Transport, Trade and Regulation News

The Senate July 30 voted 79-17 to use $7 billion from the general treasury to bolster the Highway Trust Fund, a day after the House of Representatives approved identical legislation.

The Federal Maritime Commission is ending its investigation of the Los Angeles-Long Beach clean-trucks program, saying developments since it launched the probe last September have significantly dimini

At least 500 and perhaps more than 1,000 trucking companies shut down by the government for violating safety rules may still be operating under new names, say federal investigators.

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The House of Representatives voted to inject $7 billion into the Highway Trust Fund. The House approved a measure July 29 to keep the fund solvent through Sept.

Trade using surface transportation between the United States, Canada and Mexico dropped 35.4 percent in May, the largest year-over-year decline on record for the North American Free Trade Agreement pa

The European Union approved pre-emptive penalties on its imports of steel pipe from China, accepting an argument from steel producers, including the world's largest, ArcelorMittal, that punitive tarif

Latin American manufacturing production, which plummeted during the first quarter of 2009, will remain weak throughout this year but rebound in 2010, according to a report that analyzes trends in 16 m

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The Marine Transportation System National Advisory Council will find ways to integrate short sea transportation into the national intermodal freight system, Chairman Samuel Crane said Wednesday.

Global sales of information technology and communications goods surged suddenly in May and June, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Wednesday in a report.

CEVA Group, the U.K.-based provider of logistics services, said there have been improvements across all of its markets during the second quarter of 2009, compared with the first quarter, despite the f

U.S. imports of steel in June were only 850,000 tons, down 18 percent from May and down 68.9 percent compared with June 2008, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

The American Iron and Steel Institute and the Steel Manufacturers Association released a study Tuesday claiming a negative impact of China's economic policies on U.S. and world economies.

New orders for manufactured durable goods in June decreased $4.1 billion or 2.5 percent to $158.6 billion, reversing an upward trend of the previous two months, the U.S.

The chairmen of two major House committees want to take $5 billion from the general treasury and use it to shore up the Highway Trust Fund, which could go broke in August.

States may have to spread out federal money used to repair bridges and roads or go without for longer stretches of time unless Congress gives emergency support to the Highway Trust Fund, the Federal H

Meeting in Washington for the second day of their formal Strategic and Economic Dialogue talks, senior officials of the United States and China discussed new ways to support free trade to restore grow

Customs brokers apparently lobbied successfully to remove language from a bill that would have given the Food and Drug Administration the authority to license and penalize them for violations of a new

The European Union highlighted the Container Security Initiative in its latest annual report on U.S. trade and investment barriers.

Consumer confidence slipped in July for the second month after some rising hopes in the spring, according to a national survey.

AMB Property earned net profit of $29 million in the second quarter, down 67 percent from a year ago.

More than 30 shipper organizations sent a letter to Rep.

The Senate on Monday confirmed Richard A. Lidinsky Jr. to fill a position on the Federal Maritime Commission.

The Senate on July 24 confirmed the nomination of Deborah Hersman as chair of the National Transportation Safety Board. The Senate also confirmed her term as a member of the board until Dec.

Global trade volume fell by 1.3 percent in May, compared with April based on preliminary data, according to the CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis.

Chinese vice premier Wang Qishan told U.S.

The Journal of Commerce-Economic Cycle Research Institute index of global industrial prices moved into positive territory for the first time in almost a year for the week ending July 24, signaling an

The House and Senate appear to be on a collision course over transportation unless they can bridge a chasm of fundamental differences in approach.

Harbor trucking companies in Los Angeles and Long Beach should meet the Jan.

The United States will contribute $950,000 for trade-related technical assistance (TRTA) to the World Trade Organization. As a result, U.S.

Nearly 100 leaders from government and a wide range of industry and trade associations gathered Friday to address the importance of the U.S.

Shippers would pay an ad valorem fee on imports and exports if Congress passes a bill supported by Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif., and Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., D-Ill.

Net profit for state-owned Transport Corp. of India surged 35 percent to $1.6 million in the first fiscal quarter, despite a marginal decline in overall revenue.

Hanjin Shipping paid the Federal Maritime Commission $440,000 to settle allegations that it violated the Shipping Act of 1984, the commission announced this week.

In a move that could endanger the long-term future of South America's Mercosur trade bloc, Brazil's National Confederation of Industry (CNI) said that it wants to take Argentina before the World Trade

The government of Japan sent a letter of concern to the United States concerning the Buy American provision included in an appropriations bill recently passed in the U.S.

Warning against the possibility of a “green trade war,” four business groups jointly wrote to leaders of the U.S.

The Department of Transportation paid out another $91 million in stimulus payments for construction projects in the week ending July 17, bringing its total disbursements to $774 million.