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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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Michigan Trucking Companies Struggle to Find Drivers

In a day and age where nearly every product customers purchase is transported by a semi-truck, trucking companies are struggling to find qualified drivers to fill open positions.

January 11, 2018
BusinessLogisticsTCA

Port of Virginia Breaks Another Yearly Record for Container Volume

The Port of Virginia just finished its best year ever for container volume, having moved 2.84 million TEUs, or boxes as measured in standard 20-foot units.

January 11, 2018
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NAFTA鈥檚 Dead. Long Live NAFTA. A Look at Most Likely Outcomes

Markets shuddered on signs the U.S. may be preparing to withdraw from NAFTA. But even if President Donald Trump serves notice of a pullout, the trade deal could survive.

January 11, 2018
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Solving the 鈥楩inal 50 Feet鈥 Delivery Challenge

WASHINGTON 鈥 Researchers are joining major retailers, logistics firms, city transportation offices and others in the freight industry to reconsider last-mile delivery systems, even reviewing the way they get packages the 鈥渇inal 50 feet鈥 in congested urban downtowns.

January 10, 2018
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Railroad Stocks Sink After Canada Sees NAFTA Risks Rising

Shares of railroad and auto companies were among the biggest decliners after Canadian government officials said there鈥檚 an increasing chance that U.S. President Donald Trump will give six months notice to withdraw from the NAFTA trade agreement.

January 10, 2018
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Trump's NAFTA Ideas Are a 'Lose-Lose-Lose' for Carmakers, Says Auto Supplier

The chief executive of North America鈥檚 biggest auto supplier warned that overly complex NAFTA changes could result in a 鈥渓ose-lose-lose鈥 situation that leaves U.S., Mexican and Canadian manufacturers vulnerable.

January 10, 2018
BusinessLogisticsTCA

FedEx Seeks Permit for $35.4 Million Building at Express Hub at Memphis International Airport

FedEx has applied for a building permit for a building project valued at $35.4 million at its world hub at Memphis International Airport.

January 10, 2018
BusinessLogistics

Millennials Upset E-Commerce Assumptions

WASHINGTON 鈥 The common assumption that millennials only shop online and avoid brick-and-mortar merchants just doesn鈥檛 fit their behavior patterns, according to a survey from a Texas A&M Transportation Institute researcher.

January 9, 2018
BusinessLogistics

Amazon Rival JD.com Built the Equivalent of Monaco in Warehouse Space in Three Months

JD.com Inc. added so much warehouse space in three months that the new construction could cover just about every inch of Monaco, a pace of expansion that rivals growth at Amazon.com Inc.

January 9, 2018
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Ford Partners With Postmates in Path to Driverless Delivery

Ford Motor Co. is expanding its driverless delivery experiment beyond pizza by partnering with Postmates to test what it will take to eventually remove the driver from on-demand distribution.

January 9, 2018