Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Investment firm JP Morgan Chase Bank will acquire Vastera, the trade management software and service

The massive federal spending bill Congress approved before leaving for 2004 included $700,000 to cre

American seaports and related industries "have been virtually cast adrift by the federal government

SEATTLE -- Washington's apple growers no longer will have to pay a stiff 46.58 percent tariff on Red

Active RFID technology developer RF Code, of Mesa, Ariz., won the supply chain project category at t

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said the economies of its 30 member-countr

How to develop a comprehensive national and international strategy for cargo security will be the ma

OTTAWA -- The St. Lawrence Seaway is closed for winter maintenance until late March, following a sea

.Maritime Administrator William G. Schubert is setting sail.Schubert announced Jan. 7 that h

While some shippers are complaining about potential toughening of the C-TPAT program, at least one s

Developers broke ground on a 1.5 million square foot, $100 million distribution center for Minneapol

Graduate student research on warehouse location selection and an examination of consumer appliance a

Beth Peterson, a veteran global trade executive, has launched a consulting business, Beth Peterson E

WASHINGTON -- The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday issued the National Response Plan that

While the top priority in Southeast Asia has been getting food, water and medicine to the devastated

Burlington Northern Santa Fe today announced the promotion of John Hickerson to vice president, dome

The United States continued to increase surface transportation trade with Mexico and Canada in Octob

Grocery retailer Supervalu Inc. said it will expand its warehouse management business with the purch

Announcing a series of efforts from Chennai, India, to Sumatra, TNT focused as much on coordination,

The national trade association that represents apparel and footwear makers today applauded the recen

The American Trucking Assns. (ATA) has sharply criticized the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administr

CSX Intermodal Inc. said it entered into an agreement with P&O Ports North America, Inc., awarding t

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is "absolutely committed" to a new highway-spending bill

U.K.-based Exel, the world's largest third-party logistics provider, announced Jan. 5 that it exerci

British supply chain giant Exel said it has exercised an option to acquire Power Packaging Inc., a c

For the first time in 20 years, several rail labor unions have teamed up to bargain as one voice wit

MOL Logistics (Japan) Co., Ltd. today said it established a new subsidiary in the Czech Republic.

Long-time UPS executive Dave Barnes will be the company's next chief information officer, succeeding

The Chamber of Commerce plans to make the highway bill one of its top priorities again in 2005.<

The Federal Railroad Administration soon might be headed by a new acting administrator to succeed Be

Customs and Border Protection has called a temporary halt to the pilot program that was testing the

DHL has promoted Alison M. Brink to vice president, marketing strategy for DHL Americas. I

Samuel Shapiro & Co. has hired Michele Dunkle as its new director for import operations. Dun

United Parcel Service said chief information officer and senior vice president Ken Lacy will retire.

How and where shippers apply radio frequency identification (RFID) tags is more complicated than pre

The city of Greensboro, N.C. has issued a permit for the construction of FedEx Freight's new facilit

Retail industry software vendor Retek completed its purchase of collaborative planning, forecasting

Representatives of the freight transportation industry are taking a wary look at government plans fo

Having swallowed Tibbett & Britten whole in a $600 million bite last summer, U.K.-based logistic

The International Cargo Security Council (ICSC) recently elected Scott Harrison Smith chairman for 2