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For the commercial transportation business, moving things from point A to point B is job one. This coverage explores all of those movements at a global level and focuses on everything from global trade, ocean shipping, and port activity to intermodal business, rail operations and the greater supply chain.
Hyundai Turns to Cape of Good Hope to Avoid Strait of Hormuz
Hyundai is rerouting ships around Africa to avoid the Strait of Hormuz, slowing the automaker鈥檚 global supply lines.
April 8, 2026Oil Prices Plunge Toward $95 a Barrel on US-Iran Ceasefire
The price for a barrel of benchmark U.S. crude oil plunged 15.6% to $95.32.聽Brent crude, the international standard, tumbled 13% to $95.12 per barrel
April 8, 2026Strait of Hormuz Stays Blocked for Now
While shipowners and insurers lined up to welcome the ceasefire, they also warned that more details will be needed to determine if safe transit is possible.
April 8, 2026Top Aluminum Makers Hike US Surcharge as War Disrupts Supply
Rio Tinto and Century Aluminum raised the premium on aluminum blocks known as billets by about 3 cents a pound, or $110 a ton, above prewar levels.
April 8, 2026FedEx Freight Unit Projects 10% Profit Growth After Spinoff
FedEx has said it鈥檚 separating the freight and parcel operations to better focus on each business.
April 8, 2026Exxon Lost 6% of Its Global Output as War Upended Mideast
Exxon, which also said first-quarter earnings from its energy-products division would be lower, is among the first of the supermajors to disclose the war鈥檚 impact.
April 8, 2026Maersk Faces Arbitration Over Panama Port Takeover
A unit of Hong Kong鈥檚 CK Hutchison said that Maersk had undermined a contract over operations of ports at either end of the Panama Canal.
April 8, 2026Oil Prices Rise Ahead of Trump's Deadline to Reopen Hormuz
The price for a barrel of benchmark U.S. crude climbed 3.9% to $116.83. Brent crude, the international standard, added 0.7% to $110.55.
April 7, 2026DOT Budget Blueprint Lifts FMCSA Funding to $946 Million
Under the proposal, motor carrier safety operations and programs would be funded at $398 million, while motor carrier safety grants would total $548 million.
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