Transport, Trade and Regulation News

U.S. freight railroads received a first-ever grade on the overall state of their infrastructure from

The mayor of Akron, Ohio has concrete reasons for wanting more federal highway funding. "I want to r

The Federal Highway Administration will provide more than $740 million in emergency relief funds for

WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told a Senate committee that he wants to

China has approved a $4 billion bridge to link Hong Kong with the special economic zone of Zhuhai an

The top-ranking officials who bolted from the Homeland Security and Transportation departments earli

Norfolk Southern Corp. has priced $300 million in 6 percent senior notes due March 15, 2105.

The Department of Transportation stirred the transportation world's acronym soup when it debuted two

St. Patrick's Day may only be a day-long celebration, but the maker of Jameson Irish whiskey, and it

A Senate panel unanimously approved the nomination of Michael Jackson, a former senior official at t

Exports are becoming a more important part of manufacturers' business and companies are becoming mor

Representatives from the departments of Justice, Homeland Security and Transportation, and several c

Third-party logistics provider PBB Global Logistics strengthened its hand in cross-border warehousin

Unisys and the federal government are collaborating to prevent the sale of counterfeit drugs.

Commercial printing distributor Unisource Worldwide will outsource its in-bound logistics management

RFID supplier Savi Technology is working with South Korea's largest IT service provider, LG CNS, to

The Department of Transportation is sending a $66 million loan to Texas to jumpstart a toll road pro

Manufacturing and fulfillment company SwiftCD announced today that Softwrap, a digital rights manage

For the past three years, the cargo-security mantra for government and industry has been that greate

After a seven-month search, ailing supply chain software manufacturer i2 Technologies Inc. appointed

The venerable Shipper's Export Declaration is going the way of nickel Cokes and 50-cent gasoline. Th

Asa Hutchinson, former Under Secretary of Border and Transportation Security for the Department of H

Johnson & Johnson selected GAC Logistics to manage the health products manufacturer's distributi

U-Freight, the international freight service and logistics group, has appointed Clara Chui as vice p

TNT Logistics North America has promoted Dennis Gerard to the position of director of operations ser

Leading auto parts manufacturer Dana Corp. placed veteran General Motors logistics executive George

A scandal in Texas is drawing national attention to the use of tolls to finance roads as state and l

Quova, a developer of web geography services and technologies, and NextLinx, a provider of global tr

IFCO Systems opened new pallet service facilities in Akron, Ohio, and Detroit, bringing the company'

Once perhaps the world's largest forwarder and logistics company, Switzerland's Panalpina is turning

The Transportation Services Index rose 0.7 percent in November to 127.6, according to the U.S. Depar

Minneapolis-based retailer Target broke ground on a $100 million distribution center in DeKalb, Ill.

U.S. railroads moved 1,374,185 carloads in February, up 5.3 percent, and 885,038 trailers and contai

LONDON -- Exel, Britain's largest logistics company, today said net profit in 2004 fell by almost a

With lawmakers and industry increasingly frustrated with slow progress at the Department of Homeland

UK-based Exel said it's already seeing financial benefits from its acquisition last year of Tibbett

The cost of steel and other raw materials took a bite out of Trinity Industries Inc.'s fourth-quarte

SEATTLE -- A Mexican court has blocked temporarily a deal to end a 46.6 percent tariff on U.S. apple

Third-party logistics provider Logisco signed a multi-year lease on a 100,000-square-foot facility i

The Honduran Congress has ratified the Central American Free Trade Agreement, the free-trade pact in