Regional News : Canada

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has adopted as a final rule, with changes, an interim rule that requires inspection of Canadian grown fruits and vegetables imported into the United States. The rule also removes the user fee exemption for certain commercial vessels, trucks, railcars and planes, as well as international airline passengers ente...

Logistics network Descartes Systems Group, said it had net profit of $14.3 million in its fiscal year ending Jan. 31, compared to $20.2 the prior fiscal year. Revenue in the most recent fiscal year was $73.8 million versus $66 million in the prior year. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the company reported its results in U.S. dollars. Geographically 59 percent of revenues were generate...

The Waterways Council met in Washington Monday to press congressional support for a set of recommendations to improve the reliability of the U.S. inland navigation system over the next 20 years. The plan was developed over a year by the Inland Marine Transportation System Investment Strategy Team, comprised of key U.S. Army Corp of Engineers personnel and waterways industry representative...

Harding The White House announced Monday that President Obama intends to nominate retired Army Major Gen. Robert A. Harding as administrator of the Transportation Security Administration. He is the second candidate for the job after Erroll Southers, a police chief with the Los Angeles World Airports, withdrew his name for consideration in January because of questions about how he handled a...

One year after Congress cut off funds for a cross border trucking program with Mexico the Obama administration has still not followed through on its promise to make modifications that would allow the initiative to resume and end a bilateral trade tiff. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, speaking to reporters following an address to state transportation leaders, would only say, “We’re tw...