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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, Equipment, Safety, Logistics

ATA Unveils New Image Campaign Slogan

SAN ANTONIO American Trucking Associations has a new image campaign slogan: Nothing Without Trucking.

May 21, 2024
Government, Business, Equipment, Logistics

Hundreds Warn EPA: Dont Back CARB Ban on Diesel Locomotives

Government officials, public agencies and business interests warn EPA that approving Californias rule to outlaw diesel locomotives will harm the nations interconnected rail system.

May 20, 2024
Government, Business, Logistics

Movers Group Seeks Review of $20B Contract for Military Moves

A coalition is calling on Congress to direct the Government Accountability Office to conduct an evaluation of the new program slated to provide moves for the nations military.

May 20, 2024
Business, Logistics

Canadian Rail Labor Dispute Talks Restart; CN Revises Offer

Canadian National Railwaymade a revised offer May 16 to the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, raising hopes of a settlement in a labor dispute.

May 20, 2024
Business, Technology, Logistics

Uber Freight Expands Procurement Platform With Spot Freight

Uber Freight introduced a spot freight fulfillment platform to expand beyond its flagship contract procurement tool launched last year, the company announced May 16.

May 20, 2024
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Ship That Caused Baltimore Bridge Collapse Escorted to Port

BALTIMORE The recovery from the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse reached a milestone May 20 as the Dali was escorted back to port, its damaged bow covered with smashed shipping containers.

May 20, 2024
Government, Business, Logistics

Army Corps: Full Port of Baltimore Access Coming This Month

WASHINGTON The Port of Baltimores waterways are on track to being fully accessible by the end of this month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told members of Congress on May 15.

May 16, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel, Logistics

Long Beach Tri-Gen Ops Start for Toyota Vehicle Facility

Civic officials and business executives on May 2 celebrated the opening of Tri-gen, an energy generation project at the Port of Long Beach.

May 15, 2024
Business, Logistics, Private, Global Freight

Amazon Workers Say They Struggle to Afford Food, Rent

Five years after Amazon.com Inc. raised wages to $15 an hour, half of warehouse workers surveyed by researchers say they struggle to afford enough food or a place to live.

May 15, 2024
Business, Logistics

Executives, Analysts See Less Cloudy Truckload Market Outlook

The outlook for truckload freight markets and rates is less cloudy after a dismal first quarter, according to carriers and analysts.

May 15, 2024