Supply chain

With shipments valued in the tens of millions of dollars, Pfizer is no stranger to cargo security, so the pharmaceutical giant is taking part in the Transportation Security Administration’s Cert

For several months, officers of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union locals in Southern California have been telling transportation industry gatherings, especially meetings that attract car

After three years of scaring cargo away and fostering an anti-business image with aggressive environmental programs, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have a message for the industry: Reducing y

Congress will not raise fuel taxes this year to fund transportation construction programs, said a Democratic leader in the House of Representatives.

Indonesia fared better than many of its Asian neighbors during the recession because less than 20 percent of its GDP comes from exports, says Aaron Chen, managing director of BDP Indonesia and senior

Global oil demand fell in 2009 and 2008, the first time since 1983 that oil demand has fallen for two consecutive years, according to a short-term energy outlook released this week by the U.S.

Industrial production increased 0.6 percent in December on the strength of output from gas and electric utilities coping with unseasonably cold weather in much of the nation.

Retail stores saw a mild recovery in December and a reversal of last year’s downturn in holiday sales.

Honeywell is helping UPS upgrade the handheld computers its drivers use.

Leaders of a coalition for export control reform are confident that recommendations they made to the White House may result in a system that protects national security without impeding exports of U.S.

Recovery in freight transportation services was slow and fitful in the six months through November 2009, as a small increase in output in November brought the government’s Freight Transportation

Warehousing and transportation company CaseStack expanded its retailer consolidation program to Chicago.

U.S. trade with other countries increased broadly in November as imports outpaced exports, widening the trade deficit by $3.2 billion.

Intent on reducing carbon emissions and meeting a 2020 deadline for generating 15 percent of its energy needs through renewable sources, the British government last week parceled out the right to deve

Railroads and shippers are in a growing dustup over coal dust that could change the way key rail cargo is handled.

For an inland waterways industry struggling under the weight of crumbling infrastructure, it’s no longer about just wanting to raise its public profile in Washington.

The Department of Transportation ended 2009 with $7.955 billion in money already disbursed from last February’s stimulus program, up about $1.4 billion from the end of November.

U.S. rail and water transport jobs edged up slightly in December, but the larger trucking and air sectors continued to cut back.

Rail freight shippers in the United States have plenty of reason to see 2010 as a time when government actions could fundamentally reshape their industry.

Money from the 2009 economic stimulus will become highways, bridges, airports and mass transit systems in 2010, and that’s welcome news to members of the American Road & Transportation Builders Associ

To judge from the number of carriers and logistics providers that unveiled temperature-controlled products in 2009, the industry sector was a bastion of stability in a crumbling world.

The worst of the recession may be over for U.S. apparel importers and retailers, but the industry may have suffered some permanent damage. U.S.

Although the worst seems to be over in the construction equipment and steel sectors, levels of production and trade remain low, and no one expects the recovery to be rapid.

A big concern for the trade community this year can be summed up in three letters: A-C-E.

When the worst recession in a generation spread throughout the global trade community, it became harder for shippers to ignore potential benefits of the latest Web-based electronic technologies for ma

The global economic downturn is creating significant challenges for anyone managing the movement of goods, but experts say it also is creating new opportunities for third-party logistics providers.

If this were a movie, we’d call it “What Shippers Want.” As the first decade of the new millennium wound down, The Journal of Commerce hosted its 2nd Annual Shippers Roundtable to ta

The air freight industry faces an August deadline to meet U.S. government mandates to have 100 percent of the cargo on passenger aircraft screened.

Although the surge in fourth-quarter imports offered some hope U.S.

This year promises to be the second-best year ever for agricultural exports, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The Federal Maritime Commission’s newest member, Michael A. Khouri, was sworn in on Jan. 7, the commission announced.

Discount retailer Half Price Books selected software from Manhattan Associates to manage its distribution process.

Exel will provide dedicated delivery services to dealers from Chrysler’s Mopar parts distribution center in St.

Private equity firm Calera Capital took over majority ownership of Rock-it Cargo, one of the largest specialty forwarders focused on the entertainment and arts field.

Demand for petroleum and coal products led the growth of new orders, shipments and inventories of manufactured goods in November.

An attorney with experience in criminal prosecution as well as administrative law became an administrative law judge for the Federal Maritime Commission this week, the agency announced.

Sweden’s Björk.Eklund Group acquired a majority of the companies comprising Norway’s largest independent logistics network, Norwegian Transport Network Group.

DB Schenker, the German global freight forwarder, won a $500 million contract to provide worldwide and national transport for Australia's giant Gorgon gas project.

The three-member Surface Transportation Board now has Francis P. Mulvey serving as its vice chairman, under an annual rotation. He replaces Charles D. Nottingham in that role.

Wal-Mart Stores plans to squeeze billions of dollars out of its supply chain this year by purchasing more goods direct from manufacturers, cutting out third-party suppliers.