Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said Thursday it had lowered the corporate credit rating on Ameri

WASHINGTON - The Office of Homeland Security lost an initial bid to keep its activities private afte

Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. said that it completed on Dec. 31 the sale of its pan-E

U.S. manufacturing activity rose in December for the first time in four months, according to a surve

Manhattan Associates, Inc., the Atlanta-based supply-chain software developer, said it has completed

Maersk Logistics said Thursday that the U.S. Customs Service has formally accepted its application f

Federal investigators obtained records from Louisiana Gov. Mike Foster in a probe of possible wrongd

Standard & Poor's lowered its corporate credit rating on Trinity Industries to BB from BBB-, and rem

Roadway Corp. agreed to sell its Arnold Transportation Services unit for about $55 million to a mana

German postal company Deutsche Post AG said it set up a new management consulting unit after an inte

Connecticut's Transportation Strategy Board says that state should spend $25 million to increase tru

Penske Corp. said that Robert H. Kurnick Jr. will become president and will be elected to the compan

FedEx Supply Chain Services has won a three-year contract from Tellabs, a Naperville, Ill.-based tel

OTTAWA - The St. Lawrence Seaway closed out a disappointing 2002 shipping season described by the sy

Retirement is no day at the beach for Lynn Fritz. The founder of forwarder Fritz Cos. is busier than

Vietnam's Ministry of Finance, apparently responding to pressure from foreign automakers, on Friday

WASHINGTON - A U.S. District Court ordered the Bush administration to make public documents which wo

The St. Lawrence Seaway is all but closed to commercial shipping, with just two vessels expected to

WASHINGTON - An economic analysis by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that favors deepening the Dela

WASHINGTON - Lanes for expedited customs clearance between the United States and Canada are open for

Canadian National Railway on Monday announced a realignment of its organizational structure in the U

Copyright 2002, Traffic World, Inc.JANUARY - The Department of Transportation works frantica

for employees and visitors at marine terminalsEven before the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11

Copyright 2002, Traffic World, Inc.The new year is set to begin much as this year began, wit

Copyright 2002, Traffic World, Inc.Although nothing to shout about, the growth rates that 3P

Copyright 2002, Traffic World, Inc.JANUARY - The U.S. Transportation Command and the Nationa

General Electric Co., in a major revamp of its railroad-locomotive technology, is launching a high-h

Sri Lanka will launch electronic data interchange for import cargo clearance beginning in January.

WASHINGTON- U.S. Customs Commissioner Robert C. Bonner called "regrettable" the decision by the Euro

Copyright 2002, Traffic World, Inc.Standards organizations the Uniform Code Council and the

Paul Reistrup, who oversaw the integration of CSX Transportation's passenger and commuter rail netwo

WASHINGTON -Traffic World Associate Editor John Gallagher has been elected to the board of governors

The International Road Transport Union cancelled its plan to suspend fast-track customs clearance pe

OTTAWA - Canadian forwarders are protesting U.S. Customs' new 24-hour cargo manifest rule, saying it

Horizon Services Group, the provider of ocean logistics management technology, will remain a wholly-

M. Steven Levy has been named chief financial officer at American Re, one of the two largest provide

FedEx Corp. said it has completed the roll-out of its European less-than-truckload service with the

FedEx Corp. said second-quarter earnings totaled $245 million or 81 cents a share for the quarter en

The U.S. trade deficit dropped to $35.1 billion in October, its best showing in seven months, as imp

GATX Rail today announced that it has acquired the remaining interest in KVG Kesselwagen, a leading