Supply chain

Manufacturers’ inventories tightened as U.S. factories marked their 10th consecutive month of year-to-year growth, the Institute for Supply Management said today.

The agency that for much of the shipping world has been on the frontlines of supply chain security since the September 11 terror attacks is facing new questions about how it balances security and the

On any given day in 2008, Caterpillar had some $500 million worth of U.S.

When the 2008-09 recession hammered consumer spending in the U.S., analysts pondered whether its length and persisting unemployment would permanently change consumer habits.

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When the Department of Homeland Security drafted a security strategy in 2006, it limited Customs and Border Protection’s scope to just that: security.

Do shippers really care if their goods move by contract or tariff?

Remember “green shoots?” A year ago, U.S. importers and exporters were scouring economic indicators for any signs of improvement in dismal market conditions.

U.S. imports of steel mill products increased in April over March by 0.9 percent, reflecting steady but slow improvement in market conditions.

Consumer spending was flat in April while personal income edged up at an annual rate of 0.4 percent, the Commerce Department said.

Hancock Fabrics says higher freight shipping costs from the company’s attempts to adjust inventory levels helped push the retailer into a steeper loss in its fiscal first quarter.

Europe’s fiscal troubles will produce five years of economic stagnation on the continent but won’t prevent the global economy from expanding by an estimated 3.7 percent this year after las

Hitachi Transport System signed a basic agreement to acquire 100 percent of Flyjac Logistics, a major Indian forwarder providing services to the United States and Europe as well as local corporate cus

The Teamsters union’s Central States pension fund faces insolvency within 10 to 15 years unless Congress acts to stabilize the fund, its executive director said this week.

The tanker Wilmina was banned from U.S. waters for three years for violations of environmental law, the Coast Guard announced Thursday.

Chicago is not only the nation’s crossroads, but its chokepoint.

Five states received nearly $80 million in federal grants for high-speed rail projects today from the Department of Transportation.

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There’s bipartisan support for quick passage of a comprehensive transportation bill, but members of the House Transportation Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday demonstrated there is still a w

Virginia broke ground Wednesday on a control center for high occupancy toll lanes on a stretch of the I-495 Capital Beltway that ranks as one of the worst U.S. congestion bottlenecks.

Japan's trade surplus with the rest of the world ballooned about 15-fold in April from a year earlier to $8.25 billion thanks to a robust growth in exports, according to preliminary figures released b

Lego is expanding its North American distribution center by nearly 50 percent as the toy maker builds on a strategy to sharply expand its market share in the United States.

Orders for big-ticket goods rose 2.9 percent last month, largely because of a jump in demand for commercial aircraft, the Commerce Department reported.

The senior Republican on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said Tuesday he expects Congress will take up a comprehensive surface transportation bill in January, dimming any faint p

Economic activity is growing faster than expected but the sovereign debt crisis and overheating in emerging markets pose increasing risks, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development sai

U.S. third-part logistics providers suffered a 16 percent drop in revenue last year but are bouncing back at double digits this year, according to Armstrong & Associates.

American consumers this month regained more confidence in economic prospects, The Conference Board reported.

Ceva Logistics, the global supply chain management company, reported strong growth in first quarter profit and revenue driven by cost controls and gains in contract logistics.

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Fifteen of 22 industry groups contributed to last year’s 2.4 percent drop in U.S. GDP, the government’s Bureau of Economic Analysis reported.

The global economic crisis reduced greenhouse gas emissions from transportation industry sources worldwide, but that reduction isn’t expected to last long.

The Coast Guard would be authorized to provide technical assistance and lend or lease equipment to ports to help them comply with the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code under terms of

The Federal Reserve’s monetary policy-setting arm last week increased its projections for U.S. GDP growth.

The nation’s largest port complex hopes to benefit from what would be one of the largest loans ever made under a Federal Railroad Administration program for track system improvements.

The battle over who will drive the trucks in clean-air programs being rolled out at ports across the country is now being waged on three fronts — federal court in Los Angeles, a U.S.

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., this month took the Department of Homeland Security to task for slashing port and transit security grants for the city and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

In the Obama administration’s vision for a future with free-flowing highways, cleaner air in cities and ports and lower climate-heating carbon emissions, intermodal rail leads the way.

The American Trucking Associations supports President Obama’s call for the first national fuel-economy standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

President Obama signed a presidential order today that for the first time would establish fuel economy standards and greenhouse gas emissions limits for heavy-duty and medium trucks, starting in 2014.