Supply chain

State departments of transportation and local governments committed more than $117 billion in funding for highway, bridge, transit, port and other transportation-related...

The U.S. has requested World Trade Organization dispute settlement consultations with India’s government regarding domestic content requirements in India’s national solar...

A new report from logistics security services provider FreightWatch International shows the total number of cargo thefts in the United States last year was close to the record set in 2011 — and the number of stolen meat shipments continued to climb.

The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, reported that for the full year of 2012...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the European Union recently implemented a mutual recognition decision between...

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

UPS expanded its direct less-than-containerload offering to more than 300 additional ocean lanes in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and South America in 2012.

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.

WCA Family of Logistic Networks has hired Reha Erman as regional manager for the Americas.

Transportation and supply chain management company Ryder System has appointed Thomas F. Pettit as senior vice president and general manager to its supply chain solutions business segment.

Buffalo, N.Y.-based ROAR Logistics, which offers rail, ocean, air and road logistics services, has opened an office in Temecula, Calif.

The Coalition of Gulf Shrimp Industries, an industry group of U.S. commercial shrimp fishermen, asked two government entities to impose import sanctions on shrimp imports from seven countries — Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam — arguing they give billions of dollars in subsidies to their domestic industries each year.

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.

Chicago-based Echo Global Logistics reported its net income in the fourth quarter of 2012 was $3.5 million, falling 0.8 percent compared with the fourth quarter of 2011.

Kansas City, Kan.-based logistics software provider Catapult International has opened an office in Hong Kong to better serve clients in Asia.

U.S.-based Consolidators International has promoted Les Pazsternak as senior vice president for the Southeast. The freight forwarder also hired Brad Reybourne as development manager for the Southeast at CII’s Atlanta facility.

Atlanta-based courier service company A-1 Express has launched long-distance freight services across the U.S.

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.

Johannesburg-based Barloworld Logistics’ Dedicated Transport Services division has concluded its merger with the Manline group, a logistics provider in Southern Africa.

North American freight and logistics company Pacer International today reported profit in the fourth quarter of 2012 was $2.2 million, increasing 100 percent from $1.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Ann Arbor, Mich.-based freight transportation and logistics company Con-way reported net income in the fourth quarter of 2012 was $11.8 million, plummeting 48.7 percent from $23.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.

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...

Americold, which offers temperature-controlling warehousing and logistics services for the food industry, has appointed Fred Boehler executive vice president and chief operating officer.

PortVision, a Web-based service for the maritime industry, today launched the PortVision CONNECT initiative, which includes a $500,000 commitment to fund the development and implementation of Web-based solutions ...

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.

Haier America, a division of Haier Group that specializes in appliances and consumer electronics, has chosen third-party logistics provider Kenco to manage Haier’s three main U.S. distribution centers in Keasbey, N.J....

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.

Private equity company Eberhart Capital has agreed to acquire Omaha, Neb.-based refrigerated truckload carrier Poling Transportation, now Poling Express, in a stock and cash transaction.

Millard Refrigerated Services, a refrigerated warehousing and distribution services company, has expanded its distribution center in Attalla, Ala., following the signing of a multiyear contract with a U.S. food manufacturer.

North American intermodal company Celtic International has hired Steven Golich as president.