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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.
 

BusinessLogistics

Xcel Bulk Logistics Acquires 1845鈥檚 Commercial Bulk Division

Xcel Bulk Logistics announced that it has acquired the 1845 Commercial Bulk Division.

September 27, 2021
GovernmentLogisticsTCA

USPS Mail, Small Package Delivery May Take Longer as of Oct. 1

The U.S. Postal Service is making changes to its express shipping as of Oct. 1 that could delay some mail going across country.

September 27, 2021
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Prime Partners With Mastery to Implement Cloud-Based TMS

Prime Inc. announced a partnership with Mastery Logistics Systems to implement a cloud-based transportation management system.

September 27, 2021
GovernmentBusinessLogisticsTCA

Pandemic, Amazon Driving Growth of Minnesota Mega-Business Centers

An enormous new kind of trucking center is rolling into the Twin Cities 鈥 thanks in part to the pandemic and the home-delivery giant Amazon.com Inc.

September 27, 2021
BusinessLogisticsTCA

Costco Limits Paper Products, Water Due to Supply Chain Delays

Costco is bringing back purchase limits on some essential items like toilet paper, paper towels, bottled water and high-demand cleaning products, and it鈥檚 blaming supply chain delays.

September 24, 2021
BusinessSafetyLogistics

New York Faces New Flood Threat Just Weeks After Ida鈥檚 Havoc

New York and the U.S. Northeast are facing another flood threat just three weeks after the remnants of Hurricane Ida devastated the region, but the heavy rain expected through Sept. 24 won鈥檛 match that storm鈥檚 deadly deluge.

September 23, 2021
BusinessLogistics

Containers Piling Up at Rail Yards Add to Port Strains

To understand why more than 100 containerships are waiting to enter U.S. ports from Southern California to Savannah, Ga., it helps to keep tabs on the congestion that鈥檚 building at another key junction of freight transportation: rail yards.

September 23, 2021
BusinessTechnologyLogisticsAutonomous

Tesla Is Building a New Battery Factory in California

A California mayor said Tesla Inc. broke ground in his city on what it calls a new 鈥淢egafactory,鈥 praising the planned facility in a Facebook post that was deleted and is now visible again.

September 23, 2021
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

New California Law Protects Warehouse Workers鈥 Breaks

California on Sept. 23 became the first state to bar mega-retailers from firing warehouse workers for missing quotas that interfere with bathroom and rest breaks under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

September 23, 2021
BusinessTechnologyLogisticsTop 50

C.H. Robinson Releases Spot Market Navigation Tool

C.H. Robinson launched a new tool to help businesses navigate spot market costs, the company announced Sept. 20.

September 22, 2021