Transport, Trade and Regulation News

European Union regulators cleared Geodis, the French transport and logistics provider, to take sole control of Giraud, a leading French forwarder active across Europe.

Americans need to act quickly to begin a 10 year effort to improve and build new transportation infrastructure, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Thursday.

Intel’s inventory of finished goods increased 24 percent in the second quarter from the previous period, as broad-based corporate spending drove up sales.

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As the rebound effects from the recession have almost entirely dissipated, a growth slowdown starting this summer is becoming increasingly apparent, according to Bart van Ark, chief economist of The C

Ceva Logistics said it signed a three-year contract worth a total of $38.3 million to coordinate the international flow of components, accessories and finished motorcycles from Asia for Britain’

Freight shipments measured in ton-miles fell 0.4 percent in May after two consecutive monthly increases, the Department of Transportation reported.

Inventories held by businesses rose for a fifth consecutive month in May, but sales dropped for the first time since March 2009, the Commerce Department reported.

U.S. retail sales declined in June for the second straight month, raising concerns about slowing economic growth in the second half of this year.

The Department of Transportation, trying to push more infrastructure projects out of the pipeline and into “stimulus summer,” signed a $24.5 million grant agreement to help rebuild a conta

The second U.S. economic stimulus package for first-time home buyers led to a 20 percent increase in containerized U.S.

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MOL selected Descartes Systems to help manage its container division's EU Import Control System customs filings.

The Commerce Department and the U.S. Postal Service on Monday announced a five-year partnership intended to help U.S. exporters expand their markets overseas.

A requirement for U.S. flag ocean transport is impairing President Obama’s National Export Initiative, according to an export advocacy group.

CEVA Logistics signed a letter of intent to enter into a five-year contract to manage the principal European distribution center for Janssen Pharmaceutica, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson.

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials on Thursday released a report identifying 55 “urgent” capacity projects to improve freight movement.

With the deadline for proposed truck driver hours-of-service rules less than a month away, highway safety groups are calling for a dramatic reduction in the time truckers may spend behind the wheel.

The Federal Maritime Commission may lack the legal authority to order ocean carriers to increase capacity, but it still can be a force in helping U.S.

The Waterways Council and its allies are keeping up the pressure to change the Army Corps of Engineers’ infrastructure investment plans.

The freight surge of 2010 is nearing its end, an economic forecaster says.

Inventories held by U.S. wholesalers rose for a fifth consecutive month in May while sales fell for the first time since March 2009, the Commerce Department reported.

A U.S. appellate court Thursday upheld regulations governing the treatment of wood packing material in international commerce.

Increased financial turbulence and Europe’s debt crisis will cause global economic growth to slow after a faster-than-expected recovery during this year’s first half, the International Mon

President Obama said he will push to renegotiate a pair of stalled free trade agreements with Panama and Colombia and will urge Congress to ratify them.

President Obama on Wednesday named three top executives from the transportation and logistics industry to his revitalized National Export Council.

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee last week approved legislation intended to hold oil companies accountable for spills like the Deepwater Horizon disaster but could have implicatio

BDP International, a Philadelphia-based global logistics and transport group, completed the phased acquisition of Spanish logistics firm Euromodal.

Weak jobs, housing and consumer spending markets and the fading of government stimulus programs indicate slower U.S. economic growth during the second half of the year, said Nigel Gault, chief U.S.

The idea of abolishing ocean carriers’ antitrust immunity is riding a new wave in Congress as the outcry over tight capacity and equipment shortages in a stronger-than-expected recovery sustains

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Shipper complaint cases against railroads are piling up at the Surface Transportation Board, despite the latter’s efforts to head them off through mediation.

Commissioner Alan Bersin is on a mission to get his Customs and Border Protection employees and the private sector to see supply chain security and trade facilitation as parts of a whole.

In a move with potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in impact on U.S. manufacturers, importers and the U.S.

The closely watched Cass Freight Index for shipments grew 9.1 percent in June over the previous month, accelerating at a pace that contrasted with other slowing economic signals and reaching a new hig

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Orders to U.S. factories declined 1.4 percent in May, the biggest drop since March 2009, after eight straight months of gains, the Commerce Department said.

Transportation and warehousing added 14,600 jobs last month, an increase of 0.35 percent from May and 0.57 percent from June 2009, preliminary Labor Department data show.

U.S. jobs declined by 125,000 in June as a modest rise in hiring by private employers failed to offset layoffs of temporary census workers.