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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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NTSB Bans Employee Cell Phone Use While Driving

The National Transportation Safety Board has instituted a policy banning texting and talking on cell phones by its employees while they are working, the Associated Press reported.

September 9, 2009
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Letters: 3PLs, Brokers & Shippers, Quality Counts

Are third-party logistics providers a necessary division in the trucking industry? My opinion is 鈥測es.鈥 We are a group of people who work hard to keep customers and drivers happy, at an agreeable rate.

September 7, 2009
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TMC to Hold Annual SuperTech Competition

Eighty-two maintenance technicians will compete for national industry honors, while fleet managers grapple with clean-vehicle technology options and universal equipment warranties at SuperTech and the fall meeting of the Technology & Maintenance Council.

September 7, 2009
BusinessLogistics

Union Pacific Building New Intermodal, Logistics Terminal

Union Pacific Corp. said its new Joliet (Ill.) Intermodal Terminal will support customer growth by boosting international and domestic container capacity and improving rail traffic efficiencies in the Chicago area, the nation鈥檚 largest rail center.

September 4, 2009
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Phoenix Group Gets Contract With H.E.B. Unit in Mexico

Logistics provider the Phoenix Group landed a construction logistics contract with the Mexican division of H.E.B. Grocery Co. of Houston that will more than double the size of its construction management division, Phoenix said.

September 2, 2009
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Diesel Rises 0.6垄 to $2.674 in Sixth Straight Increase

Diesel fuel鈥檚 national average price rose slightly, gaining 0.6 cent to $2.674 a gallon, its sixth straight gain, the Department of Energy reported.

September 1, 2009
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Canadian Inspector Wins Top Award His First Time

PITTSBURGH 鈥 Alex Bugeya of Ontario, Canada, became a competitor for the first time this year and earned the right to represent his province at the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance鈥檚 North American Inspectors Championship here.

August 31, 2009
BusinessLogistics

Norfolk Southern Plans New Intermodal Terminal

Norfolk Southern Corp. said it plans to build a $95 million intermodal terminal in Greencastle, Pa., along the railroad鈥檚 proposed Crescent Corridor project to move freight between the South and the Northeast.

August 26, 2009
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Diesel Rises 1.6垄 in Fifth Straight Weekly Gain

The national average price of diesel fuel rose for a fifth week, climbing 1.6 cents to $2.668 a gallon and topping last week鈥檚 price its highest this year, the Department of Energy said.

August 25, 2009
BusinessSafetyLogistics

Con-way鈥檚 Dale Duncan Is 2009 Truck Driving National Champion

Con-way Freight driver Dale Duncan was named the 2009 National Truck Driving Grand Champion over the weekend, American Trucking Associations said.

August 24, 2009