Supply chain

U.S. farmers, ranchers and producers are expected to sell record amounts of agricultural commodities to overseas buyers next year, according to new estimates from the U.S.

San Diego’s Board of Port Commissioners voted unanimously to grant Dole Fresh Fruit a 24 1/2-year lease to import and export fresh fruit at the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal.

CMA CGM will upgrade its fixed-day weekly service between the east coast of South America and the Caribbean, introducing the Brazilian ports of Manaus and Salvador de Bahia to the rotation.

Watsonville Coast Produce installed a solar power system on its roof that will save the company more than $100,000 in the first year alone.

The Defense Logistics Agency is procuring a six-month advanced supply of meat, poultry and fish to provide drought relief for the U.S. agricultural industry.

U.S. truck shipments of fresh produce totaled 8.9 million tons in the second quarter, up 24 percent from the first quarter and 1 percent higher year-over-year, according to a new report.

Two consumer groups are stepping up their criticism of delays in implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act by suing the Office of Management and Budget and the Food and Drug Administration.

The international cold chain received a significant investment in 2011 when a record number of refrigerated containers joined the global fleet, according to industry analyst Andrew Foxcroft.

The Philippines imposed a ban on poultry items from the Netherlands because of an outbreak of low-pathogenic avian flu in the country, according to news reports.

It’s not just apples and bananas in fruit markets these days.

Officials in Yuma County, Ariz., are looking closely at the trade and jobs benefits that reefer rail service could give the region.

Billions of dollars worth of fresh produce and pharmaceuticals cross the Mexican border each year to enter the U.S., and billions more in poultry and meat gets shipped south.

The drought that stretched across much of the U.S. this summer decimated corn and soybean crops, with the U.S.

Mexico is hungrier for U.S. poultry meat than any other country. U.S. apples, pears, beef and pork also have huge markets in Mexico.

Transportation and warehousing employment increased 1.9 percent year-over-year in August, the same rate as in July, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The e-commerce boom is providing a surge of opportunity amid the “anemic” expansion of U.S. distribution space, said IMS Worldwide President Curtis Spencer.

Talk of infrastructure spending on the U.S. presidential campaign trail tends to consist of platitudes of support akin to vows to promote education and fight crime. Not this time.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a warning for Pacific coastlines from Mexico to Chile following a 7.6-magnitude earthquake that hit Costa Rica on Wednesday morning.

The Democratic party platform released on Monday night suggests President Obama will forcefully defend his infrastructure stimulus spending and call for more transportation investment to help the U.S.

Ports and marine terminal operators that have been waiting anxiously for the Coast Guard to release its notice of proposed rule-making on the implementation of Transportation Worker Identification Cre

Trucking kept pace and occasionally moved ahead of a slowing economy in the second quarter, with the largest publicly owned trucking companies improving their profitability despite freight volumes tha

Tighter federal fuel emission standards for cars and light-duty trucks will cut nearly $72 billion from the Highway T

The National Industrial Transportation urged Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to encourage the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance to resume talks on

Weak demand is stunting growth in China’s textile exports, the Global Times reports.

Shippers and transportation providers looking to understand how presumed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney would handle the nation’s ailing freight infrastructure system are finally

Shippers of retail goods and cargo related to the housing industry, along with transportation providers, got a dose of goods news from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday.

Three Democratic senators on Wednesday requested that the Government Accountability Office review the safety of the freight and passenger rail systems

China has made the stabilization of exports a policy priority as factory closures cause job losses and social unrest in the lead up to a handover of power in the ruling Communist Party later this year

Trimble, a $1.64 billion mobile technology company, acquired trucking software firm TMW Systems for $335 million in cash, the companies said Monday.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Thursday launched a council tasked with creating a national freight policy.

A key manufacturing index shows Chinese production in August plummeted to a nine-month low, reinforcing fears that the global economy is headed for a major slowdown.

Japan’s exports to the United States rose for the ninth consecutive month in July on a year-over-year basis, increasing 4.7 percent to $11.78 billion, according to preliminary figures released b

BlueGrace Logistics, Riverview, Fla., increased its revenue 7,368 percent over three years to $63.6 million in 2011, making the Florida-based firm the fastest-growing logistics and transportation comp

Yusen Logistics will begin operating in Dhaka and Chittagong, Bangladesh, on Oct. 15 to serve apparel and other retail shippers.

Q: With regard to motor carrier transportation of exempt commodities and regulated freight, I’ve always been told that if the product was “processed” in any way, then it was not exem

Frustrated Indian shippers can take solace in the government’s effort to speed up shipments and bring greater shipping competition.

Gibson Guitar’s agreement to pay a $300,000 fine to settle allegations that the company imported illegally harvested ebony and rosewood has amplified debate over the Lacey Act.

A global trade war over the European Union’s controversial aviation carbon tax is drawing closer with Brussels refusing to budge as Washington and its allies ratchet up the retaliatory rhetoric.

The Obama administration on Friday made $473 million in funding originally allocated to earmark projects available to states.

Led by sharp increases in shipments to Mexico, Russia, and other key markets, U.S.