Supply chain

It’s the economy. That’s what jumps out from the numbers and analysis in the latest edition of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ State of Logistics Report.

The U.S.

More than 60 percent of shippers, carriers and vendors in the third-party logistics provider business said they believed that the overall health of their businesses would be “better or much better” fr

It’s not part of the stimulus money coursing from federal coffers through state highway budgets, but a Department of Transportation program just sent $5.2 million to 14 states to help pay for innovati

Canadian trade officials would like to discuss with U.S. counterparts an agreement that would enable U.S.

Strong words between the chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and a senior Republican Thursday morning brought into sharp relief two legislative strategies for a new six-year

Two of the nation's largest retail trade groups said yesterday that they have closed merger talks.

Most of the world's leading exporting countries fail to fully enforce a ban on foreign bribery, according to a new report prepared by Transparency International.

A.P. Moller-Maersk is selling some of the trucking services provided by its European ferry subsidiary Norfolkline Logistics to DSV, Scandinavia’s largest trucking and logistic group.

Trade ministers of eleven export-oriented World Trade Organization members called for vigilance against protectionism, and said that other WTO members should conclude the long-delayed Doha Round of mu

Getting a new multi-year, federal transportation spending program approved by Congress quickly is a key to the health of the factory sector, says the head of the National Association of Manufacturers.

President Obama plans to nominate aviation safety expert Christopher A. Hart to be a member of the National Transportation Safety Board.

The U.S.

The Department of Transportation said it released another $140 million this week for construction projects, but it was regular grants rather than Recovery Act funds.

U.S. and European trade officials rejected Russian accusations blaming the U.S. and EU for the collapse of Russia’s unilateral bid to join the World Trade Organization.

Clean diesel technologies in engines manufactured beginning in 2007 not only reduced certain emissions by 90 percent compared to 2004 models, but far exceeded expectations in their performance in clea

Descartes Systems Group, a global software-as-a-service logistics solutions provider, will help United Arab Emirates-based Etihad Crystal Cargo comply with Cargo 2000 business processes.

The European Commission may push for an alternative cargo liability regime for European Union members after finding the Rotterdam Rules to be inconsistent with wider EU transportation policy, the Euro

The economic slowdown in the 30 member nations in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development is bottoming out, but the recovery is likely to be weak and fragile, according to the OECD'

Steel imports in May totaled $1.122 billion, down from April imports of $1.344 billion, said the U.S. Census Bureau in a preliminary report.

Japan's overall exports fell for the eighth consecutive month in May on a year-on-year basis, tumbling 40.9 percent to about $42.28 billion, according to preliminary figures released by the Finance Mi

China's ministry of commerce defended its export policies Wednesday against United States and European Union charges that its restraints on exports are violating World Trade Organization rules.

Bankrupt retailer Eddie Bauer owes Expeditors International of Washington $700,000, making the forwarder one of the largest creditors in the clothing company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.

Shipments of manufactured durable goods declined for the tenth consecutive month in May, deepening what was already the longest streak of decreases on record at the U.S. Census Bureau.

CargoSmart Limited, which provides on-demand shipping and logistics software, announced today the availability of its product for compliance with the Importer Security Filing rule, also known as &quot

Two key senators, who chair committees important to transportation infrastructure, urged the Senate to set aside at least $50 million for rail safety technology grants.

Frank Vargo, vice president for international economic affairs at the National Association of Manufacturers, expressed strong support for the Obama administration’s complaints against China in a

In parallel moves, the U.S. and the EU announced that they are taking a harder line on China’s attempts to restrain exports of key materials.

Charging that excessive speculation is driving up diesel fuel prices, the American Trucking Associations asked Congress to place new controls on energy futures markets.

Evergreen Marine and Neptune Orient Lines are denying charges by prosecutors in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, that their employees were involved in falsifying data on cargo volumes passing through the port in or

U.S.-India trade could increase eight-fold over the next decade, given the right conditions, according to a new report by the Confederation of India Industry, entitled 'India-U.S.

In the wake of the global economic recession, the Paris-based Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development said today that is intensifying its efforts to enforce the OECD Anti-Bribery Conventi

The world's major economies will continue to contract throughout 2009, said Angel Gurria, head of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, on Monday.

The trucking and port industries praised the draft surface transportation or highway bill unveiled by Rep. James L. Oberstar, D-Minn., June 18, lauding provisions on federal reform and freight.

Shipments of personal computers, hit by a steep decline in shipping by onetime industry leader Dell, fell 8.1 percent worldwide in the first quarter, according to a report released Friday.

TNT on Thursday opened a regional road hub in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.

Summit Logistics International, parent company of Sea Master, is re-branding its Asia-based supply chain management operations under the name Summit International Logistics (China), Limited, and Summi

The transportation industry this week began operating under new federal regulations covering the safety of intermodal equipment, and in all modes of transport people agree much work still needs to be

U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Importer Security Filing rule will impose an annual cost of more than $20 billion on the U.S. economy, according to a study by a manufacturers’ group.

Leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee vowed June 18 to push forward with a new surface transportation bill despite a call from the Obama administration to put the proce