Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines recovered a vessel, the chartered bulk carrier C.S. Victory, that had been carried away by the massive tsunami that hit Japan last week, the shipping line said Thursday.

Online logistics software provider eModal added a chassis control functionality to its intermodal logistics community system.

Lawmakers introduced legislation this week to reform the funding of water resource projects.

Home construction, a key driver of freight transportation demand, plunged last month to its lowest level since April 2009 and the second-lowest on records dating to 1946.

Supply chain disruptions from Japan's earthquake could force Chinese firms to delay imports of key components, especially for digital prod

The Coast Guard is seeking comment on a proposal for the voluntary use of equipment to read Transportation Worker Identification Credentials.

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., will file legislation in the next two days to create the American Infrastructure Financing Authority with an initial capitalization of $10 billion.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker unveiled over $20 million in state grants and about $5 million in loans to short line freight railroads and shippers to upgrade rail infrastructure in the state.

The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee plans to complete the panel's work on the next long-term transportation legislation in May, an ambitious schedule that could get a

Manufacturers in New York expanded their business activity in March at a modest pace, according to a government survey.

The air cargo industry is trying to sort out a new security directive from the Transportation Security Administration that effectively increases the level of surveillance on high-risk international sh

The Department of Transportation's last big rail grant agreement helped push its total of obligated funds from the 2009 economic stimulus package over $44.7 billion, leaving about $3.4 billion yet to

A key House Democrat is questioning whether the Obama administration has the authority to launch a new cross-border trucking program with Mexico.

The momentum many U.S. third-party logistics providers and freight brokers reported at the end of 2010 appears to be extending into 2011. C.H. Robinson, the largest domestic 3PL in the U.S.

The per-gallon fuel tax is so last century. Just ask the growing number of state, federal and industry officials pushing for a change.

The Department of Transportation appears poised to inject hundreds of millions of dollars into rail lines operated by major freight railroads to help build up intercity passenger rail service and use

Potholes carry a heavy price, and John Q. Public is ponying up a good share to pay for their repair.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is trying to put a friendlier face on its new regulatory powers.

As spring rains swell rivers and their tributaries throughout the central and southern U.S., the waters carry silt into the shallow bays and coastal waters lining the Gulf of Mexico.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is making available $2.4 billion in passenger rail grant money rejected by Florida Gov. Rick Scott so that other states can submit applications for new projects.

The Department of Homeland Security on Friday announced a strategy to plug one of the biggest breaches in maritime security: terrorist attacks by small boats.

European Union trustbusters raided the offices of transport firms in the Baltic region amid suspicions they are involved in a cartel in the rail freight sector.

U.S. retail and food sales posted a month-to-month gain of 1 percent in February, driven by strong auto sales, the Commerce Department said.

President Obama said the U.S.

The Transportation Security Administration is satisfied with its security screening program for goods shipped on domestic passenger airline flights, but TSA said Wednesday challenges remain in meeting

Ann Begeman, President Obama's choice to join the Surface Transportation Board, told senators at her nomination hearing she will work toward making sure shippers as well as railroads can approach the

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood took the Obama administration's "bold vision" for a new transportation bill to the Senate this week, but lawmakers were not ready to buy in.

India’s exports jumped nearly 50 percent year-over-year to $23.6 billion in February, buoyed by increased demand from major markets such as North America, Asia and Africa.

Higher prices pushed the U.S. trade deficit in January to its highest level in six months despite a 2.7 percent increase in exports.

President Obama named Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to be the next U.S.

Freight transportation movements in the U.S. increased for the second consecutive month in January, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

Oil prices eased slightly Tuesday, falling 56 cents to $104.88 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, as assurances of production increases from Saudi Arabia and other OPEC countries made up

The Government Accountability Office is raising concerns about the security of goods with civilian and military applications through "deemed exports" to foreign nationals.

The Department of Transportation on March 14 will hold a public meeting to gather ideas and suggestions for updating the federal regulations that the department and subsidiaries administer.

Mainfreight, New Zealand's biggest trucking company, is buying Wim Bosman Group, a large Dutch transport and logistics firm, in a $154 million deal that establishes a bridgehead in Europe.

Ceva Logistics reported revenue and profit increased 25 percent in 2010 from the previous year and expressed confidence both would continue growing in 2011.

The debate over truck driver hours-of-service is bumping up against shipper docks, as some truckers and an influential member of Congress are calling for limits on the time shippers and receivers can

The murder of four Americans last month on a yacht hijacked by Somali pirates was an especially ugly reminder of the risks to vessels operating anywhere near East Africa.

The Obama administration’s proposed budget for 2012 includes an ambitious plan to collapse a diverse menu of Department of Transportation highway programs into five broad categories and a nation

Kansas City Southern, operator of the smallest of North America’s Class I railroads, is redesigning a federal loan request with an eye to the Obama administration’s focus on making rail lo