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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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Mexico Is Ready for NAFTA Balancing Act

There was excitement in the air when Mexican negotiators sat down 25 years ago with their counterparts from Canada and the United States to hammer out what would become the North American Free Trade Agreement.

August 14, 2017
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Enterprise Adding 40 Locations Nationwide as Truck Rental Business Grows

Enterprise Holdings, best known for renting cars to vacationers and business travelers, is growing its truck rental business for corporate customers and people moving household goods and boats.

August 14, 2017
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Unchecked Driver Shortage in Ohio Could Harm Economy, Warns State Trucking Industry, Officials

Ohio state Rep. John Boccieri met with local and regional leaders from the trucking industry to discuss a growing problem for freight haulers: a lack of qualified workers.

August 11, 2017
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Pennsylvania, Delaware Join Study of East Coast Road Usage Tax

Pennsylvania motorists will have an opportunity to participate in a study exploring the potential impact of a road usage tax on the East Coast.

August 11, 2017
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Amazon Eyes the Finish Line in Online Delivery With 91视频 Hub Lockers

Amazon.com doesn鈥檛 just want to control the 鈥渓ast mile鈥 of online delivery. The company wants to own the finish line, too.

August 10, 2017
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CSX Layoffs Hit Chicago Switching Yard Amid National Cost-Cutting Moves, Union Says

Railroad giant CSX, which is under fire from regulators for operating changes that have disrupted its freight service nationwide, laid off more than 6o employees this week at its primary Chicago switching yard, according to the workers鈥 union.

August 10, 2017
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Tesla Meets With California, Nevada on Autonomous Truck Testing

Tesla Inc. has met with California and Nevada agencies about testing an autonomous semi-truck ahead of CEO Elon Musk鈥檚 unveiling of the next addition to the electric-car maker鈥檚 lineup.

August 10, 2017
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Port of Virginia Posts its Best July Ever for Container Volume

The Port of Virginia began its July-to-June fiscal year with another record-breaker.

August 9, 2017
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Postal Service May Get More Freedom to Raise Stamp Prices

Regulators appear likely to accept the financially beleaguered Postal Service鈥檚 request for more freedom to raise the price of mailing letters. It would be the biggest change in the Postal Service鈥檚 pricing system in nearly a half-century, allowing stamp prices to rise beyond the rate of inflation.

August 9, 2017