Transport, Trade and Regulation News

President Obama’s jobs plan, heavy on infrastructure investments to rebuild roads, bridges, ports and schools, would help avert a recession, according to a

Kintetsu World Express, Japan’s second-largest international forwarder, said on Wednesday it will pay a $10.5 million fine to settle a U.S. antitrust case.

The European Investment Bank approved an $82 million loan to finance the construction of a new container terminal in the Spanish Atlantic port of Cadiz.

Increased demand for machinery, computers and communication equipment was offset by reduced orders for autos and primary metals, causing overall demand for durable goods to slip 0.1 percent last month

The Department of Transportation’s finalization of a grant this week for rail work near Wilmington, Del., sets the state for improvements to freight and passenger train operations in that state

Republican leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, in a sharply worded letter to President Obama, are asking the White House to drop a proposed rewrite of trucking work rules

The value of cross-border surface trade between the U.S., Canada and Mexico rose 18.1 percent year-over-year in July, the Transportation Department said.

Urban road congestion made U.S. drivers buy 1.9 billion gallons of extra fuel last year and pay an extra $101 billion in total costs, including $23 billion for truck congestion.

Customs and Border Protection officials said Monday it will launch a “simplified entry” pilot project, the first step in a move to expedite the entry of goods into the U.S.

The Indian Navy captured pirates attempting to seize two foreign-flag cargo vessels in the Gulf of Aden, Navy officials said Tuesday.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner toured the UPS Worldport air hub at Louisville, Ky., Monday, as part of the Obama administration’s push for an infrastructure investment program to spur the e

Sales of new homes fell for the fourth straight month in August, declining to a six-month low and dampening prospects for growth in cargo volumes.

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Power technology company American Superconductor will increase shipments of wind turbine controls under a series of contracts valued at nearly $100 million.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica told industry groups he is looking for more revenue to boost his planned transport spending measure, but that it cannot include a h

The Senate’s passage of a bill late Thursday to renew two trade programs brings three long-stalled trade agreements closer to passage.

Germany’s Deutsche Post DHL won a long-running legal battle to block Belgium from giving $406 million in aid to its national mail company, Bpost.

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When is a mile less than 5,280 feet? When it’s part of a trucker’s paycheck.

Allen Gina, head of Customs and Border Protection’s Office of International Trade, wants the business of importing goods to be more efficient.

Grover Norquist doesn’t know the ins and outs of motor fuel taxation, but he adamantly opposes any increases in them.

The Port of Vancouver, Wash., can now tap into $15 million of intercity passenger rail funds to help build a new freight rail route to the dock area, after Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood finalize

The Commerce Department is inviting port and maritime technology companies to apply for a trade mission to India Feb. 16 to 24, 2012.

A federal appeals court refused to rehear an unsuccessful lawsuit filed on behalf of Horizon Lines shareholders who accused company officials of misstatements in connection with the company’s pr

France’s state-owned SNCF Fret lost a major contract with a long standing customer to private operators, jeopardizing the rail cargo operator’s plans to end years of heavy losses and rebui

Inland waterways advocates say the Army Corps of Engineers should create a capital development plan with clear priorities to make the most out of scarce funds for improvement of the nation's crumbling

Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Richard A. Lidinsky Jr. plans to ask the agency at its Oct.

Highway and port groups applauded a vote by a Senate Appropriations subcommittee that maintains highway funding in the face of proposed House cuts and adds more grants that can be used for port projec

European Union regulators approved a $41 billion state-funded bailout for Germany’s HSH Nordbank, the world’s biggest shipping bank.

Japan’s exports grew for the first time in August on a year-over-year basis since the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami hit the northeastern part of the country on March 11.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood released $82.7 million for track and signal improvements in New England, across a region where freight and passenger lines often share the same corridor.

The U.S. challenged China’s “wrongful imposition” of antidumping and countervailing duties that a U.S.

Housing starts fell 5 percent in August to a seasonally adjusted 571,000 annual rate that’s less than half the 1.2 million that economists say reflects a healthy market.

Truckload operator Gordon Trucking is tightening pre-hire screening of driver applicants, requiring hair samples for drug testing well as urine samples.

The American Trucking Associations attacked Virginia’s plans to put a toll on I-95 near North Carolina, saying it would simply divert truckers to other roads.

The Federal Highway Administration gave Virginia a “yellow light” to proceed with plans to place a controversial toll on Interstate 95 near North Carolina.

A quarterly survey of factory production lowered its forecast through 2012 but expects manufacturing to continue to outpace sluggish growth in the overall economy.

The Senate voted late Monday 84-4 to proceed with debate on a bill that’s considered an essential first step toward approving three long-stalled free trade agreements.

The Maritime Administration Deputy Administrator Orlando Gotay left his position abruptly on Friday. The agency did not give a reason for the departure.

A coalition of New Orleans customer brokers called on the industry on Monday to support legislation requiring the federal government to spend all harbor maintenance tax revenue on maritime projects.