Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Effective May 1, Canada will impose a 15 urtax on U.S. live swine, cigarettes, oysters and certain s

Mobitrac, a Chicago-based transportation execution software company, received $8.3 million in fundin

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Wednesday it will complete several critical eleme

President Bush put his foot down Tuesday with a veto threat to the highway bill if Congress strays f

Taiwan on Wednesday lifted a four-month ban on the import of U.S. apples, which was imposed after mo

After years of debate and many delays, shippers finally have federal regulations governing hazardous

The Government of Canada announced last week details of a $300-million, five-year package of initiat

U.S. Xpress Enterprises said revenue for the first quarter ended March 31 increased 14.7 percent to

Northern Lines Railway, an affiliate of Anacostia & Pacific Co. of Chicago, and BNSF Railway today a

TNT Logistics North America has appointed Cecil "Skip" Hurst manager of business development.

On Monday, CSX Intermodal will implement a May surcharge of 14 percent, a 0.5 percentage point incre

French President Jacques Chirac on Tuesday called for measures to control a flood of Chinese textile

Beginning May 1 drivers transporting shipments using the Border Release Advance Screening and Select

CNF Inc., the provider of trucking logistics services, said Tuesday that it appointed Douglas W. Sto

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Maritime Commission has ended a seven-year investigation of alleged restri

With an eye toward improving its Germany-North America and Germany-Asia/Pacific air and sea trade la

Power2Ship, Inc. announced today that it has completed the acquisitions of GFC and Commodity Express

Trucker Swift Transportation Co. on Tuesday said revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 incre

Months after shippers cried foul about tough new directives for the Customs-Trade Partnership Agains

Motorola hired Stuart Reed, a veteran of more than 20 years at IBM, as senior vice president in char

DHL is investing $130 million on a new parcel center, high-rack warehouse and renovations at its Bre

LONDON -- Kuehne & Nagel International, the Swiss based global freight forwarder and transport group

OTTAWA - Canada is spending an additional C$300 million ($243 million) on marine security, including

Led by air and ocean freight volumes that reportedly grew at double the market pace, Swiss third-par

A summer job at a busy California steel shipyard gave Rep. Dan Lungren a unique perspective on trans

PWC Logistics merged with Transoceanic Shipping to create a specialized logistics provider reaching

A former logistics executive has formed Logistics Marketing Advisors, LLC, providing marketing and p

All the belt-tightening and management shakeups at i2 and Manugistics may not be enough to revive th

Five of America's top retailers will use a Web-based interviewing tool to study distribution center

GATX Corp. on Thursday reported a 24 percent increase in first-quarter profit, which it credited to

Canadian Pacific Railway and the Vancouver Port Authority on Thursday announced they signed an agre

MIAMI -- Ocean containers moving through a validated secure supply chain from a secure loading dock

Canada's Transport Minister, Jean-C. LaPierre, announced the authorization of C$129 million (US$104.

Yellow Roadway said operating revenue was $1.68 billion in the first quarter compared to $1.55 billi

OTTAWA -- New projects aimed at improving cross-border traffic between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario,

Japan said Friday it would support Russia's membership in the World Trade Organization this year, in

The Federal Reserve Board's monthly economic report, the "Beige Book", is consistent with some recen

Savi Technology, a provider of active Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) supply chain solutions,

During the week ending April 16, U.S. railroads traffic volume reached 33.3 billion ton-miles, a 4.7

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Robert C. Bonner proposed Friday a plan to create a