Canadian manufacturers and wholesalers recorded sharply lower sales in November, adding to evidence the nation’s economy entered a soft patch at the end of last year.
January 22, 2019BusinessLogistics
RoadOne IntermodaLogistics Receives Investment From Nonantum Capital Partners
Nonantum Capital Partners announced that it is partnering with Ken Kellaway and David McLaughlin to re-capitalize RoadOne IntermodaLogistics, a company based in Randolph, Mass., that provides container drayage, transloading and warehousing services at ports and rail terminals throughout the United States.
January 18, 2019BusinessLogistics
New Houston Facility Creates 575 Jobs, Boosts Automated Sorting, UPS Says
UPS Inc.’s new package delivery facility in northwest Houston’s Willowbrook area has created 575 new full- and part-time jobs, according to a company news release.
January 18, 2019BusinessLogistics
J.B. Hunt Reports Mixed Fourth-Quarter Results
J.B. Hunt Transport Services reported mixed results in the fourth quarter of 2018, with a slump in intermodal shipments and charges related to an ongoing arbitration dispute with BNSF Railway overshadowing strong gains in its dedicated contract carriage, freight brokerage and over-the-road trucking businesses.
January 17, 2019GovernmentBusinessTechnologyLogisticsAutonomous
Parcel Lockers, EVs Combine for Energy Savings in Final Mile, Researcher Says
WASHINGTON — Electric trucks and vans show great promise for energy savings in making suburban deliveries for companies such as UPS Inc., according to an Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist who presented her findings to a forum at the Transportation Research Board’s annual meeting.
January 16, 2019BusinessTechnologyLogistics
Volkswagen to Invest $800 Million, Create 1,000 Jobs at Tennessee Plant
From the Detroit auto show, Volkswagen announced this week plans to invest $800 million in its Chattanooga, Tenn., plant, expecting to create 1,000 jobs in the United States.
January 16, 2019BusinessLogistics
IANA Elects 2019 Board of Directors, Officers
The Intermodal Association of North America has installed its 2019 board of directors and officers, including two new members. The turnover took place Jan. 1, according to a Jan. 11 press release.
January 15, 2019BusinessTechnologyLogisticsPerspective
Opinion: The ABCs of Emerging Transport Technologies
Emerging technologies are reshaping the very nature of how we transport goods, and offer the ability to provide agile services that meet the increasing demands of the supply chain, says Ben Wiesen of Carrier Logistics Inc.
January 15, 2019GovernmentBusinessLogisticsTop 50TCA
US Factories Brace for Sting of 2019 Trade War
America’s manufacturers are scrambling to change the way they do business — from finding new suppliers to shifting more finishing work overseas — as the sting of tariffs begins to take a bigger toll on their bottom lines.
January 15, 2019GovernmentBusinessLogistics
Missing Data During Shutdown Complicates Consumer Spending Reports
The U.S. growth outlook hangs more than ever on American consumers’ resilience amid stock market swoons and trade-war tensions, but key data on their spending — the biggest part of the economy — will be missing due to the government shutdown.
January 15, 2019