Supply chain

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.

Shell companies in an offshore location. Benefits in the form of corporate tax deferrals. Distributions to owners of closely held private corporations.

A former top rail regulatory lawyer is asking the Surface Transportation Board to review its December decision allowing Canadian National Railway to acquire a suburban Chicago short line.

The House was supposed to treat the Surface Transportation Extension Act as noncontroversial, low-key legislation that could pass on a voice vote. When the bill came up on Sept.

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke isn’t wasting time in scraping the crust off what many see as antiquated export controls.

Logistics firm Express-1 Expedited Solutions acquired air and ocean freight forwarder LRG International and will run it as part of the company’s Concert Group Logistics unit.

A trade association lobbyist is not going quietly from a seat on a government advisory committee the Obama administration is asking him to leave.

The U.S. goods and services deficit fell from $31.9 billion in July to $30.7 billion in August, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S.

The recovery may be sharper and quicker than expected, but FedEx’s chief economist believes consumer wariness could blunt it within a few quarters.

An investment partnership is acquiring Livingston International, a leading customs broker and transportation and logistics provider in Canada and the United States.

In a sign that the recovery is taking hold among consumers, retailers reported the first gain in sales in 14 months in September.

If you’ve got a big complaint on rail issues to put before the Surface Transportation Board, federal regulators will now want to hear your argument, up close and personal.

The agency that regulates trucking safety plans to offer carriers access to an electronic database of drivers’ inspection and accident records starting in December.

The Department of Transportation is renewing efforts to ensure the safe transport of lithium batteries.

The top Republican on the Senate’s Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee predicted that truckers, manufacturers and other key industry groups will push for a higher federal motor fuels

Supply chain and logistics services provider Avram Worldwide opened its headquarters in Greenwood, Ind., where it will invest $885,000 to lease and equip an existing 20,000 square-foot facility in Joh

WIL Lines, a South Florida-based forwarder, increased shipments in the third quarter by exporting products to Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

The National Retail Federation on Tuesday forecast holiday retail industry sales will decline 1 percent this year to $437.6 billion.

Japan's Hitachi Transport System agreed to acquire a 51 percent stake in U.S. logistics service provider J.P. Holding Company.

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association supports a ban on cell-phone texting while driving, but wants better enforcement of existing laws on inattentive or negligent driving by all motorist

ATC Logistics & Electronics, a subsidiary of ATC Technology Corporation, added Amy Knoth as a business development director.

Momentum Logistics, a subsidiary of international port management company, Gulftainer, signed a contract to provide dedicated warehouse space and other logistics services to United Arab Shipping Compa

As the world economy works toward recovery, prospects for freight transportation in and through Malaysia are improving, according to a report from Business Monitor International.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is coming under as much fire in the Senate as the woman nominated as the next FMCSA administrator.

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A major overhaul of federal surface transportation programs may be months away, but interest groups and lawmakers are already wrestling over who will pay, and how.

On Sept. 23, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman James L. Oberstar, D-Minn., introduced legislation to extend the current highway program for three months.

Even in a survey baring a chasm between shippers and logistics providers over what third-party providers can do in this economic downturn, the comment from one Fortune 500 shipper was especially blunt

The Senate Finance Committee belatedly kicked its miscellaneous tariff bill into gear, and is making up for lost time.