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Cause of blaze at the Blount Island Marine Terminal remains under investigation.

Russian airline Volga-Dnepr, whose planes are commonly associated with transporting heavy equipment, spent the past three months ferrying tons of medical supplies from China to France to combat COVID-19.

Lori Ann LaRocco illustrates the disruption to global trade by profiling what has happened at the Port of Miami since the coronavirus pandemic began.

Amazon uses a lot of energy and emits a lot of pollution, but it is taking aggressive steps to be eco-friendly. Case in point: Amazon Air buying biofuel for its aircraft.

A study looking at U.S. recessions over a 30-year period suggests freight and the overall economy may rebound according to different timetables after the pandemic.

Amazon will open the 825,000-square-foot facility in 2021, expanding its footprint in the Arkansas market.

Lufthansa Airlines is transforming itself into a smaller airline, while its Cargo division settles on a single company to manage its central warehouse.

“Optics” are bad but freight pricing doesn’t appear to meet regulatory bar for intervention.

Global courier DHL Express parks its first mobile store at a mall in Silver Spring, Maryland, banking on offering convenience to area parcel shippers.

Group of nine container carriers has banded together for digital standardization.

American Airlines is downsizing. That means the new cargo president and her team are taking on expanded roles.

Air Transport International will operate a big cargo plane for an express carrier in the Pacific region on a route in and out of Hong Kong.

Neptune Orient Lines will be renamed CMA CGM Asia Pacific Ltd.

The Australian government threw a logistics lifeline to exporters having trouble securing air transport to international markets. Hundreds of companies have grabbed on during a tight market. Now, more relief is on the way.

Challenge to shipping M&A: No one wants to sell in a downturn.

A tip led investigators to the 90 bricks of cocaine weighing nearly 226 pounds.

Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller -Maersk has reached an agreement to acquire Sweden-based customs brokerage to offer increased import clearance services to European shippers.

MARAD Administrator Mark Buzby and Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan receive Maritime Leadership Award.

Consolidated Chassis Management chief executive foresees an increased requirement for chassis to accommodate rising tide of intermodal container moves as the North American economy shakes off COVID-19.

The air freight market appears saner in recent weeks, with less competition among shippers for transport services. But the shape of the recovery is anyone’s guess and a possible demand spike for face masks and surgical gowns could create a hyper-market again.