Transport, Trade and Regulation News

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service is seeking comments on the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Program.

Global Port Tracker projects an 8.5 percent surge in containerized imports this month over February 2012 despite uncertainties surrounding labor negotiations on both the East and West coasts and a decline in fourth quarter 2012 gross domestic product.

The American Trucking Associations has repeated its call for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to establish a process to remove crashes from motor carriers’ records when...

Fred P. Hochberg, chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, recently signed a $500 million memorandum of understanding with India's ICICI Bank.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has authorized imports of fresh litchi, longan and rambutan fruit, as well as bananas, from the Philippines into the U.S.

The U.S. Surface Transportation Board, part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, has recommended changes to its Uniform Railroad Costing System.

Giving ports more flexibility in how they can use HMT dollars could be one way to drum up the political support needed to reach the tipping point on HMT reform, a federal policy and legislative consultant says.

U.S. Reps. Cedric Richmond, D-La., and co-chair Michael G. Grimm, R-N.Y., have established the Congressional Maritime Caucus, which will work to raise awareness among members of Congress on maritime-related topics.

The Ohio Department of Transportation today announced the final three teams that will compete for an estimated $330 million contract to design, construct and finance the second eastbound I-90 Innerbelt Bridge in Cleveland...

Pennsylvania’s Gov. Tom Corbett recently announced his plan to inject $1.8 billion of additional funding into the state’s transportation system, as part of his statewide budget address.

During a recent European Union General Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, Vytautas Leskevicius, Lithuania’s vice minister of foreign affairs, advocated for the implementation of the EU-Ukraine free trade agreement prior to its ratification.

The European Union’s Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health today endorsed two new measures authorizing the imports of beef from Japan.

South Korea saw exports surge by 11.8 percent year-on-year in January following a 5.7 contraction in December, but seasonal factors distorted what was really a disappointing month, according to one analyst.

The U.S. Department of Commerce and the Mexican tomato industry have initialed a proposed agreement suspending the anti-dumping duty investigation of fresh tomatoes from Mexico, which is now open for comment.

Carload shippers who have access to only one rail line are waging a multiprong campaign this year to increase railroad competition, as one of their fiercest champions, Sen. John Rockefeller, winds up his last term.

Mexico City-based mining corporation Grupo Mexico reported net income in the fourth quarter of 2012 was $724.8 million, jumping 22.6 percent from $591.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection processed nearly 25 million cargo containers through the nation’s ports of entry in fiscal year 2012, up about 4 percent year-over-year.

International trade and cooperation has become a key driver of small business success, according to a macro-economic study by IHS and DHL Express.

The European Union has allocated funding from the TEN-T Programme, under the 2011 TEN-T Annual Call, for two rail infrastructure projects in Italy and Austria.

The European Union has allocated funding from the TEN-T Programme, under the 2011 TEN-T Annual Call, for two maritime infrastructure projects in Europe.

Outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s imprint on U.S. transportation goes far beyond cutting down on driving while texting and heralding high-speed rail.

Gov. Rick Scott’s Florida Families First Budget for fiscal year 2014 fully funds the Florida Department of Transportation’s Work Program $8.3 billion investments in port, highway, bridge and other transportation infrastructure improvements.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed 2013 percentage standards for four fuel categories that are part of the agency’s Renewable Fuel Standard program.

William P. Doyle, who was nominated by President Obama to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner, was recently ceremonially sworn in at the Federal Maritime Commission, following his official swear-in on Jan. 10.

Teams of special agents and officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and other agencies have seized more than $13.6 million in fake NFL merchandise.

Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., on Thursday said she wants a more “equitable” use of Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund dollars within a long-delayed bill key to authorizing port and inland waterway project.

Unlike in the U.S., foreign container lines can’t reposition empty containers at Canadian ports, and the result is additional rail and truck costs that often are passed to shippers.

The U.S. housing recovery bodes well for containerized imports of furniture and other home goods this year.

The European Union closed an antitrust investigation into a German container feeder ship cooperative after its members agreed to abandon a compensation system for laying-up vessels and an information exchange scheme.

The U.S. Senate today approved the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013, HR 219, which will fast-track aid to communities recovering from Hurricane Sandy and reduce recovery costs.

A courtroom showdown over truck driver hours-of-service rules is fast approaching, with a deadline for implementing new rules on how many hours truckers can spend behind the wheel not far behind.

Frank Peake, former president of Sea Star Line, was convicted of antitrust conspiracy for his role in price-fixing by carriers in the U.S. mainland-Puerto Rico trade between late 2005 and early 2008.

The Export-Import Bank of the United States has opened its new regional export finance center at the U.S. Export Assistance Center in downtown Detroit.