Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Japanese export ship orders grew for the second straight month in November on a year-over-year basis, rising 47.4 percent to 773,790 gross tons, according to the Japan Ship Exporters’ Associatio

The cloud of a carbon tax eased away from the global shipping industry at the conclusion of U.N.

If you want to get a rise out of International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett, ask him about the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor.

Although leading indicators point to a continuing but slow U.S. economic recovery, the U.S. stock market has been roiled by the twin forces of political gridlock in Washington and the eurozone.

The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor and the port industry it oversees have had a rocky relationship since Marlon Brando was a young man.

After nearly 100 years, it’s time to change the system the U.S. government uses to collect anti-dumping duties.

A dozen shipper and trucking organizations are planning a one-day blitz on Capitol Hill Feb.

Road and bridge projects received nearly half of the $511 million awarded through the Department of Transportation’s third round of TIGER grants, leaving port and rail-related projects with abou

FedEx Freight, the nation’s largest less-than-truckload carrier, rolled farther into the black in its mos

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Citing a strong Black Friday weekend, the National Retail Federation said it now expects holiday sales to rise 3.8 percent instead of the 2.8 percent year-over-year gain it forecast in October.

The amount of freight carried by for-hire transportation carriers fell 0.2 percent in October, ending a streak of four consecutive month-to-month increases, the Transportation Department reported.

China plans to impose anti-dumping duties on some vehicles imported from the U.S. after failing to block a U.S.-imposed tariff on Chinese tires, according to Bloomberg News.

U.S. retail sales rose 0.2 percent in November, driven by Black Friday bargain-hunting, but the month-to-month increase was the slowest since June, the Commerce Department said.

The Japanese government has revised the nation’s tonnage tax system in response to strong pressure

For federal regulators, the latest directive appears to be the old proverb, “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.”

Next February, Todd Lush will be among the first customers of a new marine highways venture by the Port of Stockton, Calif., when weekly container-on-barge service begins to the Port of Oakland.

Walk through the baby food aisle of any Canadian grocery store, and you’ll find big cans, not the convenient single-serving size U.S. consumers prefer.

Truck-related fatalities rose 8.7 percent last year, reversing a long-term trend, while overall highway deaths dropped to their lowest level since 1949, the Department of Transportation said.

The Federal Maritime Commission agreed Thursday to move forward with a long-stalled proposal that would allow unrelated non-vessel-operating common carriers to jointly offer contracts to shippers.

President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper signed two far-reaching agreements on Wednesday designed to make it easier and safer to move goods across the border.

The Cass Freight Index for U.S.

Some 26,000 holders of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential may not be able to use their cards at an electronic reader because of an encoding error, the Transportation Security Administ

U.S. domestic ocean shipping has never seen a year like 2011. Two carriers pleaded guilty to price-fixing. One dodged debt default with a stem-to-stern refinancing.

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, long the domain of corporate counsels and senior executives, is getting more attention in exporters’ compliance offices as the government gets more aggressive

It’s not easy to secure a truck, and it’s even more difficult to come up with global trucking security requirements.

In a scathing report issued in late November, House Republicans damned the Transportation Security Administration for becoming an ineffective, wasteful bloated bureaucracy that didn’t carry out

A new security standard and certification program for trucking could help motor carriers and shippers close one of the biggest remaining gaps in supply chain security — what happens to cargo onc

Members of Congress haven’t looked this close to agreement on the goals for a transportation spending plan in years, but the political reality in Washington is that a common goal may not get law

The Export-Import Bank of the United States expects an increase in its lending limit through a reauthorization bill making its way through Congress.

A former Peruvian airline executive has pleaded guilty to conspiring to fix surcharges on cargo shipments from the United States and Latin America following hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Federal regulators are planning a crack down on “reincarnated” motor carriers after shutting down two closely affiliated trucking operators in one month.

Shippers want governments around the world to adopt uniform standards for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the maritime industry and insist it should come through voluntary use of improvements i

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House Democrats proposed a transportation bill on Thursday that tightens ‘Buy American’ provisions on materials used in infrastructure projects, countering a

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Shipper groups are pressing Congress to step in to avert a potential nationwide strike next week, with one warning the disruption of rail service “during the busy holiday shopping seas

The value of trade using surface transportation between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico rose 13.8 percent in September from a year earlier, the Transportation Department reported.

Thirty-four states and three territories will receive $215 million in federal reimbursement for repairs to roads and bridges damaged by natural disasters, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Mond

Japanese export ship orders grew for the first time in six months in October on a year-on-year basis, rising a strong 26.5 percent to 854,570 gross tons, according to the Japan Ship Exporters’ A