Transport, Trade and Regulation News

China is apparently about to overtake Germany as the biggest export nation, the World Trade Organization's chief economist Patrick Low told Reuters Wednesday.

Despite the continued impact of the global recession on the United Arab Emirates, business in one of the small principalities is growing rapidly.

Labor and business interests converged on Capitol Hill June 23 to urge Congress to pass a multi-year transportation bill despite opposition from the White House and Senate.

TNT on Thursday opened its expanded and re-modeled International and Domestic Operations Centre in Ho Chi Minh City.

For the second quarter of 2009, ProLogis, a leading provider of distribution facilities, earned a profit of $238.9 million on revenue of $263.4 million.

Steep declines in Japanese imports and exports slowed modestly in June, as the country’s trade surplus grew for the first time in 20 months.

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said Wednesday that "Buy American" provisions in the U.S.

The Chambers of Commerce in the United States and Canada sharply criticized border crossing procedures in the two countries in a report released Tuesday.

GENCO Supply Chain Solutions signed a contract to run Dell’s North American remanufacturing operations.

The U.S. Postal Service this week dedicated its first and New York City’s largest green roof atop the Morgan mail processing facility.

Supply chain technology provider Manhattan Associates lost $556,000 in the second quarter as revenue fell 35 percent to $58.4 million.

Government agencies will follow similar procedures no matter who breaks transport security rules.

Senior members of the Senate Finance Committee have filed a bill that takes a first step toward replenishing the Highway Trust Fund.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide acquired international freight forwarder Walker Logistics Overseas.

To improve organizational effectiveness and enhance the company's customer centric philosophy, Crowley today announced several management changes within its logistics services group.

Leading indicators show increasing strength in the U.S. economy during June, according to a business research group.

Companies are growing increasingly aware of the relationship between a green supply chain and a cost-effective one.

In an economy measured in trillions of dollars, saving $500,000 in taxes might seem like small change, but for Church and Dwight, the maker of Arm & Hammer baking soda, it’s enough to keep factories o

The shovels are starting to move faster at the Department of Transportation, and at highways and other transportation sites.

High-speed passenger rail got a $4 billion gift July 17 from the House Appropriations Committee as part of a $75.8 billion Department of Transportation budget for fiscal 2010.

UPS said Friday it did not pay for support from a conservative group that was reported to have solicited donations from FedEx in the package carriers’ legislative battle over labor law.

Any more legislation that Congress passes to stimulate the economy will be dedicated solely to highways, Rep. James L.

Anne S. Ferro's nomination to be head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is in the hands of the Senate, moving her closer to a confirmation hearing.

A major conservative interest group asked FedEx for a $2 million to $3 million donation in exchange for the group’s backing in a legislative battle with UPS, according to a published report Friday.

The House Transportation subcommittee on highways and transit presented the case July 16 that more economic benefits would flow from quick passage of a new six-year transportation bill than from the S

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Stimulus payouts by the Department of Transportation, for bills on construction projects around the country, jumped by $160 million in the week ending July 10, or nearly twice the amount it spent the

As the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved a bill to extend the existing highway program for 18 months July 15, the U.S.

Cargo theft and the average loss in each cargo theft have both increased this year, according the Bi-Annual Cargo Theft Report issued by FreightWatch International, a global logistics security provide

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee took the first step July 15 to extending the current highway spending bill until March 2011.

Global industrial production is on track to recovery, albeit in fits and starts, according to the trend signaled by the industrial price index compiled by The Journal of Commerce and the Economic Cycl

Shippers must amend their Importer Security Filings when data changes while a container is in transit between a foreign port and the first U.S.

Summer sales abound, but deals failed to sway consumers in June, when retail industry sales (which exclude automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants) decreased 3.8 percent unadjusted over last year a

The European Union and Korea concluded negotiations on their long-awaited bilateral free-trade agreement, completing 26 months of arduous negotiations between the two sides.

Although the worldwide plunge in manufacturing output has apparently bottomed out, the immediate outlook for a resumption of world economic growth remains “tentative and in flux,” according to a new r

Rail industry sources expect a Senate committee to soon unveil a bill that would overhaul railroad regulations and alter the Surface Transportation Board.

Choice Logistics, the global specialist in outsourced mission-critical service parts logistics services, has announced that Joe Keenan has been appointed as director of the Asia-Pacific region.

Forwarder Expeditors International of Washington expects its profit to fall up to 33 percent in the quarter ending June 30 despite an uptick in freight shipping late in the quarter.

The global economic recession is “far from over,” World Trade Organization director general Pascal Lamy told the WTO on July 13, warning that protectionism by WTO member states could prolong the econo