Transport, Trade and Regulation News

With Congress debating federal surface transportation bills, one would hope there might be an opportunity to create an effective national policy for freight.

Customs and Border Protection may be receiving high grades from the trade community for its attempts to streamline cargo entry and provide uniformity in its far-flung operations, but it’s appare

Yogi Berra might as well have been talking about the 2012 JOC Top 100 Importers and Exporters rankings when he uttered one of his infamous quotes: “It’s déjà vu, all over aga

The Journal of Commerce’s Annual Top 100 Importers and Exporters ranking is based on data from PIERS, a JOC sister company, and other industry sources.

Electrolux’s Bjorn Vang Jensen is looking for a new way of negotiating contracts with ocean carriers.

When I took my 1999 Saab into the shop last year, the service manager told me I would need more than $4,000 in repairs.

A recently released World Bank report confirms what any shipper who has struggled to get containers out of an Indian port or truckload into inland Africa knows: The pace of logistics improvements has

Fiscal 2011 produced record agricultural exports from the U.S., and exports for this fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, are expected to be almost as strong.

When Nike this month accepted the Federal Maritime Commission Chairman’s Earth Day Award for outstanding shipper leadership and innovation in sustainable ocean transport practices, it affirmed t

In the heated political debate over U.S. economic policy, Democrats and Republicans agree on at least one essential goal: China needs to start importing a lot more goods and services from the U.S.

To gauge the outlook for furniture sales, check the real estate market. When people change homes, they often spend to furnish their new digs.

Veteran logistician Pat Moffett has been around since the last time the International Longshoremen’s Association struck at East and Gulf Coast ports — in 1977 — so he’s not get

Footwear importers are looking forward to a strong back-to-school season this year as the industry rebounds from a somewhat disappointing 2011.

Surface Transportation Board Chairman Dan Elliot said this week the regulator would act soon on a compromise to balance pricing concerns of shippers and the need for railroads to stay profitable so th

Manufacturers can spend 50 percent or more of revenue on purchasing parts.

Nineteen persons have been charged with participation in an international car theft ring that exported stolen vehicles through the Port of New York and New Jersey to various countries, primarily in We

The American Trucking Associations is stepping up its campaign to force changes in the Compliance, Safety, Accountability or CSA program, asking Congress to require the Department of Transportation to

Japan’s exports to the United States rose for the sixth consecutive month in April on a year-on-year basis, jumping 42.9 percent to $11.99 billion, according to preliminary figures released by t

Diesel prices across the U.S. dropped below the $4 gallon mark, declining 4.8 cents in the week ending May 21 as oil prices rose more than $1.

The National Association for Business Economics said its quarterly survey of economists foresees continued moderate growth through 2

Two years after federal regulators launched the Compliance, Safety and Accountability initiative, the program is still incomplete, lacking a long-promised and crucial component: a new motor carrier sa

The Obama administration’s loosening of restrictions on a costly crash-avoidance technology mandate this month did little to bring great joy to major U.S. railroads.

Retailers, homebuilders and importers are urging Congress to take a fresh look at an environmental law that was amended four years ago to combat trafficking in illegal logging and lumber production.

Few industries can match the repetitive practices of automobile importers. “We use the same carriers. We ship to the same destinations.

It’s a sad state of affairs when the most anyone can hope for in the next surface transportation bill is that Congress calls for what most developing countries have had for years: a national fre

XPO Logistics is willing to suffer some short-term pain in return for long-term gain, taking a first quarter loss of $2.7 million while planning to complete multiple acquisitions worth $250 million in

The Transportation Security Administration will begin screening all cargo arriving from international passenger flights in early December, a year after the agency was tasked to expand its screening re

The Japanese economy grew 1.0 percent in the January-March quarter from the preceding quarter, or at an annualized pace of 4.1 percent, in real terms, the Cabinet Office said in a preliminary report o

Federal regulators shut down an Alabama-based trucking company after finding the carrier violated rules regarding hours-of-service rules, driver qualifications and vehicle maintenance.

The United States has formed a number of security partnerships with other nations since the terrorist attacks of Sept.

The October 2010 discovery of bomb-making materials from Yemen in express air cargo shipments bound for the U.S. served as a wake-up call for Customs and Border Protection.

When trucking companies are stung by rising costs, third-party logistics providers share their pain, very quickly.

China’s domestic market remains shaky and a full export recovery is far from certain, a leading economist says.

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Freight ton-miles carried by the for-hire transportation industry fell 0.8 percent in March from February, the Transportat

CEVA Logistics, which has filed for an initial stock offering, said its first quarter revenue rose 2 percent but earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization fell 7 percent from a ye

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Much of the reason the North American railroad industry continually leads other freight modes in profitability is its ability to match demand with capacity. This year looks to be no different.

Lead the people by laws and regulate them by penalties, and the people will try to keep out of jail, but will have no sense of shame.

The push by U.S. ports for more federal dredging dollars is finally beginning to make waves in Congress.