Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Switzerland is testing U.S. interest in a free trade agreement that would dismantle barriers facing

Columbia Coastal Transport plans to start a new barge service in August carrying containers between

Senior House transportation aides are reporting a deal is in hand on the donor-donee state issue tha

Shippers and carriers had to work a bit of their own magic to meet the blistering demand for the lat

British contract logistics company Wincanton said CEO Paul Bateman will retire within the next 12 mo

Carmichael International Service, an independent customs broker and freight forwarder, chose GT Nexu

Ahead of a critical meeting next week, World Trade Organization chief Supachai Panitchpakdi warned T

UPS reported a better than 20-percent jump Thursday in second-quarter profit on strong growth in rev

Union Pacific Corp., owner of the Union Pacific Railroad, today said second-quarter profit surged 47

China, bowing to political pressure from the United States, has revalued its currency by ending a de

The latest effort to re-regulate railroads, the Railroad Antitrust and Competition Act of 2005 (H.R.

Ashdown, Ark.-based Southern Refrigerated Transport is building a $13 million truck maintenance, sto

President Bush chose the Port of Baltimore as his backdrop to deliver a speech supporting the reauth

Hub Group posted record second quarter profits of $7.9 million, a 93 percent increase over net incom

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- New York Gov. George Pataki and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg today b

The Department of Transportation said it is following the law with its push to codify the existing h

The Standard & Poor's credit rating agency issued a glowing view of the United States economy, s

Interest groups that oppose the current hours of service rule for truckers asked the Department of T

Unable to reach an agreement on a new highway bill by the expiration date of the last extension, Con

A Senate subcommittee on Tuesday defied the White House and approved funding to keep Amtrak operatin

Unable to reach an agreement on a new highway bill by the expiration date of the last extension, Con

Logistics Management Solutions, a non asset-based third party logistics provider, purchased St. Loui

Canadian National Railway Co. said second-quarter earnings rose 28 percent on gains in rates and shi

The House-Senate highway bill conference committee is close to an agreement and is likely to approve

Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus, Ohio will break ground July 26 on an intermodal yard

A trio of truckload motor carriers posted mixed results for the second quarter.J. B. Hunt Tr

FedEx Freight, the less-than-truckload heavy freight subsidiary of FedEx Corp., today announced the

Pacer International's supply-chain services unit signed a deal to provide comprehensive logistics se

Pacer International said its supply-chain services unit has signed on to provide comprehensive logis

U.S. and African trade officials met in Senegal on Monday to try to get more from a deal to help Afr

Third-party logistics providers face new challenges as accelerating globalization draws more and sma

The shock waves from the terror bombing of London's transit system are reverberating across Washingt

Orders and deliveries of intermodal railcars highlighted a strong second quarter for builders, accor

Norfolk Southern Corp. has introduced a new Trailer Management Program designed to increase trailer

Canada announced the hiring of more border officers and equipment, and the joining of Canadian with

The German government has sold some 5 billion euros ($6 billion) worth of shares in Deutsche Post to

NAL Worldwide LLC announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire the SIRVA Logistics fro

Distribution centers are pretty much the same, right? After all, they are just raw building space wh

The Alaska Railroad calls freight the "bread and butter" of its operations, has a passenger base anc

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