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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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CRST International Buys Specialized Transportation

CRST International said聽it has acquired Specialized Transportation Inc., formerly the high-value products/logistics division of North American Van Lines.

July 29, 2011
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Consumer Confidence Falls to Two-Year Low

Consumer confidence fell to a two-year low in July, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

July 29, 2011
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Intermodal Traffic Rises 0.8% for Week

Intermodal traffic increased 0.8% last week from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.

July 29, 2011
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Chrysler Reports 2Q Profit Excluding Loan Paybacks

Chrysler Group LLC reported second-quarter net profit of $181 million, after excluding losses from paying off U.S. and Canadian government loans early, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

July 26, 2011
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Judge Orders Review of Deal Between Long Beach Port, ATA

A U.S. District Court in California reopened the nearly two-year-old arrangement that regulates truck environmental standards at the Port of Long Beach, part of the nation鈥檚 busiest container complex.

July 25, 2011
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Pilot Freight Debuts First Office in Europe

Pilot Freight Services, a transportation and logistics services provider, said that it has opened its first European location in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

July 22, 2011
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Intermodal Traffic Rises 1.2% for Week

Intermodal traffic increased 1.2% last week from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.

July 22, 2011
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Swift Swings to Second-Quarter Profit

Swift Transportation Co. posted a second-quarter profit compared with a loss a year ago, the company said Thursday.

July 21, 2011
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Existing 91视频 Sales Fall to Seven-Month Low

Existing home sales fell 0.8% in June to a seven-month low, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday.

July 20, 2011
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CSX Reports Record Second-Quarter Profit

CSX Corp. late Tuesday reported record second-quarter earnings, as its profit rose to $506 million, or 46 cents per share, from $414 million, or 36 cents, a year ago.

July 19, 2011

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