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Legislation to exempt domestic shipping from the Harbor Maintenance Tax made its debut on Thursday in the 112th Congress.

Transportation Security officials were no-shows at a hearing Thursday on transportation worker credentialing, but Rep.

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The Department of Transportation is sending nearly $320 million out to states and territories, to reimburse them for repairing roads or bridges damaged by storms going back to 2008.

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A newly finalized $10 million federal grant should help the Port of Vancouver, Wash., get its long-planned West Vancouver Freight Access project done, which the Department of Transportation says will

Sony is considering temporarily closing some of its facilities in Japan because of the continuing power shortages resulting from the shutdown of the nuclear reactors and thermal plants damaged in the

The U.S. free trade agreement with South Korea will open a “spectacular” market that could boost U.S. exports by more than $10 billion, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said Wednesday.

U.S. Rep. John L. Mica, R-Fla., Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, blasted the Federal Aviation Administration's response to a spate of air traffic control problems.

Freight shipping declined about 1.5 percent month-to-month in February, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics reports.

The Virginia Department of Transportation on Monday announced completion of an intermodal freight transportation study and investment strategy for future freight infrastructure.

Pending budget cuts from last week’s deal to avert a government shutdown will take a deeper bite out of transportation funds, but industry and government sources say the ones that could most aff

The Department of Transportation is still sending checks to states under the 2009 stimulus package, with reimbursements for completed work reaching $27.1 billion through March 31.

Toyota said its North American vehicle plants will operate on a reduced schedule during the next several weeks to conserve components whose supply chains were disrupted by the March 11 Japan earthquak

Using inland and coastal waterways to haul more cargo-laden containers and trailers would add “abundant and cost-effective new freight capacity,” while cutting highway maintenance costs, T

Department of Transportation officials will quickly sort through a pile of applications as they prepare to redistribute $2.43 billion in grants, most of which came from money Florida turned down for a

The global economy is still on a growth trajectory despite a pair of surprise blows that could nick trade volumes in the months ahead.

Japanese automakers plan to resume production at domestic auto plants this month but said they’re still struggling with shortages of parts and unreliable electrical supplies that will hamper output.

Much of the freight transportation system will operate normally in the increasingly likely event of a federal government shutdown, as essential services from air traffic control to barge locks keep wo

President Obama will send the Senate three more nominees for trade jobs in his administration, two for the Export-Import Bank and one for the International Trade Commission.

The Federal Maritime Commission’s new rules on non-vessel-operating common carrier Negotiated Rate Arrangements, which will become effective on April 18, establish a new pricing option for licen

Just where do NVOCCs fit?

In the 13 years since Congress passed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, NVOs finally have achieved relative parity with vessel operators in the marketplace monitored by the FMC.

The U.S. government will not tolerate bribes in the international transportation industry, attorneys and officials told customs brokers and forwarders Thursday.

Another strong earthquake struck near the northeast coast of Japan Thursday, April 7, nearly a month after the initial disaster of March 1

Radiant Logistics completed its acquisition of privately held Distribution By Air, in a $12 million deal that continues a consolidation trend for mid-sized U.S. freight forwarders.

Damco, the logistics arm of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, appointed Humberto Florez to head up the company’s business in Latin America, effective April 1.

Japan's sea and air cargo exports will sink between 4 percent and 5 percent in the first half of fiscal 2011 from a year earlier in the wake of the devastating

Two federal regulatory agencies, the Food and Drug Administration and Consumer Product Safety Commission, are stepping up their inspection activities to prevent unsafe food products and consumer goods

A final $17.9 million in stimulus grant-funded road work is getting underway near San Diego, as part of a huge project to untangle congestion for a heavily used truck corridor serving the Otay Mesa Po

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Freight shipments jumped 6.9 percent in March, with tonnage increasing across transportation modes, according to the Cass Freight In

The Obama administration's embattled passenger rail program got a solid line of endorsements this week, when applications poured in seeking $10 billion in grants for 90 track projects, most of which w

Using barges to carry loaded trailers or containers between markets in the U.S.

The Commissioner of Customs feels the partnership between his agency and the private sector has done a good job in extending cargo security beyond the borders, but more must be done to streamline the

Dachser, the German global logistics services provider, increased 2010 revenue 19 percent, or $858 million, from the previous year to $5.4 billion, driven by a strong performance in ocean and air carg

Germany's Deutsche Bahn, Europe's biggest rail operator, posted double digit revenue and earnings growth in 2010 as its freight and global logistics units recovered strongly from the deep economic slu

Pessimism has grown among Japanese firms over future business conditions in the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit th