Supply chain

Standing before a group of shippers last week, Rep. John Mica didn’t even wait for the first question to finish before he shot back a definitive answer.

Just when a new crop of entrepreneurs is looking for ships to operate in U.S. domestic maritime service, one of the federal government’s main ship financing assistance programs is dying.

Caterpillar, the $42 billion equipment manufacturing giant, aims to cash in on an increasingly strong recovery in third-party logistics by selling a portion of its $2.2 billion Caterpillar Logistics S

When leaders of the 21 nations in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meet in Honolulu this fall, the U.S. hopes they will reach agreement on some of trade facilitation’s oldest issues.

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The House on Friday approved a bill to authorize operations of the Federal Aviation Administration, bringing closer to final passage a long-delayed measure the airline industry says is needed to moder

The U.S.

U.S. manufacturing growth eased slightly in March after seven consecutive increases as inventories contracted slightly, a widely watched gauge of factory production reported.

In the logistics world, relief agencies stand in very small company, if not alone, in bearing the type of responsibility where success or failure can mean the difference between life and death.

APL will begin radiation scanning next week of containerized Japanese exports delivered to the shipping line’s marine terminal in Yokohama for transport on APL vessels.

NYK Logistics and Yusen Air & Sea Service extended their global merger into North America on Friday, combining operations as part of the effort to turn the businesses into a single worldwide logis

European Union trust busters raided the offices of German rail operator Deutsche Bahn in an investigation into allegations it is abusing its dominant position in the rail freight market.

Japanese government officials and shipping industry representatives will meet Friday in a bid to step up their fight against what they call "harmful rumors" about radiation.

A new vehicle procurement directive by President Obama could start changing the makeup of the nation’s automobile and truck fleet in the second half of this decade.

Two former Customs commissioners are among the 20 members of the new Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection.

Advocates for improved goods movement on Tuesday called for a national freight policy, improved connectors to ports, and a dedicated office within the Department of Transportation.

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke called upon small and mid-size companies to increase their profits and hasten the U.S. economic recovery by becoming more engaged in exports.

Concern about inflation and income caused a closely watched barometer of consumer sentiment to fall from its th

The value of trade moved by surface transportation between the U.S.

The role of the customs broker in the supply chain is high on the agenda when COAC members meet on April 12.

Restoration work on Japanese transportation systems devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern part of th

Japan's commerce with the U.S.

Consumer spending in the U.S.

Wal-Mart Stores will reopen 12 of its Seiyu stores in Japan that were affected by the earthquake, and is hoping to open the remaining 12 impacted stores as soon as possible, a spokesman for the U.S.-b

Selecting a freight payment and audit firm is an important strategic decision that shouldn’t be taken lightly.

What could go wrong in paying for the shipment of a single ocean container?

The U.S. farm sector is on the cusp of an explosion in exports, and the liner shipping industry will be a major beneficiary.

Maritime and intermodal industry officials are raising alarms that the proposed federal hours-of-service rules for domestic U.S.

Weeks before North Carolina nailed down an implementing agreement with Norfolk Southern Railway to spend $461 million in passenger rail stimulus funds, the state’s transportation secretary said

Vessels and containers arriving at U.S. ports from Japan will face inspections by the U.S.

If Congress agrees an infrastructure bank should be part of an overall strategy to draw on private resources to build public infrastructure, lawmakers will have at least two models to consider.

The freight payment and audit business flows smoothly most of the time.

Modification of the tariff-filing requirements for cargo consolidators that will take effect on April 18 may not give non-vessel operating common carriers everything they wanted, but NVOs should be be

The Japanese disaster's impact on global automotive supply chains "will worsen substantially before it improves" and could affect 15 to 30 percent of the world's light-vehicle output within eight week

The U.S. economy grew faster than previously estimated in the last quarter of 2010, but many economists say rising oil prices will slow growth this year.

Japan's trade balance swung back into the black in February as exports regained momentum, led by shipments to China, according to preliminary figures released by the Finance Ministry on Thursday.

Earthmoving equipment giant Caterpillar is looking to sell its expanding third-party logistics business, a part of $2.2 billion Caterpillar Logistics Services.

The Department of Transportation is pushing more stimulus money out to states to reimburse them for completed infrastructure projects, with total payouts reaching nearly $26.7 billion as of March 11.

Penske Logistics named Paulo Sarti as Managing Director for South American operations.