Transport, Trade and Regulation News

The theft of cargo while in transit rose by 4.1 percent to record levels in 2010, according to the 2010 Annual Cargo Theft report released Tuesday by logistics security firm FreightWatch Internationa

Trade groups are launching a new effort to get Congress to repeal ocean carriers’ immunity to antitrust laws.

Swiss logistics giant Kuehne + Nagel acquired three South American companies, expanding its perishables transportation and logistics network.

Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, moved a step closer to entering Africa as a 51 percent shareholder of a large South African chain.

As the new chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., wants to get more bang from limited bucks in surface transportation programs.

This could be a breakthrough year for trade liberalization in the Asia-Pacific region. The first step is the U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement, which would boost U.S.

Few events signaled a logistics recovery as loudly as last year’s $512.6 million acquisition of ATC Technology by GENCO Supply Chain Solutions.

House Republicans are wasting no time asserting their new majority on transportation programs.

It may be months before truckers know how many hours they’ll be allowed to drive under new federal work rules, but they almost certainly will have less time to accomplish the work they now do an

The greening of the freight transportation industry will take another big step this year, but years of preparation will limit disruption as carriers transition to cleaner ships, trucks and locomotives

The penchant of environmental regulators to set goals calling for the use of technology not fully developed is raising alarms for the transportation industry.

Rising gasoline prices and high unemployment caused a widely watched index of U.S. consumer confidence to weaken in January.

Output at U.S. factories, mines and utilities rose a faster-than-expected 0.8 percent in December, the sharpest increase in five months, the Federal Reserve said.

U.S. retail sales rose for the sixth consecutive month in December, capping a year in which sales grew at the fastest rate since 1999, the Commerce Department said.

The presidential commission that investigated the Deepwater Horizon disaster said the Jones Act did not prevent

ProLogis plans $800 million to $1 billion in new development this year in Asia, Europe and North America, the industrial real estate giant said Tuesday.

The new chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, signaling domestic transport goals similar to those of the Obama administration, says he wants to advance several initiatives

The U.S. manufacturing outlook remains healthy despite indications of slowing expansion, a quarterly survey of 62 manufacturers said.

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Borders will close its Nashville, Tenn., distribution center and scale back its supply chain as the bookstore chain struggles with declining sales in a market buffeted by digital book sales and e-comm

The nation’s economy steadily improved in December, and business contacts expressed a modestly optimistic outlook for 2011 in a survey released Wednesday by the Federal Reserve.

The Transportation Department's Freight Transportation Services Index, which measures monthly change in ton-miles, fell 0.3 percent in November from October to 98.5, the lowest level of any November s

In today's slow-growth environment, customers expect their transportation service providers to help them attain a competitive advantage, and that involves developing innovative solutions based on best

U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas J. Donohue on Tuesday called for the abolition of all tariffs on goods moving between the U.S.

The Surface Transportation Board will hold a May 3 public hearing to start the first review in over a decade of regulations that some shippers say allow major railroads to hold many freight customers

Investment in transportation is a key part of rebuilding the U.S. economic foundation, and the U.S.

Wholesalers’ inventories dropped 0.2 percent in November, the first month-to-month drop in nearly a year, while sales rose for the fifth consecutive month, the Commerce Department said in a report tha

The Department of Transportation's efforts to lock in remaining funds from the 2009 economic stimulus package have it closing in on the main target -- obligating all $48.1 billion that was allocated i

Dan Stamper, president of the Detroit International Bridge Co., was released late Monday afternoon after spending a few hours in the Wayne County Jail in Detroit.

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Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., who chairs the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, intends to start a process in February that can help his panel craft a new multi-year surface transportation bill.

Dan Stamper, president of the company that owns the Ambassador Bridge, was jailed Monday on contempt charges by a Wayne County (Detroit) judge.

The new chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said he has a clear understanding from House leaders that changes to future Highway Trust Fund legislation will not use trust

For Jonathan Gold, 2010 was a year for lessons. For Donna Lemm, 2011 is about hope. And for George Macko, the trucking concerns of today will be with us into 2012.

The bad news for transportation policy as 2010 ended was that Congress again put off tackling long-term issues, and kicked major decisions on highway spending programs down the road for a few more mon

It’s been almost 11 years since I left the public sector after 21 years at Customs headquarters in Washington as a trade compliance attorney to begin my second career in the private sector.

Looked at one way, federal agencies have done a commendable job in implementing congressional wishes to secure the nation’s supply chains.

The message to truck drivers is clear: Fasten that safety belt, put down the cell phone and stop texting.

As the industrial real estate industry enters a new decade, the light of optimism is shining a little brighter than in recent years. According to Real Capital Analytics, sales of significant U.S.