Supply chain

Werner Enterprises isn’t waiting for a U.S. economic recovery — it’s searching for one in Australia.

A successful trade preference program must be stable and predictable over a long term, the chief supply officer for Levi Strauss & Co. told the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee on Tuesday.

Fish and Wildlife Service agents raided the Nashville factory of famed guitar maker Gibson on Tuesday, in apparent enforcement action under the expanded Lacey Act, the Nashville Tennesean reported.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will expand its “roadability” rule for intermodal chassis, clearing the way for industry efforts to launch a global registry for intermodal

A U.S. federal grand jury indicted Kuwait-based Agility on multiple charges of conspiracy and fraud.

Output from the nation’s manufacturing, mining and utility industries increased only slightly in October after a three-month run of modest recovery.

The freight transportation industry will see a recovery next year, but it will be painfully slow and will generate only modest increases in freight rates, according to Wall Street analysts.

Fatigue “is one of the most insidious issues in the transportation industry,” and more must be done to fight it, said Deborah A.P.

The American Association of Exporters and Importers is complaining that layers of bureaucracy in Customs and Border Protection’s Office of International Trade are causing importers unnecessary d

Truck buyers put the pedal to the metal in October, sending Class 8 truck sales zooming 104 percent from September and 117 percent over October 2008.

Global forwarders are struggling to pass on to their customers the higher ocean and air cargo rates they have paid shipping lines and airlines since late summer.

Eight months after completing one of the largest logistics deals of the year, France’s Geodis Group isn’t letting the worst recession in decades interfere with plans to expand in the Unite

Whatever the outcome of the rail reform bill being drafted in the Senate, it is unlikely to strip railroads of their limited antitrust immunity, according to a key Republican senator.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will hold webinars on its Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 initiative Dec. 3 and Dec. 10, at 3:30 p.m. EST.

During her Senate confirmation hearing, then-nominee Anne S. Ferro heard an earful about the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s record enforcing truck safety rules.

Cap-and-trade is aimed at limiting carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions at the company level.

The impending arrival of a nationwide cap-and-trade program for reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions might be the best new idea since the invention of the Internet.

Retail sales in October surpassed the previous month by 1.4 percent and pulled the comparison for the three-months prior to the peak season into positive territory.

Customs administrations in Asian, Middle Eastern and Latin American countries should reduce complicated customs and regulatory procedures to speed the growth of trade “triangles” in the ne

Accidents such as a fatal collision between a gasoline truck and a passenger car last July could be prevented if Congress approves new hazardous material transportation legislation, according to the c

Rebounding exports couldn’t keep up with the price of imported oil as the U.S. trade deficit widened in September with the biggest jump in more than 10 years.

The economic stimulus law has now racked up more than 10,000 transportation construction projects that it is backing, according to Vice President Joseph Biden and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.<

Financial executives at transportation companies are more pessimistic about the economy than their counterparts in other businesses, and few plan to hire workers in the next six months, according to a

The output of the freight transportation industry declined 0.5 percent in September from August, blunting a three-month long recovery, according to a report Thursday from the U.S.

Absorption of industrial real estate space is trending upward and port container volumes in November could experience the first year-over-year gain since July 2008, according to a new index introduced

Emirates Shipping Line will use GT Nexus as the portal to connect its customers with its freight booking systems through the Internet, the technology company announced Wednesday.

Agility, the Kuwaiti-controlled global logistics company, increased third quarter profit by 15 percent from a year ago on lower revenue as it focused on emerging markets and government contracts to co

The rail reform bill being prepared for the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee is unlikely to strip railroads of their limited antitrust immunity, said a key Republican senator.

Toll Group, a leader in integrated logistics in Asia, acquired Logistic Distribution Systems, a large private international freight forwarder based in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.

The Department of Transportation by Oct. 23 had approved $30 billion in project spending under the stimulus law, and cut checks totaling $4.85 billion.

Express-1 Expedited Solutions, a Saint Joseph, Michigan based leader in transportation logistics, named David G. Yoder to the post of chief financial officer.

Tyden Group Holdings, a provider of security solutions and product identification technology for transportation companies and global supply chains, acquired E.J.

UPS agreed to oversee the entire supply chain for automotive remarketer Manheim, moving millions of used vehicles each year to the wholesale market.

Logistics provider Damco and a local barge operator are using the River Madeira to connect importers and exporters with major ports via the Port of Manaus on the Amazon River.

Asking for changes to the controversial approval of a key rail merger, Chicago suburbs and the Illinois Department of Transportation managed to get a split decision out of the Surface Transportation B

Rail industry officials are generating plenty of heat over potential proposals in Congress to reshape railroad regulation as they wait for a key Senate panel to offer the legislation.

If there’s a distinguishing factor about the freight brokers and logistics companies of the Transportation Intermediaries Association, it’s their size.

The U.S. Senate confirmed Anne S.

Freight transportation employment fell again in October, the Labor Department said, and many of their major customer groups shed jobs as well.

The Department of Homeland Security completed deployment of non-intrusive scanning equipment to detect radiation emanating from materials used in nuclear devices at all Northern border land ports of e