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Maersk Introduces Priority Shipping

As debate rages in Washington about how to pay for infrastructure expansion and modernization, one need look no further than the Alameda Corridor for how much-debated and controversial user fees can w

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Hybrid electric trucks are rolling off the drawing board in greater numbers as manufacturers ramp up production and transport operators put them to work — or at least try them out.

A bridge renovation project that started this month at Galveston, Texas, is the latest in a series

For members of the barge industry and shippers that move goods by water, a strategic spending plan for Army Corps of Engineers navigation projects is a must-have in the next Water Resources Developmen

A new U.S.-China agreement that could benefit U.S. importers in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism is a good start but will take time to attain its goals.

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Some of the staunchest supporters of the Jones Act are debunking a news report claiming the Obama administration is using shipping regulation to prevent foreign skimmer vessels from assisting in the c

Ocean vessel operators are watching talks in Congress over potential changes in oil pollution liability limits for the impact legislation responding to the Deepwater Horizon disaster could have on car

Construction products manufacturer Dayton Superior will place a manufacturing and distribution center in central Georgia to serve as its main point to ship goods to the southeast U.S.

BNSF Railway will replace its entire bridge over the Mississippi River at Burlington, Iowa, to tap into low construction costs in the recovering economy and a major upgrade of one section that is alre

An ocean carrier representative, responding to a sharp broadside from a congressional leader, said legislators should be cautious about imposing new regulations on container ship lines because of prob

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Decrying ocean container carrier business practices, the head of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee called Thursday for the end of antitrust immunity for vessel operators in the Uni

After delaying sweeping truck safety changes, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is “absolutely on target” to meet its new deadlines, FMCSA administrator Anne S.

Shippers and freight brokers are facing a “landslide” of lawsuits related to truck accidents, says Tucker Company Worldwide President Jeffrey Tucker.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and representatives from Class I railroads met Wednesday to discuss building a nationwide high-speed rail network, the secretary said.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood may want to get more diesel-guzzling trucks off the road, but he says that doesn’t mean he undervalues the trucking industry.

The U.S. must find more “innovative” ways to fund infrastructure projects, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Thursday.

Japan Airlines Corp. (JAL) and All Nippon Airways Co.

The U.S. trade deficit hit a 16-month high in April as exports declined faster than imports, the Commerce Department reported.

American Stevedoring Inc. fired what may be the last shot in a bitter, five-year battle with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

YRC Worldwide's stock plunged to a record low Wednesday, dropping from about 31 cents to 22.2 cents per share before pulling up to 23.1 cents when the market closed.

The Obama administration’s third nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration faces the Senate Commerce Committee for his nomination hearing on Thursday morning.

The Department of Transportation paid out more than $13 billion to reimburse states for work done under last year’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

The Freight Transportation Services Index rose for the third consecutive month in April, climbing 0.3 percent from March, the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics said.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission will begin issuing detention notices on June 14 for the imported goods that it regulates.

Shippers in the United States cut their logistics spending last year by $244 billion, or 18.2 percent, reducing the logistics share of the economy to a historic low in a rush to scale back inventories

Panalpina, the Swiss global logistics and freight forwarding group, began operations at a 450,000-square-foot, state-of-the art multimodal transit and logistics hub in Dubai.

The management company for the chemical tanker M/T Chem Faros received an $850,000 fine after pleading guilty on Monday to violating anti-pollution laws, the Justice Department said.

AMR Research ranked Apple as the world’s best supply chain manager for the third straight year, putting technology pioneer at the top of AMR’s annual Supply Chain Top 25.

Cargo volume at major ports in India grew 3.5 percent in the April-May period compared with a year earlier, according to latest traffic figures released by the Indian Ports Association.

ProLogis announced two new agreements Tuesday for large distribution centers in Asia and Europe, giving the logistics site developer contracts for more than a million square feet of new warehouse spac

The new commissioner of Customs and Border Protection is pledging to balance security with facilitation of trade and to improve a Customs-business relationship he said has become “strained and i

Gov. Sonny Perdue signed a bill into law today making Georgia the 28th state to ban cell phone texting while driving. The law will apply to all drivers effective July 1.

Logwin is now operating out of a 64,600-square-foot, consolidated freight station “state of the art” facility in Shanghai, the company said June 7.

Tens of thousands of trucks and buses will be stopped for safety inspections by state police this week in the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual Roadcheck.