Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Carriers and shippers that would like to see changes in regulations governing cargo preference laws will have the chance to tell the Maritime Administration what they think on Oct. 3.

Old Dominion Freight Line extended its $120 million expansion this year into Pennsylvania, opening a terminal in Altoona and hiring 14 employees.

Stimulus payments to states for transportation projects completed under the 2009 economic stimulus law rose to more than $31.3 billion as of Sept.

The Massachusetts Port Authority plans to replace up to 60 old drayage trucks at the Port of Boston through a $1.5 million program that includes a $500,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agen

When Eastern Shipbuilding struck a deal with a company in Brazil more than two years ago that would bring in millions of dollars in new business, the Panama City, Fla., shipyard applied to the U.S.

President Obama on June 23 announced the sale of 30 million barrels of crude oil from the Department of Energy’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

As improved forecasting and demand planning tools enter the marketplace, one of the most significant developments is the introduction of sales and operations planning and collaborative planning foreca

As the economy struggles to find its footing two years after the deepest recession in decades, leading technology providers are focusing on improving productivity and on providing products and service

In 2007, home improvement retailer Lowe’s already was intent on improving inventory processes that would reverberate throughout global supply chains when the worst recession in decades hit a yea

Almost all transportation managers will agree that a well-executed freight request for proposal is time-consuming and analytically challenging.

Rick Blasgen is a confident man.

The ambitious infrastructure spending package President Obama offered in his $447 billion jobs plan faces considerable uncertainty on Capitol Hill, but already has pushed other transportation bills in

The third-party logistics industry has moved into the information business to an unprecedented degree.

As your business grows, it’s only natural that it becomes more complex and challenging to manage. Your transportation processes are no different.

The Council of Logistics Management’s annual conferences in the early 1990s were filled with references to third-party logistics, a new buzzword that meant … well, no one was quite sure w

Politicians promising to spend tax money for roads and bridges will use the dollars to line the pockets of their family, environmentalists, union bosses and other cronies, said Grover Norquist, presid

U.S. consumer sentiment edged up early this month but remains at recession levels, according to the monthly Reuters/University of Michigan index.

Striking a cord of urgency, BNSF Railway Chairman and CEO Matthew Rose called for a coordinated and massive investment in U.S.

The Senate late Thursday avoided a shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday by passing a “clean” bill to extend the agency’s operations through Jan. 31, 2012.

Personal computer sales are slowing, but portable tablet computers are flying off the shelves, and shipment fore

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Port and freight rail projects for short lines in Maryland, California, Connecticut and Florida were among eight grant winners for $19.4 million from the Department of Transportation’s rail relo

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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said the Obama administration is committed to helping U.S.

Congress, with input from transportation groups, should use the next six months to develop a comprehensive, long-term funding plan to upgrade the nation’s transportation infrastructure, the head

President Obama’s jobs bill could hinder rather than help efforts to pass a multi-year tra

The House on Tuesday unanimously approved extending highway and aviation spending, boosting hopes Congress will avert the political brinksmanship that nearly shut down the government this summer.

Global freight volumes declined during the first half of the year, indicating a slowing economy, according to the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Leadership in the House and Senate reached agreement Monday on plans to extend highway and aviation spending for four months by providing $26 billion for the programs, averting an immediate repeat of

Japan and Colombia agreed on Monday to launch a joint study on a free trade agreement aimed at eliminating import tariffs on most products traded between the two countries.

The Department of Transportation in August reimbursed states nearly $700 million for construction projects backed by the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

If President Obama and his GOP adversaries in Congress are going to hammer out any agreement this fall on new investment in transportation systems, the mood in Washington will have to change considera

The U.S. port industry isn’t waiting to see how President Obama and Congress sort out September deadlines over transportation funding or what they offer in new spending proposals.

If rule-making at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration continues this fall the way it’s been going, the agency may need electronic on-board recorders to keep track of its own legal te

A federal judge in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Thursday fined a German ship operator $800,000 for spilling oil and lying about the act.

Shippers and carriers will have greater latitude in negotiating index-based service contracts if the Federal Maritime Commission approves regulation allowing more indices to be used.

Four international shipping associations, representing most of the world's maritime industry, called for the creation of a United Nation armed force to tackle the worsening piracy crisis in the Indian

President Obama’s proposal to direct $50 billion in new federal funding to transportation projects includes $5 billion to be shared by the high-demand TIGER grant program and the low-cost TIFIA

The jobs plan President Obama is sending Congress will include a $50 billion spending re

The Maritime Administration is scheduling public meetings later this month to discuss how the opening of the expanded Panama Canal in 2014 will affect commerce.