Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Federal regulators have a message for freight shippers or others who want to put a big complaint on rail issues before the Surface Transportation Board: Those commissioners will now want to hear the a

As debate rages on Capitol Hill over how to raise $500 billion or more to bring surface transportation infrastructure up to par, Mary E.

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

Industrial production grew 0.7 percent in September and expanded on an annual basis in the third quarter for the first time in more than a year, the Federal Reserve reported Friday.

The economy is stabilizing but will take time to adjust to a "less spendthrift" consumer, and a rebound in U.S.

Global logistics provider Agility will open U.S.

Descartes joined SAP's Industry Value Network for Travel & Logistics Services, an interactive community of independent technology vendors, systems integrators and customers working together to ide

Membership is growing in a worldwide organization dedicated to stopping cargo crime.

Customs and Border Protection and the Treasury Department would like to end a duty drawback practice the agencies claim allows goods subject to federal excise tax to enter U.S.

Freight transportation was on the upswing through the summer, as indicated by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s closely watched Transportation Services Index.

The Coast Guard is giving interested parties an additional three weeks to comment on proposed standards for foreign organisms in ships’ ballast water.

Striking postal workers disrupted service at many units of the UK’s Royal Mail in London on Wednesday. More local action is planned at the London Airmail Unit for Thursday, Oct. 15.

Definitions of terms used in buyer-seller contracts involving the transfer of goods are on track for revision by 2011, the U.S.

FreightScan, a logistics technology provider, promoted Patrick Klacka from senior software engineer to a new position as the director of system engineering for the company.

Net profit for state-owned Container Corporation of India fell 9 percent to $44 million during the second quarter of fiscal 2009-10 ending Sept. 30, despite a modest increase in overall revenue.

Retail sales in the United States fell 1.5 percent in September from the month before as the end of the popular "cash for clunkers" auto sales stimulus program pushed consumer spending

Surface transportation should show modest growth through 2010 and then take off strongly in 2011 with double-digit growth in volume, a Schneider Logistics executive said Tuesday.

A key part of a busy truck route in Ohio is going to get a makeover, years ahead of schedule, thanks to the federal stimulus program.

The Toll Group, Asia’s largest third party logistics provider, acquired Footwork Express, one of Japan’s top ten logistics companies, pending regulatory approval.

Customs and Border Protection’s advanced computer system for processing documentation is taking longer to develop and will cost more than anticipated, but completing development of the Automated

Deliveries of steel to the marketplace will shrink 8.6 percent worldwide to 1.1 billion metric tons by the end of the year, according to the Brussels-based World Steel Association.

Agility, TNT and UPS are contributing expertise and facilities in a massive international response to flooding in the Philippines and an earthquake in Indonesia.

Payments by the Department of Transportation to states for infrastructure stimulus projects reached $3.652 billion as of Sept. 30, the administration said.

Logistics provider Dachser launched Oct. 1 a national presence in Romania with three branch offices in the cities of Arad, Brasov and Bucharest.

Trade disputes with China and Mexico could define the future course of relations with key trading partners during the Obama administration, customs brokers were told at the weekend.

A former top rail regulatory lawyer is asking the Surface Transportation Board to review its December decision allowing Canadian National Railway to acquire a suburban Chicago short line.

Shell companies in an offshore location. Benefits in the form of corporate tax deferrals. Distributions to owners of closely held private corporations.

The House was supposed to treat the Surface Transportation Extension Act as noncontroversial, low-key legislation that could pass on a voice vote. When the bill came up on Sept.

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke isn’t wasting time in scraping the crust off what many see as antiquated export controls.

Logistics firm Express-1 Expedited Solutions acquired air and ocean freight forwarder LRG International and will run it as part of the company’s Concert Group Logistics unit.

A trade association lobbyist is not going quietly from a seat on a government advisory committee the Obama administration is asking him to leave.

The U.S. goods and services deficit fell from $31.9 billion in July to $30.7 billion in August, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S.

The recovery may be sharper and quicker than expected, but FedEx’s chief economist believes consumer wariness could blunt it within a few quarters.

An investment partnership is acquiring Livingston International, a leading customs broker and transportation and logistics provider in Canada and the United States.

In a sign that the recovery is taking hold among consumers, retailers reported the first gain in sales in 14 months in September.

If you’ve got a big complaint on rail issues to put before the Surface Transportation Board, federal regulators will now want to hear your argument, up close and personal.

The agency that regulates trucking safety plans to offer carriers access to an electronic database of drivers’ inspection and accident records starting in December.

The Department of Transportation is renewing efforts to ensure the safe transport of lithium batteries.

The top Republican on the Senate’s Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee predicted that truckers, manufacturers and other key industry groups will push for a higher federal motor fuels