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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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Letters: Skepticism Over Hydrogen Claims, Shipper Tactics

The Nikola One isn鈥檛 actually a zero-emissions vehicle when you see the entire process.

January 2, 2017
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November Trailer Orders Down 8%; Still Strongest Month of 2016

U.S. trailer orders in November were more than 36,000 and, while the strongest month of the year, they fell just short of the year-earlier volume, analysts said.

January 2, 2017
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EPA Plans to Propose Regulation to Tighten NOx Limit in 2024

The Environmental Protection Agency is beginning work on a proposed rule that would set new standards to further reduce nitrogen oxide emissions from heavy-duty truck engines beginning in 2024, the same year a provision kicks in for the agency鈥檚 heavy-duty Phase 2 greenhouse-gas program.

January 2, 2017
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2017 Year in Preview: 鈥楨xpect the Unexpected鈥 for Trucking, Nation

Uncertainty dominates the outlook for trucking and freight transportation in 2017.

January 2, 2017
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Schneider Files to Go Public; Family, Execs to Keep Control

Truckload and intermodal carrier Schneider National Inc., No. 7 on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers, filed financial documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Dec. 22 as a prelude to the company going public, possibly later this year.

January 2, 2017
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American Consumer Comfort Closes In on Best Year Since 2007

Household confidence in the聽United States聽is closing in on its best year since before the latest recession, according to figures in the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index released Dec. 29.

December 29, 2016
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鈥楰鈥 Line Files Lawsuit Against APL Logistics for Spreading Rumors

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., or 鈥淜鈥 Line, filed a lawsuit against APL Logistics Ltd. in a Tokyo civil court for comments the logistics firm made after the Hanjin Shipping Co. demise on Aug. 31.

December 28, 2016
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Union Pacific Agrees to Inspection, Maintenance Improvements

Federal railroad authorities reached an agreement with Union Pacific Railroad requiring improvements to the railroad鈥檚 inspection and safety procedures.

December 28, 2016
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Consumer Sentiment at 12-Year High After Trump Win

Consumer confidence jumped to the highest level since 2004, extending a surge in Americans鈥 optimism for their finances and the U.S. economy聽after Donald Trump鈥檚 election victory.

December 27, 2016
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Schneider Files Form With SEC to Consider IPO

Schneider National Inc., which ranks No. 7 on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers, filed an S-1 form with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Dec. 22 that could pave the way for the truckload giant to go public in 2017.

December 22, 2016