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Orders to U.S. factories edged up 0.1 percent in July because of strong demand for commercial aircraft. Excluding transportation goods, orders declined 1.5 percent, the biggest drop in 16 months.

Hiring in transportation and warehousing slowed in August, according to Monster Worldwide, as the hiring and recruitment specialist's

Logistics provider UTi Worldwide earned net profit of $18.9 million in the second quarter, up 60 percent from $11.8 million a year ago.

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The Congressional Budget Office is drawing the attention of transportation policy experts with an upbeat estimate that the nation’s Highway Trust Fund should be able to cover its projected spending ne

The Obama administration is taking the first steps toward creating a new export control system that will guard sensitive technology needed for national security while facilitating the exports of less-

A major measure of U.S. manufacturing expanded in August, advancing 0.8 percentage points, defying forecasts of a decline in a slowing U.S.

China’s manufacturing growth improved in August as the nation’s auto sales rose 59 percent from a year earlier, according to reports that dampened concerns about a slowdown in the world&rs

The U.S. Department of Commerce this week began the task of merging two lists of export products subject to government control.

International trade and transportation specialist Paul Bingham joined Wilbur Smith Associates, where he will head the transportation and logistics consulting firm’s economics practice.

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and Canada and Mexico rose 4.6 percent in value in June from May and increased 37.6 percent from June 2009, the Transportation Department r

Consumer confidence improved slightly in August despite concern about business and labor conditions, a business research group reported.

President Obama will sign an executive order to establish a center for coordinating export control enforcement, the White House said Monday.

American consumers opened their wallets a little last month as consumer spending rose at a 0.4 percent annual rate, the fastest increase in four months, the Commerce Department said.

A federal judge late Thursday rejected trucking industry arguments that parts of the Port of Los Angeles Clean Truck Programs violate federal law and said controversial provisions affecting drivers an

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A former senior state transportation official said Tuesday the Obama administration must include financing proposals in any federal transportation policy to make the goals credible.

Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods rose 0.3 percent in July but only because of a 76 percent jump in sales of commercial aircraft, the Commerce Department said.

Japan's exports grew for the eighth consecutive month in July, but the pace of that growth slowed for the fifth month in a row as the yen gained strength and the global economic recovery faltered.

Closeout retailer Big Lots said its mid-summer inventory levels swelled as it scheduled import shipments early to avoid possible problems with container shortages during the traditional August-October

Sales of previously occupied homes fell more than 27 percent last month to the lowest level in 15 years, the National Association of Realtors reported.

The Tri-City Regional Port District in Granite City, Ill., on Monday received a $6 million check to begin work on a terminal and railroad loop to expedite the movement of cargo between land carriers a

Federal and state officials broke ground last week on a federally funded project to repair a crumbling cargo pier at Honolulu, six months after it won a $24.5 million grant from the Department of Tran

A manufacturing group lowered its economic forecast through next year on Monday, saying the U.S. economy has downshifted to a "slow-growth mode" as consumers spend less and save more.

Railroads and shipper activists are trying to make sure their issues are on the table when lawmakers return to Capitol Hill after their August break, especially because the legislators have a lot on t

As the United States turns its attention to the need to expand ports and inland road and rail connectors to meet trade growth, the country’s planners can only contemplate the path to port expans

After years as the stepchild of the Automated Commercial Environment, the International Trade Data System is showing life of its own -- and none to soon.

The Department of Transportation this month announced eight marine highway projects expected to be the pioneers along DOT-designated marine highway corridors:

In two years, the first of 10 small container ships are to begin shuttling international containers between major East Coast ports and smaller ports ranging from Maine to Texas.

One year after he became chairman of the Surface Transportation Board that regulates economic issues between railroads and shippers, Daniel R.

CEVA Logistics is launching an expedited surface freight service between the U.S. Gulf Coast and Alberta, Canada, aimed at the energy sector, the company said Friday.

Panalpina inaugurated a dedicated oil and gas logistics hub in Singapore designed to boost the Swiss supply chain management firm's presence in the fast growing Asian market.

The Department of Transportation's payouts of stimulus checks to states for work on roads, bridges and other projects reached $17.134 billion as of Aug.

The board of directors at logistics provider OHL elected Scott McWilliams, currently chief executive officer, to the position of executive chairman of the board and selected Bert Irigoyen, current pre

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index for the U.S. increased 0.1 percent in July to 109.8, following a 0.3 percent decline in June, and a 0.5 percent increase in May.

Retailer Lowe’s will sharply scale back its inventory expansion in the second half of this year after seeing inventories grow ahead of sales in the second quarter, company officials said.

Former BAX Global leader Joey Carnes this week became chairman and CEO of MIQ Logistics, where he'll work with former BAX hand John Carr, president and COO.

Home Depot, gaining benefits from a long-term supply chain improvement program, says it reduced inventory holdings $38 million in the quarter ending Aug.

Industrial production increased 1 percent in July, driven by manufacturing, especially of motor vehicles and parts, according to a report Tuesday from the Federal Reserve.