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U.S. exports, economic integration and international security will be on President Obama’s agenda at the Summit of the Americas this weekend in Columbia.

Pantos Logistics is further expanding its partnership with Coca-Cola and has signed a new logistics contract with the beverage giant in Indonesia.

Norway’s Star Reefers said it has reached a “satisfactory” solution to its dispute with Russia’s largest fruit importer that

Exports of refrigerated goods from the U.S. last year increased 16 percent to 15.5 million metric tons, and economists forecast reefer exports will rise again this year.

South Korea attracted far higher foreign direct investment in the first quarter of 2012 as investors positioned to take advantage of the recent U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement (FTA).

If Southern California is to meet federal pollution reduction standards established for 2030, it appears inevitable that the goods movement industry will have to rely on zero-emission and near zero-em

For the third time in as many months, federal regulators shut down an unsafe trucking company, ordering J&A Transportation out of service on April 9.

International semiconductor sales in February fell 7.3 percent year-over-year and 1.3 percent from January, further illustrating the weak demand plaguing the air cargo industry.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the final documents on Wednesday for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project for review by state and federal agencies and the general public.

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The $10.2 billion in requested Department of Transportation TIGER grants exceeded supply by a factor of more than 20, the agency said Thursday.

Standard & Poor’s said the U.S. government’s inability to provide long-term infrastructure and transportation funding could create another credit crisis.

China’s official manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index jumped to its highest level in a year in March.

The Panama Canal’s new locks will probably not be ready for their scheduled opening in October 2014, but will be ready for a trial run by a vessel in December, said Jorge Quijano, the engineer i

The construction of the new third set of locks at the Panama Canal is behind schedule by seven months, but the other seven major components of the canal expansion are ahead of schedule, so the overall

Time appears to be up for the passage of surface transportation bill this year.

Customs broker Livingston International has completed its acquisition of the customs and trade compliance services of JPMorgan Chase’s Global Trade business, which includes the operations and te

U.S. manufacturing expanded in March for the 32nd consecutive month, according to the Institute for Supply Management.

Congress has a knack of making cynics into realists. Fears that the push for a transportation bill would dissolve into a scramble for funding extensions have been realized.

Shippers challenging high rail rates will likely learn the only thing more enduring than railroads’ pricing power is federal agencies’ embrace of precedent.

As multinational companies pursue global expansion strategies, their key 3PLs are expected to expand with them.

Economic uncertainty, natural disasters and fast-changing consumer markets are forcing third-party logistics providers to rethink their global expansion strategies.

Delivering an annual profit this May is the top priority for FedEx Freight, which lost money in its fiscal third quarter ending Feb. 29, its first quarterly loss in a year.

Family Dollar Stores’ plan to increase inventory up to 20 percent by adding new products and opening up to 500 stores this year will drive business for shippers, particularly those that supply f

Expeditors International of Washington “vigorously denied” price-setting allegations that resulted in a $5.5 million fine from the European Commission.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will consolidate all its security functions into a new department as part of several reforms announced Thursday aimed at modernizing the agency and cuttin

Nippon Express Co., Japan’s largest international freight forwarder, said that it has acquired a 100 percent stake in U.S. logistics company Associated Global Systems, Inc.

The Panama Canal Authority prequalified two consortia and one company from among six groups bidding on a tender for the construction of a bridge over the Atlantic end of the canal.

Best Buy plans to close 50 stores over the next year, the latest sign of how big box retailers are being undercut by e-commerce rivals.

The Senate has until Friday midnight to decide whether to get on board with the House’s recently passed extension to highway programs, demand changes to the bill or continue to push their two-ye

A spokesman for agricultural interests called upon ports to help increase U.S. exports by reducing delays at marine terminals.

The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index dropped slightly in March, but consumers’ outlook on the economy improved, the research organization said.

European antitrust officials on Wednesday fined 13 of the world’s largest logistics companies, including Kuehne + Nagel, Panalpina and UPS, a total of $225 million for fixing international air c

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China will continue to expand its economy, but its growth will be based upon technology and innovation rather than low-cost labor, according to a consultant who has lived there for the past 20 years.<

Diesel prices across the U.S. hit a 33-month high in the week ending March 26, climbing half a cent as oil prices rose to nearly $107 per barrel.

Japan and Canada have formally agreed to launch negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) to eliminate import tariffs on most products and strengthen overall economic relations.

While the Senate pats itself on the back for passage of a mere two-year surface transportation bill, a handful of states are pushing what most of their federal brethren decry as infeasible: fuel tax h