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The Maritime Administration is providing $4 million to help prevent the spread of invasive aquatic species found in cargo ships plying the Great Lakes and inland waterways, the U.S.

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Last-minute changes to the Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 initiative announced last Thursday will benefit truckers, but will leave some shippers wondering how to assess their carriers’ safet

If you use it, you should pay for it. That’s the message running through a range of budget recommendations from the heads of President Obama’s deficit reduction commission.

The Food and Drug Administration is stretching its regulatory reach overseas, but it’s been a slow process in a rapidly changing global market.

Shippers, you’re on notice: Even if your cargo isn’t destined for Europe, effective Jan.

Senators Jay Rockefeller, D-W.V., and Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., are working to pass a bill to authorize continued operation of the Federal Aviation Administration with a 2011 budget of $17.1 billion befor

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Full screening of all packages on all-cargo aircraft as proposed in Congress would be impractical and highly difficult to implement, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in an interview w

Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., introduced legislation Tuesday that would require 100 percent screening of cargo aboard all-cargo aircraft.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index for the U.S. climbed 0.5 percent in October to 111.3 following a 0.5 percent increase in September and a 0.1 percent increase in August.

Witnesses before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Wednesday had a shipload of ideas on how to spend federal money on water resources.

A new plan to slash the federal budget deficit through tax hikes and spending cuts also suggests that policymakers find ways to boost spending on transportation infrastructure.

Builders began work on new homes and apartments at the lowest rate in a year and a half in October mainly because of a 44 percent drop in starts on multifamily homes, the Commerce Department said.

A supply chain executive at J.C. Penney says the retailer hopes to see ocean carriers and logistics operators provide 53-foot containers for U.S.

The head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce wants to double U.S. exports and rebuild transportation networks and other infrastructure as part of an eight-point business policy agenda in Washington.

Senior Department of Homeland Security officials on Tuesday broadly hinted that changes are coming for U.S. Customs and Border Protection's advance cargo manifest rules for air cargo.

The two federal agencies that proposed the first fuel efficiency and emission rules for the trucking industry got some backing from truck fleet groups at a public hearing in Chicago along with concern

U.S. factory output rose 0.5 percent in October, led by increased output of autos, appliances and business equipment.

Customs and Border Protection and the Environmental Protection Agency last year collaborated to intercept $6.5 million worth of vehicles and generators that failed to meet standards of the Clean Air A

Brambles, the world's biggest supplier of wooden freight pallets, is buying IFCO Systems, the largest provider of reusable plastic containers, for around $1.3 billion.

So much for the Democrats’ transportation plans.

Manufacturers in New York State said their orders and shipments weakened this month for the first time since mid-2009, a possible early indicator that the recovery of U.S.

Retail sales rose 1.2 percent in October, topping analysts' expectations in a hopeful sign for transportation providers.

When suspected al Qaeda terrorists attempted to use the global air cargo network to deliver explosive devices from Yemen last month, the Middle East’s reputation as the world’s terror capi

Import-export trade isn’t the target of the Federal Reserve’s plan to stimulate the U.S.

Three new senators will take office during the lame-duck session of Congress, giving them an early chance to stake out positions and reshape Senate vote calculations even before most new GOP lawmakers

John Mica notes in his official biography he has “consistently received the Golden Bulldog Award from the Watchdogs of the Treasury.”

House Republicans did not wait for the Nov. 2 election to lay down markers for how they may change federal spending under the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

Shortly after al Qaeda affiliates in Yemen tried to blow UPS and FedEx cargo planes out of the sky, Boyd Stephenson spoke with trucking executives concerned about trucking security and the potential f

To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the demise of a U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement are grossly exaggerated, said Frank Vargo, vice president for international economic affairs for the National

The Canada Border Services Agency on Thursday announced a final rule requiring transmission in advance of data for freight remaining on board cargo loaded at a U.S. port.

U.S. consumer sentiment rose more than expected as the holiday retail season got under way in early November, buoying freight transportation prospects, a widely watched index showed.

DHL announced a major expansion of its Asia-Pacific service logistics business in May, including a doubling of its footprint in India and China, expansions in Singapore and Japan, and a $70 million in

The cold chain may be the weakest link in distribution in China, and specialty U.S. trucker C.R. England sees that as an opportunity.

The Asia-Pacific region is filled with logistics challenges, including infrastructure, regulatory framework, licensing issues and disparate customs rules.

President Obama's deficit cutting panel delivered plans for transportation policy that include a gradual 15-cent increase in federal fuel taxes to shore up the Highway Trust Fund and a proposal that t

CEVA Logistics said its core profit jumped 26 percent in the third quarter over the same period a year ago to $117.9 million as revenue soared 32 percent and business grew sharply from the second quar

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told the governors-elect of Wisconsin and Ohio they cannot redirect federal passenger rail grants to other uses once they take office, so the Department of Transpor