Transport, Trade and Regulation News

WASHINGTON - A new report says the nation's inland waterways are in desperate need of maintenance an

NEW ORLEANS -- Union Pacific has begun rerouting two of several intermodal trains that make regular

China has raised speeds on many of its main rail routes, but that doesn't appear to be doing much

SSA Terminals became the first terminal operator at the Port of Oakland to be cited under an anti-po

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick on Thursday gave the World Trade Organization a better tha

WASHINGTON -- The United States will formally sign the Central America Free Trade Agreement on May 2

WASHINGTON -- Customs and Border Protection has agreed to accept the traditional definition of "ship

Businesses are supporting a proposal to create a foreign trade zone around a Maine intermodal rail t

During the week ending May 1, U.S. railroads moved 349,093 carloads, the highest weekly total in mor

Shareholders of 3M Co. on Tuesday elected Michael Eskew, chairman and chief executive of United Parc

Trucker Werner Enterprises plans to expand its intermodal and logistics services.Clarence We

Union Pacific Corp. announced it received an unsolicited "mini-tender" offer from TRC Capital Corp.

The Senate has approved tax reform legislation that aims to bring the United States into compliance

e2e Logistics Consulting Inc. said it released three products targeting freight forwarders, customs

Britain's Port of Felixstowe saw a weekly record of over 7,006 containers moved by rail in late Apri

tWASHINGTON -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has named Carol B. Hallett, 67, as counsel for travel an

Schenker is building a logistics center in Shanghai that is scheduled to open in autumn of this year

A new rail freight tunnel beneath New York Harbor would bring a host of environmental and economic b

UPS Supply Chain Solutions said it will launch a service to manage the disposition of used and obsol

Troubled Descartes Systems Group has lost a major apparel company to a competitor. Descartes

Copyright 2004, Traffic World, Inc.Tightening rail security and advancing positive train con

Grupo TMM, S.A. said bondholders agreed to extend a deadline for finalizing a plan to restructure th

The European Union sought to kick- start global trade talks by offering to end subsidies supporting

Copyright 2004, Traffic World, Inc.Competition among states for logistics and distribution b

Copyright 2004, Traffic World, Inc.IDS announced that motor carrier Tango Transport is using

Canadian National Railway Co. on Monday announced it completed a $380 million deal with Great Lakes

Surging trailer volume helped push U.S. intermodal shipments up 8.7 percent in the first quarter, th

The United States filed a complaint against Chinese trade practices at the World Trade Organization

Inventory taxes, levied on goods stockpiled by shippers, soon may join the colonial duty on British

Deutsche Post World Net plans a multi-billion dollar logistics spending spree beginning next month u

The Transportation Services Index increased 1.4 percent in February, following a drop in January, th

FM Logistic and Kuehne & Nagel have set up a joint venture company, Cologic, to provide product comp

Sinotrans, China's largest transportation conglomerate, has set up a storage and terminal joint vent

Forwarder EGL, Inc. said net income increased 114 percent to $6 million for the three months ended M

Trinity Industries reported a net loss of $10.8 million for the first quarter ended March 31 even as

United Parcel Service's board of directors has raised to $1 billion its authorization for the repurc

Expeditors International, the global logistics and forwarding company based in Seattle, made a first

WASHINGTON -- House Democrats appear to be growing restive with the progress of security programs un

WASHINGTON -- The House Ways and Means Committee approved legislation by voice vote Wednesday to ext

FedEx Ground will relocate a South Carolina terminal to Augusta, Ga., this summer as part of the com