Transport, Trade and Regulation News

The Port of Seattle is stepping up pressure on the Federal Maritime Commission over U.S.-bound imports passing through Canada, calling on the agency to close "a loophole" in the Harbor Maint

The Federal Maritime Commission is proposing a change in rules that will make it more expensive for U.S. non-vessel-operating common carriers to do business in China.

Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner David Aguilar said he will build on the agency’s accomplishments of the last two years and continue the innovations started by his predecessor.

Shippers and manufacturers want it in their inventory flow. Carriers on the ocean, land and in the air certainly crave it in the demand for and supply of their vessels.

President Obama’s National Export Initiative places a specific emphasis on expanding exports by small and midsize businesses, companies that make up 97 percent of all U.S.

Nearly five years after the Bush administration first negotiated free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, revised versions of those pacts finally will be implemented this year.

Third-party logistics providers have their work cut out for them in 2012.

Which kinds of U.S. exports will enjoy the biggest boost from the three new free trade agreements? Beyond its tariff provisions, the Korean pact attempts to eliminate non-tariff barriers to U.S.

For those in the air cargo industry, 2011 was a year spent taking inventory of progress on enhancing national security in the wake of the 10-year anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks.

Despite a string of natural disasters and the global economic malaise, third-party logistics service providers performed well through the first three quarters of 2011, though the fourth quarter was la

U.S. exporters say they may have trouble financing projects unless Congress lifts the lending cap of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

As the American Association of Port Authorities celebrates its centennial year in 2012, we look forward to working with Congress and the administration to advance understanding and appreciation of the

2012 is likely to be another active year for international trade.

The Cass Freight Index for U.S.

Importers and exporters are getting their first look at the revised U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule after changes were released through a presidential proclamation on Wednesday.

The value of trade using surface transportation between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico rose 12 percent to $79 billion in October, the Transportation Department reported.

Four Canadian ports said Wednesday their share of U.S.-bound containerized cargo has dropped in the last decade, contrary to the claims of members of Congress and U.S.

Limited changes in truck driver hours of service regulations make a severe trucking

Maersk Line Ltd. will pay the U.S.

Alan Bersin, former head of the Customs and Border Protection, will assume a newly created post in the Department of Homeland Security after the Senate failed to confirm his appointment as Customs com

A closely watched gauge of U.S.

Despite disputes over funding levels and where to find the money, Democrats and Republicans agreed on a broad swath of the safety agenda in several bills the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportatio

Required use of electronic onboard recorders on trucks and buses, a multimodal freight policy and new powers for federal safety agencies are inching closer to becoming part of a broader transportation

Local and state governments seeking a piece of the $500 million in TIGER grants available next year would be wise to pitch projects relating to intermodal rail.

If there’s a terrorist cell in America plotting to export weapons of mass destruction, it hasn’t been discovered yet. That’s crazy talk, maybe.

Alan Bersin, the head of Customs and Border Protection, on Thursday said he will leave his post at the end of the month after the Senate failed to confirm his appointment.

Federal safety regulators issued tougher new hours of service regulations for truck driv

Lakshman Achuthan raised eyebrows in September by declaring the U.S. economy was “tipping into a new recession, and there’s nothing policymakers can do to head it off.”

Oakland city officials have rejected a call for city leaders to use strong tactics to prevent Occupy protestors from shutting down the Port of Oakland again.

The Federal Aviation Administration exempted cargo pilots from the tougher limitations it placed on work rules for airline pilots on Wednesday, but Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said he would as

Customs and Border Protection may allow exporters to join a voluntary supply chain security program, and Japan, Colombia and Costa Rica are onboard for a test run of the program.

Europe’s highest court on Wednesday upheld the European Union’s right to make international airlines pay for carbon emissions on flights to and from European airports, risking a trade war

The Export-Import Bank of the United States posted its third straight record year in 2011 for financing exports from U.S. companies, the bank announced Tuesday.

Ports spent only 23.6 percent of $1.7 billion in port security grants that the Department of Homeland Security awarded between fiscal 2006 and 2010, according to a

OOCL and Canadian National Railroad this became the first two carriers of their respective industries to share their manifest data directly with the Customs and Border Protection’s Automated Com

Norwegian shipowner Star Reefers has won a U.K.

The new 2012 federal budget awaiting President Obama’s signature contains $26.9 million in funding for the eastward expansion of

Diana Containerships is buying two second-hand Panamax containerships from a KG partnership under an agreement it signed with Reederei Santa Containerschiffe, a charter ship owner.

Japanese export ship orders grew for the second straight month in November on a year-over-year basis, rising 47.4 percent to 773,790 gross tons, according to the Japan Ship Exporters’ Associatio

The cloud of a carbon tax eased away from the global shipping industry at the conclusion of U.N.