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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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Syncreon Holdings Reported to Be Weighing $1.5 Billion Sale

The owners of supply-chain services company Syncreon Holdings are exploring a sale of the company that could value it at as much as $1.5 billion, including debt, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

April 8, 2021
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UPS Orders Electric Aircraft to Transport Cargo Between Facilities

UPS Inc. is ordering 10 electric aircraft that are designed to take off and land like a helicopter, allowing it to fly cargo directly between its facilities in small markets and bypass airports.

April 7, 2021
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Commodity Shipping Rates Surge; Rally Isn鈥檛 Over

For a glimpse of how quickly and unevenly economies are recovering from the pandemic, look no further than the market for shipping raw materials.

April 7, 2021
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XPO Logistics Announces Hiring Plans, Taps CFO for Spinoff GXO

XPO Logistics plans to fill more than 1,400 positions to meet growing demand in its less-than-truckload business.

April 7, 2021
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Canada May Run Out of Warehouse Space This Year

Canada is in danger of running out of warehouse space by the end of the year, thanks to the boom in e-commerce sparked by the pandemic.

April 6, 2021
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Suez Canal Traffic Briefly Stopped as Oil Tanker Loses Power

Traffic through Egypt鈥檚 Suez Canal was briefly halted April 6, just two weeks after a giant containership ran aground and blocked the waterway that鈥檚 vital for global trade.

April 6, 2021
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Does Your Business Belong on Our List of Top 100 For-Hire Companies?

Think your company deserves a spot on our prestigious 2021聽For-Hire Carriers rankings? Take our survey to submit your data before time runs out.

April 6, 2021
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Amazon Violated Law in Firing Employee Activists, NLRB Says

Amazon .com Inc. violated labor law when it fired two high-profile internal critics last year, the National Labor Relations Board鈥檚 prosecutors have found.

April 5, 2021
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Jon Eisen Becomes Director of ATA-Affiliated IMCC

American Trucking Associations has hired Jon Eisen to serve as director of the Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference.

April 5, 2021
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Interactive Map: Where the 2021 Top 50 Logistics Companies Are in North America

Find out where the 2021 Top 50 Logistics Companies are located by regions and by state in North America with our interactive map.

April 3, 2021

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