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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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Canada Mandates New Dangerous Goods Transport Database

Canada is implementing a new database requiring registration by next year for people and companies transporting dangerous goods at a domestic site they own or operate.

November 9, 2023
BusinessLogisticsGlobal Freight

Container Shipping Set for Downturn, Hapag-Lloyd Chief Says

The container shipping industry faces a few years of headwinds as low freight rates and widening geopolitical turmoil cloud the outlook, according to Hapag-Lloyd AG CEO Rolf Habben Jansen.

November 9, 2023
BusinessTechnologyLogisticsPrivate

Amazon to Expand Grocery Delivery

Amazon.com Inc. is rolling out grocery delivery service for non-Prime members to the wider U.S. as it prepares to open more supermarkets next year.

November 9, 2023
BusinessLogistics

National Zoo’s Giant Pandas Depart for China via FedEx

A specially outfitted Boeing 777F dubbed the FedEx Panda Express transported the National Zoo’s three giant pandas to Chengdu, China, Nov. 8 and 9, with a refueling stop in Anchorage, Alaska.

November 8, 2023
BusinessLogistics

GXO Beats Soft Freight Market With Earnings Gains for Q3

GXO Logistics Inc. experienced an increase in third-quarter earnings on revenue growth despite the softer freight environment, the company reported Nov. 7.

November 8, 2023
BusinessLogistics

$4 Million Lets Shipper Cut to Front of Line at Panama Canal

Japan’s Eneos Group paid $3.975 million in an auction Nov. 8 to jump to the front of the line at the congested Panama Canal waterway, a record high.

November 8, 2023
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

US Plans to Build a Terminal at Sri Lanka’s Colombo Port

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The U.S. announced a $553 million project Nov. 8 to build a deep-water shipping container terminal in Sri Lanka’s Port of Colombo.

November 8, 2023
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogisticsPrivate

Rivian to End Exclusivity With Amazon

Electric vehicle maker Rivian said Nov. 7 that it will allow other companies to purchase its fleet of delivery vans, ending an exclusive agreement with Amazon.

November 8, 2023
TechnologySafetyLogistics

Effective Driver Coaching: How In-Cab Technology Makes It Possible

Done correctly, driver coaching creates safer, more profitable routes. Transport Topics reports how Kriska leverages in-cab technology for driver improvement.

November 7, 2023
BusinessLogistics

RXO Reports Negative Earnings in Soft Q3 Market

RXO reported negative net income and a 14% decline in revenue during the third quarter.

November 7, 2023