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French trucking, logistics and forwarding company Norbert Dentressangle reported higher profit and revenue for 2010 and said it expects its $310 million

A standoff ended Tuesday between the departments of Transportation and Energy over the use of U.S.-flag vessels to transport goods purchased with DOE loan guarantees.

The Surface Transportation Board's current sole Republican member, Vice Chairman Charles D.

Trade using surface transportation between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico posted a year-to-year gain of 13.8 percent to $66.5 million in December, the Transportation Department reported.

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Amazon.com will build a 1 million-square-foot logistics center in Rheinberg, Germany, in the western part of the country, scaling up the online retailer’s distribution capacity in Europe.

Kuehne+Nagel reported 2010 net profit grew 28.7 percent from the previous year on sharply higher ocean and air freight volumes and gave an upbeat assessment of prospects for 2011.

U.S. steel imports increased month-to-month 9.4 percent in January from December, according to preliminary government data.

NYK Logistics (Americas) announced Monday that Michael Noone is joining the company as chief operations officer on March 1.

Mississippi engine importer PowerTrain and its Wood Sales Company and Tool Mart operations will pay a $2 million civil penalty to settle federal claims that it sold nearly 80,000 non-road engines and

The American Trucking Associations is raising the ante in its challenge to the science behind proposed new truck driver hours of service rules with a statement that studies linking length of sleep tim

The Federal Maritime Commission on Friday posted on its Web site a final version of its proposed rules

Damco, the logistics arm of A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, improved pre-tax earnings 89 percent to $85 million in 2010 before restructuring and other one-off charges.

Transportation consultant Ron Sucik has been tracking the transloading of Asian imports from marine containers into domestic containers in Southern California for a decade, and he has seen transload v

There’s a new yardstick for capacity among the many figures the shipping world uses to measure available space: hours.

The critical feature of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposal on hours-of-service isn’t necessarily the potential reduction from 11 to 10 hours.

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The Department of Homeland Security is calling out the dogs.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said he is giving Florida Gov.

Port authorities in Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia are joining the Coalition for Responsible Transportation, giving the

Proposed cuts in the port security grant program this year could leave some port areas at risk, said the American Association of Port Authorities.

U.S. economic growth slowed to an annual rate of 2.8 percent in last year’s fourth quarter, largely because of reduced spending by state and local governments, the Commerce Department said.

President Obama this week named BNSF Railways' Chairman and CEO Matthew K.

For the second time, Florida Gov.

Recessions, floods, strikes, export restrictions, quality control, commodity shortages and product complexity — supply chain risk comes in all shapes and sizes.

Supply chain risks can be categorized into five groups: operational, social, natural, economy and political/legal, according to Patthira Siriwan, senior project manager for supply chain development in

U.S. authorities say a Saudi national arrested in Texas for allegedly plotting terror attacks was caught shipping explosive chemicals through domestic trucking networks.

The Coast Guard is proposing changes in regulations to clarify the requirements for rebuilding Jones Act ships at U.S. shipyards.

The Commerce Department said a 27 percent spike in commercial aircraft sales pushed total durable-goods orders up 2.7 percent in January, but orders for other long-lasting manufactured goods declined.

Advocates of the unionization of harbor truck drivers opened a new line of attack with a bill in the California Legislature that would define drayage truck drivers as employees of the companies that a

Japan and Mexico reached terms on which to revise their free trade agreement to further liberalize bilateral trade.

Japan posted its first trade deficit in 22 months in January as the cost of oil drove up imports.

The decline in vacancy rates for logistics real estate will accelerate this year as resurgent demand outstrips slow growth in supply, an industrial real estate firm said in a report on market trends.

Consumer confidence hit a three-year high in February despite continuing concern about jobs, a business research group said.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is pursuing a three-pronged strategy to truck safety as it tries to drive truck accident fatalities lower.

Panalpina acquired Norway's Greig Logistics to broaden its coverage of the North Sea oil and gas sector.

Tom Adamski is a trucking executive with 34 drivers carrying 101 pieces of identification allowing them to shuttle containers in and out of terminals at the Port of New York and New Jersey.

Like everyone else, Cisco Systems was surprised when an Iceland volcano eruption closed European airports for a week last year. Unlike most companies, Cisco was able to avoid a loss of revenue.

A year into President Obama’s five-year plan to double exports and create 2 million jobs, Frank Vargo is pleased.

President Obama’s budget plan would add $50 billion in new infrastructure spending for the fiscal year that begins in Oct. 1. Here are some highlights: