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Japan posted its first trade deficit in 28 years in fiscal 2008, which ended on March 31, as the deep global economic downturn took its toll on exports from the world's second-biggest economy.

Despite exports and imports crashing and trade suffocated by a global credit crunch, one export-supporting business in Canada is booming --- the credit agency that finances and insures Canadian export

With a high-tech identification card now mandatory at all U.S. ports, you might think the Transportation Security Administration could take a bow for its labors.

U.S. Trade Representative Ronald Kirk told reporters Monday that progress is being made on pending free-trade deals between the United States and both Panama and Colombia.

The Coast Guard is preparing a new directive to provide guidance for vessels operating in pirate-infested waters off the coast of Somalia, Commandant Adm. Thad Allen said April 20.

Transportation intermediaries seeking to increase their revenue stream by expanding their menu of value-added services should be aware that they are taking on added liability as well.

The global economic recession took a huge toll on global production of crude steel in the month of March and the first quarter of 2009, according to the World Steel Association, which compiles data fr

The Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection will meet on May 6.

The International Ship and Port Facility Code is due for its five-year review, and will be a subject May 4 when the National Maritime Security Advisory Committee meets in Washington.

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Neptune Orient Lines today promoted Jim McAdam president of APL Logistics, which, along with the rest of the NOL Group, has been struggling to maintain growth in the global economic recession.

Leading indicators for the U.S. economy fell for the ninth consecutive month in March, according to a report April 20 from business researchers at the Conference Board.

London – Kuehne & Nagel is preparing further cost cutting measures as a “severe recession-related decline” in sea and air freight volumes resulted in a 17 percent fall in first q

If CREATE works out as planned, trains will be able to move through Chicago more quickly. But run-through trains will remain the exception, not the rule.

For freight operators serving the world’s automobile manufacturers, the big problem has been parking — too much business rolling into ports and not enough moving out.

A computer model in Chicago displays the city’s rail network, using different colors for different kinds of trains. During the day, main routes are almost solid yellow, signifying commuter trains.

Revenue for third-party logistics providers in the automotive world declined 37.5 percent in the first quarter of 2009 compared to the same quarter a year ago.

A railroad executive, opening a new line of opposition to efforts to tighten antitrust oversight of the industry, said Friday carriers could seek federal compensation if the plan undercuts deals th

OTTAWA ---- Canada Customs is bowing to favored importers and carriers, those certified to be of low-risk, and for them is not enforcing its long-stated policy of only clearing imports into Canada at

The Coast Guard’s systems to enhance its maritime domain awareness lack equipment that would provide warning against attacks by terrorists in small boats, according to a Government Accountabilit

Japan's Yusen Air & Sea Service said April 17 it is contesting a fine levied by the nation's anti-monopoly watchdog for its alleged role in a cartel to raise air cargo charges.

Net profit for Container Corp. of India fell 8 percent to $37.5 million in the January-March quarter ending its fiscal year. Revenue totaled $168 million, down from $179 million.

President Obama ended talks Thursday with Mexican President Felipe Calderon with a pledge to step up U.S. efforts against drug cartels, but no progress on the cross-border trucking issue.

OTTAWA — Canada Customs’ elite Customs Self Assessment program admitted Mexican goods, which now join goods from the United States in winning faster clearance into Canada at entry ports fo

Even Brazil, one of the top global performers over the past few years, has not been immune to the impact of the worldwide recession.

In a move to establish a leading position in the emerging markets of Asia, TNT opened an expanded and remodeled regional hub in Singapore.

A federal court has dealt the Federal Maritime Commission a serious blow in the commission’s efforts to assert its regulatory authority in the Los Angeles-Long Beach clean-trucks program.

Customs and Border Protection, acting on Canada’s violation of lumber quotas, began collecting a 10 percent tariff on softwood lumber from four provinces in Canada, the agency said.

American industrial output fell to its lowest level in a decade in March as capacity utilization hit a historic low.

With three new appointments, President Obama signaled his intent to fill out his emerging international trade team the same week he heads to Mexico amid a sensitive trade dispute.

Supply chain managers in North America, Europe and Asia by a wide margin worry that increasing trade protectionism could push the global recession into a global depression, according to a survey by BD

Yusen Air & Sea Service (India) established a new office at Bangalore airport to improve the quality of its local transportation services.

Imports of wind energy turbines and other components continued to grow in 2008, but that may change as investors and manufacturers build more plants in the U.S.

Twelve sections of a bridge to be delivered to and assembled in New York City were loaded at the Port of Tampa last week. Tampa Steel Erecting Co.

Since the mid-70’s, Saudi Arabia’s industrial city of Jubail has grown from a coastal village to the site of a multi-billion-dollar petrochemical complex.

Producer Prices Fell in March, especially for energy goods, according to a report April 14 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.

Supply chain management company CEVA Logistics joined Cargo 2000 with the help of Descartes Systems Group.

Retail sales for March fell 9.4 percent compared with a year ago, according to a report April 14 from the U.S. Census Bureau, as the recession took a big bite out of consumer spending.

Sunteck Transport Group, a non-asset 3PL, named Laura Diehl carrier relations manager.

President Obama, Vice President Biden and Transportation Secretary LaHood celebrated the release of funds for the 2,000th transportation project under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.