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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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Autonomous Vehicles Have Ability to Transform Society, Panelists Say

It’s not just hands-free driving that self-guided cars may bring into reality. Autonomous vehicles could unleash new technological and economic development on a level not seen since the dawn of the space age.

June 28, 2018
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Amazon Enlists Delivery Startups to Help Expand Shipment Volume

Amazon.com’s ever-expanding retail empire is going to need more workers and vehicles to get millions of packages to shoppers’ doors. To do so, the web retailer is encouraging people to start their own delivery businesses.

June 28, 2018
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Norfolk Southern Hires Ex-Safety Board Leader for Legal Role

Former Chemical Safety Board Chair Vanessa Sutherland has started a new position as a vice president at Norfolk Southern Corp., the company said.

June 27, 2018
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Massive Logistics Hub Planned Near Dallas as Region’s Industrial Real Estate Market Steams Ahead

Grand Prairie, Texas, will be home to a 401,577-square-foot logistics center by the beginning of 2019, one of many new commercial developments popping up in the western Dallas suburb.

June 27, 2018
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Trade War Shows Signs of Impact in US Exports, Durables Data

Some economists are detecting signs in data that trade tensions are having an impact on American companies.

June 27, 2018
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Louisiana Port Feels Effects of Trump Trade War

To understand what a trade war means for America, go to the Mississippi. Follow the mud-brown river past Louisiana’s chemical plants, oil refineries, granaries, ports, and the rail networks and highways that spring from its fingers.

June 27, 2018
BusinessLogisticsTCA

Americold Abandons Plan to Build Warehouse on Maine Waterfront

International cold-storage company Americold has abandoned a plan to build a massive refrigerated warehouse on the Portland, Maine, waterfront.

June 26, 2018
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Rand McNally’s New Motor Carriers’ Road Atlas Released

Mapping company Rand McNally published the 2019 Motor Carriers’ Road Atlas with updates and enhancements on truck-specific routes, weigh station locations, toll systems and more.

June 26, 2018
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Uberizing the Truck Industry in United Arab Emirates

The idea of TruKKer was born at a dinner table when Gaurav Biswas realized how hard it was to find a suitable truck at the right time at a reasonable cost. He was quick to spot a lucrative gap in the market, and the region’s first and fastest growing truck aggregator was born.

June 25, 2018