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The number of people filing for state unemployment benefits dropped to a two-and-a-half-year low last week, the Labor Department said in a report that indicated the U.S.

Italian authorities are looking for a way of disposing of a container containing radioactive material that has been sitting on the dock at the port of Genoa for more than six months.

DP World opened a new inland container terminal in ceremonies Thursday in Lahore, Pakistan’s second largest city.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Wednesday introduced legislation to reduce truck pollution at container ports -- and to make it easier for the Teamsters union to organize harbor truck drivers.

What is being billed as a “common sense” bill to reduce regulatory burdens would remove a congressionally-imposed December 2015 deadline for railroads to deploy positive train control technology on ro

The Transportation Department’s Freight Transportation Services Index, which measures shipment volume in ton-miles, rose 1.5 percent in December from its November level.

An advocacy group for energy security is calling for a national transportation policy that emphasizes market-based incentives to reduce energy consumption.

The Federal Maritime Commission's inquiry into the effects of slow steaming on the maritime marketplace is officially under way. The commission announced the study at its meeting Jan.

Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday morning announced the Obama administration's plan to continue construction of a national high-speed and intercity passenger

President Obama on Monday carried forward themes of innovation, education and infrastructure construction to turn the U.S. from a consumer economy to one that’s based on selling goods to the world.

For everyone from truckers to railroads to port operators who wondered when Washington might finally decide to craft new long-term surface transportation legislation, President Obama and the new Congr

ProLogis and AMB Property will combine their business, but what they really need is for the logistics market itself to get bigger

It’s been five years since the Florida Department of Transportation first ventured into private financing for public infrastructure, and it now has nearly $4 billion on the books.

With three major truck safety initiatives under way, the Department of Transportation is pursuing an ambitious plan to reshape not only how it enforces compliance with its regulations but also how the

The Export-Import Bank of the United States is accelerating its efforts to get small businesses in the export game, but supporters in industry say the bank needs to make changes to extend its reach.

Let the legislative games begin: Even before federal rail regulators start what is likely to be a long, hard slog to tighten oversight of railroads, all sides are maneuvering to control the debate in

If anyone thought President Obama would tuck his embattled intercity passenger rail program into a bureaucratic corner and see it dry up, the president has a far different message.

Ryder System has acquired Holland, Mich.-based Total Logistic Control, a subsidiary of national grocer SUPERVALU.

Kuehne + Nagel is expanding its South American perishables network by acquiring three companies that together handle about 75,000 tons of air export perishables annually.

U.S. growers are in a good position to gain market share in China’s fast-growing fresh fruit market, but will need to continue marketing aggressively, according to a report from the U.S.

Take droughts and floods, add an improving global economy and increasing numbers of middle-class consumers, then mix in several animal diseases, consumer fears, political tension, protectionism, heavy

Concerned about looming completion, the Florida Citrus Commission has commissioned a three-year, $174,941 study to determine if China’s growing citrus industry will cut into Florida’s shar

As the global economy recovers from a two-year case of the trade flu, carriers and shippers alike are seeking more from their relationships.

UPS is expanding its network of health care distribution by adding new facilities in Singapore; Venlo, Netherlands; Burlington, Canada; and Louisville, Ky.

Food importers will be looking more closely at their foreign suppliers — a new food safety measure signed into law early this year requires them to vouch for the safety of imported products and

President Obama’s plans to visit Brazil and Chile in March are bringing renewed media attention to the region, but South America has been seeing steadily increasing trade levels, especially with

Active CC Boxes has opened a depot Frankfurt, Germany, to handle its Kodiak™ reusable shipping containers, cutting repositioning costs for shippers and the company.

The U.S. and Canada agreed Friday to work more closely together to better focus infrastructure investment needed to speed cross-border trade.

The Surface Transportation Board is delaying until June 22 from May 3 a public hearing on "the current state of competition in the railroad industry," acting on

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says there's a "strong possibility" Congress will send a surface transportation bill to President Obama sooner rather than later.

Cross-border trade, security and energy will top the agenda Friday when President Barack Obama meets Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

The Department of Transportation could lose some $4 billion in discretionary spending after House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., on Thursday instructed subcommittees to cut $74 b

The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 9 percent last month but January snowstorms produced the smallest increase in jobs in four months.

U.S. Steel appointed Malisa J. Sommers managing director of transportation and president of Transtar, the company’s transportation subsidiary, effective Feb. 1.

Major U.S. retailers reported above-expected January sales, despite bad weather in much of the country and continuing concerns about high unemployment and a slow economic recovery.

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Trade between the United States and India jumped 31 percent year-over-year in the first 11 months of 2010, driven largely by increased imports from India.

The Export-Import Bank of the United States is ready with financing and support for U.S.

The Environmental Protection Agency will review whether a waiver applies to rules set by the California Air Resources Board on cargo handling equipment

Jacobson Companies, a global 3PL headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, is expanding into Europe with the help of a strategic partnership with Rhenus Logistics, a $3.7 billion logistics service provider b