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A key member of the House of Representatives is putting pressure on Congress and the Obama administration to speed the next surface transportation bill into law.

For 30 nations active in global trade, consumer prices increased in April by a smaller percentage than in the previous month.

Brown Shoe Company on Thursday opened a 350,000 square foot Famous Footwear Distribution Center, which will be able to accommodate 32 million pairs of shoes a year.

Weak freight and logistics volume, currency fluctuations, and the company's exit from some businesses slashed UTi Worldwide’s revenue 35 percent to $768.4 million in the first fiscal quarter, en

The Census Bureau revised downward its earlier estimate of the decline in durable goods shipments in April.

The Highway Trust Fund will be emptied as soon as August unless it receives as much as $7 billion from Congress, a key senator says.

The Taipei-based American Chamber of Commerce said yesterday that Taiwan should sign the proposed economic cooperation framework agreement with China to ensure the competitiveness of Taiwan's products

Economic recovery will occur when consumer spending turns around, unemployment bottoms out and the business inventory-to-sales ratio improves, but that will take awhile, according to the chief economi

Mexican truckers, frustrated with the pace of efforts to reestablish a cross-border trucking program in Washington, are seeking $6 billion in damages from the United States.

Vietnam will cut import tariffs by an average of roughly 2 percent on many types of goods between now and the end of 2009 in order to comply with the government's commitments to the World Trade Organi

Menlo Worldwide Logistics, the global logistics subsidiary of Con-way, will handle inbound transportation, warehousing and outbound transportation management for U.S.-made products in Europe for Maque

China's Ministry of Commerce began an anti-dumping investigation into grain-oriented flat-rolled electrical steel imported from the United States and Russia.

The Cass index of U.S. domestic shipping edged up 4 percent in May from the month before, providing new evidence the decline in the freight transportation economy is leveling off.

General Motors will close three parts and warehousing centers as the automaker begins to restructure logistics operations as part of its government-led reorganization, the company announced on the hee

On May 28, a group of 55 legislators made up of members from the Populist and Progressive caucuses, the House Trade Working Group, and others sent a letter (

Customs and Border Protection should delay implementation of the Importer Security Filing rule until the World Customs Organization has had time to review its compatibility with the SAFE Framework sec

Key Democratic senators have an agreement on a “robust” package of legislation to remove antitrust exemptions now enjoyed by freight railroads and reform the Surface Transportation Board t

The Institute of Supply Management's Manufacturing Index pushed up 2.7 percentage points in May, the fifth straight monthly improvement in a closely-watched report that showed growing signs that

In an effort to accelerate India's recovery from the global recession, the newly elected United Progress Alliance government in New Delhi will attempt to sign free-trade agreements with both South Kor

U.S. exporters looking to recover from the drubbing delivered by the global recession may find relief in China’s massive $585 billion economic stimulus program.

Pointing to a blizzard of faxes and e-mails from airlines promising special pricing, Gloria Whittington said, “When an airline offers free pizza for every five shipments tendered, you know air freight

A warning to any importers expecting the Obama administration to issue a last-minute reprieve from the regulations known as “10+2”: It’s not going to happen.

NYK Logistics Americas said today it has opened its newest reverse Logistics facility in Spartanburg, S.C. to handle returns of merchandise from retail customers in the area.

Material handling technology specialist Intelligrated acquired rival FKI Logistex Group for $40 million.

Retail sales fell and unemployment increased in Japan in April. In Europe, the pace of the declining economy grew even faster in May.

President Obama picked an infrastructure coalition leader with top Senate staff experience and a work history that includes major port areas to become the Department of Transportation’s assistan

The United States and the five member states of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) have decided to negotiate a bilateral investment and trade cooperation agreement instead of the more comprehen

Real gross domestic product decreased at an annual rate of 5.7 percent in the first quarter, according to preliminary estimates released Friday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

The Federal Railroad Administration awarded $15 million to nine states for emergency repairs to damaged railroad infrastructure resulting from natural disasters.

Trade among North American Free Trade Agreement partners using surface transportation fell for the sixth consecutive month in March.

Revenue rose 7 percent for Descartes Systems Group to $17.4 million during the first quarter of fiscal 2010, ending April 30.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke said Wednesday that the U.S. government will help American companies sell their products to China in order to reduce America's trade deficit with the country.

The Japanese government released an annual report on what it deems unfair practices by trading partners, including the controversial "Buy American" clause and 35 other policies and measures

Shipments of manufactured durable goods declined for the ninth consecutive month in April, decreasing $0.3 billion or 0.2 percent to $174.2 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Thursday.

Third party logistics provider Kenco Logistic Services announced the executive promotions of Andy Park to senior vice president, operations and Dean Arnold to senior vice president, public operations.

U.S. imports of steel declined by 21 percent in April, compared with March, based on preliminary data released Wednesday by the Department of Commerce's Census Bureau.

The California Air Resources Board is releasing about $90 million in state bond money for the state's goods movement emission reduction program, including the clean-trucks programs at the ports of Los

Shippers and carriers will have the opportunity this fall to discuss the economic effects of the elimination of the European conference system, according the Federal Maritime Commission.

In a report to the World Trade Organization's General Council, WTO director-general Pascal Lamy applauded recent efforts to revive the Doha Round of multilateral trade talks.

Japan's overall exports fell for the seventh consecutive month in April on a year-on-year basis, tumbling 39.1 percent to $44 billion, according to preliminary figures released by the Finance Ministry