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U.S. economic growth slowed to an annual rate of 2.8 percent in last year’s fourth quarter, largely because of reduced spending by state and local governments, the Commerce Department said.

President Obama this week named BNSF Railways' Chairman and CEO Matthew K.

For the second time, Florida Gov.

Recessions, floods, strikes, export restrictions, quality control, commodity shortages and product complexity — supply chain risk comes in all shapes and sizes.

Supply chain risks can be categorized into five groups: operational, social, natural, economy and political/legal, according to Patthira Siriwan, senior project manager for supply chain development in

U.S. authorities say a Saudi national arrested in Texas for allegedly plotting terror attacks was caught shipping explosive chemicals through domestic trucking networks.

The Coast Guard is proposing changes in regulations to clarify the requirements for rebuilding Jones Act ships at U.S. shipyards.

The Commerce Department said a 27 percent spike in commercial aircraft sales pushed total durable-goods orders up 2.7 percent in January, but orders for other long-lasting manufactured goods declined.

Advocates of the unionization of harbor truck drivers opened a new line of attack with a bill in the California Legislature that would define drayage truck drivers as employees of the companies that a

Japan and Mexico reached terms on which to revise their free trade agreement to further liberalize bilateral trade.

Japan posted its first trade deficit in 22 months in January as the cost of oil drove up imports.

The decline in vacancy rates for logistics real estate will accelerate this year as resurgent demand outstrips slow growth in supply, an industrial real estate firm said in a report on market trends.

Consumer confidence hit a three-year high in February despite continuing concern about jobs, a business research group said.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is pursuing a three-pronged strategy to truck safety as it tries to drive truck accident fatalities lower.

Panalpina acquired Norway's Greig Logistics to broaden its coverage of the North Sea oil and gas sector.

Tom Adamski is a trucking executive with 34 drivers carrying 101 pieces of identification allowing them to shuttle containers in and out of terminals at the Port of New York and New Jersey.

With a sweeping new surface transportation plan in his 2012 budget proposal, President Obama is setting out the ambitious multiyear vision much of the transportation world had been awaiting from the W

The map says it all. The shortest route from Asia to Europe and the Mediterranean is through the Suez Canal.

President Obama’s budget plan would add $50 billion in new infrastructure spending for the fiscal year that begins in Oct. 1. Here are some highlights:

A year into President Obama’s five-year plan to double exports and create 2 million jobs, Frank Vargo is pleased.

Like everyone else, Cisco Systems was surprised when an Iceland volcano eruption closed European airports for a week last year. Unlike most companies, Cisco was able to avoid a loss of revenue.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is giving Florida lawmakers one week to see if they can salvage a high-speed rail project that

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa will be a primary witness Feb. 23 before a joint House-Senate hearing intended to collect local ideas for comprehensive surface transportation legislation.

A manufacturers group predicts U.S. factory production will grow 5.5 percent this year and 4.6 percent in 2012, outpacing expansion of the overall economy.

An attorney for the coalition that won two court victories over recent hours of service rules for truckers says the most recent proposed rule a step in the “right direction,” but it may no

Ten months after the Army Corps of Engineers Inland Waterways Users Board adopted a strategic plan for infrastructure construction, river operators are trying to get Congress interested in putting it

Dredging of U.S.

U.S. manufacturing exports rose 20 percent last year, with the top 10 markets accounting for more than two-thirds of the increase, the Commerce Department reported.

The National Retail Federation projected retail sales, excluding autos, gas stations and restaurants, will rise 4 percent this year in a strengthening economy.

Congress is taking steps to complete legislation that gives operating authority to the Federal Aviation Administration, after 18 attempts to approve the last reauthorization, which expired in 2007.

Despite the Feb. 16 decision by Florida Gov.

The Federal Maritime Commission is taking the first steps toward making it easier for the public to conduct business there.

The Federal Maritime approved rules Wednesday that would exempt non-vessel-operating common carriers from the legal requirement to use published tariffs as the basis for rate-making.

U.S. poultry exports declined 4.4 percent in volume but increased 0.2 percent in value last year despite trade frictions with Russia and China, the two largest markets for U.S.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will take comments on its proposed truck driver hours of service rules until March 4 and hold what may be the last public "listening session" on its pro

Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., who chairs the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said he is "deeply disappointed" at Wednesday's decision by Gov.

Florida Gov.

Plenty of other states will want the passenger rail money that Florida's governor rejected, said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, while the canceled high-speed rail project could have eased conges

U.S. steel exports jumped 29.3 percent to 12 million tons last year despite a 0.1 percent dip in December volume, government data show.

Florida Gov.