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The Coast Guard will host a public meeting May 6 to receive comments on proposed rules about the use of electronic readers for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential.

With its contract negotiations on hold and a civil racketeering lawsuit moving slowly, the International Longshoremen’s Association is wrestling with another problem -- a financial crisis that has roi

Some believe the housing sector that led the world into the economic slump may help lead the economy to recovery.

America’s freight sector is getting stimulated.

It’s tough for George Adams, president of SA Recycling in Anaheim, Calif., to see much good about the global trading economy when scrap steel exports are down 30 percent this year.

If you're a U.S. exporter, odds are you aren't covered by trade credit insurance. In this age of insolvency, it's a risk that could come back to haunt you.

President Obama picked a Maryland official with two tours of experience running that state’s multi-modal transportation department for the second-highest job at the U.S.

The Port of Anchorage in Alaska received $10 million from the Department of Defense for infrastructure improvements, the U.S. Maritime Administration said April 10.

The General Services Administration and Customs and Border Protection plan to spend $720 million on infrastructure improvements along the U.S. border.

Ports and transit systems have each been allocated $388.6 million for security grants out of a total of $970 million for preparedness grants announced Thursday by the Department of Homeland.

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The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has proposed new rule to allow the import of handmade or rustic goods made in China.

The Federal Maritime Commission dismissed three cases filed against the Puerto Rico Ports Authority.

In a report issued April 9, Coface, the Paris-based provider of credit insurance and business information, downgraded 28 countries and placed 19 countries on negative watch because of their vulnerabil

U.S. manufacturers and steelworkers filed anti-dumping and countervailing duty petitions against certain imports from China.

The Commerce Department said Thursday that the U.S. trade deficit dropped by 28.3 percent in February to $25.97 billion, the smallest monthly deficit since November 1999.

Continuing to fill out his roster of administrators for transportation agencies, President Obama said he will nominate Peter M. Rogoff to head the Federal Transit Administration and Charles A.

A University of California business professor predicted that the U.S.

April 14 is the deadline for Transportation Worker Identification Credential compliance at the ports of Freeport, Galveston, Texas City, Houston, Port Arthur, Beaumont and Orange, Texas and Lake Charl

Freight transportation picked up in February in the largest one-month rise since a year ago, marking a recovery from the lowest level in more than five years in January.

Wholesale inventories dropped 1.5 percent in February, the sharpest fall since the U.S. Commerce Department started keeping records on the current basis in 1992.

International express carrier TNT said steep declines in volume for its premium transport business stabilized during the first quarter and improved somewhat at the end of March.

An ad hoc coalition of 140 manufacturing, food and agricultural organizations sent a letter to President Obama urging him to quickly resolve the cross-border trucking dispute with Mexico.

The World Bank, the European Commission, Britain, and the African Development Bank pledged $1.2 billion to upgrade infrastructure and improve trade in eastern and southern Africa at a conference on th

OTTAWA — Canada is disputing the 10 percent duty slapped on some United States imports of Canadian lumber, said Trade Minister Stockwell Day only hours after the decision April 7.

OTTAWA — Canada gave the automobile companies General Motors and Chrysler, and suppliers to them, some further financial assistance April 7, and said the country must face the possible bankruptc

As he settles in as the new head of the Surface Transportation Board, the changes that Francis P. Mulvey brings may be more of emphasis than direction.

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services renewed and expanded upon its agreement with GT Nexus.

The Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations could be concluded within eight months after concluding preliminary agreements on industrial tariffs and agriculture subsidies, World Trade Organizati

U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas J.

London -- Germany's Deutsche Post emerged as a potential bidder for a stake in Royal Mail, boosting the UK government's attempt to partially privatize the state-owned postal company.

Deutsche Bank and INTTRA announced April 6 that they have launched a partnership to drive new efficiencies and cost savings in the $260 billion ocean container shipping industry.

Enterprise software giant Oracle, looking for more business from shippers and logistics providers, released the latest version of its Transportation Management software, known as version 6.0.

A Detroit congresswoman has proposed cutting off federal funding for a bi-national group that wants to build a new bridge across the Detroit River.

When the Environmental Protection Agency last week declared an offshore zone to control air pollution from ocean shipping, it was one of those rare occasions when everyone from the American Lung Assoc

The U.S. and Canada will take another look at stationing customs officers in each other’s country to clear goods before they arrive at the border.

Canada’s West Coast made the country’s first bow to the United States’ new Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative.

Illinois is paving a road to economic recovery, one pothole, street and bridge at a time.

Led by British Business Secretary Lord Mandelson, representatives from 23 British companies made a one-day trip to Baghdad and Basra, Iraq on Monday.

The 27-nation European Union should further liberalize its service sector and further deregulate trade in agriculture to contribute to achieving a robust recovery and sustained growth, the World Trade