Transport, Trade and Regulation News

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. today announced a $40 million plan to expand its Te

CP Ships Ltd. announced Tuesday it has entered into an agreement to acquire ROE Logistics, a private

A second rail line linking China's east coast with Central Asia is being touted by officials in th

The Transportation Security Administration announced it will not begin implementation of biometric b

OTTAWA -- The St. Lawrence Seaway opened the 2004 shipping season today amid bright traffic forecast

Management Dynamics, a provider of price and contract management systems for the ocean transportatio

The World Trade Organization has ruled that the United States didn't follow international trade rule

The American Trucking Associations said it has entered into a $19.3 million cooperative agreement wi

Copyright 2004, Traffic World, Inc.The economy is heating up, with more freight moving farth

The "smart container" is a concept that's still shrouded by fog. The term surrounds a host of contai

Copyright 2004, Traffic World, Inc.Better a half a loaf - or in this case a third of a loaf

RMI, a provider of rail information services to the transportation industry, announced the release o

Copyright 2004, Traffic World, Inc.The March 11 terrorist attacks in Spain galvanized effort

Sellers of computer video games had a problem. Not with their games' exciting graphics and fast-pace

Copyright 2004, Traffic World, Inc.Topsfield, Mass-based pet supplies company PetEdge, opene

A Delaware arbitrator today ruled in favor of Kansas City Southern in its legal battle to acquire Me

Copyright 2004, Traffic World, Inc.The growth in cross-border trade expected with the expans

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that when it comes to auto

Dutch mail, express and logistics company TPG said Friday it was taking an extra tax charge of 59 mi

The 5,000 striking workers at Canadian National Railway Co. have ratified the company's latest contr

WASHINGTON -- The office of the U.S. Trade Representative for the first time has filed a complaint a

WASHINGTON -- The International Trade Commission has initiated two new investigations to determine t

The House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday agreed to extend an alternative fuel tax subsidy tha

A service will be held tomorrow for Harold G. Mintz at 11:45 a.m. at The Riverside, 76th St. and Ams

What is being described as an electronic filing system is being introduced by South Korea's customs

The World Customs Organization is urging its 162 member nations to work together in an effort to boo

WASHINGTON -The government doesn't need additional funding for rail security following the terrorist

The Central and Eastern European contract logistics market will double in size over the next five ye

CSX Transportation on Tuesday introduced its Ethanol Express Delivery (EthX), a rail-to-vessel servi

FedEx Corp. on Wednesday reported a better-than-expected increase in quarterly earnings, helped by c

Norfolk Southern Railway will meet next month with planners to discuss the feasibility of a $266 mil

WASHINGTON -- The Dominican Republic is the sixth nation to join the Central American Free Trade Agr

CSX Corp., the largest railroad in the eastern United States, on Tuesday filed with the Securities a

Trucker Swift Transportation Co. said on Monday it expected first quarter earnings would be "signifi

Trinity Industries Inc., the largest maker of marine transportation barges, said on Monday it and it

WASHINGTON -- The United States signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement with the United Ar

Copyright 2004, Traffic World, Inc.Surface Transportation Board nominees Frank Mulvey and Do

Copyright 2004, Traffic World, Inc.In the far northwest corner of North Dakota, the new Four

Georgia-Pacific, the largest building products distributor in the U.S., said today it was selling th

Union Pacific Railroad plans to open an intermodal facility in Tucson, Ariz. On April 19.Loc