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The greening of the freight transportation industry will take another big step this year, but years of preparation will limit disruption as carriers transition to cleaner ships, trucks and locomotives

It may be months before truckers know how many hours they’ll be allowed to drive under new federal work rules, but they almost certainly will have less time to accomplish the work they now do an

Rising gasoline prices and high unemployment caused a widely watched index of U.S. consumer confidence to weaken in January.

Output at U.S. factories, mines and utilities rose a faster-than-expected 0.8 percent in December, the sharpest increase in five months, the Federal Reserve said.

U.S. retail sales rose for the sixth consecutive month in December, capping a year in which sales grew at the fastest rate since 1999, the Commerce Department said.

The presidential commission that investigated the Deepwater Horizon disaster said the Jones Act did not prevent

ProLogis plans $800 million to $1 billion in new development this year in Asia, Europe and North America, the industrial real estate giant said Tuesday.

The new chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, signaling domestic transport goals similar to those of the Obama administration, says he wants to advance several initiatives

The U.S. manufacturing outlook remains healthy despite indications of slowing expansion, a quarterly survey of 62 manufacturers said.

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Borders will close its Nashville, Tenn., distribution center and scale back its supply chain as the bookstore chain struggles with declining sales in a market buffeted by digital book sales and e-comm

The nation’s economy steadily improved in December, and business contacts expressed a modestly optimistic outlook for 2011 in a survey released Wednesday by the Federal Reserve.

The Transportation Department's Freight Transportation Services Index, which measures monthly change in ton-miles, fell 0.3 percent in November from October to 98.5, the lowest level of any November s

In today's slow-growth environment, customers expect their transportation service providers to help them attain a competitive advantage, and that involves developing innovative solutions based on best

U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas J. Donohue on Tuesday called for the abolition of all tariffs on goods moving between the U.S.

The Surface Transportation Board will hold a May 3 public hearing to start the first review in over a decade of regulations that some shippers say allow major railroads to hold many freight customers

Investment in transportation is a key part of rebuilding the U.S. economic foundation, and the U.S.

Wholesalers’ inventories dropped 0.2 percent in November, the first month-to-month drop in nearly a year, while sales rose for the fifth consecutive month, the Commerce Department said in a report tha

The Department of Transportation's efforts to lock in remaining funds from the 2009 economic stimulus package have it closing in on the main target -- obligating all $48.1 billion that was allocated i

Dan Stamper, president of the Detroit International Bridge Co., was released late Monday afternoon after spending a few hours in the Wayne County Jail in Detroit.

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Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., who chairs the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, intends to start a process in February that can help his panel craft a new multi-year surface transportation bill.

Dan Stamper, president of the company that owns the Ambassador Bridge, was jailed Monday on contempt charges by a Wayne County (Detroit) judge.

The new chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said he has a clear understanding from House leaders that changes to future Highway Trust Fund legislation will not use trust

For Jonathan Gold, 2010 was a year for lessons. For Donna Lemm, 2011 is about hope. And for George Macko, the trucking concerns of today will be with us into 2012.

The bad news for transportation policy as 2010 ended was that Congress again put off tackling long-term issues, and kicked major decisions on highway spending programs down the road for a few more mon

It’s been almost 11 years since I left the public sector after 21 years at Customs headquarters in Washington as a trade compliance attorney to begin my second career in the private sector.

When the global recession erupted in late 2008, providers of logistics, trade and transportation technologies struggled to make sense of the likely impact on corporate spending for their products.

For centuries, seaports throughout the Western Hemisphere have served as economic lifelines, handling the export of goods and services worldwide and delivering prosperity for those living in the regio

By any measure, 2010 was as good a year for container shipping as 2009 was bad. U.S. containerized ocean trade returned with a vengeance, growing in the double digits.

Slow U.S. economic expansion will keep North American third-party logistics revenue growth in the single digits through 2011.

Looked at one way, federal agencies have done a commendable job in implementing congressional wishes to secure the nation’s supply chains.

The message to truck drivers is clear: Fasten that safety belt, put down the cell phone and stop texting.

After more than three years of struggle between railroads and disgruntled freight shippers over how to write industrywide rules for disputes over rates and service, both sides face the prospect of let

As the industrial real estate industry enters a new decade, the light of optimism is shining a little brighter than in recent years. According to Real Capital Analytics, sales of significant U.S.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky clearly will hold a lot of cards in the Congress of 2011-2012.

The Aerospace Industries Association, calling Rep.

A package reportedly addressed to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ignited in a Washington postal facility Friday, a day after similar packages containing incendiar

The Cass Freight Index for U.S. shipments fell 3.6 percent in December from the month before to its lowest point since May as a yearlong shipping recovery sputtered out at the end of the year.