Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Container shipping faces serious disruption in Hamburg and Bremerhaven on Friday after German train

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The Department of Transportation wants 8,760 additional h

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The nation''s second-largest bookseller is betting it can

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Experts say a summer full of alerts and recalls about fau

Japan's postal services officially went private on Monday, with state-backed entity Japan Post being

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The train tracks that bring the five million tons of coal

Although their crystal balls are still a bit murky, most economists are saying that U.S. economic gr

Leonard Sahling sees performance-based logistics as "the next big thing" in supply-chain management.

FedEx is saying publicly the company is not concerned legislation aimed at changing the company's st

Private equity group Brantley Partners acquired Flash Global Logistics, a high-tech spare parts deli

The nation's second-largest bookseller is betting it can shave some of its transportation and distri

Exel officially opened a distribution center in Roanoke, Texas, with toy manufacturer LEGO Group.

Persons seeking licenses as ocean freight forwarders and non-vessel-operating common carriers may no

The Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard have announced a $5 reduction in fees for

The American Association of Importers and Exporters has created a chart that provides a detailed vie

Deutsche Bahn subsidiary Schenker completed its takeover of the Spanish logistics group Spain-TIR.

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line), Japan's largest shipping line, announced on Friday that it

AMB Property's latest lease near Amsterdam Schiphol Airport will aid Schenker in its consolidation o

French logistics operator Geodis, extending its bid to expand its global operations, said Friday it

Saddle Creek will build and manage a cross-dock facility in Hattiesburg, Miss. for Sam's Club.

Kuehne+Nagel added two offices in Russia as it expands operations to build a network that spans the

Japan's merchandise trade surplus with the United States rose 15 percent in August from the same mon

Freight traffic on U.S. railroads increased in week 38 from a year ago, the Association of American

Steel imports increased 29 percent in August to 2.98 million metric tons, up from 2.32 million metri

Nippon Express Co., Japan's largest forwarder, announced on Wednesday that it has set up a joint ven

Senate legislation eyeing railroad safety passed a key committee Thursday and will move to the Senat

Surface trade with Canada and Mexico increased 10.5 percent in July, compared with the previous year

Real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 3.8 percent in the second quarter, accord

Forwarder Kuehne & Nagel announced the opening of a branchoffice in Kaliningrad and an airfr

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is working towar

Steel imports increased 29 percent in August to 2.98 million metric tons, up from 2.32 million metri

The United Auto Workers ended a two-day strike Wednesday morning after union leaders reached a tenta

The New Jersey Department of Transportation released recommendations on Tuesday that would widen a s

Northern California Bay Area ports saw the value of export goods grow 7.6 percent in the second quar

LONDON -- The British logistics industry is bracing for further consolidation after Christian Salves

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- The clean trucks program proposed by the Port of Los Angeles-Long Beach, compo

Canadian National Railway Co. has reached agreement to buy the major portion of the Elgin, Joliet an

Nippon Express Co., Japan's largest forwarder, announced on Wednesday that it has set up a joint ven

New orders for manufactured durable goods in August decreased $11.3 billion or 4.9 percent to $219.5

Tijuana-based Transportes Padilla is the third Mexican trucking company permitted to conduct long-ha