Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Yellow Corp. on Thursday said profits jumped sharply in the fourth quarter thanks to the closing las

WASHINGTON - Hours after the U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to confirm Tom Ridge as Secretary of the De

WASHINGTON - The Customs Service will begin enforcing the "most egregious" violations of the 24-hour

Cost-cutting helped Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. boost fourth-quarter earnings by 14 percent a

The Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to confirm Tom Ridge as the first secretary of Homeland Secur

Contract talks between the Teamsters union and U.S. trucking companies broke off Tuesday amid differ

WASHINGTON - Railroads, like airlines and motor carriers before them, urged U.S. Customs to minimize

Union Pacific Corp., North America's largest rail operator, on Wednesday reported higher quarterly e

Canadian National Railway on Tuesday said net income dropped 23 percent to C$800 million ($520 milli

Roadway Corp. said today that fourth-quarter net income more than doubled on strong revenue growth.<

Heartland Express Earnings Inc. said Wednesday that fourth-quarter earnings were $91.9 million, up f

United Parcel Service named Bob Stoffel, a 28-year company veteran, as president of UPS Supply Chain

Jane Biddle, former chief commercial officer at Inttra Inc., has formed a new company to market serv

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Smart and Secure Tradelanes has shipped the first wave of

China's national postal service is getting into the logistics business.The newly-formed Chin

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Ten Republicans joined the House Committee on Transportat

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Should the money that comes out of the reauthorization of

Kansas City Southern Railway has begun offering service from the Port of Mobile, Ala.The new

AGCO Corp., a manufacturer and global distributor of farm equipment, has selected BAX

U.S.-flag Great Lakes vessels hauled 101.3 million tons of cargo in 2002, a drop of less than 1 perc

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.The healthcare distribution industry is preparing its res

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.The nation's critical air and highway infrastructure need

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is hailing the first congres

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.A web-based network for freight forwarders called Globali

WASHINGTON - Plans to restructure the cargo release process for imports and exports hauled by truck

WASHINGTON - The United States and Singapore overcame the last hurdle blocking a Free Trade Agreemen

WASHINGTON - The Senate Government Affairs committee opened hearings today on Gov. Tom Ridge's confi

WASHINGTON - Fears over possible military action in the Middle East is damping foreign trade investm

The 2002 shipping season on the Upper Great Lakes ended Wednesday with the closing of the Soo Locks,

A. Scheffer Lang, 75, the first Federal Railroad Administrator and an early proponent of railroad de

As president of the Lakes Carriers Association, George Ryan spearheaded successful lobbying efforts

WASHINGTON - The still-evolving third-party logistics market is still fragmented in terms of the num

Richard D. "Rick" Trott has been appointed vice president, strategic planning for Con-Way Transporta

Services have been held for Susan C. Murray, 58, vice president of the directories division for Comm

USF Processors Inc., the reverse logistics unit of USFreightways Corp., has appointed Harold Anderso

Air express operators working in China are now free to take control of joint ventures up to a maximu

WASHINGTON - The United States on Jan. 27 will launch negotiations on a Central America free-trade a

The Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, a government-business initiative to protect global

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Surface Transportation Board Chairman Roger Nober named J

While ocean shippers work their way through new regulations for reporting cargo information in advan