Transport, Trade and Regulation News

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is reminding travelers that a toy that’s popular on Easter in the rest of the world is banned in the U.S., and subject to seizure at the border.

Italy's Justice Ministry took over the operation of six TNT Global Express subcontractors that have been infiltrated by a mafia organization.

Japan will conduct radiation checks on ships and containers leaving three main international ports in and near Tokyo beginning April 28, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism ann

Chinese truck drivers are striking this week in Shanghai due to rising fuel costs and increased fees charged by private warehouse operators.

The rainbow-hued terrorist threat warning system devised by the Bush administration will be given the coup de grace Wednesday as Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano launches the National Terr

The March 11 earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan disrupted trade as much as they ravaged the countryside.

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said the free-trade agreement between the U.S. and Panama is ready to be considered by Congress after Panama took actions sought by the Obama administration.

President Obama drew a line against slashing transportation upgrade programs to cut the federal budget deficit, less than two weeks after he struck a deal with the Republican House speaker that left t

Advances in communication and navigation technologies are spurring a rapid increase in global shipments of GPS-enabled phones, Berg Insight reports.

The East Japan Railway plans to fully resume services on the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line by April 30.

Japanese automakers will measure the radiation levels of their vehicles in a bid to dispel concerns about safety.

The battle over 100 percent scanning of U.S.-bound ocean containers is taking another sharp turn in a partisan skirmish over maritime security.

Date: 0418 Keywords: infrastructure, economy, regulation, Washington, states DOT Stimulus Obligations Hit $45.5 Billion Some passenger rail grants from 2009 economic package still open

A group of small railroads in central Pennsylvania is receiving $6.8 million in federal grants for infrastructure upgrades to help them tap into the Marcellus Shale natural gas development.

In one of its largest loans in months for infrastructure projects, the Department of Transportation OKd $418.4 million in long-term, low-interest credit to help extend the congested President George B

Tokyo Electric Power Co., Japan's biggest electric utility, released a two-stage description of its plan for bringing the ongoing crisis at its Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant under control.

Transplace’s purchase of SCO Logistics is aimed at bringing revenue, expanded services, new customers and new talent to the Dallas-based logistics operator.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection may have enhanced security with a slew of programs since 2001, but even the head of the agency says trade facilitation has suffered in the process.

The marriage of security and trade facilitation has been Alan Bersin’s goal since he became commissioner of Customs and Border Protection just over a year ago.

When mega-ships disgorge containers at U.S. ports, will mega-trucks haul them away?

The late-night budget deal between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner did not at first appear to make a real dent in the big surface transportation programs tied to freight operations.

The Senate on Thursday confirmed three candidates for two federal transportation boards, breaking a logjam of unconfirmed appointments, some of whom have been standing by more than six months.

Legislation to exempt domestic shipping from the Harbor Maintenance Tax made its debut on Thursday in the 112th Congress.

Transportation Security officials were no-shows at a hearing Thursday on transportation worker credentialing, but Rep.

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The Department of Transportation is sending nearly $320 million out to states and territories, to reimburse them for repairing roads or bridges damaged by storms going back to 2008.

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A newly finalized $10 million federal grant should help the Port of Vancouver, Wash., get its long-planned West Vancouver Freight Access project done, which the Department of Transportation says will

Sony is considering temporarily closing some of its facilities in Japan because of the continuing power shortages resulting from the shutdown of the nuclear reactors and thermal plants damaged in the

The U.S. free trade agreement with South Korea will open a “spectacular” market that could boost U.S. exports by more than $10 billion, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said Wednesday.

U.S. Rep. John L. Mica, R-Fla., Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, blasted the Federal Aviation Administration's response to a spate of air traffic control problems.

Freight shipping declined about 1.5 percent month-to-month in February, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics reports.

The Virginia Department of Transportation on Monday announced completion of an intermodal freight transportation study and investment strategy for future freight infrastructure.

Pending budget cuts from last week’s deal to avert a government shutdown will take a deeper bite out of transportation funds, but industry and government sources say the ones that could most aff

The Department of Transportation is still sending checks to states under the 2009 stimulus package, with reimbursements for completed work reaching $27.1 billion through March 31.

Toyota said its North American vehicle plants will operate on a reduced schedule during the next several weeks to conserve components whose supply chains were disrupted by the March 11 Japan earthquak

Using inland and coastal waterways to haul more cargo-laden containers and trailers would add “abundant and cost-effective new freight capacity,” while cutting highway maintenance costs, T

Department of Transportation officials will quickly sort through a pile of applications as they prepare to redistribute $2.43 billion in grants, most of which came from money Florida turned down for a