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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration slapped an out-of-service order on U&D Services, shutting down the recently established trucking company.

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The Senate passed and sent to President Obama on Tuesday a bill authorizing the Federal Aviation Administration for four years, ending a five-year battle over the measure that held up modernization of

The Michigan Court of Appeals on Monday said a local judge was in his rights to jail the owner of the Ambassador Bridge, Manuel “Matty” Moroun, and his lieutenant for contempt, but the duo

Pennsylvania plans to begin collecting sales taxes Sept. 1 by Internet retailers, including Amazon.com, that have a physical presence in the state.

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., is expected to propose Tuesday a plan to plug the majority of the $12 billion shortfall in the Senate’s two-year surface transportation bill.

China barred its airlines on Monday from joining the European Union’s new carbon trading scheme that will charge airlines for carbon emissions for flights to and from Europe.

John Mica chose an outdoor location on the sun-splashed U.S. Capitol grounds on an unusually mild January day to unveil his version of a long-awaited, long-term transportation spending bill.

At six pages, the new National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security is a slim document that, although short on details, serves as a strong indication that securing global trade is a matter of nat

About 170 shippers participating in a “fly-in” to deliver a pro-trucking message to Congress Feb. 1 arrived just as House Republicans unveiled a transportation plan.

Transportation and warehousing were among the industries that contributed to the creation of 243,000 jobs in January, pushing the unemployment rate from 8.5 to 8.3 percent, the lowest since February.<

Chinese manufacturing sector expanded in January, allieving some fears that the country is headed for a hard economic landing as Western consumer demand wanes.

Members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted 29-24 to approve the five-year $260 billion American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act.

A Michigan Court of Appeals panel is expected to decide sometime next week whether Ambassador Bridge owner Manuel &ldquo;Matty&rdquo; Moroun should be returned to jail on a contempt citation for faili

After five years and 23 extensions, authorization of Federal Aviation Administration operations could clear Congress as early as this week.

A Louisiana agriculture official urged Congress on Wednesday to direct the Army Corps of Engineers to fully tap the Harbor Maintenance Tax Fund, so the lower Mississippi River could be dredged to hand

The South Carolina Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to rebuke Gov.

A widely watched economic gauge showed U.S. manufacturing activity picked up speed in January, growing to its highest level since last June.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica heralded the introduction of a five-year, $260 billion surface transportation plan as the &ldquo;most important legislation to put Americans

House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica, R-Fla., was planning to introduce a surface transportation bill Tuesday that would

Cargo interests and customs brokers complained to the Federal Maritime Commission that trucking companies in Los Angeles-Long Beach are still charging a clean-truck fee even though the ports stopped c

The U.S. liquor industry says big developments in international markets will boost shipments abroad this year after projected exports in 2011 reached a new record.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday that security efforts will rely heavily on risk management and information sharing with trade partners to secure the movement of goods and peop

Public support for a new bridge between Canada and the U.S.

Amazon.com is the biggest thing to hit retailing since Wal-Mart went national. Like Wal-Mart, Amazon is leveraging its size and scale to overwhelm weaker competitors.

It&rsquo;s long been said the only certainties in life are death and taxes &mdash; but not if you buy online.

The growth of U.S.-Mexico trade is doing nothing to clear the gridlock at the border.

Entering the Port of Chicago, one pharmaceuticals importer felt as if it were in the movie &ldquo;Groundhog Day.&rdquo; The shipper was caught up in red tape every time it brought goods into the port,

In Cincinnati, logistics is to business what five-way chili is to local cuisine.

The World Bank&rsquo;s forecast for slowing growth in global trade is landing with a thud across most of the world, but it&rsquo;s barely being heard in the U.S.

Horizon Lines said its operating subsidiary will plead guilty to two counts of providing federal authorities with false vessel oil record-keeping entries on a container ship in the U.S.

The owner and operator of a newly constructed bulk cargo ship were fined $1.75 million Wednesday for illegally dumping oil bilge water, the Justice Department said.

F.J. Spencer, the founder of IMS Worldwide, a leading expert in free trade zone development, died Jan. 13 at the age of 85. He had recently suffered several small strokes.

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From politicians to traders, there is a growing sense in Asia that, after four years of economic upheaval in the West, prosperity will require less dependence on traditional export markets and even mo

The Michigan Department of Transportation said it will build an off-ramp connecting the Ambassador Bridge, the busiest U.S.-Canada crossing, to two interstate highways within the next few months.

Sam LaHood, son of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, is being detained in Egypt as part of a crackdown on the pro-democracy non-government organization he works for and similar groups.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Congress doesn&rsquo;t expect Congress to pass a comprehensive surface transportation bill this year.

Orders for long-lasting goods rose 3 percent in December, a sign the manufacturing sector continues to bolster a slow economic recovery.

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