Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Total U.S. rail traffic decreased 0.8 percent the week of September 15 in comparison to a record wee

Ed Wytkind, head of the transportation department at the AFL-CIO, will address Traffic World's month

Some large U.S. food suppliers are asking for more government oversight of food imports.Faci

Customs and Border Protection has appointed Adele J. Fasano as area director for the New York/Newark

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would take away the exemptions from anti-trust l

The National Retail Federation on Sept. 20 predicted that sales will rise 4 percent this year during

Menlo Worldwide, Con-way's logistics subsidiary, is expanding its Amsterdam-area operations with the

Menlo Worldwide on Thursday announced a major expansion of its Amsterdam-area operations with the op

The leading index fell sharply in August as nearly all the economic factors that go into it showed s

WASHINGTON -- A four-year report card on the Department of Homeland Security shows that it has faile

Activity in the Philadelphia region's manufacturing sector picked up modestly in September, accordin

The Department of Transportation's cross-border trucking program may be no more popular in Mexico th

WASHINGTON -- A four-year report card on the Department of Homeland Security shows that it has faile

Declining fuel prices favored consumers in August as food and other prices went up a notch. Inflatio

Spurred by investments in the banking sector and the Colon Free Trade Zone, foreign direct investmen

The country's largest package delivery company and several leading shipper groups are backing the Am

YRC Regional Transportation, a subsidiary of YRC Worldwide Inc., said it appointed Keith Lovetro to

One day after announcing its purchase by New Zealand's largest trucking company (see story), Target

The Senate Finance Committee is taking a swipe at plugging a projected multi-billion dollar deficit

A senior Department of Homeland Security official said late Tuesday that enrollment for the Transpor

One day after announcing its purchase by New Zealand's largest trucking company, Target Logistics' f

French logistics services provider SDV International Logistics said Tuesday it has acquired Pro-serv

The president of APL Logistics says that in addition to improvements in its transportation infrastru

The Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee called for an unspecified incr

The rate of turnover among line-haul drivers at large for-hire truckload carriers with fleets of at

Producers got slightly more for their products in August, except in the food and energy sectors. The

Customs and Border Protection Deputy Commissioner Jay Ahern will be the guest luncheon speaker Sept.

The decision of the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee to lower the federal funds rate by 50 basi

SHENZHEN, China -- Importers next month should see what Customs and Border Protection's latest secur

Extending its reach halfway around the world, Mainfreight Ltd., New Zealand's largest trucking compa

The United States Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel will continue to promote ShipMatr

WASHINGTON -- Railroad CEOs are describing a "peak season" that sounds more like a fizzle than a siz

Reacting to a severe credit crunch and trying to ward off what some freight executives and economist

With a new law on the books to require security screening of all cargo stowed in bellies of passenge

The first U.S.-based truck crossed the Mexican border on Friday Sept. 14 as part of the Transportati

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.German-based logistics provider Schenker said a miscommun

OTTAWA -- Canada's main international seaports, terminal operators and the St. Lawrence Seaway face

The U.S. Surface Transportation Board on Sept. 13 awarded a contract for an independent study of the

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.China''s position as the undisputed center of the world o

Improvement of business conditions for manufacturers in New York slowed in September, according to a