Transport, Trade and Regulation News

South America's two major trade blocs have signed agreements aimed at gradually creating a free trad

President Bush on Monday signed the Homeland Security Appropriations Act which provides $28.9 billio

Online retailers will cut back on free holiday-season shipping this year, according to an analysis b

Vastera, Inc. on Tuesday said that Nestl? will use its technology to automate its export documentati

China's largest auto exporter is stepping up its shipments to foreign markets. Chery Automo

U.S. railroads moved 230,237 trailers and containers compared with 231,025 units the week ending Oct

DHL Worldwide, a unit of German mail and express provider Deutsche Post, has opened a new regional s

Copyright 2004, Traffic World, Inc.Europe''s logistics industry is taking another consolidat

Copyright 2004, Traffic World, Inc.While one panel at the Council of Logistics Management an

The former top U.S. commander in Iraq complained last winter to the Pentagon that a poor supply situ

The Bush Administration will challenge a decision by a North American Free Trade Agreement panel tha

Copyright 2004, Traffic World, Inc.U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico in 2003 approached pre-

Copyright 2004, Traffic World, Inc.Congress seems to have given up waiting for the Transport

SAN DIEGO -- A senior U.S. Customs official urged the World Customs Organization to launch an anti-t

Logistics real estate developer AMB Property Corp. said it launched seven new developments in the th

Trucker Landstar System Inc. nearly doubled its profit in the third quarter, carried by higher reven

OTTAWA -- United States Customs agents stationed in Canada for the first time will clear U.S.-bound

Striking Canadian public servants who have snarled truck traffic and delayed shipments waiting to cr

Striking Canadian public servants who have snarled truck traffic and delayed shipments waiting to cr

Intermodal and trucking provider JB Hunt Transport Services Inc. announced record third-quarter net

Nationwide electronic customs declarations will be used across Vietnam shortly after a two-year te

Truckload transportation company Werner Enterprises Inc. on Thursday improved its third-quarter oper

International logistics group U-Freight has named Frank Wang as regional manager for Northern China,

Japan's largest trading conglomerate is exploring investment in South Korea's Port of Gwangyang, o

WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of House members is urging the Federal Railroad Administration to d

The U.S. trade deficit grew to $54 billion in August, the Commerce Department announced, the second

OTTAWA -- Striking public servants for the third day in a row delayed truck traffic heading into Can

Because of challenges to U.S. freight mobility, the "trilogy" of water, rail and highway systems sho

LOS ANGELES -- After struggling most of this year with system congestion, crew and equipment shortag

WASHINGTON -- The National Retail Federation on Tuesday urged the Bush administration to reject peti

WASHINGTON -- A coalition of apparel, textile and labor groups announced Tuesday that they have file

Some 120,000 Canadian federal public servants went on strike today, including those at U.S. border c

Sea Containers Ltd. said its board at its Oct. 5 meeting decided to divide the company's transport d

Kuehne & Nagel, the Swiss-based global transport and freight forwarding group, and Singapore's SembC

Vastera, the provider of trade management technology, announced that it has signed an agreement to e

Buoyed by surging sales to China, the U.S. agricultural sector is expected to produce record high ex

Exel plc said Monday it had acquired the logistics business of Bodenor S.A. of Santiago (Bodenor), o

Two years after opening BNSF Logistics Park-Chicago, Burlington Northern Santa Fe is finalizing plan

Copyright 2004, Traffic World, Inc.The challenges facing Harry J. Wamboldt are similar in ma

Nine years after Vietnam first applied to join the World Trade Organization, its candidacy for membe