Supply chain

MNX will expand its Singapore operation, which will be bolstered to take on a regional hub role.

Port proponents on Thursday urged Congress to streamline the federal maritime project review process and boost spending by reforming the way harbor maintenance taxes are allocated in the next Water Re

East Coast ports look forward with great anticipation to the completion of the Panama Canal expansion project in 2015, while West Coast ports are apprehensive about a possible loss of cargo.

China’s efforts to remove trade barriers in a bid to boost exports are already being implemented at key ports.

The Obama administration on Monday filed a case with the World Trade Organization against China accusing the country of using unfair subsidies to boost exports of motor vehicles and auto parts.

Let’s hoist a glass of Stolichnaya to some of the top Fortune 500 industrial giants in a Russian mood these days.

Judging by the negative rhetoric from the presidential campaign trail, the fate of U.S. free trade is in dire straits.

Federal programs that directly and indirectly affect freight transportation face more than $1.7 billion in automatic budget cuts through the looming sequestration, according to an analysis of a White

Col. Paul E. Owen assumed command of the New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday.

Shippers dependent on a single major railroad will likely have a harder time contesting rates after the Surface Transportation Board raised the rail industry’s after-tax cost of capital for 2011

Lower growth in China’s export volumes reflects changes in its manufacturing sector, according to Maersk Line CEO Soren Skou,

As e-commerce transforms the retail industry from a brick-bound behemoth to a fast-moving, multichannel enterprise, retailers, parcel carriers and logistics providers are devising new products and ser

Determining ways to measure the conditions and performance of a national freight work emerged as a top priority for the Transportation Department’s newly formed Freight Policy Council on Thursda

Worldwide demand for fresh and frozen potatoes continues to climb and U.S. growers sold more than 1.5 million metric tons worth almost $1.6 billion during the marketing year that ended June 30.

High corn prices continue to be felt by beef and pork producers as export volumes drag.

Global freight forwarder and logistics provider Damco plans to move its headquarters

Cargolux has resumed flights to Ecuador after a nearly 39-month hiatus.

U.S. farmers, ranchers and producers are expected to sell record amounts of agricultural commodities to overseas buyers next year, according to new estimates from the U.S.

The U.S. poultry industry got a mixed decision from Mexico after one government agency formally decided U.S.

CMA CGM will upgrade its fixed-day weekly service between the east coast of South America and the Caribbean, introducing the Brazilian ports of Manaus and Salvador de Bahia to the rotation.

San Diego’s Board of Port Commissioners voted unanimously to grant Dole Fresh Fruit a 24 1/2-year lease to import and export fresh fruit at the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal.

Thermo King is launching the Precedent, a new trailer temperature-control platform designed to deliver double-digit fuel savings, best-in-class performance and lower lifecycle costs, while providing r

As China’s middle class expands and develops, so does the food marketing system and cold chain that deliver the more diverse commodities Chinese consumers crave.

U.S. truck shipments of fresh produce totaled 8.9 million tons in the second quarter, up 24 percent from the first quarter and 1 percent higher year-over-year, according to a new report.

Two consumer groups are stepping up their criticism of delays in implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act by suing the Office of Management and Budget and the Food and Drug Administration.

The Defense Logistics Agency is procuring a six-month advanced supply of meat, poultry and fish to provide drought relief for the U.S. agricultural industry.

Watsonville Coast Produce installed a solar power system on its roof that will save the company more than $100,000 in the first year alone.

The Philippines imposed a ban on poultry items from the Netherlands because of an outbreak of low-pathogenic avian flu in the country, according to news reports.

Officials in Yuma County, Ariz., are looking closely at the trade and jobs benefits that reefer rail service could give the region.

The international cold chain received a significant investment in 2011 when a record number of refrigerated containers joined the global fleet, according to industry analyst Andrew Foxcroft.

It’s not just apples and bananas in fruit markets these days.

The drought that stretched across much of the U.S. this summer decimated corn and soybean crops, with the U.S.

Billions of dollars worth of fresh produce and pharmaceuticals cross the Mexican border each year to enter the U.S., and billions more in poultry and meat gets shipped south.

Mexico is hungrier for U.S. poultry meat than any other country. U.S. apples, pears, beef and pork also have huge markets in Mexico.

Transportation and warehousing employment increased 1.9 percent year-over-year in August, the same rate as in July, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The e-commerce boom is providing a surge of opportunity amid the “anemic” expansion of U.S. distribution space, said IMS Worldwide President Curtis Spencer.

Talk of infrastructure spending on the U.S. presidential campaign trail tends to consist of platitudes of support akin to vows to promote education and fight crime. Not this time.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a warning for Pacific coastlines from Mexico to Chile following a 7.6-magnitude earthquake that hit Costa Rica on Wednesday morning.

The Democratic party platform released on Monday night suggests President Obama will forcefully defend his infrastructure stimulus spending and call for more transportation investment to help the U.S.

Ports and marine terminal operators that have been waiting anxiously for the Coast Guard to release its notice of proposed rule-making on the implementation of Transportation Worker Identification Cre