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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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Truck Tonnage in December Dips 0.5% Year-Over-Year

Truck tonnage dipped in December, closing out the worst 12 months for freight activity since the pandemic year of 2020, American Trucking Associations reported.

January 23, 2024
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Amazon Fined in France for Employee Monitoring in Warehouses

France鈥檚 privacy watchdog said Jan. 23 that it hit Amazon鈥檚 warehouse unit with a $35 million fine for using an 鈥渆xcessively intrusive system鈥 to monitor worker performance and activity.

January 23, 2024
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

C.H. Robinson Announces Electronic Bill of Lading for LTLs

C.H. Robinson is implementing an electronic bill of lading process for its largest less-than-truckload carriers, a move in its continued efforts to digitize documents, the company announced Jan. 22.

January 23, 2024
GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuelLogisticsGlobal Freight

Red Sea Chaos Starting to Impair Profits Across Industries

With the Red Sea crisis roiling shipments of everything from cars to energy, it鈥檚 a matter of time before soaring costs and supply chain strains show up in companies鈥 earnings reports.

January 23, 2024
BusinessEquipmentLogistics

PS Logistics Unit Expands Flatbed Division in North Carolina

PS Logistics鈥 Blair Logistics unit announced it has acquired the flatbed division of Kenly, N.C.-based ELS for an undisclosed sum.

January 23, 2024
BusinessEquipmentLogistics

Ports on Both Coasts Wrap 2023 Below Year-Earlier Levels

The nation鈥檚 port leaders say that while container volume was down in the Pacific, Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico facilities, overall trends for 2024 are pointing up.

January 23, 2024
BusinessLogisticsFor-Hire

Forward Air Reaches Deal With Omni Logistics on Acquisition

Forward Air Corp. and Omni Logistics have settled litigation surrounding a planned merger that allows a deal to proceed under amended terms, the companies announced Jan. 22.

January 22, 2024
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STB Calls for Status Hearing on Gulf Coast Amtrak Project

The U.S. Surface Transportation Board, which oversaw hearings into the possible restart of Gulf Coast rail during 2022, is calling the parties involved in the case for a status hearing.

January 22, 2024
SafetyLogistics

Boeing Cargo Plane Makes Emergency Landing at Miami Airport

MIAMI 鈥 A witness saw sparks shooting from a cargo plane as it made an emergency landing at Miami International Airport shortly after takeoff.

January 19, 2024
BusinessLogisticsFor-Hire

J.B. Hunt Reports Revenue Declined to $3.3 Billion for Q4

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. reported a decline in fourth-quarter earnings as a result of weaker performance across its segments and rising insurance costs, the company reported Jan. 18.聽

January 19, 2024