Supply chain

Negotiators have two basic options on the table for controlling greenhouse gases. One is a tax per ton of bunker fuel that can be invested in a greener environment somewhere else on Earth.

In years past, an incident such as the failed Christmas Day bombing attempt aboard a Northwest Airlines flight would have resulted in many and loud calls for new inspection procedures for cargo carrie

Democratic Party officials are scrambling to bolster the economy and jump-start job creation following a series of losses in midterm elections.

Top railroad executives are throwing down the gauntlet, serving notice to Congress and freight shippers they will push back hard against efforts to tighten rail regulations.

Placing an immediate ban on text messaging by truck drivers last week, the Department of Transportation sent a message easy to read even without a cell phone.

The drumbeat of jobs, jobs, jobs in Washington and debate on financing have become major roadblocks to getting a six-year $500 billion transportation bill into gear and onto a fast-paced road to passa

Trade and manufacturing groups are offering strong support to President Obama’s call to double exports in five years to create 2 million jobs, but they also want to see substantive action t

U.S. imports of steel saw their worst year since 1991 in 2009, falling 49.3 percent from the year before, said the American Institute for International Steel.

New orders for manufactured durable goods in December increased $0.5 billion or 0.3 percent to $167.9 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Thursday.

Wal-Mart Stores created a group of global merchandising centers and signed sourcing agreements with Hong Kong buying agent Li & Fung as part of a broad plan to cut supply chain costs by consolidat

Cargo theft rose 12 percent last year and averaged a record 72 incidents per month, according to FreightWatch International, which provides logistics security services and data.

Slow economic growth and uncertainty about oil prices will hobble U.S. transportation companies recovering from the recession, Standard & Poor’s says.

The U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in six years in the fourth quarter, expanding 5.7 percent as companies scaled back their attempts to cut inventories, the U.S.

Construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar generated revenue of $7.9 billion in the fourth quarter, down 39 percent from the prior year quarter.

President Obama said Wednesday that increasing exports and construction of infrastructure will be among the ways the U.S. economy will recover from the recession.

The Maritime Administration’s marine highways program will provide shippers with alternative services, said David Matsuda Tuesday at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee.

Customs and Border Protection Tuesday began enforcing the Importer Security Filing or 10+2 rule.

China supplanted the United States as Japan's biggest export market in 2009 for the first time since the end of World War II, according to preliminary figures released by the Finance Ministry on Wedne

The Department of Transportation's ban on cell-phone texting by truckers is just the first of several actions expected this year that will tighten federal truck driver regulations.

European Union competition regulators Jan. 26 dropped a probe into government guarantees provided to La Poste, France's postal service.

Customs and Border Protection began enforcing its Importer Security Filing, or 10+2, rule on Tuesday, ushering in a new era of requirements on importers for more detailed information to help security

If anyone doubts a broad-based economic recovery is under way around the globe, take a look at the index of industrial prices compiled by The Journal of Commerce and the Economic Cycle Research

Customs and Border Protection should do a better job of documenting why it inspects or waives the inspection of ocean containers it has identified as having a high risk for terrorist tampering, accord

The Federal Aviation Administration is asking local airport authorities to report by Feb.

Crowley Liner Services’ settlement this month of civil antitrust lawsuits with U.S.

By issuing a final regulation on automated train equipment, or positive train control, the Federal Railroad Administration cleared a path for railroads to spend billions of dollars on what is la

Checks sent out to states for stimulus projects from the Department of Transportation reached $8.26 billion through Jan. 15, a gain of about $162 million from a week earlier.

For the majority of importers, Jan. 26 will pass as any other Tuesday this year.

As of Jan. 19, Russia has effectively banned imports of U.S. poultry, typically exported as palletized breakbulk cargo, because U.S.

Net profit for Transport Corp. of India surged 108 percent from a year earlier to $2.6 million in the third quarter ending Dec. 31, despite a 20-percent increase in operating expenses.

Scott Brown’s election victory in Massachusetts was a clear signal to Washington that Americans want politicians to focus their attention on job creation, Pennsylvania Gov.

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President Obama on Wednesday nominated Earl F. Weener for a seat on the National Transportation Safety Board.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index for the United States increased 1.1 percent in December, sharply rising at a quicker pace than any time in the previous nine months.

President Obama is nominating Jeffrey R. Moreland, a former senior attorney with BNSF Railway and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, to join Amtrak’s board of directors.

A joint venture investment group said it will spend up to $100 million to buy low-valued freight and industrial equipment, to assemble a broad mix of lease assets that will include ocean ships and riv

Erroll Southers withdrew his nomination as President Obama's choice to head the Transportation Security Administration on Wednesday, blaming "political ideology" for keeping the key security

Cargo interests are gradually shifting from last year's recession mentality to embrace growth strategies, but their investments in supply chain improvements are still constrained.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a petition by the state of Michigan to close locks between the Chicago Ship and Sanitary Canal and Lake Michigan.