Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Retail sales rose in September for the third straight month as higher sales by auto, electronics and appliance retailers, building material stores and online retailers offset weakness in clothing and

A bill that would eliminate antitrust immunity from ocean carriers is not a “sound proposal” and would cause more volatility in rates and make trading with the U.S.

For-hire transportation carriers in the U.S. domestic market handled 0.6 percent less volume in ton-miles in August than in July, the Transportation Department said.

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Peak-season imports of holiday merchandise showed up in an 8.8 percent increase in the U.S. trade deficit during August, the Commerce Department said.

The Los Angeles City Council approved the nomination of former International Longshore and Warehouse Union President David Arian for the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners.

Wal-Mart CEO Mike Duke said he expects sales at U.S.

Customs and Border Protection said 80 percent of importer filings comply with the Importer Security Filing, or 10+2 rule, since enforcement began in January.

Clean-air regulations affecting heavy-duty trucks and 53-foot trailers in California will continue in force no matter what happens in the Nov.

The trade group that represents transportation executives for state governments cheered President Obama's plan to seek $50 billion in new spending for transport infrastructure before the end of this y

Consumer caution, high unemployment and slow growth in household wealth will slow U.S. economic growth through next year, according to a survey by the National Association of Business Economics.

President Obama called Monday for sweeping investment in infrastructure, putting new urgency to his pledge of more funding and jobs through a broad national plan for transportation.

Due diligence is a term U.S. regulatory agencies use frequently to describe compliance practices that corporations must have in place when engaging in global trade.

Senior air cargo executives have identified pharmaceuticals, perishables and temperature-controlled cargoes as a niche where they can add value and turn a realistic profit.

When seeking to attract cargo and carriers to Long Beach, port executives will subtly imply that unlike the neighboring Port of Los Angeles, the Port of Long Beach is relatively free from meddling by

It’s impossible to read the Obama administration’s latest take on freight transportation policy without seeing its clear aim: to put a bigger share of containers and trailers on trains, ge

For all the talk about how to pay for infrastructure improvements — and there’s been a lot of it — there’s been little discussion about what potential investors need: a return

In January 2002, then-Customs Commissioner Robert C. Bonner held up a padlock-like device to an audience at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Food safety legislation will await lawmakers in November when they return to Capitol Hill for a lame-duck session of Congress after midterm elections.

Already focused on what they might get in the next few months, transportation policy groups and Washington officials are pausing to give the infrastructure stimulus program some heartfelt applause.

In WTO Rulings, It’s China, 2; US, 0

PRODUCE MARKETING ASSOCIATION: It is an upbeat time. Economies are strengthening, and I think there is a great deal of optimism in the market.

The world trade outlook is improving significantly for 2010 and 2011, according to the International Monetary Fund.

The Maritime Administration this week hired consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers to gather for the first time critical data to provide the government and the industry a better picture of the cost differe

Nonfarm payroll employment edged down a net 95,000 jobs in September, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

Container terminal operators spend millions of dollars on sophisticated cargo-handling equipment, but at the end of the day, it’s the capture and transmission of data that moves the cargo.

The Department of Homeland Security inspector general's office completed an audit of air cargo screening at selected airports, but it said in a report Thursday the results and recommendations are clas

Retailers say back-to-school purchases contributed to higher September sales, a positive sign for freight transportation and for retailers approaching the holiday selling season.

DB Schenker completed the integration of the recently acquired Masped units with Hungarocargo and Romtrans Hungaria into Schenker Kft.

Customs and Border Protection may not revoke a broker's entry filer code without providing some form of due process, the U.S.

Retailers expect holiday sales to increase a modest 2.3 percent this year, down from the 10-year average of 2.5 percent but well above last year's tepid 0.4 percent, the National Retail Federation sai

Reimbursements to states for stimulus work authorized by the Department of Transportation reached $20.08 billion as of Sept.

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DB Schenker, the German global logistics and forwarding group, merged its rail and logistics automotive units into a single company to offer one stop integrated transport of components and finished ve

Factory orders rose 0.9 percent in August, excluding the volatile transportation category for aircraft and autos, the Commerce Department said in a report that indicates manufacturing continues to exp

The American Trucking Associations endorsed legislation for a Goods Movement Trust Fund financed by a 12-cent-a-gallon increase in diesel fuel taxes and is encouraging Congress to pass a similar gasol

Contracts to purchase existing homes rose in August for the second straight month, the National Association of Realtors said in a report that showed gradual improvement in a sector crucial to freight

Few new industries have attracted as much attention in recent years as wind energy, a business that could bring big shipping business through Gulf Coast ports.

Domenic Veneziano wants to change the way the Food and Drug Administration inspects products and enforces importer compliance. All he needs is a law to give him the authority to do so.

A new index developed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce confirms what the freight transportation community has been railing at for years: U.S.