Transport, Trade and Regulation News

When William S. ('Billy') App Jr. first heard that Lykes Lines was planning to offer customs clearan

It has been a tough few years for GeoLogistics, but the company claims it's now in the best conditio

It has been a tough few years for GeoLogistics, but the company claims it's now in the best conditio

Logistics technology analyst Robin Roberts brought a sober note to a meeting in San Francisco of the

MIAMI - A United Parcel Service employee stabbed by union members for working during a strike has se

The U.S. Customs Service is investigating the Atlanta office of Danzas AEI for possible improprietie

OAKLAND, Calif. - Information technology is making it easier for transportation intermediaries to pr

Canadian Transport Minister David Collenette announced plans Wednesday to create a 'a new transporta

GREEN BAY, Wis. - Schneider Logistics has extended its logistics outsourcing contract with General M

SEATTLE - Expeditors International has named Paul DiVecchio to head its export regulatory compliance

The downturn in logistics dot-coms has claimed another young founder. Ben Gordon, who formed 3PLex.c

SEATTLE - Expeditors International has named Paul DiVecchio to head export regulatory compliance at

OTTAWA - Associations representing shippers and carriers are asking the Federal Court of Canada to r

The new cross-Panama rail link between the Atlantic port of Colon and Pacific port of Balboa is expe

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Optum Inc., a supply-chain-management software company, has appointed Kevin Har

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Optum Inc., a supply-chain-management software company, has appointed Kevin Har

Chinese officials, eyeing their country's entry into the World Trade Organization, say they will hus

Rail carload traffic, with a decline of .1%, was nearly level with year-earlier levels in the four w

Someday soon, a truck will roll up to a Canadian customs station. The customs officer will scan a ba

Online markets for spot purchases of transportation continue to shrink. The latest evidence: GoCargo

A rail line connecting Moscow and Wenzhou, an economic center in eastern China, has opened. The jour

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. is extending its on-time intermodal guarantee program to in

James Finnegan, manager of international trade and compliance at Sony Electronics Inc., has a vision

MarineNet, the Tokyo-based online matching service for shippers, carriers and charterers, has lowere

GATX Rail Europe, the European railway subsidiary of GATX Corp., has announced several organizationa

SANTA ANA, Calif. - GeoLogistics Corp. said it has completed a debt-for-equity swap with its bondhol

LONDON - Britain is halving the charge that freight railroads pay for using the national network in

WASHINGTON - The National Industrial Transportation League has relaunched Web site, www.globalshippe

MANILA - The Philippines' largest port operator is tying up with Ariba Inc. in a logistics deal inte

ZURICH - Switzerland's Kuehne & Nagel AG has set aside up to $400 million for a possible U.S. logist

In a surprise move that may reflect the changing conditions of the dot-com market, Evan Schumacher,

LONDON - Britain's Exel Logistics has signed four contracts worth $143 million in the U.S. health-ca

MEMPHIS - FedEx Corp. said its shipment volumes last month were below expectation and that the compa

Four intermodal industry groups are asking the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to extend

Congestion in the nation's transportation system was the focus of Transportation Secretary Norman Mi

Citing the sluggish U.S. economy, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. said it will miss the consensus

A jury in Oklahoma City unanimously found last week that EGL Inc. was not liable for racial discrimi

MEMPHIS - FedEx Corp. said Wednesday that it plans to offer enhanced shipment tracking on the Web. T

WASHINGTON - Competitors of FedEx Corp. said the Justice Department isn't moving fast enough to dete

BASEL, Switzerland - Bernd H. Flickinger has been appointed head of the Solutions Business Unit at D