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Surface trade with Canada and Mexico rose for the third consecutive month in February, surging a record 24.1 percent compared with the previous February, one of the slowest months of the recession.

China purchased 115,000 metric tons or 4.5 million bushels of U.S. corn in its first major purchase of the grain from U.S. exporters since 2001, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.

The Teamsters on Wednesday launched a multimedia blitz to push Congress to change federal law that makes it tougher organize FedEx Express drivers.

House members advocating a change in federal law that would give ports the authority to regulate local trucking are turning up the heat in advance of a May 5 hearing before the House Transportation an

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Steel imports to the United States in March rose 24.5 percent from February and 27.9 percent from March 2009, according to preliminary statistics from the American Institute for International Steel.

The House on Wednesday received a bill to extend funding of the Federal Aviation Administration through July 3.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a petition by the state of Michigan to reopen its bid to close navigation locks in the Chicago area to prevent the spread of Asian carp.

American consumers’ confidence in the economy has risen to the highest level in 19 months, the Conference Board reported.

The Department of Transportation began opening a $600 million grant account for project applications, in an indirect extension of discretionary “TIGER” grants the DOT awarded under the eco

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Officials with the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Customs and Border Protection on Monday signed an agreement giving CPSC inspectors access to Customs’ Automated Commercial System.

A weak global warehouse market slashed revenue and funds from operations in the first quarter for ProLogis. The industrial real estate developer lost $91 million in the quarter.

Industrial manufacturer Siemens will switch some 1,440 railroad equipment shipments heading for China from truck to rail transport in Central Europe under an emissions saving strategy worked out with

The Department of Transportation’s total spending under the economic stimulus package reached $10.893 billion as of April 16, up $456 million since the end of March.

Geodis closed the acquisition of French parcel carrier Ciblex on Monday, giving the forwarding and logistics company new reach in the small package business in France and Belgium.

State agencies, freight railroads, transit operators and intermodal project planners could tap an expanded rail loan program or visit a new one-stop financial aid shop if Department of Transportation

For U.S. trade interests struggling for years with an antiquated Cold War-era export control system, your wait for reform is almost over.

AMB Property Corporation lost $620,000 in the first quarter, a marked improvement over the prior year as the industrial real estate developer recovers from the global recession, which struck hard at p

Supporters of the port of Los Angeles clean trucks program stepped up the pressure on House leadership on Thursday when they presented a letter signed by 113 labor, environmental, community and religi

Orders for manufactured durable goods fell for the first time this year in April as demand for aircraft slumped, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

The Senate this week took the first step in putting together its wish list for the 2010 edition of the Water Resources Development Act.

Japanese international trade fell 21 percent in fiscal 2009, which ended on March 31, returning the country to a trade surplus as imports slumped much more rapidly than exports, according to prelimina

The Fortune 500 list of largest U.S. businesses ranked by revenue includes 17 transportation and logistics companies this year, from UPS to Con-way.

Descartes Systems Group acquired privately-held Imanet, a provider of enterprise and on-demand technology to customs brokers, freight forwarders, exporters and self-clearing importers.

The Department of Transportation is making nearly $49 billion of delayed highway funds available to states, following last month’s passage by Congress of the HIRE Act.

A Vehicle Miles Traveled tax may be gaining mileage on Capitol Hill, but the nation’s truckers want an alternate route.

Lawmakers last week filed in the House a bill to authorize $60 million in loan guarantees for merchant ship construction under the Maritime Administration’s Title XI program.

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Nineteen U.S. states had more than $1 billion in export sales to China last year, according to an annual survey by the U.S.-China Business Council.

The International Monetary Fund says the world economy is recovering from the global crisis better than expected but at different speeds in different parts of the world.

Companies that outsource production and turn warehouse and distribution functions over to wholesalers may reduce operating expenses, but they are also making it easier for cargo thieves to invade thei

The Obama Administration will consolidate licensing, control lists and data systems to bring a “Byzantine” export control system into a single office, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said T

The Federal Maritime Commission issued a warning on Monday of an email scam involving a bogus lottery solicitation.

Customs and Border Protection is setting up the ACE Business Office to work out the needs of the Automated Commercial Environment.

Recovering financial and labor markets caused the Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index, a gauge of future U.S.

The global economy is expected to grow 3 percent this year, with emerging nations growing fastest, the U.S.

The U.S. Maritime Administration’s plan to construct marine highways won’t just take pressure off roads.

Short-sea shipping advocates may have the Department of Transportation’s ear, but they still need to convince shippers their concept will float.

When Chinese Premier Hu Jintao told President Obama last week that China won’t yield to external pressure and that any revaluation of China’s currency must be “based on its own econo