Transport, Trade and Regulation News

In today's slow-growth environment, customers expect their transportation service providers to help them attain a competitive advantage, and that involves developing innovative solutions based on best

U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas J. Donohue on Tuesday called for the abolition of all tariffs on goods moving between the U.S.

The Surface Transportation Board will hold a May 3 public hearing to start the first review in over a decade of regulations that some shippers say allow major railroads to hold many freight customers

Investment in transportation is a key part of rebuilding the U.S. economic foundation, and the U.S.

Wholesalers’ inventories dropped 0.2 percent in November, the first month-to-month drop in nearly a year, while sales rose for the fifth consecutive month, the Commerce Department said in a report tha

The Department of Transportation's efforts to lock in remaining funds from the 2009 economic stimulus package have it closing in on the main target -- obligating all $48.1 billion that was allocated i

Dan Stamper, president of the Detroit International Bridge Co., was released late Monday afternoon after spending a few hours in the Wayne County Jail in Detroit.

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Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., who chairs the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, intends to start a process in February that can help his panel craft a new multi-year surface transportation bill.

Dan Stamper, president of the company that owns the Ambassador Bridge, was jailed Monday on contempt charges by a Wayne County (Detroit) judge.

The new chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said he has a clear understanding from House leaders that changes to future Highway Trust Fund legislation will not use trust

For Jonathan Gold, 2010 was a year for lessons. For Donna Lemm, 2011 is about hope. And for George Macko, the trucking concerns of today will be with us into 2012.

It’s been almost 11 years since I left the public sector after 21 years at Customs headquarters in Washington as a trade compliance attorney to begin my second career in the private sector.

The bad news for transportation policy as 2010 ended was that Congress again put off tackling long-term issues, and kicked major decisions on highway spending programs down the road for a few more mon

When the global recession erupted in late 2008, providers of logistics, trade and transportation technologies struggled to make sense of the likely impact on corporate spending for their products.

Slow U.S. economic expansion will keep North American third-party logistics revenue growth in the single digits through 2011.

By any measure, 2010 was as good a year for container shipping as 2009 was bad. U.S. containerized ocean trade returned with a vengeance, growing in the double digits.

For centuries, seaports throughout the Western Hemisphere have served as economic lifelines, handling the export of goods and services worldwide and delivering prosperity for those living in the regio

The message to truck drivers is clear: Fasten that safety belt, put down the cell phone and stop texting.

Looked at one way, federal agencies have done a commendable job in implementing congressional wishes to secure the nation’s supply chains.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky clearly will hold a lot of cards in the Congress of 2011-2012.

As the industrial real estate industry enters a new decade, the light of optimism is shining a little brighter than in recent years. According to Real Capital Analytics, sales of significant U.S.

After more than three years of struggle between railroads and disgruntled freight shippers over how to write industrywide rules for disputes over rates and service, both sides face the prospect of let

The Aerospace Industries Association, calling Rep.

A package reportedly addressed to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ignited in a Washington postal facility Friday, a day after similar packages containing incendiar

The Cass Freight Index for U.S. shipments fell 3.6 percent in December from the month before to its lowest point since May as a yearlong shipping recovery sputtered out at the end of the year.

Teamsters union General President James P. Hoffa said he is "deeply disappointed" in the Obama administration's plan to negotiate a new cross-border trucking agreement with Mexico.

Rep. Charles R. Boustany Jr., R-La., is making another attempt to push the government to use the Harbor Maintenance Tax for the purpose its name implies.

State mailrooms in Maryland and a portion of nearby Dulles International Airport were temporarily closed Thursday amid heightened security concerns following the ignition of two incendiary devices in

The transportation and warehousing sector added 8,800 jobs in December, the Labor Department said, as part of a total 113,000 private industry jobs created last month.

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The Department of Transportation Thursday released "an initial concept document" for a new crossborder trucking agreement with Mexico, without setting deadlines.

Memphis-based Dunavant Enterprises acquired majority interest in Trans Gulf Transportation, a Houston company specializing in regional and local intermodal drayage and trucking operations.

Mailrooms at state government offices across Maryland were shut down after small bombs shipped in packages or letters exploded at two government buildings Thursday.

Holiday season sales slowed in December after a strong start in November, several retailers reported, but a widely watched index showed retailers finished the season with their strongest overall incre

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President Obama signed legislation to renew a grant program that the administration has used to fuel diesel engine replacements, upgrades or retrofits to curb emissions across a range of cargo sector

The federal government will consider limiting the speed of all heavy trucks to 68 mph, a proposal some truckers support and others oppose.

Democrats are wasting no time punching back after the House adopted new rules on Wednesday