Transport, Trade and Regulation News

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Rules that govern how many hours a day truck drivers may spend behind the wheel may change again, perhaps before August 2011, as the federal agency that regulates motor carriers reconsiders whether tr

Stronger international lift and a pickup in next-day shipments took some of the sting out of the recession for UPS in the third quarter.

The country may be crawling out of the worst recession in decades, and transportation companies along with their customers may be reeling from slack demand and “unsustainable rates,” but you wouldn’t

Food import regulation in the U.S. is lacking, with large gaps that endanger public health, according to a new report from the congressional Government Accountability Office.

Two Senate adversaries on health-care reform are standing shoulder-to-shoulder in their determination to steer Customs and Border Protection back on a course of trade facilitation.

Taiwan’s decision last month to remove virtually all restrictions on its imports of U.S. beef could be the best recipe for growth in global U.S. exports of meat.

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Sometime over the next few weeks, the White House Council on Environmental Quality will update its “principles and guidelines” to steer federal agencies making policy decisions on water resources.

Congress on Thursday gave a six-week lease on life to a transportation spending law that expired Sept. 30.

The chairman of the Surface Transportation Board is filling his remaining top staff job with a lawyer who has represented industrial firms before regulatory agencies, giving him a pair of senior aides

Surface trade with Canada and Mexico in August fell 24.9 percent from August 2008 to $54.3 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

The U.S. economy grew 3.5 percent in the third quarter, the government announced Monday, a long-awaited signal that the worst recession in decades is over.

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Steel imports to the United States increased in September by 23.4 percent over August, to 1.2 million tons from 975,000 tons. However, they are down nearly 60 percent when compared to September 2008.

The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee approved President Obama’s nominees to head key agencies overseeing transport security, trucking safety and hazardous material shipment

Changing the type of bonds the federal government uses could improve infrastructure financing, according to a new report by the Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation.

A supply chain official at a major sporting goods shipper says a “war council” after the global financial meltdown last year led the company to cancel its new orders and scale back invento

Federal truck driver hours of service rules will be revised and a new rule proposed within nine months under an agreement between the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the Teamsters union a

As Congress takes a fresh look at duty drawback, the Treasury Department and Customs and Border Protection are making a modest proposal of their own.

The federal appeals court in New York has brought to an end a legal gold rush of its own making.

In the push to mingle more passenger trains in the cargo-dominated rail network, U.S. freight railroads got a key show of support from the Obama administration.

Nearly 80 bus and truck drivers and as many companies may face charges or fines for drug and alcohol violations after a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration investigation.

Ryder System profit fell 66 percent in the third quarter as the company closed some logistics operations and carried less freight due to the global recession.

The industrial real estate market is slowly beginning to heat up as supply chain plans “come off the shelf,” says the head of one of the world’s largest industrial developers.

More federal funding and more “reasonable” regulation are needed to speed freight across the U.S.

Transportation professionals are urging the nation's universities to step up their research into freight movement issues and to develop strategies that ports, carriers and warehouse operators can impl

People who operate airplanes, locomotives, trucks and buses would still be in violation of Department of Transportation rules against drug use if they use marijuana, despite a reported shift by federa

For the sixth consecutive month, the closely watched Conference Board Leading Economic Index increased in September.

Japan's trade surplus expanded nearly six-fold in September from a year earlier to the highest level in 18 months, according to preliminary figures released by the Finance Ministry on Thursday.

Major infrastructure development is at a standstill in Southern California and other regions because planners are not leveraging the economic, environmental and community benefits of an efficient good

Exports of steel from the United States increased in August by 13.1 percent over July, according to a report from the American Institute for International Steel.

DB Schenker won a three year contract to set up and execute a European distribution network for Systagenix Wound Management, formerly the Professional Wound Care Business of Ethicon, a Johnson & J

AMB Property Corporation boosted third quarter net income 120 percent to $76.5 million compared with third quarter a year ago, strengthening the balance sheet by reducing costs.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a case that should clarify what laws apply when international shipments are damaged in transit within the United States.

Through cost cutting and a pair of key acquisitions, non-asset based third party logistics company C.H.

Kuehne & Nagel expects air and ocean freight volumes to rise in the fourth quarter, even as it reported a 10 percent drop in third quarter earnings.

Kuehne + Nagel will plan, implement and manage the future logistics locations in Europe for global construction technology provider Hilti.

The top Republican on the Senate’s Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee predicts truckers, manufacturers and other key industry groups will push for a higher federal fuel tax, with annual in

Congress wants more government regulatory agencies to be involved in the importing process, a move that could place a special burden on customs brokers.