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The fledgling refrigerated domestic intermodal sector is growing this summer as industry pioneer Rail Logistics Cold Train adds 200 53-foot reefer containers and moves into new service lanes on the Ea

The International Refrigerated Transportation Association named Paul Kramer, director of logistics at Sheboygan, Wis.-based Johnsonville Sausage, as the recipient of the 2012 IRTA Executive of the Yea

Refrigerated rail operator Railex will spend up to $20 million to build a 500,000-square-foot bonded wine storage and distribution center next to its transload center in Wallula, Wash.

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Colorado’s San Luis Valley is a favorite destination among railroad fans.

Bay Grove Capital is showing no signs of slowing its investment in the cold storage industry, purchasing Castle & Cooke Cold Storage for its Lineage Logistics subsidiary.

Despite grim forecasts earlier in the year, food shippers haven’t faced equipment or space shortages in any mode.

RFID and the promise of real-time monitoring of perishable cargoes have existed for more than a decade.

The maritime industry is no longer the oft-ignored stepchild in Washington, but increased pats on the head from Congress and President Obama have yet to translate to significant raises in allowance.

Food importers won a reprieve from setting up verification programs for foreign suppliers, a delay that has angered consumer and food safety groups.

Nippon Express Co., Japan’s largest international freight forwarder, said on Friday that it has set up a representative office in Myanmar, formerly called Burma, with an eye on upgrading the new

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As part of its ambitious global expansion plan, MNX has appointed Florence Lee to its Asia Pacific leadership team.

Hyundai Motor lowered its global forecast for automobile sales this year because of the worsening outlook for demand in Europe and China.

The Surface Transportation Board wants to change rules to ensure all captive shippers have a "meaningful way" to challenge railroad rates and says it is still considering a shipper proposal

The latest truck driver hours of service rule is not only arbitrary and capricious, but unwarranted, the American Trucking Associations said in a court filing.

Japan’s exports to the United States rose for the eighth consecutive month in June on a year-on-year basis, jumping 15.1 percent to $12.52 billion, according to preliminary figures released by t

Rail Logistics-Cold Train is expanding its refrigerated intermodal service, bringing its container fleet up to 300 53-foot units and adding East Coast destinations.

The Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration on Monday launched a promised review of crash weighting in its Compliance, Safety, Accountability initiative.

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The class-action price-fixing lawsuit looming over the United States’ four largest railroads will likely rival the attention analysts give to sluggish coal traffic during second quarter earnings

Shippers aren’t waiting for the Surface Transportation Board to address railroad customer pricing concerns and carriers’ ability to make enough money to invest in their networks.

Free trade agreements with the U.S. and the European Union are driving imports of cars to South Korea, according to a leading trade association.

The Senate could introduce legislation key to authorizing the deepening of East Coast ports and improving inland maritime routes by the end of the year, according to the head of the Waterways Council.

New Orleans Cold Storage, the oldest cold storage company in North America, opened a new 142,000-square-foot cold storage warehouse at the Port of New Orleans on Thursday.

Five East Coast ports got a leg up from the White House Wednesday when the Obama administration fast-tracked the seven big infrastructure projects they are planning in order to accommodate the bigger

A coalition of shippers, small trucking companies and brokers is suing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration over "guidance" the agency provided in May on the use of CSA data.

The planned project to deepen the Port of Charleston’s harbor to 50 feet has been added to the initial list of projects for expedited review under President Obama’s Executive Order on Perm

U.S. housing starts in June rose at the fastest rate in almost four years, but permits for construction of new houses fell, which is a better indication of future construction.

Sino-African trade is booming even as China’s overall trade growth rates continue to slow because of weak domestic demand and overseas markets.

Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Richard A. Lidinsky Jr.

A survey by the International Council of Shopping Centers and Goldman Sachs indicates consumers will spend more on back-to-school shopping this year.

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association is suing the federal government over a pre-employment screening program it claims hurts a trucker’s ability to challenge alleged safety violati

Global port giant PSA and the Port Authority of Singapore have allocated some $15.8 million to develop a new generation of automated port vehicles to be deployed at PSA’s transhipment facilities

Hong Kong’s competitive position in high-tech logistics markets will get a major boost when new infrastructure linked to factories in neighboring South China and Macao is completed, DHL Supply C

Federal regulators last week shut down an Alabama trucking firm identified as a “chameleon” carrier set up to evade an earlier out-of-service order in May.

The class action price-fixing lawsuit looming over the United States’ four largest railroads will likely rival the

U.S. retail sales fell for third straight month in June as consumers cut spending on goods including cars, building materials, and electronics and appliances, the Commerce Department said.

Kerry Logistics has opened a new 36,000 sq. ft. warehouse in Vietnam.

Federal and state regulators reportedly are visiting drayage company offices and requesting voluminous amounts of documentation, seeking to demonstrate the companies are intentionally misclassifying d