Transport, Trade and Regulation News

The beer market appears to have gone flat, with total U.S. beer shipments dropping 1.5 percent in 2011 to 204.9 million barrels, according to the Beer Institute.

U.S. industrial output in December bounced back at 0.4 percent year-over-year, as manufacturing production rose 0.9 percent, the briskest pace in a year, the Federal Reserve said.

Construction of the third set of locks at the Panama Canal ground to a halt Monday when thousands of workers stopped work to demand payment of back wages and better working conditions, according to a

Retail sales will slow to 3.4 percent this year but will outpace consensus expectations for overall economic growth, according to a new National Retail Federation forecast.

When Polaris Industries sought to expand production of its all-terrain vehicles while lowering costs, the Minnesota-based company followed long-established trends by looking outside the United States.

Many factors may push truck pricing higher this year, but new restrictions on truck driver work hours won’t be among them.

Anyone who thinks David V. Aguilar will be a mere caretaker at Customs and Border Protection should think again.

U.S. beef and pork producers had a banner year in 2011, setting annual sales value records for both commodities through October, with two full months to go.

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President Obama on Friday announced major changes in the government’s business services agencies aimed at making it easier for small businesses companies to compete in the marketplace, create jo

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Shippers looking for improvement in Canada’s beleaguered trade and economy might need to wait another year, or even two, as the country struggles to find positive direction amid weak demand from

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A year after President Obama signed the Food Safety Modernization Act into law, the Food and Drug Administration says it is preparing to unveil a variety of new regulations.

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The Food and Drug Administration is freezing orange juice imports at U.S. ports while it tests shipments for the presence of the fungicide carbendazim.

The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry rose 0.1 percent in November from October, the Transportation Department said.

Importers aren’t shifting U.S-bound containers through Canadian ports because they want to avoid paying the Harbor Maintenance Tax, according to the majority comments of made in a Federal Mariti

The Port of Seattle is stepping up pressure on the Federal Maritime Commission over U.S.-bound imports passing through Canada, calling on the agency to close "a loophole" in the Harbor Maint

The Federal Maritime Commission is proposing a change in rules that will make it more expensive for U.S. non-vessel-operating common carriers to do business in China.

Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner David Aguilar said he will build on the agency’s accomplishments of the last two years and continue the innovations started by his predecessor.

Shippers and manufacturers want it in their inventory flow. Carriers on the ocean, land and in the air certainly crave it in the demand for and supply of their vessels.

President Obama’s National Export Initiative places a specific emphasis on expanding exports by small and midsize businesses, companies that make up 97 percent of all U.S.

Nearly five years after the Bush administration first negotiated free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, revised versions of those pacts finally will be implemented this year.

Third-party logistics providers have their work cut out for them in 2012.

Which kinds of U.S. exports will enjoy the biggest boost from the three new free trade agreements? Beyond its tariff provisions, the Korean pact attempts to eliminate non-tariff barriers to U.S.

For those in the air cargo industry, 2011 was a year spent taking inventory of progress on enhancing national security in the wake of the 10-year anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks.

Despite a string of natural disasters and the global economic malaise, third-party logistics service providers performed well through the first three quarters of 2011, though the fourth quarter was la

U.S. exporters say they may have trouble financing projects unless Congress lifts the lending cap of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

As the American Association of Port Authorities celebrates its centennial year in 2012, we look forward to working with Congress and the administration to advance understanding and appreciation of the

2012 is likely to be another active year for international trade.

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Importers and exporters are getting their first look at the revised U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule after changes were released through a presidential proclamation on Wednesday.

The value of trade using surface transportation between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico rose 12 percent to $79 billion in October, the Transportation Department reported.

Four Canadian ports said Wednesday their share of U.S.-bound containerized cargo has dropped in the last decade, contrary to the claims of members of Congress and U.S.

Limited changes in truck driver hours of service regulations make a severe trucking

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