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Canada’s industry minister said Amazon’s decision to shut down all warehouses in Quebec and cut close to 2,000 jobs would prompt the government to examine its current deals with the company.

With delivery expectations climbing and freight fraud concerns lingering, shippers and logistics providers have had to step up efforts to vet and verify carriers.

“We can be the risk-takers and trailblazers that Hoosiers deserve in leadership, or maintain the status quo,” the new governor said in his Jan. 13 inauguration speech.

The Lowell, Ark.-based carrier ended the year slightly behind where it was during the prior fourth quarter amid efforts to reinvest and improve operations, the company reported Jan. 16.

"While this administration is coming to a close, the work that we have launched will be generating good jobs, good livelihoods and good outcomes for years and years to come," Buttigieg said.

Cass Information Systems bought ocean and international airfreight audit provider AcuAudit for an undisclosed sum from Acuitive Solutions, it said.

Krupp specializes in the transportation of high-value goods, with AIT keen to add the company’s technology logistics sector operations to its portfolio, it said.

BlueGrace Logistics has acquired online transportation services provider FreightCenter in a move it said will expand its customer base and enhance logistics services.

U.S. e-commerce spending rose 9% to a record $241 billion over the holiday period, sparked by widespread discounts, according to data from Adobe.

A U.S. dockworkers’ union and their employer group will meet in New Jersey on Jan. 7 with just over a week to hammer out a deal on a new labor contract.