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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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Trump鈥檚 China Deal Offers Reset, Not Breakthrough

After fresh negotiations in London, tariff rates remain essentially unchanged. Rare earth shipments from China are set to return to pre-April 2 conditions.

June 12, 2025
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Estes Eyes 14,000 Doors in 2026 After Buying Yellow Terminals

Estes Express Lines is boosting its terminal capacity as it incorporates assets acquired from bankrupt motor carrier Yellow, President and Chief Operating Officer Webb Estes said.

June 12, 2025
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Trump OKs Freight-Only Border Bridge Between US, Mexico

The permit allows a private investment group to construct, maintain and operate a commercial elevated guideway crossing at the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas.

June 12, 2025
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Senate Makes Commercial Transportation Policy a Priority

Committees in the GOP-led Senate took aim at commercial transportation and emissions policies as they seek to finalize their response to the House-passed procedural budget package.

June 12, 2025
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Montway鈥檚 Tom Gartland Focuses on Culture at 100 MPH

Montway Auto Transport CEO Tom Gartland discusses the company's acquisition of luxury car broker Angels Moving Autos and his leadership philosophy.

June 12, 2025
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Amazon Exerts More Control Over Whole Foods

Amazon is exerting more control over Whole Foods Market, largely ending the independence the grocery chain had retained since being acquired eight years ago.

June 12, 2025
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Canada Weighs Stronger Tariffs on Foreign Steel

鈥淲e cannot accept any form of unfair practices from different countries when it comes to our Canadian market. That鈥檚 enough,鈥 Industry Minister Melanie Joly told reporters on June 11.

June 11, 2025
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Tariff Revenue Hits Record $23 Billion in May

U.S. customs duties climbed to a record in May, helping shrink the budget deficit for the month, while doubts remain about the persistence of the inflows.

June 11, 2025
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Export Controls Now on the Table in China Trade Talks

At the heart of the policy shift is China鈥檚 stranglehold over rare earths and its decision to restrict supply to American manufacturers reliant on the key inputs.

June 11, 2025
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XPO Opens Its Largest Facility, Employing 450 in Pennsylvania

XPO has opened its largest operation, a 273,000-square-foot facility on 121 acres near Carlisle, Pa., that is聽one of 28 former Yellow facilities that XPO purchased for about $800 million.

June 11, 2025