Transport, Trade and Regulation News

American consumers this month regained more confidence in economic prospects, The Conference Board reported.

Ceva Logistics, the global supply chain management company, reported strong growth in first quarter profit and revenue driven by cost controls and gains in contract logistics.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman James L.

Fifteen of 22 industry groups contributed to last year’s 2.4 percent drop in U.S. GDP, the government’s Bureau of Economic Analysis reported.

The global economic crisis reduced greenhouse gas emissions from transportation industry sources worldwide, but that reduction isn’t expected to last long.

The Coast Guard would be authorized to provide technical assistance and lend or lease equipment to ports to help them comply with the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code under terms of

The Federal Reserve’s monetary policy-setting arm last week increased its projections for U.S. GDP growth.

The battle over who will drive the trucks in clean-air programs being rolled out at ports across the country is now being waged on three fronts — federal court in Los Angeles, a U.S.

The nation’s largest port complex hopes to benefit from what would be one of the largest loans ever made under a Federal Railroad Administration program for track system improvements.

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., this month took the Department of Homeland Security to task for slashing port and transit security grants for the city and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

In the Obama administration’s vision for a future with free-flowing highways, cleaner air in cities and ports and lower climate-heating carbon emissions, intermodal rail leads the way.

The American Trucking Associations supports President Obama’s call for the first national fuel-economy standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

President Obama signed a presidential order today that for the first time would establish fuel economy standards and greenhouse gas emissions limits for heavy-duty and medium trucks, starting in 2014.

Leaders of the House Ways and Means trade subcommittee were upbeat Thursday afternoon about redirecting Customs and Border Protection’s focus to facilitating trade and collecting revenue after a

CEVA Logistics reported increases in first-quarter profit and revenue, saying higher volume offset tighter margins.

A slight decline in the Conference Board Leading Economic Index for the U.S. in April was the first in more than a year.

Net profit for Transport Corp. of India surged 52 percent from a year earlier to $9.3 million in fiscal 2009-10 ended March 31, despite an 11 percent increase in operating expenses.

Exports of U.S. steel mill products jumped 29.2 percent in March from February, according to U.S. Government data.

The May 5 hearing by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure into the Port of Los Angeles' clean-trucks program may spawn yet another investigation of the program, this one dealing wi

CDC Software, a hybrid enterprise software provider of on-premise and cloud deployments, acquired TradeBeam Holdings, a San Mateo, Calif.-based provider of on-demand global trade management software.

A balance of supporters and opponents of a proposed rule that could change the way non-vessel-operating common carriers do business will have their say before the Federal Maritime Commission on May 24

Procter & Gamble wants more than 400 of its key suppliers to complete a sustainability report this year on how much power they use and how much waste they generate.

Complaining that port infrastructure received just 8 percent of the stimulus law’s original discretionary grants for transportation, the American Association of Port Authorities says it wants a

A set of stimulus grants to develop industrial infrastructure, including a rail spur, helped trigger a private firm to make a $650 million investment in a steel rolling mill, said President Obama.

Economists are questioning how long U.S. consumers can maintain their current spending pace in the face of high unemployment, stagnant housing prices and reduced access to credit.

The embattled euro is poised to drop further but the economic impact on North American economies appears to be limited, economists from IHS Global Insight said.

APL Logistics, a unit of Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines, plans to expand its place in the North American intermodal market with a focus on the link between customers’ international and dom

Kuehne + Nagel contracted to provide road logistics services in Middle and Eastern Europe for Rehau, a manufacturer of polymer-based innovations and systems in construction and the automotive industry

Driving while distracted is not just a concern on the nation’s highways, as Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood unveiled a proposed regulation to target “improper use of distracting electr

President Obama, trying for a third time to get someone to run the Transportation Security Administration, announced Monday he will nominate Deputy FBI Director John S.

Agility, the Kuwait-based global logistics company, reported first quarter profit fell 52 percent from a year ago and warned future earnings will be hit by the loss of U.S.

Manufacturers in New York say their business improved for the tenth consecutive month in May, according to The Empire State Manufacturing Survey.

Damco, the combined brand of A.P. Moller-Maersk logistics activities, joined the DASH7 Alliance, an international group promoting the use of an advanced wireless sensor networking technology.

The euro weakened to $1.2234, a four-year low against the dollar, and some economists predict it will fall even lower, a development that would help European exports but hurt U.S. exporters.

The sound reverberating from Echo Global Logistics is the boom created by its rocketing sales.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach spent almost $80 million combined on incentives to get carriers and owner-operators driving clean diesel trucks.

The air shipping industry met a May 1 deadline for screening 75 percent of cargo on U.S.

The Department of Transportation’s policy plans for 2010-2015 would: -- Focus transportation policy on “achieving strategic outcomes” in broader national goals.

A rail customers’ rally, held at the outset of a day of lobbying on Capitol Hill, was one part reunion and one part backslapping celebration as shippers and their advocates reveled in what they

When Congress gave the Consumer Product Safety Commission new authority and responsibility over children’s products in 2008 following widespread reports of tainted imports, the agency seemed to