 4.1 percent to $586.1 billion, which is higher than the 10-year average of 3.5 percent,

APL Logistics has expanded its operations in Bangladesh to meet growing demand from the apparel sector.

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The Port of Amsterdam and the Netherlands’ ProRail

U.S. manufacturing activity expanded in September for the first time in four months, the Institute for Supply Management reported Monday.

The European Union early next year will unveil a system aimed at reducing greenhouse emissions in the ocean shipping industry because efforts to curb pollution on the seas aren’t moving fast eno