Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Any broker, importer or other U.S. business that agreed eight years ago to be the agent of a foreign food processor may be in for a costly surprise from the Food and Drug Administration.

Nine months after angry crowds brought down the administration of long-time dictator Hosni Mubarak, political and economic uncertainty hang heavily over the future of Egypt.

Short- and medium-term economic forecasts for all of the major countries in the Mideast have been revised downward months after the Arab Spring erupted.

The effect of the capacity glut on most U.S. trade lanes is clearly visible in the decline in load factors in both directions this year.

If container lines really start parking ships in significant numbers, it may have more to do with 2012 than with their dismal financial results this year.

Japan’s decision to participate in negotiations on the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement has angered the country’s farmers and raising manufacturers’ hopes of r

Construction has begun on a $208 million rail crossing project that will reduce train and vehicle congestion in Colton, Calif., where the convergence of east-west and north-south rail lines creates on

Complex and changing fee structures in freight transportation are prompting parties to collaborate and forcing freight payment firms to adapt and expand their services.

Boskalis, the Dutch dredging and marine services group, and Chilean ocean carrier CSAV are working to establish a joint towage operation in Central and South America.

The American Trucking Associations joined an array of business groups praising a transportation spending plan appro

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Freight volumes carried by the for-hire transportation industry were up 0.9 percent in September from the previous month and reached their highest point since July 2008, the Transportation Department

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously approved a two-year, $109 billion surface transportation bill, but Sen.

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Mergers and acquisitions in the global transport and logistics sectors dipped slightly in the third quarter on fewer deals in emerging markets, but the market remains “resilient,” accordin

Alan D. Bersin’s past year must seem like a blur: The commissioner of Customs and Border Protection is in a hurry to make his mark, and time is running out.

The Cape Cod Canal seemed like a promising private venture when it was built in 1914, but Boston-bound ships preferred the long way around the cape to reach Boston harbor.

Caught between pressure from captive shippers and strong opposition from railroads, industry regulators chose Friday to delay making any decision on whether to impose more competitive switching rules.

Transportation employment increased more than 2 percent year-over-year in October, with rail employment up 3.8 percent and trucking up 2.9 percent.

The operator of the Cosco Busan, the vessel that struck the San Francisco Bay Bridge in November 2007, may be in violation of its probation, according to the Justice Department.

Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Richard Lidinksy says the container shipping industry's trans-Pacific discussion groups are showing "near outright defiance” of a commiss

The New York City Economic Development Corporation is seeking a developer to buy or lease a waterfront site on the Arthur Kill Channel in Staten Island, partly for maritime use.

The Senate narrowly rejected a $60 billion transportation spending bill proposed by President Obama on Thursday, as many Republicans said they supported improving the nation’s infrastructure but

The U.S. agency that regulates economic issues between railroads and shippers says Union Pacific Railroad was the only major carrier that pulled in sufficient revenue in 2010.

Backers of two competing transportation plans are jockeying for support by selling their initiatives as job creators and taking shots at the other side for funding shortfalls.

The Senate confirmed Eric Hirschhorn, a key player in export control reform, as Commerce undersecretary of export administration on Monday.

Senior Democratic members of the House Homeland Security Committee on Monday criticized the Transportation Security Administration for not meeting a December deadline to screen 100 percent of cargo ar

Disciplined management of capacity and pricing, coupled with falling fuel prices, meant better times for trucking companies in September, FTR Associates said.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica defended his six-year transportation plan from accusations that the bill wouldn’t maintain current funding levels as he claim

The pace of manufacturing growth in the United States slowed in October as the Institute of Supply Management’s PMI fell back 0.8 percentage points to

The House of Representatives last week laid claim to a budget offset the Senate Finance Committee intended to use to pay for Sen.

The overall cost of operating ships is expected to rise by 3.8 percent in 2011 and by 3.7 percent in 2012, according to a new

The National Foreign Trade Zone Board soon will publish new rules streamlining government rules for establishing and operating in the zones, the first major overhaul of the regulations governing FTZs

The devil, as the saying goes, is in the details. That’s the lesson emerging for U.S.

The key to boosting U.S. manufacturing exports is to stop China from manipulating its currency, not striking free trade agreements, according to a former White House economic adviser.

The Port of Los Angeles will enforce all concession requirements in its clean-truck program upheld in a recent ruling by the U.S.

Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., is challenging the feasibility Rep.

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The executive committee of the American Trucking Associations voted unanimously to seek a U.S.

Caterpillar expects sales to increase 10 percent to 20 percent next year, but says sales growth in China will slow from double-digit to single-digit expansion in 2012.