Transport, Trade and Regulation News

More consumers are trading in those tired cell phones, electronic organizers and other technologies

India's textile exports are expected to more than triple in the next five years, as Indian firms imp

China's commerce minister defended the recent rapid rise in his country's textile exports, saying th

BDP International, a provider of global logistics and transportation services, said it has acquired

DHL today launched a major strategic initiative, DHL Import Express, an all-inclusive, door-to-door

The Transportation Security Administration began the third and final implementation phase of the Haz

Kirby Corp., the nation's largest inland barge operator, said Tuesday it privately placed $200 milli

Joseph H. Boardman begins his new duties as the Administrator for the Federal Railroad Administratio

John Fontanella, a onetime chief of worldwide logistics for Microsoft who has become a leading consu

As the new hurricane season begins, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Man

Shippers and others successfully blocked the latest congressional effort to require more inspection

OTTAWA -- A US$33.6 million project to speed up truck traffic on the third-busiest U.S.-Canada borde

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced on Monday that it will file a request for the

It's not every day the nation's biggest business lobbying group calls for higher taxes. But the deca

A new round of Web site development is catching shippers' attention, bringing about a surge in Web-b

Members of the Senate Commerce Committee have begun to rethink transportation and supply-chain secur

Shippers struggling with ballooning expenses and tightening capacity are hunting for any way to cut

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Chris Koch says information that the government uses to screen U.S.-bound containers before they're

WASHINGTON -- The express delivery industry directly contributed $64 billion to the global economy i

President Bush's nomination of lifelong Democrat Norman Mineta to run the Department of Transportati

Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta's road trip through the country's National Transportation Wee

The Boston city council recently introduced a bill that would ban "ultra-hazardous" rail cargoes wit

A bill introduced this week by three U.S. senators would strengthen and boost funding for the Transp

The Senate Thursday sent HR 2566, the seventh temporary extension of surface transportation programs

About one quarter of all logistics outsourcing agreements fail within the first year, and 60 percent

SSA Global Technologies priced its initial public offering of 9 million shares of common stock at $1

The New York Customs District saw overall air-cargo tonnage increase 1.67 percent in March from a ye

The World Trade Organization agreed Thursday to allow Iran to open talks to join the global commerce

An increase in durable goods orders in April is providing new hope that the nation's economy is turn

Genesee & Wyoming announced it reached an agreement with Rail Management Corp. to acquire the compan

The Descartes Systems Group Inc., a specialist in transport logistics based in Waterloo, Ont., poste

Wednesday morning, the House will consider a clean 30-day TEA 21 extension bill (H.R. 2566) under Su

A bill introduced this week by three U.S. senators would strengthen and boost funding for the Transp

DHL today announced the appointment of Hans Hickler as executive vice president of strategy and busi

NEW Y0RK -- The "globalization of martyrdom" among extremist Muslims will continue to be a threat to

Canadian Pacific Railway will open its Lachine terminal in Montreal 24 hours on weekdays, starting J

A key congressional committee voted overwhelmingly Tuesday in favor of the United States staying in

The Senate-passed highway bill would require Mexican and Canadian truckers hauling hazardous materia

Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta says there is no one solution to the nation's freight capacit