Transport, Trade and Regulation News

The price of plate and flat-rolled steel products used by North American railcar builders will drop

Canadian Pacific Railway said Tuesday it nearly doubled its third-quarter profits, helped by a gain

Third-party logistics providers try to position themselves as strategic partners with their customer

The volume of world trade is likely to grow by 8.5 percent in real terms by the end of 2004, despite

MOL, the marine transportation company, rolled out an on-demand software interface for pricing, rati

Customs and Border Protection has begun circulating proposed standards for participants in the Custo

The American Association of Exporters and Importers will be conducting a pilot survey to collect dat

Risk management is not a sound-bite issue. It's not a concept that's easily discussed by political l

Kuehne & Nagel International AG said it has sold its 5 percent stake in SembCorp Logistics, Ltd., fo

CNF Inc. said Monday it swung to a loss in the third quarter as the result of a charge related to th

Ryder System Inc. posted a 45 percent increase in third-quarter income Monday, helped by acquisition

The European Union today announced it will lift sanctions on U.S. goods in January after Congress re

Thailand is moving to streamline customs procedures on land borders with three of its neighbors as

Trucking company USF Corp. on Friday reported net income that edged lower from the year-ago period a

The United States and Japan are expected to confirm their goal of lifting the latter's import ban on

During the week ending Oct. 16, U.S. railroads' volume totaled 33.1 billion ton-miles, breaking the

Transportation company Arkansas Best Corp. on Thursday reported third-quarter net income of $27.4 mi

Hub Group, Inc., the trucking, logistics and distribution company, on Thursday said adjusted net inc

Union Pacific Corp., which operates the nation's largest railroad company, said its profit fell 38 p

GATX Corp. announced it promoted chief financial officer and senior vice president Brian Kenney to p

Japanese exports rose 12.5 percent to a record in September, led by shipments to Asian markets inclu

China and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) may sign a free trade pact i

United Parcel Service said Thursday its third-quarter profit rose 20 percent as stronger package rev

Customs and Border Protection's 2004 trade symposium has been rescheduled for Jan. 11-12, 2005 at th

Rail transportation firm Norfolk Southern Corp. more than doubled its third-quarter profit, helped b

British logistics giant, Exel, has announced a series of management changes for its U.S. operations.

Trucking and freight company U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc. on Tuesday reported that third-quarter ear

Truckload fleet operator Swift Transportation Co. on Wednesday reported a 5 percent increase in thir

India today proposed an Asian Economic Community that would integrate its market with the Associatio

South America's two major trade blocs have signed agreements aimed at gradually creating a free trad

Four months after forging a joint plan with Norfolk Southern to improve rail operations in the north

The United States will appeal a World Trade Organization ruling that declared the bulk of U.S. gover

President Bush on Monday signed the Homeland Security Appropriations Act which provides $28.9 billio

Online retailers will cut back on free holiday-season shipping this year, according to an analysis b

China's largest auto exporter is stepping up its shipments to foreign markets. Chery Automo

Vastera, Inc. on Tuesday said that Nestl? will use its technology to automate its export documentati

U.S. railroads moved 230,237 trailers and containers compared with 231,025 units the week ending Oct

Copyright 2004, Traffic World, Inc.Europe''s logistics industry is taking another consolidat

Copyright 2004, Traffic World, Inc.While one panel at the Council of Logistics Management an

DHL Worldwide, a unit of German mail and express provider Deutsche Post, has opened a new regional s