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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.
 

Government, Business, Technology, Logistics, Private, Global Freight

Amazon Layoffs Prompt Canada to Review Government Deals

Canada鈥檚 industry minister said Amazon鈥檚 decision to shut down all warehouses in Quebec and cut close to 2,000 jobs would prompt the government to examine its current deals with the company.

January 24, 2025
Business, Logistics

Port of L.A. Tallies Second-Busiest Year on Record in 2024

The busiest U.S. seaport finished 2024 with near-record trade volumes as tariff uncertainty and supply chain diversions brought a sustained wave of imports through Southern California.

January 24, 2025
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Fuel, Logistics

New Indiana Gov. Braun Forms Transportation Cabinet

鈥淲e can be the risk-takers and trailblazers that Hoosiers deserve in leadership, or maintain the status quo,鈥 the new governor said in his Jan. 13 inauguration speech.

January 23, 2025
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics, TCA

Dali Ship That Hit Baltimore鈥檚 Key Bridge Back at Sea

BALTIMORE 鈥 About 10 months after hitting Baltimore鈥檚 Francis Scott Key Bridge, the Dali containership is back in business.

January 23, 2025
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

Knight-Swift Closes 2024 Preparing for Upturn

The Phoenix-based truckload motor carrier聽reported a revenue decline of 3.5% in the fourth quarter amid efforts to improve the business ahead of the expected up cycle.

January 23, 2025
Business, Logistics

Union Pacific Beats Estimates on Workforce Productivity

Union Pacific Corp.鈥檚 quarterly earnings topped Wall Street estimates, and the railroad said its 2025 outlook remains the same despite a mixed economic forecast.

January 23, 2025
Business, Safety, Logistics, Private, Top 100

ADM Stops Loading Grain Vessels in Louisiana Amid Snowstorm

One of the world鈥檚 biggest crop traders has halted loading of grain vessels at U.S. Gulf terminals as the region鈥檚 worst snowstorm in 130 years slams the region.

January 22, 2025
Business, Safety, Logistics

Fire Explodes North of L.A.; Part of I-5 Closes Temporarily

A fire spreading rapidly north of Los Angeles shut one of California鈥檚 main transportation arteries the afternoon of Jan. 22.

January 22, 2025
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

House Highway Bill on Panel鈥檚 Radar, Chairman Graves Says

鈥淭his will be a collaborative process in which the committee will solicit feedback from both members and stakeholders,鈥 Sam Graves (R-Mo.) said during a hearing Jan. 15.

January 22, 2025
Business, Logistics, Private, Global Freight

Amazon to Close All Warehouses in Quebec

Amazon.com Inc. will shut down all warehouses and lay off employees in the French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec.

January 22, 2025