Supply chain

More federal funding and more “reasonable” regulation are needed to speed freight across the U.S.

Transportation professionals are urging the nation's universities to step up their research into freight movement issues and to develop strategies that ports, carriers and warehouse operators can impl

People who operate airplanes, locomotives, trucks and buses would still be in violation of Department of Transportation rules against drug use if they use marijuana, despite a reported shift by federa

For the sixth consecutive month, the closely watched Conference Board Leading Economic Index increased in September.

Japan's trade surplus expanded nearly six-fold in September from a year earlier to the highest level in 18 months, according to preliminary figures released by the Finance Ministry on Thursday.

Major infrastructure development is at a standstill in Southern California and other regions because planners are not leveraging the economic, environmental and community benefits of an efficient good

Exports of steel from the United States increased in August by 13.1 percent over July, according to a report from the American Institute for International Steel.

DB Schenker won a three year contract to set up and execute a European distribution network for Systagenix Wound Management, formerly the Professional Wound Care Business of Ethicon, a Johnson & J

AMB Property Corporation boosted third quarter net income 120 percent to $76.5 million compared with third quarter a year ago, strengthening the balance sheet by reducing costs.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a case that should clarify what laws apply when international shipments are damaged in transit within the United States.

Through cost cutting and a pair of key acquisitions, non-asset based third party logistics company C.H.

Kuehne & Nagel expects air and ocean freight volumes to rise in the fourth quarter, even as it reported a 10 percent drop in third quarter earnings.

Kuehne + Nagel will plan, implement and manage the future logistics locations in Europe for global construction technology provider Hilti.

The top Republican on the Senate’s Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee predicts truckers, manufacturers and other key industry groups will push for a higher federal fuel tax, with annual in

As debate rages on Capitol Hill over how to raise $500 billion or more to bring surface transportation infrastructure up to par, Mary E.

Congress wants more government regulatory agencies to be involved in the importing process, a move that could place a special burden on customs brokers.

The United States is not likely to see large-scale privatization of transportation infrastructure like the deals states struck with private-sector investors just three or four years ago, but anyone wh

Federal regulators have a message for freight shippers or others who want to put a big complaint on rail issues before the Surface Transportation Board: Those commissioners will now want to hear the a

Industrial production grew 0.7 percent in September and expanded on an annual basis in the third quarter for the first time in more than a year, the Federal Reserve reported Friday.

The economy is stabilizing but will take time to adjust to a "less spendthrift" consumer, and a rebound in U.S.

Global logistics provider Agility will open U.S.

Descartes joined SAP's Industry Value Network for Travel & Logistics Services, an interactive community of independent technology vendors, systems integrators and customers working together to ide

Membership is growing in a worldwide organization dedicated to stopping cargo crime.

Customs and Border Protection and the Treasury Department would like to end a duty drawback practice the agencies claim allows goods subject to federal excise tax to enter U.S.

Freight transportation was on the upswing through the summer, as indicated by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s closely watched Transportation Services Index.

The Coast Guard is giving interested parties an additional three weeks to comment on proposed standards for foreign organisms in ships’ ballast water.

Striking postal workers disrupted service at many units of the UK’s Royal Mail in London on Wednesday. More local action is planned at the London Airmail Unit for Thursday, Oct. 15.

Definitions of terms used in buyer-seller contracts involving the transfer of goods are on track for revision by 2011, the U.S.

FreightScan, a logistics technology provider, promoted Patrick Klacka from senior software engineer to a new position as the director of system engineering for the company.

Net profit for state-owned Container Corporation of India fell 9 percent to $44 million during the second quarter of fiscal 2009-10 ending Sept. 30, despite a modest increase in overall revenue.

Retail sales in the United States fell 1.5 percent in September from the month before as the end of the popular "cash for clunkers" auto sales stimulus program pushed consumer spending

Surface transportation should show modest growth through 2010 and then take off strongly in 2011 with double-digit growth in volume, a Schneider Logistics executive said Tuesday.

A key part of a busy truck route in Ohio is going to get a makeover, years ahead of schedule, thanks to the federal stimulus program.

The Toll Group, Asia’s largest third party logistics provider, acquired Footwork Express, one of Japan’s top ten logistics companies, pending regulatory approval.

Customs and Border Protection’s advanced computer system for processing documentation is taking longer to develop and will cost more than anticipated, but completing development of the Automated

Deliveries of steel to the marketplace will shrink 8.6 percent worldwide to 1.1 billion metric tons by the end of the year, according to the Brussels-based World Steel Association.

Agility, TNT and UPS are contributing expertise and facilities in a massive international response to flooding in the Philippines and an earthquake in Indonesia.

Payments by the Department of Transportation to states for infrastructure stimulus projects reached $3.652 billion as of Sept. 30, the administration said.

Logistics provider Dachser launched Oct. 1 a national presence in Romania with three branch offices in the cities of Arad, Brasov and Bucharest.

Trade disputes with China and Mexico could define the future course of relations with key trading partners during the Obama administration, customs brokers were told at the weekend.