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A pound of pentaerythritol tetranitrate — PETN — isn’t enough to bring down a target the size of the World Trade Center, but it’s plenty to blow a plane out of the sky.

The Obama administration isn’t letting a little politics-altering event like midterm elections get in the way of its passenger rail program.

The battle between the Teamsters union and the American Trucking Associations will drag out into next year, but the rules of engagement could change significantly.

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In 2011, capacity will be king.

Employment rose moderately within key U.S.

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners Canada and Mexico was 25.3 percent higher in August 2010 than in August 2009, reaching

The Federal Reserve's policy panel said Wednesday it will buy $600 billion in long-term U.S.

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The wave of Republicans taking over the House on Tuesday swept out Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., one of the most passionate supporters of the Coast Guard and U.S. merchant marine in Congress.

The Cass Freight Index for U.S. shipments fell 5.2 percent in October from the month before, dipping to its lowest point in three months.

Net profit for Transport Corporation of India surged 38 percent from a year earlier to $3.3 million in the second quarter ending Sept.

Manufacturing growth accelerated in October as new orders and production surged to push the PMI index up 2.5 points to 56.9 percent, according to the nation's supply executives in a report on business

For an office at the heart of the federal government’s effort to harmonize international trade compliance and enforcement, Customs and Border Protection’s Commercial Targeting and Analysis

Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin wants to enlist customs brokers as “trusted partners” in securing the nation’s borders against contraband and weapons of mass d

Retailers that survived the Great Recession through unprecedented, at times desperate, cost-cutting are transitioning from their slash-and-burn mentality to one of growth and prosperity next year and

Walter Arsenault doesn’t buy that organized crime has vanished from the Port of New York and New Jersey.

SHENZHEN, China — China’s government is sending a strong message that it wants to redirect the country’s huge export economy inward, focusing on growth in domestic consumption and in

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Wanted: 28 candidates experienced in freight transportation, inland distribution and the marine highway system. Where: Washington, D.C. Contact: Maritime Administration.

Trucking operators have long fought calls for new fuel efficiency and emissions standards.

Implementation of the employee-driver mandate in the Port of Los Angeles clean-trucks plan may not begin at the end of 2011 as planned. That appears to be the outcome of a ruling by U.S.

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The U.S. Postal Service suspended service for mail coming out of Yemen this weekend as new details emerged about the movement of explosives in packages bound for the United States.

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The U.S. warehousing sector is in the midst of a moderate recovery, but any sustained and substantive growth is unlikely until the broader economy recovers.

The Food and Drug Administration needs to improve its ability to inspect foreign facilities that manufacture products subject to its regulations in the U.S., the Government Accountability Office said

Orders for durable manufactured goods rose 3.3 percent in September but fell 0.8 percent excluding the volatile category that includes aircraft.

U.S. steel imports posted a month-to-month decline of 3.2 percent last month but were up 73.9 percent from the depressed levels of September 2009.

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Economic growth in developing nations such as China, India and Brazil is proceeding at a much faster pace than in the developed countries, providing greater export opportunities for the U.S., accordin

Americans' confidence in the economy rose slightly in October but consumers remain uneasy about jobs as retailers head into the holiday shopping season, a monthly survey says.

Perceptions of corruption in the United States and other developed countries have worsened with the financial crisis, according to global rankings released by the watchdog group Transparency Internati

GENCO Supply Chain Solutions said Monday it completed its merger with ATC Technology Corp., forming a combined company that will be privately owned and rebranded under the name GENCO ATC.

Account management, a form of compliance oversight that has been a high-priority item for the trade, will get a trial run beginning Nov. 1.

The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation announced the first national standards to cut greenhouse gas emissions and improve fuel efficiency of heavy-duty commercial diesel

Stimulus spending by the Department of Transportation reached $21.2 billion as of Oct.

Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin wants to rebuild the agency’s frayed relationship with the customs brokerage community.

1. Facilitate Mexican exports to Europe and Latin America by reducing the time it takes to get a certificate of origin, and simplifying the Eligible Products Register.

There’s one thing with which Richard DiNucci takes exception in a recent Government Accountability Office report: the compliance level achieved under the Importer Security Filing rule.