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Finnish crane-maker Kalmar, which supplies cargo-handling equipment for marine terminals around the world, has found a new market in the United States.

The Environmental Protection Agency on March 30 proposed creation of an emissions control area that would require ships to burn cleaner fuels within 230 miles (200 nautical miles) of U.S.

Transite, a transportation management technology company, launched a service which aggregates the best rates from numerous 3PLs.

The American Lung Association is encouraging the United States to establish an offshore emission control area to reduce air pollution from vessels operating in U.S. waters.

Beginning April 1, the Chinese government will increase tax rebate rates on selected exports.

Drivers in cross-border operations to Mexico and along the U.S.

The Department of Transportation should have legislation drafted to allow Mexican trucks to operate in the United States by the time President Obama visits Mexico on April 16 and 17, according to a de

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A number of short-sea shipping advocates believe an exemption to the Harbor Maintenance Tax would go a long way toward achieving parity in costs with truck or rail transport.

Rather than wringing their hands over slumping sales and mounting inventories, a number of retail importers are moving to wring every extra penny out of their supply chain costs.

When President Obama reached into the labor ranks to choose the next chief of the Federal Railroad Administration, he handed the job of top rail safety regulator to someone who has spent years pursuin

Transportation labor applauded President Obama’s choice of Randy Babbitt, former chief of the Air Line Pilots Association, to be the next Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.

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NYK Logistics (Americas) named James Armstrong to the position of senior vice president and general manager of the company's Warehouse Division.

The American Association of Exporters and Importers is looking for a sharper pencil in the federal regulatory process.

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The Coast Guard is taking the first step in defining how facilities should use electronic readers for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential.

Karen J. Rae takes office March 30 as deputy administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, the first appointee by President Obama to move into the agency.

The owner of a Norwegian tanker hijacked off Somalia's coast says there has been no recent word from the ship.

Maersk Logistics said it is teaming up with Frankfurt, Germany-based investment advisor First Climate in a partnership that offers a portfolio of environmental services to Maersk Logistics clients.

The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development is slashing its 2009 forecast to show economies in the 30-nation bloc will shrink a combined 4.2 percent, General Secretary Angel Gurria anno

Small trucking companies are calling on the Obama Administration to suspend plans to establish another cross-border trucking program with Mexico until Mexico meets U.S.

President Obama formally tendered the nominations of Joseph C. Szabo as administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, and Linda A. Puchala to serve on the National Mediation Board.

The Environmental Protection Agency has not met its objectives in ridding ports of polluted air, according to the agency’s inspector general.

The Indianapolis-based regional Indiana Rail Road wants the Surface Transportation Board quickly to approve its plan to build a 5.2-mile link to a large new coal mine.

China's trade surplus will continue to decline despite the Chinese government's various initiatives to bolster its exports, the chairman of global management consulting firm A.T.

UTi Worldwide Inc., an international, non-asset-based supplier of supply chain services and technology, lost $89.8 million during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, ending January 31.

A Chinese subsidiary of Hankyu Express International, a major Japanese air- and sea-freight forwarder, established a branch office in Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang province in east China.

The federal government is providing millions of dollars in stimulus funding for transportation projects that create jobs and reduce pollution, but applicants must move quickly in order to qualify for

Descartes Systems Group, which provides on-demand logistics software-as-a-service, unveiled its latest generation of solutions at its Global User Group Conference in Atlanta, Ga., which runs from Marc

The United States Postal Service faces losses of historic proportion, said Postmaster General John Potter in testimony March 25 before a House panel.

U.S. housing starts, a statistic closely monitored by transportation interests, increased in February after a long string of monthly declines.

As chair of the full Environment and Public Works Committee, Senator Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., opened a hearing March 25 on the need for transportation investment in relation to the next highway, trans

The Transportation Security Administration’s known shipper program does not provide the security intended, according to a report by the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General.

The Journal of Commerce erroneously reported on its Web site last week that Descartes Systems Group reported a profit in the fourth quarter thanks to a tax benefit.

Japan's exports and imports both shrank at their fastest paces on record in February amid the deepening global economic downturn, according to preliminary figures released by the Finance Ministry on W

The Senate on March 24 confirmed Gary Locke as commerce secretary.

New orders for manufactured durable goods perked up in February for the first time since August, 2008.

AMB Property, one of the world's largest logistics facilities developers, said Tuesday the global economic downturn is cutting into its business at a rate of 3 to 4.5 percent but the declining busines

Freight forwarder Geodis Wilson is using Descartes customs filing and compliance services to standardize its global customs filing process.