Transport, Trade and Regulation News

New York Regional Rail Corp. (NYRR) recently reached a settlement with New York City and resolved th

Columbus, Ohio-based Sterling Commerce will buy distributed order management and supply chain fulfil

Wal-Mart is scanning the results of its ambitious demand to have top suppliers implement new radio f

Exel, the global third-party logistics provider, formalized a five-year agreement to provide RedPrai

Kansas City Southern and Grupo TMM S.A. announced rail subsidiary TFM S.A. de C.V. received a favora

Developers broke ground on a 1.5 million square foot, $100 million distribution center for Minneapol

While some shippers are complaining about potential toughening of the C-TPAT program, at least one s

Graduate student research on warehouse location selection and an examination of consumer appliance a

.Maritime Administrator William G. Schubert is setting sail.Schubert announced Jan. 7 that h

OTTAWA -- The St. Lawrence Seaway is closed for winter maintenance until late March, following a sea

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said the economies of its 30 member-countr

How to develop a comprehensive national and international strategy for cargo security will be the ma

The federal government's once-ballyhooed bid to promote intermodalism is being boxed in, stacked up

Dell Computers decided on a 189-acre tract in North Carolina's Winston-Salem area for its 500,000-sq

American seaports and related industries "have been virtually cast adrift by the federal government

Vastera, the provider of trade management technology, will be acquired by JPMorgan Chase, the two fi

SEATTLE -- Washington's apple growers no longer will have to pay a stiff 46.58 percent tariff on Red

Investment firm JP Morgan Chase Bank will acquire Vastera, the trade management software and service

A new system is in place to streamline clearance of the daily mountain of containers moving across

The massive federal spending bill Congress approved before leaving for 2004 included $700,000 to cre

Active RFID technology developer RF Code, of Mesa, Ariz., won the supply chain project category at t

Grocery retailer Supervalu Inc. said it will expand its warehouse management business with the purch

The United States continued to increase surface transportation trade with Mexico and Canada in Octob

CSX Intermodal Inc. said it entered into an agreement with P&O Ports North America, Inc., awarding t

The national trade association that represents apparel and footwear makers today applauded the recen

The American Trucking Assns. (ATA) has sharply criticized the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administr

Announcing a series of efforts from Chennai, India, to Sumatra, TNT focused as much on coordination,

Beth Peterson, a veteran global trade executive, has launched a consulting business, Beth Peterson E

WASHINGTON -- The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday issued the National Response Plan that

Burlington Northern Santa Fe today announced the promotion of John Hickerson to vice president, dome

While the top priority in Southeast Asia has been getting food, water and medicine to the devastated

The Chamber of Commerce plans to make the highway bill one of its top priorities again in 2005.<

The Federal Railroad Administration soon might be headed by a new acting administrator to succeed Be

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is "absolutely committed" to a new highway-spending bill

U.K.-based Exel, the world's largest third-party logistics provider, announced Jan. 5 that it exerci

British supply chain giant Exel said it has exercised an option to acquire Power Packaging Inc., a c

For the first time in 20 years, several rail labor unions have teamed up to bargain as one voice wit

Long-time UPS executive Dave Barnes will be the company's next chief information officer, succeeding

MOL Logistics (Japan) Co., Ltd. today said it established a new subsidiary in the Czech Republic.

United Parcel Service said chief information officer and senior vice president Ken Lacy will retire.