Transport, Trade and Regulation News

The German railway is preparing to buy BAX Global, the domestic heavy air freight operator and logis

President Bush said on Monday that the United States and Panama were close to completing a free trad

Singapore's SembCorp Industries on Monday said third-quarter net profit from its logistics business

With carriers in command of contracting and capacity in the logistics marketplace, shippers are nami

Whether they embrace radio-frequency identification fully, or do only the minimal amount of tagging

Hazmat shippers face a declining driver pool and skyrocketing rates unless tough, new requirements f

On Sept. 27, the Department of Homeland Security released its National Strategy for Maritime Securit

U.S. government officials said they were still working to finalize a broad textiles agreement with C

The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINEOTTAWA -- Canada plans to re-regulate container trucking rates

The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINEOTTAWA -- The Canadian government ordered Canadian National Ra

During the third quarter, North American intermodal volume totaled 3.4 million trailers and containe

The world's biggest retailer wants to receive smaller shipments from its suppliers - and a lot more

Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, named Commodity Logistics a preferred provider of consolidat

Ryder Brazil, a subsidiary of Ryder System, was named "Best Logistics Provider in the Automotive Ind

New legislation Nov. 3 formally established the Canada Border Services Agency with responsibility fo

Crude-oil prices bounced back from a 3-month low of $59.75 Nov. 2 to $61.78 the next day on the New

Railcar builder Greenbrier said net earning reached $10.6 million in its fourth quarter, a 33 percen

The United States Defense Logistics Agency awarded consulting firm Accenture a $6.3 million contract

TNT Logistics moved distribution operations for British discount clothing seller Primark this week a

The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINEWASHINGTON -- Wal-Mart Stores's supply-chain management innova

Kansas City Southern said its acquisition of Mexican railroad TFM earlier this year helped it to rec

Supply chain technology provider Manugistics named William M. Gibson, a founder of the company and o

A new supply chain industry study says shippers have cut logistics costs as a percentage of their ov

The revised Report On Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders from the U.S. Census Bureau

The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINEWASHINGTON -- The United States is boosting the concept of a n

The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINEWASHINGTON -- Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection Ro

Logistics software producer Descartes Systems Group said it has signed a multi-year agreement to man

Sales for retailers across the country rose 4.4 percent in October, according to a survey by the Int

Worldwide forwarder EGL reported solid increases in the third quarter based on positive activity acr

Two heavily relied upon reporting agencies gave conflicting figures on the status of domestic oil su

TIBCO Software will provide TNT Logistics with complex event processing and real-time visibility sof

The U.S. Postal Service, in the midst of trying to improve service to compete with private carriers,

PIERS announced that its new Web site is available at www.piers.com. PIERS customers will find it ea

Pacer International increased profits by 29 percent in the third quarter as a result of growth in bo

P&O Ferries sold its cold logistics units to Versacold Holdings in Canada for $323 million.<

TNT Logistics has launched an initiative to develop the use of radio-frequency identification techno

JF Hillebrand Group, a global beverage logistics provider, said this week it is now using Nistevo's

Schenker's carrier network plans to use Descartes Systems Group's Local Haulage Service to optimize

Danone Waters appointed Schneider Logistics its lead logistics provider for all U.K. movements of bo

Canadian Pacific Railway has appointed Fred Green as president, succeeding Rob Ritchie.Ritch