Transport, Trade and Regulation News

London -- The head of Royal Mail accused rival TNT Express, front runner to buy a stake in the UK mail company, of trying to poach its logistics customers ahead of a planned privatization.

The global economy will shrink this year for the first time since World War II, the World Bank said Sunday, making it harder for poor and developing nations to access needed financing.

A Chinese subsidiary of Japan's Yusen Air & Sea Service opened a bonded warehouse at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China to improve local logistics services, the company said.

RedPrairie, a company that provides supply chain optimization technology, enjoyed the twentieth consecutive year of growth in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2008.

There’s another stimulus plan under way in Louisiana and Mississippi, where two new federal efforts are trying to help New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf Coast recover from the powerful 200

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Kuehne + Nagel said Monday it will take over J. Martens Holding, a Norwegian logistics provider to the oil and gas industry.

A leading freight transportation analyst warned March 9 he is cutting his volume and earnings estimates under a “deep recession, no recovery” U.S. forecast for all of 2009.

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

Change is coming to the Department of Homeland Security, and it doesn’t necessarily begin with security.

Customs and Border Protection will begin the second phase of testing for the entry summary, accounts and revenue (ESAR) of the Automated Commercial Environment.

Customs and Border Protection is not able to measure the effectiveness of efforts to increase revenue collection because it lacks information from two key programs, according to a report by the Depart

In still another gloomy economic report, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said Friday that its composite leading indicators for January 2009 point to a weakening outlook for

Canada, the U.S.' largest trading partner, could be headed for a free-trade agreement with the European Union.

Parcel carrying giant FedEx is bitterly complaining after the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a bill March 5 that could make it easier for unions to organize its drivers.

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The recession dragged shipments and new orders for manufactured goods down for a record sixth consecutive month in January, according to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill March 5 to repeal limited antitrust exemptions for U.S.

Suppliers of major global companies need to increase their awareness of the regulatory, physical and general risks that climate change poses to their business, according to the 2008 CDP Supply Chain R

Senator Charles Grassley, R.-Iowa, said March 5 that he has written a letter to President Barack Obama in an effort to clarify the president's intentions regarding the North American Free Trade Agreem

The Consumer Product Safety Commission will hold a public meeting March 12 to discuss how the agency will administer and enforce the section of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act that applies

Australia and South Korea will begin formal negotiations for a bilateral free-trade agreement in May, Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd told the press March 5.

The Federal Maritime Administration has one of the shortest agendas in recent months for its next regular meeting.

The United Transportation Union is asking President Obama to elevate Francis P. Mulvey to be chairman of the Surface Transportation Board that regulates railroads, Washington sources said.

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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is adding a level of security to the Transportation Worker Identification Credential.

President Obama has chosen Craig Fugate, director of Florida’s emergency response agency, to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the White House said.

President Obama began pushing out funds this week in several ways that can help the transportation sector, by sending stimulus money down the pipeline to states and starting to tackle consumer finance

The sharp edge of the recession chopped the legs off the furniture market in December and January, cutting deeply into shipments of household furniture.

The National Association of Manufacturers is backing the Obama administration’s Trade Policy Agenda, released March 2 by

Bucking the economic downturn, the Kuehne + Nagel Group enjoyed its best results ever in 2008, despite a significant decline in cargo volume during the fourth quarter of last year.

The Obama administration figures the $28 billion that the new stimulus law is sending to highway construction and assorted freight projects “will lead to 150,000 jobs saved or created by the end

States will have the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee looking over their shoulders as they spend $40 billion in infrastructure stimulus funds.

When it comes to high-tech purchases, consumers are pressing the “esc” key.

Powerful members of Congress are rushing to defend their transportation trust funds from a change proposed in President Obama’s budget, which they say could upset the user-financed spending authority

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The Transported Asset Protection Association warns that the global economic downturn will lead to an increase in incidents of cargo crime.

Residents of American cities can breath easier, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

Business at the nation’s factories contracted for the 13th consecutive month in February, according to a survey of supply executives.