Transport, Trade and Regulation News

A key measure of Chinese manufacturing fell for the straight month to its lowest point in more than two years in July, adding to the mounting worries over the direction of the global economy.

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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said California, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Missouri will receive $336.2 million under to buy trains for passenger rail corridors in routes shared with freight ra

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood blasted the U.S.

President Obama on Tuesday urged Congress to quickly settle differences on aviation legislation to unblock air construction projects, and to pass legislation on trade pacts and an infrastructure bank

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The value of goods transported by truck and rail between the U.S., Mexico and Canada rose 15.7 percent in May, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics said.

India’s exports surged 46.45 percent year-over-year to $29.21 billion in June, as fears grow that the uncertainty in the U.S.

Old Dominion Freight Line on Monday combined several existing business units to launch a carrier “neutral” third-party logistics provider, Vault Logistics.

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Gary Locke formally resigned today as commerce secretary and was sworn in by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the next U.S. ambassador to China.

Internet retailing giant Amazon.com plans to open three more regional distribution centers in Tennessee this year, part of a broader strategy to build warehousing and fulfillment facilities across the

A key measure of manufacturing in the United States fell back 4.4 percentage points in July to its lowest level in two years, moving closer to outright contraction and raising new concerns about the s

In the seven years since the U.S.-Chile free trade agreement took effect, U.S. exports to the South American country spiked more than 300 percent, while U.S. imports grew a more moderate 90 percent.

Yusen Logistics, the logistics arm of Japanese shipping group NYK Line, will appeal an anti-monopoly ruling by the Japan Fair Trade Commission to the Tokyo High Court.

Step by painful step, the Obama administration’s reform of export controls, a key plank in its goal to double exports, is taking shape.

A recent appeals court ruling should send a chill through shippers relying on reliable transportation on U.S. waterways.

Economic forecasting is never an exact science, but when it comes to predicting the economic impact of the tariff cuts at the core of recent trade agreements, the U.S.

Mark David, sales manager of Saratoga Honda, normally gets 115 to 150 new Hondas a month to sell to customers in this upstate New York resort town.

Political opposition to free trade is a given, and can take many forms: Fears over the competitive impact on markets ranging from agriculture to automaking, fears over the environmental impact, fears

More than 120 agriculture producer groups sent a letter Friday to President Barack Obama and the U.S.

A new proposed U.S. Senate bill may help fill the gap in data needed to help marine highway advocates estimate the potential market for waterborne alternatives to landside transportation.

A 56 percent increase in individual truck brokerage sales shot second quarter revenue at Echo Global Logistics 38 percent higher than a year ago to $151.5 million.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is permanently waiving mandatory inspection and weighing of high-quality specialty grain exports, saving shippers $1.46 per metric ton in fees.

Transport Corporation of India, the country’s largest integrated supply chain and logistics service provider, said Friday its net profit in the first quarter grew 10 percent year-over-year to $3

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An Asiana Airlines freighter carrying lithium-ion batteries crashed early Thursday en route from Inchon, South Korea, to Pudong, China, after the crew reported a fire on board.

The U.S. Senate confirmed Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to be ambassador to China, where he will replace Jon Huntsman as envoy.

The Commonwealth of Virginia is offering shippers a tax credit for moving containers off the highways to the marine highway or railways, Virginia Secretary of Transportation Sean Connaughton said Tues

Work stoppages are spreading among aviation construction projects across the country and construction workers are being sent home, due to a continuing fight in Washington over funding the Federal Avia

Third-party logistics and brokerage giant C.H.

A new slate of eight directors was sworn in as new members of the board of the Virginia Port Authority on Tuesday, which will be headed by a new chairman, Michael J.

U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John D. Rockefeller IV on Monday called on top U.S.

Pilot testing of the ocean and rail manifest systems in the U.S.

Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Richard Lidinsky said the FMC has been asked by West Coast members of the U.S.

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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell replaced 10 out of the 11 members on the board that oversees the Virginia Port Authority in an effort to spur lagging volume and revenue.

In its first full year of operations as a U.S. third-party logistics operator, Echo Global Logistics took in $33.2 million in gross revenue from 677 customers. That was 2006.

Suddenly, infrastructure spending is catching fire as a national political issue.

The AFL New England made its inaugural call at Boston on July 19, officially kicking off the vessel’s Halifax-Portland, Maine-Boston service, the first stage of a marine highway network American