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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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XPO Names Leadership Team for New Logistics Business

XPO Logistics Inc. on Jan. 12 announced the senior leadership team for the upcoming spinoff of its logistics segment.

January 12, 2021
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GM Announces New Electric Delivery Van, Electric Pallet

The market for battery-powered delivery vehicles and equipment has so much potential that General Motors is forming a new business unit to serve it.

January 12, 2021
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Exports Boosted US Shale Market, but Long-Term Demand Uncertain

These past five years could very well go down as the best years that U.S. shale oil exporters will ever see.

January 12, 2021
BusinessLogistics

ABF Freight President Tim Thorne Announces Retirement Plans

The president of less-than-truckload fleet ABF Freight will retire later this year after more than three decades with the carrier, parent company ArcBest announced.

January 11, 2021
BusinessFuelLogistics

Winter LNG Boom Creates Most Expensive Cargo Ships in History

An unprecedented shortage of liquefied natural gas tankers has made them the most expensive ships ever hired to ferry commodities.

January 11, 2021
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Chips Shortage Hits Global Automakers

A semiconductor shortage is pinching some of the world鈥檚 biggest auto manufacturers, costing Daimler AG, Nissan Motor Co., Honda Motor Co., Ford Motor Co. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV production for a range of cars.

January 8, 2021
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FHWA Awards Grant Supporting AV Truck Project at Port of Virginia

The Federal Highway Administration recently awarded $49.6 million to support projects that incorporate transportation-related technologies.

January 6, 2021
BusinessEquipmentLogistics

The JZ Expedited Cos. Eyes Expansion of Site in Jacksonville

The JZ Expedited Cos. announced it secured a first right of refusal to develop an additional 45-acre parcel as it seeks to expand its inland marine terminal business model in Jacksonville, Fla.

January 6, 2021
BusinessLogisticsTop 50

Amware CEO Outlines Moulton Logistics Acquisition

Amware Fulfillment CEO Harry Drajpuch detailed Jan. 5 how the recent acquisition of Moulton Logistics helps bolster ongoing growth strategies.

January 6, 2021
GovernmentBusinessFuelLogistics

US Imports No Saudi Crude Oil for First Time in 35 Years

The U.S. didn鈥檛 import any Saudi crude the week of Dec. 28 for the first time in 35 years, a reversal from just months ago when the Kingdom threatened to upend the American energy industry by unleashing a tsunami of exports into a market decimated by the pandemic.

January 6, 2021