Supply chain

The new cross-Panama rail link between the Atlantic port of Colon and Pacific port of Balboa is expe

OTTAWA - Associations representing shippers and carriers are asking the Federal Court of Canada to r

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Optum Inc., a supply-chain-management software company, has appointed Kevin Har

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Optum Inc., a supply-chain-management software company, has appointed Kevin Har

Chinese officials, eyeing their country's entry into the World Trade Organization, say they will hus

MarineNet, the Tokyo-based online matching service for shippers, carriers and charterers, has lowere

James Finnegan, manager of international trade and compliance at Sony Electronics Inc., has a vision

A rail line connecting Moscow and Wenzhou, an economic center in eastern China, has opened. The jour

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. is extending its on-time intermodal guarantee program to in

Someday soon, a truck will roll up to a Canadian customs station. The customs officer will scan a ba

Rail carload traffic, with a decline of .1%, was nearly level with year-earlier levels in the four w

Online markets for spot purchases of transportation continue to shrink. The latest evidence: GoCargo

LONDON - Britain is halving the charge that freight railroads pay for using the national network in

MANILA - The Philippines' largest port operator is tying up with Ariba Inc. in a logistics deal inte

WASHINGTON - The National Industrial Transportation League has relaunched Web site, www.globalshippe

GATX Rail Europe, the European railway subsidiary of GATX Corp., has announced several organizationa

SANTA ANA, Calif. - GeoLogistics Corp. said it has completed a debt-for-equity swap with its bondhol

ZURICH - Switzerland's Kuehne & Nagel AG has set aside up to $400 million for a possible U.S. logist

In a surprise move that may reflect the changing conditions of the dot-com market, Evan Schumacher,

Four intermodal industry groups are asking the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to extend

Congestion in the nation's transportation system was the focus of Transportation Secretary Norman Mi

MEMPHIS - FedEx Corp. said its shipment volumes last month were below expectation and that the compa

LONDON - Britain's Exel Logistics has signed four contracts worth $143 million in the U.S. health-ca

WASHINGTON - Competitors of FedEx Corp. said the Justice Department isn't moving fast enough to dete

BASEL, Switzerland - Bernd H. Flickinger has been appointed head of the Solutions Business Unit at D

A jury in Oklahoma City unanimously found last week that EGL Inc. was not liable for racial discrimi

Citing the sluggish U.S. economy, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. said it will miss the consensus

MEMPHIS - FedEx Corp. said Wednesday that it plans to offer enhanced shipment tracking on the Web. T

LONDON - SNCF, France's state railway, on Tuesday suspended all freight traffic until Thursday to av

Neil D. Levin, the superintendent of New York state's Insurance Department and a former investment b

BOSTON - State Attorney General Thomas Reilly has opened a criminal investigation to see if official

WASHINGTON - Faced with a weaker demand for postal services and rising costs, the Postal Service Boa

Pacer International, the North American freight transportation and logistics services provider, repo

MEXICO CITY - Mexican trucking group Canacar threatened to blockade the U.S.-Mexican border if Mexic

For anyone who may be wondering what U.S. companies will gain in return for President Bush's pledge

Global Transportation Network and Inttra, the two multi-carrier Internet portals announced last year

In a speech to investors last November, Jim Kelly, chairman and chief executive of United Parcel Ser

Peter J. Pace has been appointed vice president, business development, at Americas Systems, Inc. of

HOUSTON - Eagle Global Logistics has won a $33 million contract to handle selected military freight

GENEVA - Hong Kong has unveiled a proposal for lowering barriers to logistics and related services,