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The Uzbekistan Government is increasing its investment in road infrastructure.

NORTH BALTIMORE, Ohio - CSX Transportation¡¯s headquarters are in sunny Jacksonville, Fla., but the beating heart of its intermodal network is here under overcast skies in northwest Ohio.

Polish spending on modernisation and new road projects will reach around Euro 4.33 billion (PLN 18bn) in 2013.

Lithuania's roads are the highest quality among the Baltic States, according to the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report for 2013.

ConGlobal Industries has teamed up with CakeBoxx Technologies to provide a range of depot, container yard and transportation services for CakeBoxx Technologies throughout the U.S. and Mexico.

Mexican intermodal rail volume fell sharply both week-to-week and year-over-year last week, according to theAssociation of American Railroads.

NYK Line will establish NYK Bulk and Projects Carriers on Oct. 1, 2013, following the merger of its subsidiaries, NYK-Hinode Line and NYK Global Bulk.

TNT Express has finalised a deal to sell its Hoau unit, a domestic road distribution business in China, to private equity funds managed by CITIC PE.

Cargotec corporation's provider of on-road load handling equipment, Hiab, has received EUR1.4 million in funding from the European Union for a three-year research project that will involve the co-operation of three universities in Poland and Sweden, according to the Shipping Gazette.

In 2012, the volume of goods transported on inland waterways was slightly up by 0.5% on the previous year.

The first Inter-parliamentary Dialogue on Eurasian road transport was held in Moscow, where Members of Parliament from eight Eurasian countries gathered to exchange views, experience and best practices in road transport policy to support the development of a harmonised, integrated legal framework that would help promote and facilitate trade and international road transport across the Eurasian continent.

The European Commission has launched a Euro 66.7 million (about US$85.2 million) call for proposals to fight road congestion and make freight transport greener in the framework of the Marco Polo program, which funds sustainable freight transportation.

The Port of Felixstowe has received delivery of three rail-mounted gantry cranes, which form part of a new rail terminal at the U.K. port.

U.S. intermodal rates remained relatively flat in the week ending March 25, according to data on all-inclusive 53-foot door-to-door spot pricing quoted by railroads and provided by the 3PL IDS.

The used truck market improved in February after a shaky start in 2013, according to the "State of the Industry: U.S. Classes 3-8 Used Trucks" report, published by ACT Research.

Unionized truckers in India have called for an indefinite work stoppage starting at midnight March 31 to protest against deregulation of fuel prices and a steep hike in insurance premiums.

Pan-European operator P&O Ferrymasters and UK-based Redhead International - two of Europe's leading logistics companies - have joined a Europe-wide expansion drive by The Hazchem Network, the UK's only dedicated pallet network for hazardous chemicals distribution.

SBS Worldwide has added the Dutch logistics company OTX Solutions to its worldwide network of partners.

Shell and Volvo Trucks have entered into a joint cooperation agreement to help develop Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as a fuel option for heavy duty truck operators.

A unit of China State Construction International Holdings (China State Construction) has signed a US$617.4 million (HKD 4.79bn) contract with the Highways Department of Hong Kong.