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Hurricane damage has ripple effect on transportation system

Westcon Group extends use of Kewill Solutions

FKI Logistex promotes Smith

ILWU calls for stop-work meeting Sept. 1

Canadian transport minister leads delegation to China

CN to expand intermodal capacity by 15%

Freight volume for week ending Aug. 13 up from a year ago

Supply Chain Shipping picks IES integrated applications

MarAd official: Short sea-shipping draws interest as West coast option

U-Freight relocates Houston hub

Highway money ready to flow to states

U.S. Court of Appeals upholds Port of Houston’s Bayport terminal permit

Swift takes control of BNSF containers

DHL invests $4 million to expand Ohio logistics facility

APL introduces RFID upgrades at Los Angeles terminal

Software write-off cuts Pacer’s 2nd-quarter net income

Highway Bill passed to firm up surface transport funding

Port of Olympia, Wash., to get federal funding

Port of Philadelphia starts intermodal incentive program

Negotiators reach agreement on Highway Bill

C.H. Robinson’s profits up 53%

CP Railway’s 2nd quarter net income up 46%

Vancouver strike forces Hamburg Sud to switch to Portland

Hub Group posts 2nd-quarter net income of $7.9 million

Highway Bill extended once more

Crowley adding intermodal equipment

Congress extends Highway Bill two days

Pacific carriers add U.S. rail, truck fuel surcharges

NIT League opposes California container fee

TNT Logistics selected for logistics at Dodge Charger plant

Chertoff reorganizes DHS, creates policy office

China Shipping launches Asia/Suez/Halifax/U.S. East Coast operation

APL, MOL upgrade to weekly peak-season Pacific service

IWLA asks BNSF to drop new demurrage rules

Weber Distribution appoints Cuellar, Silver to new roles

Exel appoints two North American business development directors

Tucker Co. names DePaul VP business development

H.C. Bennett chooses IES software

Asia/U.S. yearly contract rates remain flat, except to East Coast

Samskip continues expansion with Seawheel takeover

CMA CGM invests in 400 eco-containers

Arpin International names Dearborn to head expanded domestic unit

Welsh-Carson acquires majority stake in Ozburn-Hessey Logistics

Crowley raises U.S./Puerto Rico bunker, intermodal surcharges

Compass Forwarding picks IES software

U.S./Puerto Rico carriers raise bunker, intermodal surcharges

U.S. shippers spent more than $1 trillion on logistics in 2004

Jamaican Coffee Board studies warehouse conditions

Shippers slow to sign up for PierPass

Yellow Roadway invests in Chinese forwarder

Schneider Logistics acquires port trucking, transload operator

Zethcon, Blue Sky software companies cooperate

Intercontainer-Interfrigo reports declining traffic, losses

Ag industry, relief groups defend American food-aid programs

EU official asks industry help to push intermodal

Virginia Inland Port uses grant money to install CCTV

New terminal planned in New Jersey

European feeder operators face growing obstacles

Lufthansa Cargo shipments detained by Venezuelan officials

Freightliner to replace box-handling fleet

PWC Logistics lands food distribution contract with U.S. military

Markey, Clinton propose legislation to better control nuclear material shipments

Waterfront Coalition adds voice to box shipping gridlock concerns

Private investigator tells lawmakers counterfeiting “out of control”

Samskip hires former Maersk executive Hassing to go global

U-Freight relocates to larger premises in Guangzhou, Xiamen

AlabamaÆs governor signs bill funding Mobile terminal

MOL, Kintetsu World Express make carrier-forwarder alliance

UTi readies launch of Wal-Mart’s Houston import hub

H&M opens intermodal operations in Ohio, Virginia

Senate passes highway bill, but Bush veto looms

FedEx chairman gives economists lesson in economics

Dell, APL sets up logistics center in North Carolina

CP Ships: Traffic boom, linesÆ practices exacerbate port congestion

Steady intermodal growth in U.S.

Stotlar brings team approach to Con-Way, Menlo

Columbia Intermodal names Pace as vice president

Pacer’s first quarter profit up 21%

New EU advisory group on intermodal is formed

UPS centralizes Canadian offices

UP derailment delays Chicago shipments

MarAd opens VISA enrollment

CN doubles new Prince Rupert terminal contribution

Norfolk Southern’s net income up 23%

Matson’s 1st-quarter operating income soars 60%

Asia/U.S. alternative route via Suez gains support

C.H. Robinson profits surge

IANA moves headquarters

Samskip buys Kloosterboer Group coldstore companies

China jails Americans in DVD piracy case

FMCSA chief Sandberg gets education in shipper logistics

Maersk Sealand moves ship capacity from Los Angeles to PNW ports

CN’s first quarter net income up 42%

Lawmakers to tackle duration of highway spending bill, fuel surcharges

Port of Portland attracts multi-tenant DC

Horizon Lines increases vessel bunker, intermodal surcharges again

Highway bill delays frustrate freight transport community

European forwarders, railroad associations target quality benchmarks

TSA warns of “sharply higher” container demurrage charges

Deltaport congestion cleared, but more port investment is required