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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

World trade could stabilize this year, and industrialized countries could begin to register growth, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman said Monday at a meeting in Abu Dhabi, capital of the Uni

Battered by lower energy prices and weakening demand for industrial products, Russia's GDP contracted by 10.5 percent in April, compared with a year earlier, Deputy Economy Minister Andrei Klepach sai

Consumer confidence improved two months in a row and in May rose to its highest level in eight months, according to researchers at the Conference Board.

The global economy may be moving in reverse but vendors of software that automates trade compliance processes are rolling out new products and services into what they call an expanding market.

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee is out of the gate in the highway spending debate with a plan that would redirect federal transportation policy.

The Obama administration’s fiscal 2010 budget proposal includes more than $250 million in transportation spending cuts, but lawmakers and interest groups won’t let the programs go without a fight.

The global financial crisis has put the brakes on merger and acquisition activity in the global transportation and logistics sector, according to a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Net profit for Transport Corp. of India fell 28 percent to $2.4 million in the January-March quarter of fiscal 2008-09 ended March 31.

Recovery Act spending launched 545 highway and transit projects worth $2.1 billion by the end of April, the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee said, which was about twice the level at

A group of four small western European countries is seeking a free-trade agreement with Russia and other eastern European nations.

States would be effectively barred from launching their own port access identification card programs by an amendment to the $7.6 billion Transportation Security Administration 2010 budget authorizatio

Take a deep breath of that Spring air. It’s a lot cleaner than it was last year.

Airlines and labor unions alike are hoping new Federal Aviation Administrator Randy Babbitt can bring new energy to an agency that has been losing altitude.

The contraction in the global economy seems to be slowing, said Angel Gurria, head of the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation, in a speech May 22.

The public-private partnership concept could be dealt a blow if Congress approves a bill filed Thursday that would prohibit states, private ventures, or public-private combinations from imposing tolls

The Surface Transportation Board is the best small agency to work for in the federal government according to the Partnership for Public Service and American University's Institute for the Study of Pub

In a burst of sudden activity before lawmakers head out of town for a Memorial Day recess, the Senate filled several important transportation posts for the Obama administration.

An early indicator of the direction of the general economy gave its first positive sign in seven months as the Conference Board Leading Economic Index for the U.S. increased 1 percent in April.

“As of this week, we’ve made nearly $13 billion available” in Recovery Act funds for infrastructure projects around the country, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said.

The Obama administration does not favor raising the federal tax on motor vehicle fuels as a way to bolster highway spending accounts, said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

Texas Governor Rick Perry signed legislation that will permanently allow trucks to transport overweight freight between the Port of Brownsville and Mexico.

June could be a key time for Congress to act on rail antitrust legislation and perhaps on changes in how economic regulations enforce competition among carriers, said a top official for an activist ra

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee voted to send to the full Senate for confirmation the president’s nominees for deputy transportation secretary and head of the Federal A

House members, fed up with Defense Department unwillingness to put military personnel on U.S.

World trade volume during the first quarter of 2009 fell 11.3 percent below the fourth quarter of 2008, according to an independent research institute.

Powerwave Technologies, which provides wireless coverage and capacity for wireless communications networks, awarded a contract for worldwide forwarding services to CEVA Logistics.

A bill to strip railroads of a limited antitrust immunity could move to the Senate floor for a vote soon after Congress returns from its upcoming Memorial Day recess.

New House legislation would more than triple the Harbor Maintenance Tax to create a fund to enhance goods movement within 40 miles of a U.S. port.

Fear is growing that governments around the world will take measures to restrict trade in agricultural products, some farm industry executives and analysts told the World Agricultural Forum in Saint L