Transport, Trade and Regulation News

President Obama used a visit to a commercial truck dealership outside Washington, D.C., Friday to highlight how the economic recovery has spurred hiring in equipment suppliers to the freight sector.

Transportation hiring inched up in May as overall weakness in private job creation was offset by a surge in temporary government employment of census workers.

UTi Worldwide says it is raising prices for shippers after the global freight forwarder saw its profit margins squeezed amid rapid growth in demand in the company’s fiscal first quarter.

The clean-trucks program and other pollution-reduction measures slashed harmful diesel emissions at Los Angeles last year, according to the port's 2009 air emissions inventory.

A preliminary list of 100 significant North American infrastructure projects identifies $400 billion in projects called critical to long-term economic competitiveness.

The administration’s third nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration will have his day before the Senate Commerce Committee on June 10, the committee announced.

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President Obama’s goal of doubling U.S. exports within five years generated a set of nation-specific marketing plans, according to a senior U.S. trade official.

Descartes Systems Group increased revenue by 22 percent from a year ago, but acquisitions, higher taxes and even volcanic ash shrank its profit.

The DSV Group launched a new division called DSV Entertainment Logistics, which will provide transport and logistics to the entertainment industries with a particular focus on the music industry at th

Diesel prices fell to their lowest point in three months, sliding 4.1 cents to an average of $2.98 per gallon across the country in the week ending May 31, according to the U.S.

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The European Union is launching an investigation into whether the largest container lines have engaged in price-fixing, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Manufacturers’ inventories tightened as U.S. factories marked their 10th consecutive month of year-to-year growth, the Institute for Supply Management said today.

Remember “green shoots?” A year ago, U.S. importers and exporters were scouring economic indicators for any signs of improvement in dismal market conditions.

On any given day in 2008, Caterpillar had some $500 million worth of U.S.

The agency that for much of the shipping world has been on the frontlines of supply chain security since the September 11 terror attacks is facing new questions about how it balances security and the

When the 2008-09 recession hammered consumer spending in the U.S., analysts pondered whether its length and persisting unemployment would permanently change consumer habits.

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Do shippers really care if their goods move by contract or tariff?

When the Department of Homeland Security drafted a security strategy in 2006, it limited Customs and Border Protection’s scope to just that: security.

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U.S. imports of steel mill products increased in April over March by 0.9 percent, reflecting steady but slow improvement in market conditions.

Consumer spending was flat in April while personal income edged up at an annual rate of 0.4 percent, the Commerce Department said.

Hancock Fabrics says higher freight shipping costs from the company’s attempts to adjust inventory levels helped push the retailer into a steeper loss in its fiscal first quarter.

Europe’s fiscal troubles will produce five years of economic stagnation on the continent but won’t prevent the global economy from expanding by an estimated 3.7 percent this year after las

Hitachi Transport System signed a basic agreement to acquire 100 percent of Flyjac Logistics, a major Indian forwarder providing services to the United States and Europe as well as local corporate cus

The Teamsters union’s Central States pension fund faces insolvency within 10 to 15 years unless Congress acts to stabilize the fund, its executive director said this week.

The tanker Wilmina was banned from U.S. waters for three years for violations of environmental law, the Coast Guard announced Thursday.

Chicago is not only the nation’s crossroads, but its chokepoint.

Five states received nearly $80 million in federal grants for high-speed rail projects today from the Department of Transportation.

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There’s bipartisan support for quick passage of a comprehensive transportation bill, but members of the House Transportation Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday demonstrated there is still a w

Virginia broke ground Wednesday on a control center for high occupancy toll lanes on a stretch of the I-495 Capital Beltway that ranks as one of the worst U.S. congestion bottlenecks.

Japan's trade surplus with the rest of the world ballooned about 15-fold in April from a year earlier to $8.25 billion thanks to a robust growth in exports, according to preliminary figures released b

Lego is expanding its North American distribution center by nearly 50 percent as the toy maker builds on a strategy to sharply expand its market share in the United States.

Orders for big-ticket goods rose 2.9 percent last month, largely because of a jump in demand for commercial aircraft, the Commerce Department reported.

The senior Republican on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said Tuesday he expects Congress will take up a comprehensive surface transportation bill in January, dimming any faint p

Economic activity is growing faster than expected but the sovereign debt crisis and overheating in emerging markets pose increasing risks, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development sai

U.S. third-part logistics providers suffered a 16 percent drop in revenue last year but are bouncing back at double digits this year, according to Armstrong & Associates.