Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Growth in freight shipments and payments slowed in April, indicating constrained consumer spending and near-term slowing of the economy, the monthly Cass Freight Index showed.

Labor interests in California are taking the battle over the job classification of drayage truck drivers to the State Assembly with a bill that would define the drivers who serve ports and intermodal

Retailers reported strong April sales that were boosted by pre-Easter sales but tempered by bad weather and signs that rising gasoline

The House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday took testimony the MODERN Security Credentials Act, which proposes that a card applicant only has to go a single background check, or “security

John Mica, R-Fla., chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, expressed confidence on Thursday that Congress will complete a bill that authorizes the Federal Aviation Administr

Congressional staff on the House Transportation and Infrastructure is making progress drafting legislative language of what could become the panel’s six-year surface transportation bill, said Ch

Expeditors International of Washington saw net profit soar 49 percent in the first quarter to $91.2 million as the freight forwarder matched strong improvements in air and ocean shipping volume with s

CSX Corp., the parent company of CSX Transportation, announced it will split its stock, raise the dividend and buy back $2 billion in common shares.

The Obama administration said Wednesday that it is ready to work with Congress on the approval of free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama that have long been stalled by concerns ov

A Japanese manufacturer of large-scale power transformers will build a new factory at a Memphis, Tenn., site that will use Canadian National Railway tracks, access to Mississippi River barging and tru

Surface transportation trade between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico was 11.8 percent higher in value in February than a year earlier, the Transportation Department reported.

U.S. factory orders rose for the fifth consecutive month in March, driven by a broad-based increase in orders and rising prices for food and oil, the Commerce Department said.

Japan's steel exports increased for the second consecutive month in March, topping February’s total by 10.1 percent.

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U.S. steel imports totaled 2.445 million tons in March, up 32.5 percent from February's weak levels and up 19.1 percent from a year earlier, government data show.

U.S. manufacturing expanded for the fourth consecutive month in April, according to a widely watched index that showed robust exports and an uptick in inventories.

The Japanese Diet enacted a supplementary budget of $48.8 billion for fiscal 2011, which started April 1, after only five days of deliberation held in the midst of the holiday-studded "Golden Week" pe

Carriers and ports notched up their security programs Monday morning following the announcement that U.

The maritime shipping world as many in the United States see it can be divided into two parts, one under the jurisdiction of the Jones Act, and everything else.

DSV reported higher first quarter revenue and earnings driven by increased volume at its air, sea and trucking units.

When a federal regulator throws up its hands and admits defeat in trying to pull railroads and key shippers together over a major issue, only one course of action remains: Battle.

The U.S. Navy and the Maritime Administration’s marine highway program are sailing on intersecting courses, and the result could bring benefits to all parties.

UPDATE 11:45 p.m. EST President Obama announced Sunday night that Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the terror September 11 attacks on the U.S., is confirmed dead.

The Maritime Administration will take applications until June 14 for a new round of small shipyard grants.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Monday will begin pilot-testing automated ocean and rail manifest systems designed for the Automated Commercial Environment.

Alabama and other states nearby are trying to clear away debris that hampers transportation systems and to restore power to businesses and homes, following a devastating tornado outbreak this week tha

The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America cautioned the Food and Drug Administration to use care in its definition of 'importer' under the Food Safety Modernization Act.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is distributing the last antidumping duties to be paid to U.S. companies under the "Byrd Amendment."

The Japanese government on Thursday submitted a supplementary budget of $48.8 billion for reconstruction following the March 11 earthquake and tsu

Japan's industrial production fell at its fastest pace on record in March, tumbling 15.3 percent from February, according to preliminary figures from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

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Orders for manufactured durable goods rose in March for the third consecutive month, outpacing the 15th straight month of increases in inventories, the Commerce Department reported.

Japanese manufacturers say that 64 percent of their production bases in areas affected by the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami

Yusen Logistics (Americas) hired Doug Granger as director of capacity procurement and intermodal equipment management.

Durable goods manufacturing and retail sales led the economic recovery in 2010, according to a preliminary study by the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis.

A widely watched gauge of U.S. consumer confidence edged up last month and continues to suggest a slowly improving economy, despite a continued soft real estate market and high unemployment rates.

Milwaukee-based shipper Johnson Controls said it expects to take a $500 million hit on revenue during its April-June quarter from automotive manufacturing disruptions in Japan and at Japanese original

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