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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, Logistics

GXO Launches End-to-End Supply Chain Software Solutions

GXO Logistics is deploying a new end-to-end supply chain software solution to support its shared warehousing service GXO Direct, the company announced Oct. 3.

October 6, 2023
Business, Logistics

Lineage Buys Eight Cold Storage Warehouses from Burris

Lineage Logistics bought eight cold storage warehouses from Burris Logistics for an undisclosed sum, the buyer said.

October 6, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics

Freight Industry Confronts Climate Change

The North American Council for Freight Efficiency coined the term Messy Middle. It refers to the fact that there is more than one way to attack the problem of climate change.

October 6, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Logistics

Trucking Grapples With Evolving Cybersecurity Threats

The trucking and logistics sectors face an increasingly evolving cybersecurity landscape as more operations become integrated with computers.

October 5, 2023
Business, Technology, Safety, Logistics

FIATA Seeks to Deter Cyberattacks in Freight Forwarding

FIATA executives stressed that small and medium-size companies must prepare for cybersecurity threats before and after attacks because of a rise in electronic data-sharing.

October 5, 2023
Business, Logistics

Ryder Expands Multiclient Warehouse Footprint

Ryder System Inc. added a new distribution center in Aurora, Ill., as part of its ongoing efforts to expand its multiclient warehouse network, the company announced Oct. 5.

October 5, 2023
Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous, Global Freight

Maersk Partners With Kodiak on Autonomous Truck Runs

A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, the maritime shipping giant that has been diversifying into land transportation, is betting that driverless trucks will help make deliveries more reliable.

October 5, 2023
Business, Logistics, TCA

Port of Savannah Seeks OK to Add Terminal On an Island

SAVANNAH, Ga. The Port of Savannah is poised to grow again, with a 395-acre cargo container terminal planned for an island in the middle of the Savannah River.

October 4, 2023
Equipment, Logistics

Trailer OEMs Work to Keep Up With Supply, Labor Demands

Trailer manufacturers are whittling down pandemic-related backlog, but some #supplychain headwinds persist. Steve Brawner has the details. #equipment #manufacturing

October 4, 2023
Government, Business, Logistics

N.C. Officials Announce Chick-fil-A Distribution Center

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper welcomed news that Chick-fil-A Supplywill invest $58.3 million to build a distribution center, creating more than 112 jobs, including for truck drivers.

October 4, 2023