Supply chain

French logistics provider Geodis acquired small parcel express carrier Ciblex.

The Senate on Wednesday morning ended three months of political drama on transportation spending when it passed 68 – 29 a jobs bill that gives states assurance of highway and transit funding thr

The Chlorine Institute, fearing freight railroads could pass along potentially large costs for new crash-avoidance technology to shippers, is asking the Federal Railroad Administration to fix what it

TNT launched its Web-based Express Import system to enable customers to order the collection of import shipments from 170 countries with quotations and billing in their local currency.

Kuehne + Nagel won a three-year contract to handle warehousing and distribution for Vectura, a supplier of logistics services for producers, agents and importers of wine and spirits in Norway.

Industrial production inched up in February, and industry used slightly more of its capacity, according to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Thirteen shipper groups, hoping the Senate will keep a rail competition bill alive in the face of sharp criticism by top carriers, told lawmakers they want to see it through.

The inland waterways industry would pay higher fuel taxes to repair and maintain aging locks and dams, if it can get Congress and the White House to agree.

Several months of congressional skirmishing and one large flare-up over funding tried the nerves of the most steadfast advocates for transportation reform.

Ask experts on Africa about the economic challenges there and the first thing they point to is likely to be the same: infrastructure.

The transportation industry may have gotten involved in pollution reduction later than most industries, and though the transition has been difficult, carriers and shippers no longer doubt the need fo

U.S. exports of beef in January were higher than in January of 2009, but pork exports were lower, according to the U.S. Meat Export Federation.

Advance seasonally adjusted estimates of U.S.

President Obama on Thursday announced an export strategy that includes two high-level panels, financial support and advocacy for exporters, and a reform of antiquated export control laws.

A Southern California logistics company serving fulfillment companies and retailers said Thursday it will set up a $25 million distribution center near the Port of Charleston in South Carolina.

The full Senate began consideration of a bill to reauthorize and fund the Federal Aviation Administration, after Sen.

Transportation and warehousing firms that view the green movement with trepidation may be missing out on an opportunity to remove cost and add profit to their operations.

The drive by labor unions to organize warehouses and other companies has not taken a back seat to the immediate goal of employees to retain their jobs during the economic downturn, according to an att

Freight transportation services, as measured by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s TSI index, increased 0.4 percent from December to January.

Food giant Kroger cut the amount spent on transportation and diesel emissions last year through better management of its private fleet.

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Shippers this past year were more receptive to using the services of third-party logistics providers as they sought to reduce supply chain costs including transportation and warehousing.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is removing selected items from a list that requires security plans for their transportation.

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on Tuesday made final an interim rule to collect inspection fees for ships, trucks, trains and vessels arriving from Canada.

Michelin chose Damco, the logistics arm or A. P. Moller-Maersk, as its logistics and customs clearance provider in Vietnam.

The Panalpina Group recently added 42,000 square feet of warehouse space to its supply chain management portfolio in the Los Angeles area.

Kenco Logistic Services is forming a joint venture with Schnellecke of America to support automotive production in the Southeastern United States.

Jerry Ulm, who capped his longtime logistics career as leader of global carrier relations at Owens Corning, died this month after a long illness. He was 60.

The Obama administration intends to nominate a retired senior Army intelligence officer to be the next head of the Transportation Security Administration, according to several news outlets.

A group representing independent truck drivers responded angrily to reports the White House may be looking to open talks with Congress about a new cross-border trucking program with Mexico, calling th

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Technology that is not just intelligent but “smarter” may offer the best route around a legislative bottleneck that has stalled efforts to advance surface transportation legislation for mo

The 2,000-foot bridge over the Colorado River gorge just below Hoover Dam is far from a bridge to nowhere.

Cities pressing for the legal authority to regulate harbor trucking should find out how far they can go in court in late April.

Word spread “like wildfire” among customs brokers that they had won a landmark victory in the U.S. Court of International Trade after a Feb.

Oregon introduced the first state gas tax in the U.S. in 1919, and Rep. Earl Blumenauer hopes the state leads the way in dumping it, too.

When Jim Bunning retired from baseball after the 1971 season, the pitching ace was headed for the Baseball Hall of Fame as a strikeout master and engineer of a perfect game.

New York City is many times larger than Stockholm, but the Big Apple could learn some lessons from Sweden’s capital.

As a game of chicken over funding formulas helped push federal highway spending into a ditch last week, some lawmakers hoped the wreckage finally might focus Congress on crafting a new multiyear

Despite signs of a slowly improving economy, employment in the transportation modes that include freight operations slid further in February, the Labor Department reported.