Transport, Trade and Regulation News

The Federal Maritime Commission on Wednesday closed the book on a 16-year-old proceeding that once threatened a trade war between the U.S. and Japan.

ProLogis and AMB Property say they are negotiating a potential blockbuster merger that would combine two of the world's largest managers of distribution facilities.

President Obama re-nominated Customs Commissioner Alan Bersin on Thursday along with Rebecca F.

Japan's trade surplus with the rest of the world expanded for the second consecutive year in 2010, widening 153.4 percent to $82.56 billion, as exports grew faster than imports, according to prelimina

U.S. factory orders fell slightly in December as a result of a large decline in aircraft orders. But orders for non-transportation goods and capital equipment showed significant increases.

Congressional leaders are moving a new six-year surface transportation bill higher on their priority lists after President Obama’s call for infrastructure investment in his State of the Union ad

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The Federal Maritime Commission is stepping up its attention to ocean carrier practices, voting Wednesday to launch a formal inquiry into slow steaming.

Transportation trade groups are praising President Obama's call to rebuild the nation’s efforts infrastructure but some members of Congress say the administration will have to put more details b

Industrial property markets are seeing “modest” recovery in line with a gradual strengthening of the economy, real estate investment firm Grubb & Ellis said.

The widely watched Industrial Price Index of materials pricing hit a 12-month high last week and rose at the fastest rate in a year, a sign the business cycle’s upswing is gaining momentum.

Rule changes proposed by the Census Bureau would severely limit post-departure electronic export declarations. Only a limited number of agricultural and bulk commodities would be eligible.

A construction industry group says backers of a new national transportation bill must provide “transformational reforms” to get a highway spending plan through an increasingly conservative Congress.

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index in January shifted upward to a level not seen since May 2010 as income expectations rose.

The U.S. should look at the long-term economic benefits of transportation when making infrastructure investments, the two authors of a new Bipartisan Policy Center study said Friday.

Faced with the risk that the Obama administration could reject its effort to borrow $553 million from a little-used, low-cost federal rail credit program, the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority

When the Surface Transportation Board in December slapped Canadian National Railway with an unprecedented $250,000 fine over how it reported roadway blockages, it set off the first flare in what is sh

Sometime in the next few months, President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will unveil a broad, new vision for the border separating the world’s two largest trading partners, re

The 1998 Ocean Shipping Reform Act redefined the Federal Maritime Commission from a regulator of tariffs to one of the shipping industry.

It’s generally accepted that the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences is a good thing — good for developing countries’ exports and good for U.S.

Truck safety regulators are focusing increasingly not on the truck but on the driver who operates it.

For railroads and shippers monitoring the Surface Transportation Board’s heavy slate this year, add this to your watch list: The board is likely to have a new look.

The prospect of a new publicly-owned bridge linking Canada and the U.S. across the Detroit River is brighter this week with an endorsement from Michigan’s new governor.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, signaling new Obama administration resolve to get a national transportation spending plan, says he expects a long-delayed bill to be approved this year.

Wal-Mart Stores will use its global transportation and logistics leverage to cut fruit and vegetable prices by $1 billion, the nation's largest grocer said Thursday.

The House Republican Study Committee wants to zero out President Obama's grants program that gives states seed money to develop inter-city passenger rail service and to wipe out annual subsidies as we

President Obama should take an “active and aggressive” leadership role to push Congress toward passing a comprehensive transportation spending plan, the American Association of Road and Tr

RedPrairie, a productivity software provider, completed the acquisition of Shippers Commonwealth, a software-as-a-service TMS and collaborative transportation software provider.

The Eno Transportation Foundation appointed Joshua L. Schank president and chief executive officer and promoted Barbara Gannon to executive vice president.

Mark McCallister, former director of strategic planning and engineering with Starbucks Coffee, joined Tompkins Associates, a

The roster of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for the 112th Congress is now complete as Chairman John Mica, R-Fla., on Thursday named subcommittee chairs, and Rep.

Several current and former International Longshoremen's Association officials were among 18 waterfront figures charged as part of a federal crackdown that U.S.

Transport Corporation of India boosted overall revenue 16.5 percent year-over-year in the third quarter ending Dec. 31, but net income remained flat as operating expenses surged.

U.S. steel exports posted a month-to-month increase of 2.2 percent in November despite a decline in shipments to the largest U.S. export markets, Canada and Mexico.

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials is tapping into social media to build support for more funding of transport projects, by urging Facebook and YouTube users to tel

President Obama and President Hu Jintao of China, opening a state visit in Washington amid growing complaints from U.S.

Recent deals with China linked to this week's Washington visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao wi

President Obama ordered federal agencies to come up with plans in the next four months to review regulations already on the books and to develop science-based rules that promote "economic growth, inno

The Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority is slashing its request for a federal rail program loan to $83.7 million from an earlier $553 million, in a bid to lock in the federal credit to help rest

Michigan is trashing one type of cross-border trucking — the hauling of waste from Toronto and other Canadian cities to the Great Lake State.