Supply chain

The output of the freight transportation industry declined 0.5 percent in September from August, blunting a three-month long recovery, according to a report Thursday from the U.S.

Absorption of industrial real estate space is trending upward and port container volumes in November could experience the first year-over-year gain since July 2008, according to a new index introduced

Emirates Shipping Line will use GT Nexus as the portal to connect its customers with its freight booking systems through the Internet, the technology company announced Wednesday.

Agility, the Kuwaiti-controlled global logistics company, increased third quarter profit by 15 percent from a year ago on lower revenue as it focused on emerging markets and government contracts to co

The rail reform bill being prepared for the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee is unlikely to strip railroads of their limited antitrust immunity, said a key Republican senator.

Toll Group, a leader in integrated logistics in Asia, acquired Logistic Distribution Systems, a large private international freight forwarder based in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.

The Department of Transportation by Oct. 23 had approved $30 billion in project spending under the stimulus law, and cut checks totaling $4.85 billion.

Express-1 Expedited Solutions, a Saint Joseph, Michigan based leader in transportation logistics, named David G. Yoder to the post of chief financial officer.

Tyden Group Holdings, a provider of security solutions and product identification technology for transportation companies and global supply chains, acquired E.J.

UPS agreed to oversee the entire supply chain for automotive remarketer Manheim, moving millions of used vehicles each year to the wholesale market.

Logistics provider Damco and a local barge operator are using the River Madeira to connect importers and exporters with major ports via the Port of Manaus on the Amazon River.

Asking for changes to the controversial approval of a key rail merger, Chicago suburbs and the Illinois Department of Transportation managed to get a split decision out of the Surface Transportation B

Rail industry officials are generating plenty of heat over potential proposals in Congress to reshape railroad regulation as they wait for a key Senate panel to offer the legislation.

If there’s a distinguishing factor about the freight brokers and logistics companies of the Transportation Intermediaries Association, it’s their size.

The U.S. Senate confirmed Anne S.

Freight transportation employment fell again in October, the Labor Department said, and many of their major customer groups shed jobs as well.

The Department of Homeland Security completed deployment of non-intrusive scanning equipment to detect radiation emanating from materials used in nuclear devices at all Northern border land ports of e

JDA Software Group signed a definitive agreement to acquire i2 Technologies for an enterprise value of approximately $396 million.

Profit for supply chain software provider i2 Technologies surged from $1.4 million a year ago to $10 million in the third quarter.

Virginia ranks last in the nation for using up its stimulus funds for highway and bridge construction projects, says a congressional report.

A broad group of retailers and other shippers called on the mayors of New York and Newark, N.J., to withdraw their support for changes in federal law that would allow local regulators to bar independe

The National Mediation Board proposed an amendment to its Railway Labor Act rules to provide that, in representation disputes, a majority of valid ballots cast will determine the craft or class repres

Expeditors International of Washington saw its net profit fall 33 percent in the third quarter, to $57.8 million, as tighter capacity and rising prices in ocean and air transport services cut into fre

New orders and shipments of manufactured goods are growing, but unfilled orders and inventories are still shrinking, according to the latest report from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The prices of the kinds of commodities that manufacturers around the world use to make industrial products hit a record high in the week at the end of October, according to the Industrial price Index

Panalpina launched an online transportation rate management hub on the GT Nexus Trade and Logistics Portal, supporting all ocean trade lanes across all carriers that Panalpina works with.

The manufacturing sector expanded solidly in October as the PMI index of business activity surged 3.1 percentage points to 55.7 percent, the highest rate of growth since April 2006.

The closely watched Cass Freight Index of U.S.

TNT, Europe's second largest mail and express company, reported its fifth consecutive quarter of declining earnings, but said its express operations are showing early signs of growth.

DSV, Scandinavia’s biggest trucking and logistics company, reported a steep decline in third quarter earnings but said it gained market share in its key ocean, air and land transport sectors.

Rules that govern how many hours a day truck drivers may spend behind the wheel may change again, perhaps before August 2011, as the federal agency that regulates motor carriers reconsiders whether tr

The universal language governing international and U.S. domestic commerce is due for a revision that could come as early as January 2011.

Sometimes when you want to save, you have to spend.

Taiwan’s decision last month to remove virtually all restrictions on its imports of U.S. beef could be the best recipe for growth in global U.S. exports of meat.

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The proof is in the numbers.

Sometime over the next few weeks, the White House Council on Environmental Quality will update its “principles and guidelines” to steer federal agencies making policy decisions on water resources.

Food import regulation in the U.S. is lacking, with large gaps that endanger public health, according to a new report from the congressional Government Accountability Office.

Stronger international lift and a pickup in next-day shipments took some of the sting out of the recession for UPS in the third quarter.

The country may be crawling out of the worst recession in decades, and transportation companies along with their customers may be reeling from slack demand and “unsustainable rates,” but you wouldn’t