Transport, Trade and Regulation News

The Department of Transportation plans to reduce congestion at border crossings in California, Texas

The state of Washington began work Thursday on a $1.3-billion project aimed at improving Interstate

The European Commission on Friday gave Denmark's DSV Air & Sea Holdings antitrust clearance to p

Today DSV, Scandinavia's largest trucking company, announced that its purchase of Brussels-based ABX

Kintetsu World Express, a major Japanese international air and sea freight forwarder, said that its

California private equity firm Creo Capital Partners bought Indianapolis-based third party logistics

The Transportation Security Administration has completed the opening of enrollment centers for the T

Former House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Don Young, R-Alaska, finally won h

Traffic on major U.S. railroads continued to weaken in the week ended Sept. 13, as carloads of bulk

Legislation requiring all major railroads to install positive train control collision avoidance syst

A Senate panel on Wednesday approved legislation that provides an additional $1 billion to help stat

A $5 million cash infusion to repair roads, bridges, airports and other parts of the transportation

OTTAWA -- Unionized workers are threatening a shutdown of the St. Lawrence Seaway early next month o

Research released today by industrial property developer ProLogis found that vacancy rates for bulk

After concluding that a deadly accident between a tractor-trailer and a bus happened after the truck

American Commercial Lines announced that it expects third-quarter earnings to be in the range of 32-

Vacancies are up and construction is down, reflecting worsening conditions for commercial real estat

With the housing slump showing no signs of letting up, the Commerce Department reported that housing

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Importers say China, facing inflationary pressures due to labor shortages and

The closely watched Cass Freight Index fell 11.3 percent in August compared to the same month a year

Contract logistics giant Exel is moving into Canada's oil sands. Under a five-year agreement with Sy

The closely watched Cass Freight Index fell 11.3 percent in August compared to the same month a year

Logistics services provider Exel on Tuesday announced a strategic partnership with Syncrude Canada L

With little fanfare, President Bush yesterday signed legislation transferring $8 billion into the Hi

European trade commissioner Peter Mandelson told the European Parliament that trade negotiators are

Matson Global Distribution Services' acquisition of West Coast asset-light warehousing, distribution

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Even as much of the shipping world looks to cut back on d

Deutsche Post World Net, Germany's global mail and logistics group, today denied reports it might se

Freight railroads were assessing the damage Monday wrought by Hurricane Ike on the Texas coast.

The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is calling for swift passage o

National grocery chain SuperValu is consolidating three of its Pennsylvania distribution centers int

The Federal Reserve reported Monday that the nation's industrial output plunged in August almost fou

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Researchers in the home state of Wal-Mart - one of world'

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Suddenly, the Highway Trust Fund''s impending insolvency

WASHINGTON -- Customs and Border Protection is regrouping and re-prioritizing development of the Aut

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.With transportation spending often in the cross hairs of

The European Union proposed Monday to eliminate its high tariffs on imports of newly developed high-

China appealed a World Trade Organization ruling that its tariffs for imports of auto parts violates

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Matson Global Distribution Services'' acquisition of West

Rail traffic in the week ending Sept. 6 suffered severely from the effects of Hurricane Gustav and T