Transport, Trade and Regulation News

UK-based Exel will return $476.6 million to stockholders through a share buy-back program after comp

Trade groups in North America and Europe are protesting an attempt by an International Standards Org

The World Trade Organization on Thursday ruled that the European Union's subsidies to sugar producer

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. said Thursday that its profit rose sharply in the first quarter,

Taiwan on Wednesday lifted a four-month ban on the import of U.S. apples, which was imposed after mo

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has lifted an injunction issued earlier by the U.S

Mobitrac, a Chicago-based transportation execution software company, received $8.3 million in fundin

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Wednesday it will complete several critical eleme

President Bush put his foot down Tuesday with a veto threat to the highway bill if Congress strays f

Norfolk Southern Corp. said first-quarter earnings increased 23 percent from the first quarter of 20

Management Dynamics Inc., a leading provider of on-demand solutions for global transportation and su

Web-based logistics provider Power2Ship completed the acquisitions of GFC and Commodity Express Tran

Effective May 1, Canada will impose a 15 urtax on U.S. live swine, cigarettes, oysters and certain s

Trade groups in North America and Europe are protesting an attempt by an International Standards Ass

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Maritime Commission has ended a seven-year investigation of alleged restri

Trucker Swift Transportation Co. on Tuesday said revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 incre

Power2Ship, Inc. announced today that it has completed the acquisitions of GFC and Commodity Express

With an eye toward improving its Germany-North America and Germany-Asia/Pacific air and sea trade la

The Government of Canada announced last week details of a $300-million, five-year package of initiat

After years of debate and many delays, shippers finally have federal regulations governing hazardous

U.S. Xpress Enterprises said revenue for the first quarter ended March 31 increased 14.7 percent to

TNT Logistics North America has appointed Cecil "Skip" Hurst manager of business development.

Northern Lines Railway, an affiliate of Anacostia & Pacific Co. of Chicago, and BNSF Railway today a

On Monday, CSX Intermodal will implement a May surcharge of 14 percent, a 0.5 percentage point incre

French President Jacques Chirac on Tuesday called for measures to control a flood of Chinese textile

Beginning May 1 drivers transporting shipments using the Border Release Advance Screening and Select

CNF Inc., the provider of trucking logistics services, said Tuesday that it appointed Douglas W. Sto

OTTAWA - Canada is spending an additional C$300 million ($243 million) on marine security, including

LONDON -- Kuehne & Nagel International, the Swiss based global freight forwarder and transport group

All the belt-tightening and management shakeups at i2 and Manugistics may not be enough to revive th

A former logistics executive has formed Logistics Marketing Advisors, LLC, providing marketing and p

Five of America's top retailers will use a Web-based interviewing tool to study distribution center

PWC Logistics merged with Transoceanic Shipping to create a specialized logistics provider reaching

Months after shippers cried foul about tough new directives for the Customs-Trade Partnership Agains

Motorola hired Stuart Reed, a veteran of more than 20 years at IBM, as senior vice president in char

DHL is investing $130 million on a new parcel center, high-rack warehouse and renovations at its Bre

Led by air and ocean freight volumes that reportedly grew at double the market pace, Swiss third-par

A summer job at a busy California steel shipyard gave Rep. Dan Lungren a unique perspective on trans

During the week ending April 16, U.S. railroads traffic volume reached 33.3 billion ton-miles, a 4.7

Savi Technology, a provider of active Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) supply chain solutions,