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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

Ryder to Provide Transportation Needs for Mattel at Toy Maker鈥檚 New Plant

Ryder System Inc. will provide dedicated transportation, logistics and fleet management for Mattel Inc. at the toy maker鈥檚 Jonestown, Pa., distribution center.

August 1, 2017
BusinessEquipmentLogistics

GE to Cut 575 Jobs at Century-Old Locomotive Plant

General Electric Co. plans to end most locomotive manufacturing at a century-old Pennsylvania factory as the company looks to cut costs amid a sharp downturn in the domestic rail market.

July 31, 2017
BusinessEquipmentFuelLogistics

Growing Economy Boosts Fuel Demand to Decade High

A growing U.S. economy sparked a jump in fuel demand from companies and travelers in June, which may help to ease a persistent supply glut.

July 31, 2017
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogistics

Warehouse Forklifts Finally Give Hydrogen Power a Reason to Be

His tiny company, Plug Power Inc., makes hydrogen fuel cells, and for years he struggled to find customers. No longer. In April, Amazon.com Inc. agreed to try out the technology in forklift fleets at 10 of its warehouses.

July 31, 2017
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Amazon鈥檚 Warehouses Remind Market That Dominating E-Commerce Has a Price

Amazon.com Inc. reminded investors that luring shoppers away from stores and dominating the cloud-computing industry isn鈥檛 cheap.

July 28, 2017
BusinessLogistics

Echo Suffers Losses for Third Straight Quarter

Echo Global Logistics set a new record on July 27 after failing to make a profit for the third consecutive quarter, which hasn鈥檛 happened once since the company went public in mid-2009.

July 27, 2017
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Amazon Enlists Researchers to Build Box-Packing Warehouse Robots

Sixteen teams of robotics researchers are traveling to Japan this week to help Amazon.com Inc. solve its warehouse problem.

July 27, 2017
BusinessLogistics

UPS Reaps the Reward of Price Increases

UPS Inc. is finally figuring out how to make money from the surge in online shopping.

July 27, 2017
BusinessLogistics

XPO Hires Christopher Synek as President of North American Transportation Division

XPO Logistics has hired Christopher Synek as president of transportation in North America, running the brokerage, expedited trucking, intermodal marketing, drayage and global forwarding businesses.

July 26, 2017
GovernmentBusinessLogisticsTCA

Cargo Activity at Illinois Airport Jumps 39% as UPS, Amazon Flights Increase

More jobs and cash have landed at Chicago Rockford International Airport, where cargo volume is up nearly 40% for the first six months of the year compared with the first half of 2016.

July 26, 2017