Transport, Trade and Regulation News

NYK Logistics (Americas) appointed Timothy J. Nolan to the position of senior vice president and general manager of the NVOCC & CHB Division.

Producer prices, an early indicator of inflation, advanced slowly in February, according to a report March 17 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.

Mexico will place tariffs on nearly 90 U.S. products after the United States abruptly canceled a program that allowed some trucks from Mexico to operate across the border.

Business is very slow for manufacturers in New York, according to the Empire State Manufacturing Survey.

Industrial production, a key measure of shipping demand, fell 1.4 percent in February, according to a report from the Federal Reserve.

The whole world should be committed to overcoming the economic downturn and tackling protectionism head on, said British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on March 16.

South Korea and the European Union are about to announce the completion of the bilateral free trade agreement they have been negotiating since Mary 2007, the Yonhap news agency reported.

The South Korean government plans to provide temporary tax relief for shipping companies as part of a wide-ranging series of tax changes.

India tried to globalize its chaotic economy during the economic boom of the past decade, but the country’s intractable hurdles to improving international trade now look like a blessing in disgu

The economy and efforts to tighten transportation regulation are colliding together in Congress.

When Germany began charging drivers by the mile for the use of its highways, commercial trucks were the first to convert from a motor fuel tax. If the U.S.

IN THE TWO YEARS SINCE Rep. James L.

The fishing industry, retailers and environmentalists are fighting back against illegal fishing fleets that now claim up to 30 percent of the annual global harvest.

New England’s “New Economy” is bumping up against some of the same logistics and infrastructure challenges plaguing the economies of old.

President Obama and Vice President Biden are highlighting the transportation sector as they begin pushing stimulus money into the economy.

Canada’s trade deficit widened to nearly $786 million in January, as shock waves from the global economic crisis spilled across the U.S. border and traveled along ocean trade lanes.

The overall U.S. trade deficit in January dropped to its lowest level in six years, not as a result of strong U.S. export performance but because of weak U.S.

Telecommunications giant AT&T will spend up to $565 million on 15,000 trucks and cars powered by compressed natural gas, a step hailed as the largest corpor

LONDON – Panalpina almost halved net earnings last year and will cut approximately 10 percent of its workforce amid declining global cargo volumes, the Swiss logistics group said March 12.

Retail sales declined just 0.1 percent from January to February, according to seasonally adjusted figures released March 12 by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has already received lists of highway stimulus projects from 31 states, said DOT Chief Economist John V. Wells.

China Shipping Container Lines, the world’s 6th largest ocean container shipping company, selected GT Nexus as its preferred industry portal for e-commerce services.

The Government Accountability Office took the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration to task for failing to coordinate efforts

The Government Accountability Office is recommending that the Department of Transportation should modify the way it analyzes the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund to avoid the kind of shortfall that

The cities of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and Memphis, Tenn., signed an agreement to pursue ways to build stringer cargo connections.

Congress passed a huge $409.6 billion omnibus appropriations bill March 10 with a final vote in the Senate of 62-35.

Revenue for Descartes Systems Group in its fourth quarter was not only lower than in the previous year but also lower than the amount of tax credit, which kept the on-demand software-as-a-service prov

The Consumer Product Safety Commission published a final rule outlining the steps importers and manufacturers must take to exempt materials from the lead-content portions of the Consumer Product Safet

Freight transportation services declined in January for the third consecutive month, pulling the Department of Transportation’s index to its lowest level in more than five years.

Federal regulators cleared the way for Norfolk Southern Railway and northeastern short lines operator Pan Am Railways to launch a New England joint venture railroad.

Brian Lutt, president APL Logistics, resigned to pursue an opportunity outside the company, its parent, Neptune Orient Lines announced today.

The National Association of Manufacturers and the Precision Metalforming Association both called on Congress Tuesday to oppose the Employee Free Choice

Legislation that would exempt domestic maritime shipments from the Harbor Maintenance Tax is now on file in both houses of Congress.

Retail giant Costco Wholesale sent a signal of confidence in Japan’s slumping economy this week with the announcement that it will lease a 300,000-square-foot distribution center near Tokyo from

The global outsourced logistics industry will reach an estimated $648.57 billion by 2014, according to a report from Frost & Sullivan.

Ron Kirk, President Obama's nominee for U.S.

The Transportation Security Administration has passed the 1 million milestone in the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program.

Exports of construction equipment from the United States increased 20 percent in 2008 for a total of more than $20.7 billion, according to an industry report.

Railroads felt left out of the massive stimulus bill that Congress and the Obama administration negotiated.