Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Customs and Border Protection should do a better job of documenting why it inspects or waives the inspection of ocean containers it has identified as having a high risk for terrorist tampering, accord

The Federal Aviation Administration is asking local airport authorities to report by Feb.

Crowley Liner Services’ settlement this month of civil antitrust lawsuits with U.S.

By issuing a final regulation on automated train equipment, or positive train control, the Federal Railroad Administration cleared a path for railroads to spend billions of dollars on what is la

Checks sent out to states for stimulus projects from the Department of Transportation reached $8.26 billion through Jan. 15, a gain of about $162 million from a week earlier.

For the majority of importers, Jan. 26 will pass as any other Tuesday this year.

As of Jan. 19, Russia has effectively banned imports of U.S. poultry, typically exported as palletized breakbulk cargo, because U.S.

Net profit for Transport Corp. of India surged 108 percent from a year earlier to $2.6 million in the third quarter ending Dec. 31, despite a 20-percent increase in operating expenses.

Scott Brown’s election victory in Massachusetts was a clear signal to Washington that Americans want politicians to focus their attention on job creation, Pennsylvania Gov.

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President Obama on Wednesday nominated Earl F. Weener for a seat on the National Transportation Safety Board.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index for the United States increased 1.1 percent in December, sharply rising at a quicker pace than any time in the previous nine months.

President Obama is nominating Jeffrey R. Moreland, a former senior attorney with BNSF Railway and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, to join Amtrak’s board of directors.

A joint venture investment group said it will spend up to $100 million to buy low-valued freight and industrial equipment, to assemble a broad mix of lease assets that will include ocean ships and riv

Erroll Southers withdrew his nomination as President Obama's choice to head the Transportation Security Administration on Wednesday, blaming "political ideology" for keeping the key security

Cargo interests are gradually shifting from last year's recession mentality to embrace growth strategies, but their investments in supply chain improvements are still constrained.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a petition by the state of Michigan to close locks between the Chicago Ship and Sanitary Canal and Lake Michigan.

Freight interests in California and the West are petitioning the California Air Resources Board to revise proposed regulations for low-carbon fuel and a cap-and-trade mechanism for the freight transpo

The American Trucking Associations is suing the Department of Transportation in an attempt to force it to declare what supporting documents trucking companies must keep to prove their employees comply

National Retail Systems, the New Jersey-based logistics provider, appointed Patrick Ahern to the new position of vice president, International.

Payments by the Department of Transportation to reimburse states for stimulus projects reached $8.101 billion as of Jan. 8, DOT said, up about $1.3 billion in the past month.

The United Nations’ World Food Program said it will use five routes to overcome logistics obstacles as it steps up delivery of relief supplies to Haiti.

Wal-Mart Stores is pursuing new savings in sourcing in ways that could help it wrest more control over inbound freight from its vendors and lower inventory costs.

Deutsche Post DHL is kick-starting the stalled consolidation of Europe’s standard parcel delivery business by leaving the business in the U.K. and France.

At a time when infrastructure is crumbling and resources are depleted, the Army Corps of Engineers needs fresh thinking about the way it manages the inland rivers system, according to a working group

A Surface Transportation Board case involving a new 80-mile rail line in Alaska suggests a potential fissure between the railroad industry’s three key economic regulators even as Congress debate

When heavy snows and frigid weather hit much of the nation in the first two weeks of the year, several states lifted weight restrictions on trucks, some to help endangered crops to get to market and o

With shipments valued in the tens of millions of dollars, Pfizer is no stranger to cargo security, so the pharmaceutical giant is taking part in the Transportation Security Administration’s Cert

For several months, officers of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union locals in Southern California have been telling transportation industry gatherings, especially meetings that attract car

After three years of scaring cargo away and fostering an anti-business image with aggressive environmental programs, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have a message for the industry: Reducing y

Congress will not raise fuel taxes this year to fund transportation construction programs, said a Democratic leader in the House of Representatives.

Indonesia fared better than many of its Asian neighbors during the recession because less than 20 percent of its GDP comes from exports, says Aaron Chen, managing director of BDP Indonesia and senior

Global oil demand fell in 2009 and 2008, the first time since 1983 that oil demand has fallen for two consecutive years, according to a short-term energy outlook released this week by the U.S.

Industrial production increased 0.6 percent in December on the strength of output from gas and electric utilities coping with unseasonably cold weather in much of the nation.

Retail stores saw a mild recovery in December and a reversal of last year’s downturn in holiday sales.

Honeywell is helping UPS upgrade the handheld computers its drivers use.

Leaders of a coalition for export control reform are confident that recommendations they made to the White House may result in a system that protects national security without impeding exports of U.S.

Recovery in freight transportation services was slow and fitful in the six months through November 2009, as a small increase in output in November brought the government’s Freight Transportation

Warehousing and transportation company CaseStack expanded its retailer consolidation program to Chicago.