Transport, Trade and Regulation News

China and New Zealand signed a free-trade agreement in Beijing on Monday, the first such -trade acco

A small, Web-based freight quote company in Milwaukee, Wisc., secured an investment from a local par

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Kate Vitasek likes to call it Supply Chain 101. She's trying to get engineers at the Washington stat

Despite strong opposition from Democrats, President Bush on Monday signed a letter sending a controv

State-owned rail operator Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais offered to buy out other int

The Department of Homeland Security announced that it has added enrollment at two more ports for the

Whether shippers like it or not, the Transportation Security Administration's answer to Congress's 1

Societe Nationale des Chemins de fer Francais, the state railway of France, on Monday announced a ca

Like any massive global corporation with far-flung transportation needs, the U.S. Defense Department

Mercosur, the South American trade bloc, will renew its long-suspended negotiations with the Europea

Increasing gas prices are among the reasons Washington's most powerful woman is rekindling calls for

Both carload and intermodal freight weakened in March but the month ended with a stellar week for co

The largest integrated U.S. steelmaker this week urged lawmakers to increase dredging on the Great L

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's board of commissioners on Friday announced a goal of

Fewer small transportation companies plan to expand in the coming year, according to a recent poll.

Audio and electronics manufacturer Harman International Industries awarded a warehousing and distrib

Pittsburgh Logistics Systems is launching its extension into new industries and a wider service area

The Navy's Military Sealift Command will get a new home for its planning arm as the United States Tr

The White House this week nominated John P. Hewko, a veteran of international business to be assista

California and a host of other states, local governments and national environmental groups joined We

Ongoing negotiations could soon yield an "ambitious" global trade agreement that cuts prices on agri

European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson said on Thursday he was hopeful that trading natio

WASHINGTON -- The Government Accountability Office has suggested that Congress consider amendments t

The U.S. Census Bureau confirmed Wednesday that new orders and shipments for manufactured goods decl

Scattered protests have broken out this week by truck drivers angered by fuel price increases.&n

In a move to enhance mail sorting technology, the Postal Service Board of Governors on Wednesday app

4-Elements opened its 9th branch office in Seattle this week. Expansion into the Northwest increases

Pacer International announced that as of April 1 it began offering expanded intermodal services thro

Freight shipments fell 5.27 percent in February, compared with the same month a year earlier. Shippe

The "cozy" relationship between the Federal Aviation Administration and the airlines it is charged w

WASHINGTON -- Customs officials in the United States and Europe have agreed on what steps to take to

Yusen Air & Sea Service Co., Ltd., a core logistics arm of NYK Line, has unveiled a three-year b

Profit before interest and taxes at Deutsche Bahn increased 16.9 percent to $4.46 billion in 2007 as

Profit before interest and taxes at German rail operator Deutsche Bahn increased 16.9 percent to $4.

Manufacturing activity contracted in March, according to a survey of the nation's supply executives.