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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.
 

BusinessLogisticsGlobal Freight

Global Shipping Stocks Sink After Dockworkers Pause Strike

Shipping stocks slumped worldwide after a strike by U.S. dockworkers was suspended after only three days, spurring predictions of a decline in the price of transporting goods by sea.

October 4, 2024
BusinessSafetyLogistics

Cargo Theft Experts Warn of Peak Season Fraud

The trucking industry expects an uptick in cargo theft activity, related to peak shipping season, on top of already elevated conditions, experts warned.

October 4, 2024
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Port Strike Sparks High Demand for Toilet Paper at Retailers

During visits to Costco stores in northern New Jersey, Oppenheimer analyst Rupesh Parikh said his team 鈥渙bserved behaviors similar to the start of the pandemic.鈥

October 3, 2024
BusinessLogisticsGlobal Freight

DSV Starts $5.5 Billion Share Sale for DB Schenker Takeover

DSV received commitments from investors for more than half of a $5.5 billion sale of new shares as the Danish freight-forwarding company finances its takeover of DB Schenker.

October 3, 2024
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Biden Urges Dockworkers, USMX to Resume Talks

President Joe Biden ratcheted up pressure on U.S. port employers and shipping lines to restart talks with striking dockworkers, warning that the unfolding strike could turn into a 鈥渕an-made disaster.鈥

October 3, 2024
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

IANA Appoints Anne Reinke as New President and CEO

Reinke will officially step into the role at the end of the year, succeeding Joni Casey, who is retiring after 27 years of service.

October 3, 2024
BusinessLogisticsFor-HirePrivate

Amazon, Target and Other Retailers Ramp Up Holiday Hiring

Retailers are ramping up hiring for the holiday season, but fewer seasonal employees are expected to be taken on this year to help customers in stores and assemble online orders in warehouses.

October 3, 2024
BusinessLogisticsGlobal Freight

Deutsche Bahn Approves Logistics Unit Sale to DSV

DSV won approval to buy Deutsche Bahn鈥檚 logistics unit for $15.8 billion, overcoming resistance from German labor unions and late attempts by a rival bidder to derail the deal.

October 3, 2024
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Why Biden Says He Won't Invoke Taft-Hartley in Port Strike

According to the Congressional Research Service, about half the time that presidents have invoked Section 206 of Taft-Hartley, the parties worked out their differences.

October 2, 2024
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Businesses Weigh Fallout From Dockworkers Strike

As day one of the dockworkers strike unfolded, economists were trying to quantify the damage from the supply chain disruption caused by the closure of 36 ports.

October 2, 2024