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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.
 

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Recruiting Leaders Say Demand for Truck Drivers Still Strong

NASHVILLE, Tenn. 鈥 Most companies attending the Recruitment & Retention Conference say they have held on to their human resource professionals as trucking endures the freight recession.

February 23, 2024
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Los Angeles Port Head Says Chinese Cranes Pose Security Risk

The head of the port of Los Angeles said Chinese-made cranes pose a potential risk to national security, but a shortage of alternatives makes it challenging to address the vulnerability.

February 23, 2024
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New Container Terminal Planned for 2028 Opening in Maryland

Developers of a new $1 billion container terminal at Tradepoint Atlantic in Baltimore County, Md., say they expect to break ground by the end of next year and open in 2028, creating 1,100 jobs.

February 22, 2024
BusinessLogistics

J.B. Hunt Forges Intermodal Agreement With Walmart

J.B. Hunt Transport Services announced Feb. 22 that subsidiary J.B. Hunt Transport has entered into a multiyear intermodal service agreement with Walmart Inc.

February 22, 2024
GovernmentSafetyLogisticsTCA

NTSB: Negligence Led to 2022 Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse

Pittsburgh's Fern Hollow Bridge should have been shut down years before its 2022 collapse that injured several commuters, National Transportation Safety Board investigators said Feb. 21.

February 22, 2024
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

FMCSA Planning New Study on Detention Time

FMCSA is planning an in-depth research study that will analyze data collected by approximately 80 carriers and 2,500 drivers to help determine the frequency and severity of detention time.

February 22, 2024
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Virginia Officials Laud WCS Logistics鈥 Cold Storage Expansion

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced a $27 million cold storage expansion by WCS Logistics along the Interstate 81 trucking corridor in Frederick County.

February 21, 2024
GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogisticsTCA

California Planning $7 Million Landslide Wall at San Clemente

A $7.2 million 鈥渃atchment wall鈥 will be built at a landslide area in San Clemente, Calif., to hold back the slipping hillside and get passenger train service running to San Diego again.

February 21, 2024
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Biden Plans to Boost Port Cybersecurity

WASHINGTON 鈥 President Joe Biden on Feb. 21 signed an executive order and created a federal rule aimed at better securing the nation鈥檚 ports from potential cyberattacks.

February 21, 2024
GovernmentEquipmentLogistics

Federal Maritime Commission Sides With IMCC on Dispute

FMC upheld a previous decision that ocean carriers violated federal law when a judge ruled the carriers required trucking companies to use specific intermodal chassis providers.

February 21, 2024