Supply chain

European logistics provider Geodis is expanding its network through the acquisition of two divisions of Giraud International.

Industrial real estate owner and developer AMB Property Corporation leased 250,000 square feet at its AMB Millcreek Distribution Centre in Toronto to a leading global transportation services and logis

Driven by a surge in gasoline prices, consumers paid more for most things in February, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.

The weakening economy reared its head in the latest data on trade between the United States, Canada and Mexico, showing year-over-year surface transportation growth of imports and exports in 2008 to b

Motiva Enterprises is delaying completion of a $7 billion expansion of its Port Arthur, Texas, refinery, according to the Houston Chronicle.

Japan and Peru will hold preparatory talks next week on concluding a free trade agreement between the two countries, the Japanese government announced on Wednesday.

Michelin, Savi Technology and Texas Instruments are joining other corporations and the federal government to form the DASH7 Alliance, a cross-industry initiative that will expand the use of wireless d

The Producer Price Index in the transportation and warehousing sector slowed to 0.5 percent in February from 0.8 percent in January.

London -- France's freight transport system faces paralysis on March 19 as longshoremen, railroad workers, truckers and air cargo handlers join a 24-hour general strike to protest against President Ni

CSX Transportation is putting four new genset yard locomotives into its Barr rail yard in Riverdale near Chicago, doubling its fleet of the low-emission power units.

Alaska Air Cargo is one of the first air carriers to implement a special training program for employees who handle perishables such as fresh Alaska seafood.

The American Society of Transportation and Logistics appointed Mark Holmes chairman. Holmes is vice president global integrated solutions for third party logistics company OHL.

Healthy growth prompted UK-based specialist container leasing company Cargostore International to acquire lease management software from Real Asset Management.

Schenker Vietnam on March 17 opened its flagship facility in Song Than Industrial Park I of Binh Duong Province, close to Ho Chi Minh City.

The Port of Corpus Christi will receive $8.25 million in economic stimulus funds from the Texas Transportation Commission, according to an announcement after a meeting with State Senator Juan “C

Platinum Cargo Logistics hired industry veteran Mike Ebhardt as director of operations.

GAC Logistics named Darren Ball as its dedicated regional projects logistics manager for the Middle East.

The United States is "missing the boat" when it comes to exporting manufactured products, according to Frank Vargo, vice president for international economic affairs at the National Associat

Representatives of three governments on March 13 signed a contract for the preliminary design of a bridge to smooth the flow of goods across the bay to and from Hong Kong.

NYK Logistics (Americas) appointed Timothy J. Nolan to the position of senior vice president and general manager of the NVOCC & CHB Division.

Producer prices, an early indicator of inflation, advanced slowly in February, according to a report March 17 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.

Mexico will place tariffs on nearly 90 U.S. products after the United States abruptly canceled a program that allowed some trucks from Mexico to operate across the border.

Business is very slow for manufacturers in New York, according to the Empire State Manufacturing Survey.

Industrial production, a key measure of shipping demand, fell 1.4 percent in February, according to a report from the Federal Reserve.

The whole world should be committed to overcoming the economic downturn and tackling protectionism head on, said British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on March 16.

South Korea and the European Union are about to announce the completion of the bilateral free trade agreement they have been negotiating since Mary 2007, the Yonhap news agency reported.

The South Korean government plans to provide temporary tax relief for shipping companies as part of a wide-ranging series of tax changes.

India tried to globalize its chaotic economy during the economic boom of the past decade, but the country’s intractable hurdles to improving international trade now look like a blessing in disgu

The economy and efforts to tighten transportation regulation are colliding together in Congress.

When Germany began charging drivers by the mile for the use of its highways, commercial trucks were the first to convert from a motor fuel tax. If the U.S.

New England’s “New Economy” is bumping up against some of the same logistics and infrastructure challenges plaguing the economies of old.

President Obama and Vice President Biden are highlighting the transportation sector as they begin pushing stimulus money into the economy.

The fishing industry, retailers and environmentalists are fighting back against illegal fishing fleets that now claim up to 30 percent of the annual global harvest.

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Canada’s trade deficit widened to nearly $786 million in January, as shock waves from the global economic crisis spilled across the U.S. border and traveled along ocean trade lanes.

The overall U.S. trade deficit in January dropped to its lowest level in six years, not as a result of strong U.S. export performance but because of weak U.S.

Telecommunications giant AT&T will spend up to $565 million on 15,000 trucks and cars powered by compressed natural gas, a step hailed as the largest corpor

LONDON – Panalpina almost halved net earnings last year and will cut approximately 10 percent of its workforce amid declining global cargo volumes, the Swiss logistics group said March 12.

Retail sales declined just 0.1 percent from January to February, according to seasonally adjusted figures released March 12 by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has already received lists of highway stimulus projects from 31 states, said DOT Chief Economist John V. Wells.