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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

The Federal Maritime Commission will discuss four disputes among shippers and carriers during its meeting April 8, the commission announced.

The Obama administration is moving quickly to head off a trade war with Mexico over allowing Mexican truckers access to the United States.

The Surface Transportation Board may be on a path toward big changes in the way it oversees railroad rates and service.

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association wants a federal court to rule on the legality of the Bush administration’s crossborder trucking project with Mexico.

The United States is committed to concluding the long-delayed Doha Round of world trade talks, said Pascal Lamy, director-general of the World Trade Organization.

The National Association of Manufacturers this week joined a rally on Capitol Hill to urge Congress to make changes in the Consumer Product Safety Commission Improvement Act.

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Revenue for third-party logistics providers dropped by 6.7 percent during the first quarter of 2009 compared with the first quarter of last year, according to a survey by Armstrong & Associates.

Stimulus spending by the Canadian federal government is hurrying along the upgrading of the Canadian half of the second busiest Canada-United States commercial border crossing.

Discussions among congressional staff, rail customers and railroads to craft new competition rules for that industry “are moving along nicely,” said Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va.

Victor M. Mendez, who directed the Arizona Department of Transportation under two governors, is President Obama’s choice to head the Federal Highway Administration.

Global freight forwarder MOL Logistics selected Descartes' Global Logistics Network to help it comply with the United States Customs and Border Protection's new Importer Security Filing "10+2&quo

Meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 economic crisis in London, President Barack Obama told South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday that he wants to make progress in completing the long-delay

The Southern Shrimp Alliance gave a mixed review to the decision of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, effective April 1, to terminate its enhanced bonding requirement on all shrimp imports.

Oil prices lower than $75 a barrel discourage producers from investing in the large-scale projects that ensure an adequate future supply, said OPEC members and industry executives attending a Paris co

A key measure of industrial shipping in the United States showed shipments declined 22 percent in March from the same month a year ago, suggesting retailers and manufacturers were retrenching still mo

European Union transport ministers backed an "open skies" aviation pact with Canada that will deregulate cargo and passenger services across the Atlantic.

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Manhattan Associates said its licensing revenue from supply chain management software tumbled an estimated 75 percent in the first quarter.

New orders for manufactured durable goods increased in February for the first time in six months, according to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau on April 2.

The union representing train engineers is flatly opposing a proposed law to strip the big freight rail lines of their limited antitrust immunity, and urging key lawmakers to meet with shippers and car

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland is expected to sign a bill April 1 that would raise the state speed limit for trucks on state highways from 55 mph to 65 mph.

Oklahoma State University is taking alternative fuels back to school.

Workers in Alabama — including transportation workers — may soon be able to bring guns to work, as long as they store them in locked vehicles.

Representatives of large trucking companies and small independent operators are shifting into high gear in the battle over truck size and weight limits on Capitol Hill.

London -- The International Chamber of Commerce urged the leaders of the G-20 countries to take steps to restore trade finance to normal levels following a collapse amid the deepening global financial

The Superior Court of Washington for King County ruled FedEx Ground pick up and delivery drivers are independent contractors and not legally full-time employees.

Scores of airport runway projects estimated at nearly $1 billion have received initial clearance by the Federal Aviation Administration so local officials can put their construction plans out to bid.<

Schenker Deutschland appointed Dr. Michael Kluger member of the management board for contract logistics.