Transport, Trade and Regulation News

The Chinese government reported Thursday that the country's cumulative trade surplus for the first s

CSX Corp. told investors Thursday that it plans to expand some existing rail lines to meet demand in

Marine and logistics conglomerate SembCorp Industries Ltd. reported a 19.6-percent rise in second-qu

Surging automobile sales led by rock-bottom sale prices drove U.S. retail sales up 1.8 percent in Ju

Swift Intermodal announced it will acquire 3,800 53-foot domestic containers currently leased by BNS

A little-noticed provision in the highway bill may mean shippers assume more risk when using domesti

Bonni Tischler, 60, a well-known veteran of Customs and Border Protection, died early Tuesday after

WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush used a Caterpillar heavy equipment factory in Aurora, Ill., a

United States retailers are reporting largely clear sailing through ports this year even though port

President Bush on Wednesday signed the highway bill that sets transportation policy and funding leve

USPS loses another customer.Applicants to the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism mu

North American intermodal volume rose 4.5 percent in the second quarter from the year-ago period, bu

The Transportation Services Index of 112.6 rose 0.8 percent in May, the third straight monthly incre

The board of directors of C.H. Robinson Worldwide elected a new director, Kenneth E. Keiser. Keiser,

The National Transportation Safety Board blamed a freight railroad for a fatal 2004 Amtrak derailmen

Motor carrier Swift Intermodal today announced it will acquire 3,800 53-foot domestic containers cur

The Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association applauded the recent passage by Congress of highw

The logjam is over. Nearly two years and 12 extensions after the last full Transportation Equity Act

In the midst of the massive hype over radio frequency identification technology's promise for supply

The trucking industry will be up early on Aug. 22 to read the Federal Register.That's the da

DHL will invest $4 million over the next five years expanding and finishing its DHL Columbus Commerc

The "cold chain" in international trade is a subset of the supply chain that trades in refrigerated

Intermodal traffic highlighted the second straight monthly gain for U.S. railroads.In July c

The Central American Free Trade Agreement may not mean much to the U.S. economy as a whole, but it m

The logjam is over. Nearly two years and 12 extensions after the last full Transportation Equity Act

A strong second quarter in all its North American business segments resulted in a 33 percent increas

Landstar System, moving to extend its reach beyond its non-asset-based truckload operations, is star

The trucking industry will be up early on Aug. 22 to read the Federal Register.That's the da

Wednesday is D-Day for the long-awaited highway bill.President Bush plans to sign the $286 b

Overnite shareholders approved the company's $1.25 billion takeover by package giant UPS, advancing

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta Thursday named Jacqueline Glassman to serve as the

OTTAWA -- The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection will open electronic filing of truck manifests

Congress may have passed the highway bill by overwhelmingly margins but there were a few lonely voic

DHL today announced that it has signed a long-term lease for a new building currently under construc

Bud Shuster got his highway. Don Young will have his bridge. The highway bill contains about

Union Pacific and CSX will jointly offer a dedicated produce unit-train service between Washington s

APL Logistics signed a lease for a 315,000-square-foot distribution center in Winston-Salem, N.C., t

Global business executives are less confident in the economy than they were three months ago, accord

Retail executives are predicting strong sales through the rest of 2005, poised for a strong remainde

SSA Global Technologies moved to shore up its position in the enterprise resource planning software