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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.
 

Business, Technology, Safety, Government, Equipment, Logistics

CSX to Open Shipment Info to States for Security Reasons

Eastern freight railroad CSX Corp. will open its computer system to counterterrorism agencies in three states to help track hazardous cargo, Bloomberg reported.

July 17, 2007
Government, Business, Logistics

CSX to Open Shipment Info to States for Security Reasons

July 17, 2007
Fuel, Business, Logistics, Government

Diesel Rises 4垄 to $2.889; Gas Jumps 6.8垄 to $3.049

Diesel fuel鈥檚 national average price jumped 4 cents in the past week to $2.889 a gallon, the highest price since September, the Department of Energy said Monday.

July 17, 2007
Business, Logistics

KAG Joins Alliance to Streamline Ethanol Market

KAG Ethanol Logistics said it has joined LB Transport and Iowa Northern Railway Co. in an investment alliance with Manly Terminal to streamline the U.S. ethanol marketing and distribution process.

July 16, 2007
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel, Logistics

Diesel Rises 2垄 to $2.849

The national average price of retail diesel and gasoline both increased last week, the Department of Energy reported, at the same time it was projecting the fuels will continue to climb for the remainder of the summer.

July 16, 2007
Government, Business, Logistics

BAX Sets U.S.-Canada Service

Airfreight company BAX Global and sister company Schenker, a logistics firm, said they are offering a new overnight ground service between the United States and Canada.

July 13, 2007
Business, Logistics

General Freight Launches International Division

Third-party logistics firm General Freight Services said Friday it has launched an international Logistics Division, which will be headed by David Higgs.

July 13, 2007
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel, Logistics

Standards Group Fails to Pass 鈥楬ot Fuel鈥 Reform

A measure that would have set standards for 鈥渉ot fuel鈥 fell just short of passage at a meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures, the Kansas City Star reported.

July 12, 2007
Business, Logistics, Government

New Freight Rail Line to Serve Michigan, Indiana

A new freight rail line, Michigan Central Railway, will start freight rail service in Michigan and Indiana next year, the company said Thursday.

July 12, 2007
Business, Logistics, Fuel, Government

Diesel Price to Rise, DOE Says

National average diesel prices are expected to climb for the next three months before receding slightly toward the end of the year, according to projections by the Department of Energy.

July 11, 2007