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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is gathering international support for an all-modes "trusted shipper"

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The Department of Transportation on Monday proposed all trucking companies be required to install electronic onboard recorders to monitor driver hours of service.

Long-stalled legislation to fund operations of the Federal Aviation Administration got under way again in the 112th Congress.

Distribution center giants ProLogis and AMB Property announced an agreement Monday to merge their businesses, bringing 600 million square feet of warehouse space in 22 countries under one corporate ro

It’s not quite 2008 again, but heads up: After two years of relative stability, transportation fuel prices are creeping back up, raising costs across the supply chain and concerns that the heavi

Barely two weeks into his first term, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder threw his support behind a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, giving new hope to supporters.

When it comes to transportation policy issues in Washington, freight shippers want it all.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica and several other key members of that panel from both political parties are warning the Surface Transportation Board against taking

Chairmen of the Federal Maritime Commission on Feb. 2 will take part in a roundtable to discuss the agency's past, present and future.

Because of the heavy winter storms that hit the U.S. Northeast region this week, including the area surrounding our printing plant, delivery of the Jan.

Amazon.com will add an unspecified number of distribution centers this year as the online retailing giant tries to keep up with growing demand for its expanding lineup of products.

Hostility toward proposed changes to truck driver hours of service rules could come to a boil at a Feb. 17 public hearing with federal regulators in Arlington, Va.

Damco, the logistics unit of A.P. Moller-Maersk, formed a joint venture with General Holding Corporation to provide logistics and forwarding services to the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

Consumer spending and exports fueled 3.2 percent growth in the U.S. economy during the fourth quarter, completing a year in which the economy grew 2.9 percent, the Commerce Department said.

Key senators who tried to push rail regulatory legislation in the last Congress re-introduced those measures this week, with one trying to toughen broad oversight powers while the other would strip ra

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica took Amtrak to task in a field hearing Thursday in New York City, saying the passenger rail agency "will never be capable

Spain became the first country to ratify the Rotterdam Rules, a new international agreement governing liability for damages to

The Federal Maritime Commission on Wednesday closed the book on a 16-year-old proceeding that once threatened a trade war between the U.S. and Japan.

ProLogis and AMB Property say they are negotiating a potential blockbuster merger that would combine two of the world's largest managers of distribution facilities.

President Obama re-nominated Customs Commissioner Alan Bersin on Thursday along with Rebecca F.

Japan's trade surplus with the rest of the world expanded for the second consecutive year in 2010, widening 153.4 percent to $82.56 billion, as exports grew faster than imports, according to prelimina

U.S. factory orders fell slightly in December as a result of a large decline in aircraft orders. But orders for non-transportation goods and capital equipment showed significant increases.

Congressional leaders are moving a new six-year surface transportation bill higher on their priority lists after President Obama’s call for infrastructure investment in his State of the Union ad

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The Federal Maritime Commission is stepping up its attention to ocean carrier practices, voting Wednesday to launch a formal inquiry into slow steaming.

Transportation trade groups are praising President Obama's call to rebuild the nation’s efforts infrastructure but some members of Congress say the administration will have to put more details b

Industrial property markets are seeing “modest” recovery in line with a gradual strengthening of the economy, real estate investment firm Grubb & Ellis said.

The widely watched Industrial Price Index of materials pricing hit a 12-month high last week and rose at the fastest rate in a year, a sign the business cycle’s upswing is gaining momentum.

Rule changes proposed by the Census Bureau would severely limit post-departure electronic export declarations. Only a limited number of agricultural and bulk commodities would be eligible.

A construction industry group says backers of a new national transportation bill must provide “transformational reforms” to get a highway spending plan through an increasingly conservative Congress.

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index in January shifted upward to a level not seen since May 2010 as income expectations rose.

The U.S. should look at the long-term economic benefits of transportation when making infrastructure investments, the two authors of a new Bipartisan Policy Center study said Friday.

When the Surface Transportation Board in December slapped Canadian National Railway with an unprecedented $250,000 fine over how it reported roadway blockages, it set off the first flare in what is sh

Faced with the risk that the Obama administration could reject its effort to borrow $553 million from a little-used, low-cost federal rail credit program, the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority

The 1998 Ocean Shipping Reform Act redefined the Federal Maritime Commission from a regulator of tariffs to one of the shipping industry.

It’s generally accepted that the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences is a good thing — good for developing countries’ exports and good for U.S.

Sometime in the next few months, President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will unveil a broad, new vision for the border separating the world’s two largest trading partners, re

Truck safety regulators are focusing increasingly not on the truck but on the driver who operates it.

For railroads and shippers monitoring the Surface Transportation Board’s heavy slate this year, add this to your watch list: The board is likely to have a new look.