Transport, Trade and Regulation News

APL Logistics, which announced on Monday that it would buy Jacksonville, Fla.-based GATX Logistics,

After much speculation, Celarix Inc., the supply chain management software and services company, has

The U.S. Postal Service and FedEx are continuing to discuss a possible business alliance, but have n

International Shipholding Group said two 585-foot-long, self-propelled roll-on, roll-off rail ferrie

TNT International Express, the express division of TNT Post Group, has promoted Mark Gunton to over

APL Logistics says it will buy GATX Logistics, a specialist in warehousing and supply-chain logistic

Emery Worldwide has appointed Andre Vandenplas as general manager for Belgium and Luxembourg. He wil

The Customs Service has taken the first step toward its computer system of the future. It has an out

FRANKFURT - Deutsche Bahn AG, Germany's national railroad, is considering a plan to close more than

Gary Kowalski is well suited to the job of heading Vector SCM, the new joint-venture logistics compa

FRANKFURT - The freight division of Germany's Deutsche Bahn AG railroad has shelved a two-year old p

After 97 years in Manhattan, forwarder D.F. Young Inc. will be moving its headquarters to Jersey Cit

Rapidly sliding traffic in economically-sensitive commodities dragged the railroad industry to overa

Thomas M. Lloyd, former president of Libra USA, has set up a transport and logistics consulting firm

FRANKFURT - BASF AG, one of Germany's largest chemical companies, plans to join forces with three tr

Rep. Bud Shuster (R-Pa.), the past chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

Organized labor is delighted with the Bush administration's selection of Norman Mineta as secretary

Members of Taiwan's two main opposition parties and a large business group are holding separate talk

Descartes Systems Group's alliance with fellow Canadian technology company, BCE Emergis will give th

LONDON - The shake out in the troubled dot-com sector claimed its first prominent European victim in

Flagship Customs Services has introduced its customizable version of AES filing software, Export2000

Transportation industry leaders are hailing President-elect Bush's selection of Commerce Secretary N

FedEx Custom Critical, a ground unit of FedEx Corp., has opened a terminal in Reno to provide faster

PHOENIX - A Union Pacific train derailed Tuesday night on the outskirts of a southern Arizona town,

LONDON - La Poste, France's postal monopoly, hopes to close on a $372 million deal that will give it

ZURICH - The New Year's celebrations in Switzerland also rang in a new era for bigger trucks - and h

President-elect George W. Bush has nominated Norman Y. Mineta to be Secretary of Transportation. Min

FRANKFURT -- The French postal system, La Poste, appears to have won a struggle with a potential Bri

NEW YORK - United Parcel Service has followed the lead of rival FedEx Corp. by increasing its shipm

NEW YORK - United Parcel Service has followed the lead of rival FedEx Corp. by increasing its shipm

One of Hong Kong's largest forwarders and logistics providers is pulling out of the territory's plan

FRANKFURT -- German truckers, beset with a wave of bankruptcies this year, are appealing to their go

Having scrapped the idea of a tax on containers, South Korea's Inchon is taking other steps to bolst

Pacer International, a large non-asset-based North American third-party logistics company, has concl

FedEx Corp. said Wednesday that it will raise package rates for U.S. shipments by an average of 4.9%

European online trading exchanges, which are about a year behind their U.S. equivalents, should capi

China is taking more steps to streamline foreign trade as it moves to process all import and expor

Express companies operating in Pakistan have announced they will link their tariffs to the U.S. doll

Demand for integrated express services in Southeast Asia is likely to grow at an annual 20% rate in

Two of the world's biggest express couriers are gearing up for deeper penetration of China, where tr