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House Republicans on Thursday will introduce a surface transportation bill that calls for highway spending at current levels “for at least five years” to give states financial stability to

European Union trust busters ordered Deutsche Post to pay back up to $1.3 billion in aid from the German government that breached the bloc’s competition rules.

Global economic headwinds aren’t slowing Harley-Davidson. The iconic motorcycle maker bolstered its profits as it increased sales and shipments in 2011.

The International Monetary Fund reduced global economic growth forecasts for the year to 3.25 percent from its 4 percent last fall and warned that the euro zone debt crisis could push the region back

Pantos Logistics recently opened a second logistics center at South Korea's Incheon airport, the world’s fourth largest cargo airport by volume in 2010.

Amazon plans to open a 1 million-square foot fulfillment center in Spartanburg, S.C., its second new fulfillment center in the Palmetto State in two years.

Panalpina said its new logistics center in Moscow will target shippers of high tech, automotive, high-end fashion and telecoms cargoes across Russia.

A free trade agreement between Japan and Peru will take effect March 1, eliminating import tariffs on almost all products traded between the two countries within 10 years, the Japanese government said

Congress is closer to finally completing a long-term measure authorizing the Federal Aviation Administration after reaching a compromise on labor provisions that have

Workers on the Panama Canal expansion are returning to work Monday after agreeing to new terms with their contractor, ending a six-day strike.

A new U.S. cabinet department dedicated to trade would give the government a more complete view of trade and the national economy, said a former chairwoman of the International Trade Commission.

Oil prices rose for the first time in four days after the European Union on Monday banned oil imports from Iran, increasing fears that Middle East tensions could raise supply chain costs in the short-

A U.S. district judge in Miami on Friday fined a Miami River management company $1 million for recordkeeping violations related to oil pollution in ballast water.

Friends of the Export-Import Bank of the United States are pushing to get the institution a new charter that would extend its operations through fiscal 2014.

Shippers are getting a taste of what they can expect from a more aggressive and powerful Food and Drug Administration thanks to an agency move to stop orange juice shipments from overseas to test them

This could be a battle of big government versus small. At hand is a plan by President Obama to reorganize the federal government to face the challenges of the 21st century.

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A small trucking company is about to get a little bigger with some help from the state of Kentucky.

The name of the game for ports in the Pacific Northwest is competition. They compete with California ports for West Coast market share. They compete with East Coast ports for trade with Asia.

The 19.6 percent year-over-year decrease in Japanese ship export orders in 2011 is raising concerns that an order backlog could disappear or be feeble by 2014.

European Union antitrust regulators are investigating the planned takeover of Tirrenia, the bankrupt state-owned Italian ferry operator, by a consortium of the country’s leading private shipping

The 2.5 percent year-over-year decline in truck traffic on the Ambassador Bridge in 2011 gives the bridge’s owner ammunition in his fight to stop the construction of a publicly owned crossing.

The World Bank on Wednesday said international trade will expand only 4.7 percent this year and 6.8 percent in 2013, as the European recession and a slowdown in developing countries threaten to stall

The beer market appears to have gone flat, with total U.S. beer shipments dropping 1.5 percent in 2011 to 204.9 million barrels, according to the Beer Institute.

U.S. industrial output in December bounced back at 0.4 percent year-over-year, as manufacturing production rose 0.9 percent, the briskest pace in a year, the Federal Reserve said.

Construction of the third set of locks at the Panama Canal ground to a halt Monday when thousands of workers stopped work to demand payment of back wages and better working conditions, according to a

The Food and Drug Administration cleared the first three shipments of imported orange juice tested for an illegal fungicide, but 28 shipments of juice and concentrate are still on hold pending test re

Retail sales will slow to 3.4 percent this year but will outpace consensus expectations for overall economic growth, according to a new National Retail Federation forecast.

When Polaris Industries sought to expand production of its all-terrain vehicles while lowering costs, the Minnesota-based company followed long-established trends by looking outside the United States.

U.S. beef and pork producers had a banner year in 2011, setting annual sales value records for both commodities through October, with two full months to go.

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Anyone who thinks David V. Aguilar will be a mere caretaker at Customs and Border Protection should think again.

Many factors may push truck pricing higher this year, but new restrictions on truck driver work hours won’t be among them.

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The relative stability of the refrigerated transportation market has brought more participants into the sector, bringing not only competition on rates but also expanded service options.

Only a small percentage of the world’s refrigerated shipments are put on airplanes, but just as in other modes, air carriers and airport operators are fighting for a bigger market share.

When Maersk Line decided to end the practice of providing free chassis to its container customers, other carriers were expected to fall quickly in line.

President Obama on Friday announced major changes in the government’s business services agencies aimed at making it easier for small businesses companies to compete in the marketplace, create jo

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The Virginia Retail Merchants Association says it will urge state legislators this year to require Amazon.com, which will receive $4.3 million in state incentives to build distribution centers in the