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The Highway Trust Fund is likely to run dry this summer unless the president and Congress provide an infusion of money, according to the president of the American Association of State Highway and Tran

TradeBeam, which provides on-demand global trade management software, launched the Duty Rate Calculator, which enables businesses to quickly obtain current, general and preferential, as well as future

Ringnes, Norway's largest brewery, today announced that the company is using RFID technology supplied by IBM to achieve greater visibility into its logistics operations, and improve service to Norwegi

Air Canada in December extended its existing contracts for two Unisys air cargo solutions.

Nestlé selected GT Nexus to provide a central online hub to streamline ocean freight procurement negotiation and contracting processes.

Transportation Secretary Raymond LaHood, looking to quiet a furor over a cross-border trucking program that threatens to grow into a full trade war, said Tuesday he plans to create a new version of th

The Federal Maritime Commission will consider two landlord-tenant disputes involving the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey when it meets on March 25.

London -- DSV, Scandinavia's biggest trucking and logistics company, reported 2008 net profit gained 15 percent from a year ago on strong growth in ocean and air freight volumes and a one off gain on

Three of PepsiCo’s business units informed customers they will eliminate wooden pallets from their supply chain in favor of plastic pallets from Intelligent Global Pooling Systems.

With several acquisitions during the year, Agility, formerly PWC Logistics, boosted annual revenue from $5.9 billion in 2007 to $6.8 billion in 2008.

Tom Behrens-Sørensen, group executive vice president, will step down as Chairman of Maersk China after 14 years and leave the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group.

MOL said today that its car carrier Jasmine Ace was fired on by pirates in two high-speed boats about 480 miles east of Somalia around at 4:10 p.m. local time on Sunday afternoon.

The deadline for all truck drivers entering terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey to have TWIC cards is Monday, March 23, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said in an urgent rem

Third-party logistics providers thrived as the economy stalled last year, but will have a tough time making money in the coming year as the recession settles in and trade retreats.

Federal officials rushing to roll out the Transportation Worker Identification Credential are getting some help from an unexpected quarter — the recession.

The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee wants to carve out major new funding this year to attack a number of congestion chokepoints around the nation.

Giving up on the American Dream could turn out to be one of Frank Appel’s smartest moves.

Congress finally killed a program allowing U.S.

Great Lakes shipping interests have an urgent suggestion for Obama Administration stimulus spending — if you want to support American-made steel in infrastructur

New stimulus spending by the Canadian federal government is hurrying along the upgrading of the Canadian half of the Blue Water Bridge, the second busiest Canada-United States commercial border crossi

Newport, Rhode Island -- The proliferation of government regulations on both imports and exports in recent years is prompting a leading regional U.S.

In a major victory for the harbor trucking industry, the U.S.

OD Global, a division of less-than-truckload carrier Old Dominion Freight Line, expanded its trade management service to incorporate new Importer Security Filing requirements, known as U.S.

Leading German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp announced Thursday that it is cutting jobs and reorganizing to cut costs because the economy "has deteriorated in recent weeks with even greater speed and s

Expeditors International, in a new signal of a weakening demand in the global economy, says declines in ocean and air freight volume accelerated in January as a growing spot pricing market expanded ar

The economies of thirty nations are expected to shrink in 2009, according the head of an international group focused on sustainable economic growth.

President Obama said he plans to nominate Robert S.

The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) warned March 19 of the damage that could result from the announcement that the government of Mexico will impose tariffs on U.S.

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The Maritime Administration awarded a contract to Earl Industries, of Portsmouth, Va. to provide layberth services for three of the agency’s Ready Reserve Force vessels.

Satellite Logistics Group hired Geoffrey McRoberts in its supply-chain process and solution design group as a process consultant.

The Greenbrier Hotel filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections, and said it has a deal under which Marriott will buy the resort owned by railroad operator CSX Corp.

Women’s fashion retailer Charming Shoppes will slash its inventory as it eliminates stores and overhauls its supply chain to cut costs.

London – France’s main seaports are at a standstill and rail freight is being severely disrupted as thousands of longshoremen and rail workers join a general strike to protest the governme

The government of China defended Thursday its decision to reject Coca-Cola's record offer of $2.4 billion for Huiyuan Juice Group.

The recession that began in December 2007 shows no signs of letting up in the near term, according to composite economic indexes compiled by business research group The Conference Board.

The Japan Fair Trade Commission fined 12 international freight forwarders a total of approximately $94.7 million for forming a cartel to raise air cargo charges.

President Obama said he wants Joseph C. Szabo, the state legislative director in Illinois for the United Transportation Union, to head the Federal Railroad Administration.

Class I railroads as a group cut 1,678 jobs by mid-January from a month earlier, as the recession deepened and freight traffic remained sharply below year-earlier levels.