U.S. niche markets will generate most exports 26 Aug 2013 | 07:38 pm

Some of the biggest gains in U.S. exports due to a widening U.S. production-cost advantage over leading European nations and Japan are likely to be seen in chemicals, machinery, and transportation equ...

New confidence expressed by nation’s CFOs 26 Aug 2013 | 07:21 pm

Beacon Economics reports shift in California exports 26 Aug 2013 | 06:55 pm

While it may seem “counter-intuitive,” California's merchandise export trade with Europe has been up nearly 13% over the latest three months while the state's exports to the Far East declined by 3.2% ...

Washington state senators look to fully collect Harbor Maintenance Tax in new legislation 23 Aug 2013 | 11:39 am

Legislation recently introduced by Washington state Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell is focused on augmenting United States port operations by fully collecting the Harbor Maintenance Tax (HMT)...

Panjiva reports gains in global trade growth for July 21 Aug 2013 | 08:11 pm

Coming off of the month of June, which showed fairly flattish global trade growth, data from Panjiva, an online search engine with detailed information on global suppliers and manufacturers, showed a ...

Jock Menzies, president of American Logistics Aid Network, dies unexpectedly 21 Aug 2013 | 05:53 pm

Menzies was inspired to co-found ALAN after witnessing the breakdown of relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Bill to jack up trucking insurance minimum by 400 percent seen as long shot 21 Aug 2013 | 03:15 pm

The way the trucking industry and several major shipper groups see it, the candidate for the author of the dumbest bill in Congress belongs to Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pa., a rookie congressman who wan...

July tonnage is up annually, reports ATA 20 Aug 2013 | 11:52 pm

Seasonally-adjusted (SA) truck tonnage in July fell 0.4 percent following a 0.1 percent gain in June, and not seasonally-adjusted (NSA) index, which represents the change in tonnage actually hauled by...

Ocean liner industry may soon enter recovery period 20 Aug 2013 | 11:28 pm

Maersk is back in the black.

Diesel prices head up 0.4 cents to $3.90 per gallon, says EIA 20 Aug 2013 | 08:07 pm

The average price per gallon for diesel gasoline increased 0.4 cents this week to $3.90 per gallon, according to the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA).