Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Sen. Frank Lautenberg knows congestion, and he wants to do something about it.

The best-laid plans to build a new container port in North Carolina are foundering on the shoals of environmental and community opposition.

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Thursday approved a new Water Resources Development Act, the vehicle that authorizes new projects to be carried out by the Army Corps of Engine

U.S. economic growth slowed to a 2.4 percent annual rate in the second quarter as consumer spending remained weak and the trade deficit widened, the government said.

Major Japanese international freight forwarder Yusen Air & Sea Service said that it posted a net profit of 1.163 billion yen ($13.4 million) in the April-June period on a consolidated basis, compa

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Thursday approved expedited studies of harbor deepening in the Port of Charleston, adding a provision for the plan in the Water Resources Devel

Congress is headed toward the 15th extension of authorizing legislation for the Federal Aviation Administration since the law expired in September 2007.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., on Thursday introduced a bill that would enhance the ability of ports to enact clean-air programs, while opening the door to unionization of harbor truck drivers.

South African antitrust regulators called for seven airlines to be fined 10 percent of their annual local revenue for fixing fuel surcharges and freight rates for cargo flown in and out of the country

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke used a July 28 visit to the UPS Global Operations Center in Louisville, Ky., to woo U.S.

World trade by sea, land and air will grow by 8.1 percent in 2010 after declining by 7.2 percent last year, according to a forecast published by IHS Global Insight.

Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods dropped 1 percent last month, the second straight monthly decline and the largest drop since August 2009, the Commerce Department said.

Startup ocean carrier Hainan P O Shipping is asking the Federal Maritime Commission to grant the same exemption to the Controlled Carrier Act that the FMC gave to three other Chinese carriers in 2004.

Senate legislation introduced Tuesday would suspend the 100 percent scanning requirement for marine containers in favor of a “more reasonable” risk-based approach, until scanning technolog

Air France-KLM swung to a modest operating profit in its fiscal first quarter from a steep year-earlier loss, excluding the impact of an Icelandic volcanic, eruption due to a strong recovery in cargo

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood came under fire Tuesday from House lawmakers over infrastructure financing, taking heat from those for and against raising taxes to pay for hig

A bill introduced in the Senate on Monday would continue the congressional call to scan 100 percent of ocean containers, but includes a small change in language that could make the idea more feasible.

The first draft of a new rule on the time truckers may spend behind the wheel was sent to the White House July 26 for what’s expected to be a three-month review.

A U.S. District Court ordered YRC Worldwide to hand over the names of all black employees who worked at its Chicago Ridge facility from 2004 through 2009.

Americans' confidence in the economy declined sharply in July for the second straight month, according to a widely watched index released Tuesday.

Diesel fuel prices jumped an average of 2 cents a gallon in the past week across the United States, ending a month-long drop in mid-summer energy costs, the U.S.

YRC Worldwide’s stock price is climbing, rising 30 cents since hitting a low of 11 cents a share July 7, after weeks of being hammered on Wall Street.

Singapore Airlines reported a US$44.1 million operating profit for its cargo business in the quarter ending June 30, with strong improvement in volume and pricing bringing the freight operations back

Truckload carrier Covenant Transportation Group to profitability after a second-quarter surge in freight.

The Department of Transportation gave final approval to an innovative $300 million loan package to help Denver remake its Union Station passenger rail center into a light rail and bus hub.

Japan’s trade surplus with the rest of the world soared to $38.82 billion in the first half of the year, as exports rose faster than imports amid the global economic recovery, according to preli

Shippers, truckers and railroads were scrambling to recover from floods that disrupted one of North America’s key trade corridors — the roads and rail lines linking Laredo, Texas, and Mont

It’s hard to win an argument when your opponent knows the facts.

Highway safety could be imperiled if programs and efforts to enforce regulations and improve truck safety don’t receive sufficient funding, the head of an association dedicated to truck safety e

Prospects for a comprehensive transportation bill this year may be dimming, but advocates for a national infrastructure bank are trying to keep the flame alive.

It’s getting to be a taxing wait for U.S. short line railroads, whose owners hoped Congress would have renewed a popular tax credit for track repairs by now.

Home Depot was ahead of the game.

A push by the Obama administration to get as much stimulus money out the door as possible is spawning projects tied to road, rail and sea.

AMB Property reported lower second-quarter profit and now forecasts full-year results will be lower than had been expected.

ProLogis reported a $23.1 million net loss in the second quarter but said demand is finally catching up with supply of distribution centers and industrial real estate.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said a combination of current-level gas tax receipts, road and bridge tolling and President Obama’s proposed infrastructure fund could offer a way to fund a l

Consumers are a fickle, demanding bunch. That widescreen HDTV they buy today may not be what they want tomorrow.

The Environmental Protection Agency is putting $4.6 million into four diesel emission reduction grants affecting freight transportation using “emerging technologies,” mostly for projects t

U.S. cargo theft losses rose 5 percent in the first half of 2010, apparently because of increased activity by criminal gangs, FreightWatch International USA said in its Bi-Annual Cargo Theft Report.

A national multimodal freight transportation plan is the goal of a bill introduced today in the U.S. Senate.