Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Total estimated spending over the 'Black Friday' weekend plummeted 20 percent, according to figures

With construction spending down 1.2 percent in Oct., the outlook for the near term is grim, accordin

President-elect Barack Obama today named Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano as his candidate for Secretar

Sometimes the old maxim about the three most important things in real estate being "location, locati

Sen. Joseph Biden once accused the Department of Homeland Security of being either unaware of or "pu

Manufacturers are seeing a slowdown worse than anything in almost 60 years, according to a monthly s

DSC Logistics named Ritchie Paik vice president, business development. Paik will work closel

European Union regulators today cleared a planned $500-million takeover by a Rail Cargo Austria-led

Pacer International is deploying a revamped fleet of 230 new trucks to conform to the new environmen

Concert Group Logistics opened a station in Toledo, Ohio. Station owner Andy Gomolak will ru

Defying the economic downturn, Descartes Systems Group posted a 35 percent gain in net income, to $2

The 30-member Organization for Economic Development is forecasting the most serious recession among

Deutsche Bahn, Europe's biggest rail cargo operator, warned business could plunge as much as 40 perc

In the largest percent decrease in two years, new orders for manufactured durable goods in October p

The Allen Group will develop a build-to-suit container yard at the Dallas Logistics Hub for Bridge T

California Democrats are making a strong push to have President-elect Barack Obama name regional tra

Freight volume on U.S. railroads increased during the week ended Nov. 22 in comparison with the corr

Descartes Systems Group, a Toronto-based provider of on-demand logistics software, posted revenues o

The Export-Import Bank of the United States announced that it has enhanced several of its trade fina

Gross Domestic Product dropped 0.5 percent in the third quarter, much worse than the advance estimat

The federal government is rolling out air traffic control technology designed to provide more effici

The American Trucking Associations' freight index fell 3 percent in October, the fourth consecutive

A federal rule governing when and if railroads have to re-route hazardous materials around major cit

Consumer confidence improved moderately in November after hitting an all-time low in October. But as

Standard & Poor's Rating Services downgraded commercial real estate developer ProLogis's corpora

The 30-member Organization for Economic Development is forecasting the most serious recession among

Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph Boardman is stepping down from the agency to begin a one year

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Don''t waste hours scouring the new hours of service rule

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Federal rules mandating railroad re-routing and new truck

Two generations in the planning, nearly a decade in the building, Interstate 99 opened Nov. 24 compl

Good gurus make bad managers, conventional wisdom says. The skill sets involved in theorizing about

The state of Ohio will invest $100 million investment in logistics and distribution industries in an

AMB Property Corp. leased more than 590,000 square feet of distribution space in its West Toronto, C

WASHINGTON -- Customs and Border Protection will publish its much-anticipated Importer Security Fili

WASHINGTON -- Customs and Border Protection will publish its much-anticipated Importer Security Fili

When potential nominees for top regulatory agency posts with the incoming Obama administration start

Bruce Carlton doesn't plan to scatter his shots. The new president of the National Industrial Transp

President Bush returned to Washington from a Peru after securing an agreement from the 21-nation Asi

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The late summer credit crisis dramatically reduced the nu

Zenith Global Logistics, a supply chain services provider for the home furnishing industry, has hire