Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Non-vessel-operating common carriers may get long-sought relief from mandatory tariff filing requirements if the Federal Maritime Commission grants them an exemption at its public meeting next week.

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China, the largest market for U.S. chicken exports, plans to impose anti-dumping tariffs of up to 105.4 percent on U.S. broiler chicken imports, starting Feb.

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today unveiled details of President Obama’s plan to double U.S. exports within five years to $3 trillion while creating 2 million U.S. jobs.

New orders and shipments of manufactured goods gained in December, driven by increases in orders for machinery and shipments of petroleum and coal, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday.

An index of U.S. domestic freight demand jumped 5.6 percent in January compared to the same month last year in a rebound from the deepest part of the shipping downturn.

Nearly 7,000 companies that qualify as large, for-profit haulers or shippers of hazardous materials would see their federal annual registration fee triple, to $3,000 under a plan designed to shore up

The nation's largest port group says it is disappointed in Obama administration budget proposals that would leave security and port maintenance programs without needed funding.

The Department of Transportation pushed a hefty $524 million out to states in the week ending Jan.

President Obama’s 2011 budget for the Department of Transportation shows an overall 2.3 percent increase compared with 2010 as the administration emphasizes infrastructure projects but hopes to

Industrial real estate owner and developer AMB Property lost $28 million in 2009, as the market bottomed out.

Australia-based logistics provider Toll Group acquired U.S.-based freight forwarder Summit Logistics International.

The Federal Maritime Commission on Monday announced a major management restructuring that could indicate new directions in enforcement policy, and the commission’s relationship with the industry

The United States should expand its goods movement infrastructure with a sense of urgency because global trade is poised for a rebound, said a trade and transportation economist who addressed the Geor

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners Canada and Mexico in November fell 2.9 percent to $58.9 billion, compared with Novembe

Initial figures for fiscal 2011 indicate that the departments of Transportation and Homeland Security will be marking time financially in fiscal 2011, in keeping with President Obama’s promise l

U.S. manufacturing expanded rapidly in January, nearly matching the pace of August 2004, according to the Manufacturing ISM Report on Business.

Manufacturing in China is growing at its fastest pace on record, according to data collected for the HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index.

Negotiators have two basic options on the table for controlling greenhouse gases. One is a tax per ton of bunker fuel that can be invested in a greener environment somewhere else on Earth.

Placing an immediate ban on text messaging by truck drivers last week, the Department of Transportation sent a message easy to read even without a cell phone.

In years past, an incident such as the failed Christmas Day bombing attempt aboard a Northwest Airlines flight would have resulted in many and loud calls for new inspection procedures for cargo carrie

Democratic Party officials are scrambling to bolster the economy and jump-start job creation following a series of losses in midterm elections.

Top railroad executives are throwing down the gauntlet, serving notice to Congress and freight shippers they will push back hard against efforts to tighten rail regulations.

The drumbeat of jobs, jobs, jobs in Washington and debate on financing have become major roadblocks to getting a six-year $500 billion transportation bill into gear and onto a fast-paced road to passa

Trade and manufacturing groups are offering strong support to President Obama’s call to double exports in five years to create 2 million jobs, but they also want to see substantive action t

U.S. imports of steel saw their worst year since 1991 in 2009, falling 49.3 percent from the year before, said the American Institute for International Steel.

New orders for manufactured durable goods in December increased $0.5 billion or 0.3 percent to $167.9 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Thursday.

Wal-Mart Stores created a group of global merchandising centers and signed sourcing agreements with Hong Kong buying agent Li & Fung as part of a broad plan to cut supply chain costs by consolidat

Cargo theft rose 12 percent last year and averaged a record 72 incidents per month, according to FreightWatch International, which provides logistics security services and data.

Slow economic growth and uncertainty about oil prices will hobble U.S. transportation companies recovering from the recession, Standard & Poor’s says.

The U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in six years in the fourth quarter, expanding 5.7 percent as companies scaled back their attempts to cut inventories, the U.S.

Construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar generated revenue of $7.9 billion in the fourth quarter, down 39 percent from the prior year quarter.

President Obama said Wednesday that increasing exports and construction of infrastructure will be among the ways the U.S. economy will recover from the recession.

The Maritime Administration’s marine highways program will provide shippers with alternative services, said David Matsuda Tuesday at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee.

Customs and Border Protection Tuesday began enforcing the Importer Security Filing or 10+2 rule.

China supplanted the United States as Japan's biggest export market in 2009 for the first time since the end of World War II, according to preliminary figures released by the Finance Ministry on Wedne

The Department of Transportation's ban on cell-phone texting by truckers is just the first of several actions expected this year that will tighten federal truck driver regulations.

European Union competition regulators Jan. 26 dropped a probe into government guarantees provided to La Poste, France's postal service.

Customs and Border Protection began enforcing its Importer Security Filing, or 10+2, rule on Tuesday, ushering in a new era of requirements on importers for more detailed information to help security

If anyone doubts a broad-based economic recovery is under way around the globe, take a look at the index of industrial prices compiled by The Journal of Commerce and the Economic Cycle Research