Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Surprise visitors arrived at the headquarters of Horizon Lines, Sea Star Line and Crowley Maritime on April 17, 2008.

As the effort to reshape federal rules on railroads’ rate-setting power shifts to the Surface Transportation Board, it is becoming clear that nothing will change quickly.

A bill that would give the Food and Drug Administration new authority to regulate imported and domestic food chains is a critical piece of unfinished business before the lame-duck 111th Congress.

The Georgia Ports Authority may face more hurdles before a project to deepen the Savannah River to 48 feets gets under way, but it looks like the Army Corps of Engineers may be able to start the proje

Amid Republican electoral gains in Congress and a new focus on ways to pare down the budget deficit, transportation groups can take hope from several new reports that support an increase in infrastruc

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Cities and states issued more than $150 billion worth of Build America Bonds for a wide range of infrastructure needs, the Treasury Department reported.

Orders and shipments for durable goods fell in October while inventories rose, reflecting a slowing of business equipment investment from the high post-recession levels earlier this year.

Applications for unemployment benefits fell last week for the fourth time in six weeks, declining to the lowest point since July 2008, the Labor Department said.

APL Logistics hired two veteran intermodal experts to strengthen its inland transport capabilities.

The president’s deficit reduction commission should reject proposals that would reduce investment in the nation’s waterways and ports, the National Waterways Conference said Tuesday.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach approved an update to their ground-breaking 2006 clean air action that calls for a significant reduction in pollution from vessels and line-haul locomotives.

The Federal Aviation Administration is asking for $838,250 in civil penalties from two shippers and an aviation maintenance company for violating aircraft hazardous cargo and safety rules.

The end is near for the Federal Maritime Commission’s high-profile investigation into carrier capacity and equipment shortages.

The U.S. economy expanded at an annual rate of 2.5 percent in the third quarter, spurred by increased personal consumption, inventories, exports and business investment in new equipment.

The Department of Energy is putting a $50 million conditional loan commitment behind the development of a wheelchair accessible passenger van.

Department of Transportation spending, under the 2009 economic stimulus law, reached $22.65 billion as of Nov.

Popular legislation that supports U.S. ports’ efforts to reduce emissions for diesel engines will likely be considered early in the 112th Congress.

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The Maritime Administration is providing $4 million to help prevent the spread of invasive aquatic species found in cargo ships plying the Great Lakes and inland waterways, the U.S.

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Last-minute changes to the Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 initiative announced last Thursday will benefit truckers, but will leave some shippers wondering how to assess their carriers’ safet

The Food and Drug Administration is stretching its regulatory reach overseas, but it’s been a slow process in a rapidly changing global market.

Shippers, you’re on notice: Even if your cargo isn’t destined for Europe, effective Jan.

If you use it, you should pay for it. That’s the message running through a range of budget recommendations from the heads of President Obama’s deficit reduction commission.

Senators Jay Rockefeller, D-W.V., and Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., are working to pass a bill to authorize continued operation of the Federal Aviation Administration with a 2011 budget of $17.1 billion befor

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Full screening of all packages on all-cargo aircraft as proposed in Congress would be impractical and highly difficult to implement, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in an interview w

Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., introduced legislation Tuesday that would require 100 percent screening of cargo aboard all-cargo aircraft.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index for the U.S. climbed 0.5 percent in October to 111.3 following a 0.5 percent increase in September and a 0.1 percent increase in August.

Witnesses before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Wednesday had a shipload of ideas on how to spend federal money on water resources.

A new plan to slash the federal budget deficit through tax hikes and spending cuts also suggests that policymakers find ways to boost spending on transportation infrastructure.

Builders began work on new homes and apartments at the lowest rate in a year and a half in October mainly because of a 44 percent drop in starts on multifamily homes, the Commerce Department said.

A supply chain executive at J.C. Penney says the retailer hopes to see ocean carriers and logistics operators provide 53-foot containers for U.S.

The head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce wants to double U.S. exports and rebuild transportation networks and other infrastructure as part of an eight-point business policy agenda in Washington.

Senior Department of Homeland Security officials on Tuesday broadly hinted that changes are coming for U.S. Customs and Border Protection's advance cargo manifest rules for air cargo.

The two federal agencies that proposed the first fuel efficiency and emission rules for the trucking industry got some backing from truck fleet groups at a public hearing in Chicago along with concern

U.S. factory output rose 0.5 percent in October, led by increased output of autos, appliances and business equipment.

Customs and Border Protection and the Environmental Protection Agency last year collaborated to intercept $6.5 million worth of vehicles and generators that failed to meet standards of the Clean Air A

Brambles, the world's biggest supplier of wooden freight pallets, is buying IFCO Systems, the largest provider of reusable plastic containers, for around $1.3 billion.