Supply chain

Lower growth in China’s export volumes reflects changes in its manufacturing sector, according to Maersk Line CEO Soren Skou,

As e-commerce transforms the retail industry from a brick-bound behemoth to a fast-moving, multichannel enterprise, retailers, parcel carriers and logistics providers are devising new products and ser

Determining ways to measure the conditions and performance of a national freight work emerged as a top priority for the Transportation Department’s newly formed Freight Policy Council on Thursda

Worldwide demand for fresh and frozen potatoes continues to climb and U.S. growers sold more than 1.5 million metric tons worth almost $1.6 billion during the marketing year that ended June 30.

High corn prices continue to be felt by beef and pork producers as export volumes drag.

Global freight forwarder and logistics provider Damco plans to move its headquarters

The U.S. poultry industry got a mixed decision from Mexico after one government agency formally decided U.S.

As China’s middle class expands and develops, so does the food marketing system and cold chain that deliver the more diverse commodities Chinese consumers crave.

Thermo King is launching the Precedent, a new trailer temperature-control platform designed to deliver double-digit fuel savings, best-in-class performance and lower lifecycle costs, while providing r

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.

Cargolux has resumed flights to Ecuador after a nearly 39-month hiatus.

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

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.