Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Optum Inc., the logistics software company, says it closed $27.3 million in financing, with key inve

FedEx Corp. said it earned $245 million in the quarter ended May 31, up 11 percent from last year's

The Mexican subsidiary of U.S. short-line operator Genesee & Wyoming hopes to launch an intermodal s

GeoLogistics Corp. has moved its Houston operations into a logistics center that increases its wareh

Logistics.com, the online domestic trucking software and marketplace company, has bought QuoteShip.c

A coalition of large U.S. importers pressing for changes in customs processes is reporting a breakth

Rebecca A. McGill, a former intelligence specialist with the U.S. Navy Office of Naval Intelligence,

Austrian environmentalists hardened their position Saturday, threatening surprise blockades of the B

Processing trade is a key to much of China's industry, heavily backed by overseas companies and intr

Logistics software provider Optum Inc. has launched a set of products it says will be able to slash

The Commerce Department is preparing to issue final rules that explain how to fill out shipper's exp

Container Corp. of India, the country's biggest multimodal operator, today started weekly intermodal

A federal court is allowing the government to implement a plan to reduce air pollution that drifts f

Al Giunchi looks at what's on offer from online transportation and logistics services and is not imp

Amid the buzz surrounding Internet companies that aim to service the transportation industry, third-

Roadway Express said it will realign its freight network to reduce transit times and improve its cus

Another transport dot-com came on the scene this week brandishing a patent. CargoSphere, which has b

Software and services company Nistevo got a further vote of confidence for its procurement and logis

A strategic link between two online logistics companies may change the way South Korea buys and sell

Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana (TFM) has signed a 12-year, $100 million contract with Alstom Tr

BAX Global opened a second Puerto Rico office in Aguadilla.The opening adds 40,000-square fe

Norfolk Southern Corp., in a move that should allow it to begin to realize the benefits forecast whe

Cargo transportation company Emery Worldwide has appointed Charles Bruno and Ron Stevenson as direct

Ameren Services Co. has asked the Surface Transportation Board to reconsider its June 1 decision den

NeoModal.com, the supply chain management and logistics company that earlier this year bought eRateR

Edward J. Murphy has been appointed vice president of professional services at Celarix Inc., a leadi

The long-promised uniform electronic bill of lading between the United States and Mexico is one step

Is Europe's rail freight business about to turn the corner, reversing 30 years of decline that's see

Joe Fenley is a brave man.Twenty years after founding Gateway Freight Services, which Fenley

CargoSphere.com, an on-line cargo transportation marketplace, said Wednesday that it received a pate

The South Korean government says it will privatize rail operations beginning next year.Separ

Customs Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly Wednesday announced the selection of Bonni G. Tischler as the

Celarix has appointed Edward Murphy as vice president of professional services.Murphy most r

Air freight, Mexico and e-commerce are being targeted for further expansion by Consolidated Freightw

Transportation holding company New York Regional Rail Corp. appointed Eric Sheffield as its vice pre

An international bunker trading market operating in cyberspace will begin operating July 11.

United Parcel Service customers in the United States soon will be able to access UPS services from v

NextLinx Corp., in another move by a trade logistics software and services company to join up with a

The European chemical industry, which annually generates 1.2 billion tons of freight, has renewed it

GeoLogistics named Scott T. Brinks to head a new global logistics team.Brinks, who was vice