Logistics News

About Logistics News...

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.
 

GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Foreign Truckers Must Be Vaccinated to Enter US Starting Jan. 22

Starting Jan. 22, travelers entering the United States at land ports of entry — notably along the Canadian and Mexican borders — and ferry points who are not U.S. citizens must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the Department of °®¶¹´«Ã½land Security announced.

January 20, 2022
BusinessLogistics

Union Pacific Announces Strong Q4, 2021 Earnings

Union Pacific Corp. saw strong fourth-quarter earnings and record results for 2021, the company announced Jan. 20.

January 20, 2022
BusinessLogistics

Freight Costs Expected to Remain High in 2022

Elevated freight rates are likely to remain through much of this year because of market turmoil, according to experts.

January 20, 2022
BusinessTechnologyLogisticsTop 100

Amazon Heads to the Mall With Prototype Clothing Store

Amazon .com Inc. plans to open a clothing store in a Southern California mall later this year, marking the latest foray into brick-and-mortar for the online retailing giant, which already sells more than 10% of all clothes in the U.S.

January 20, 2022
BusinessSafetyLogistics

Union Pacific Steps Up Security to Curb L.A. Train Thefts

Union Pacific Corp. is erecting physical barriers and increasing its own policing of an area in Los Angeles where people have been stealing goods from its trains.

January 20, 2022
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Port of Long Beach Moves Record Cargo Despite Logjams

The Port of Long Beach moved record cargo volumes last year amid an import surge and supply chain snarl brought on by the pandemic.

January 20, 2022
BusinessLogisticsTop 50

XPO Logistics Port Truckers Seek to Unionize

Up to 250 XPO Logistics Inc. truckers who haul goods at Southern California ports and railyards are petitioning to unionize, hoping to convince federal authorities they’re really employees and not contractors as XPO claims.

January 19, 2022
BusinessLogistics

Truck Tonnage in December Increases 1.4% Year-Over-Year

Truck tonnage in December rose a seasonally adjusted 1.4% compared with the same month in 2020 — the fourth consecutive year-over-year gain and the highest measurement since March, American Trucking Associations announced.

January 19, 2022
BusinessLogisticsTop 50Top 100

J.B. Hunt Reports Higher Profit, Revenue for Q4 2021

J.B. Hunt Transport Services on Jan. 18 announced higher earnings and revenue for the fourth quarter of 2021.

January 19, 2022
BusinessLogisticsTop 50Top 100

XPO Announces Expansion of LTL Network

XPO Logistics is expanding its North American operations, adding to its LTL network two new terminals, four fleet maintenance shops and trailer manufacturing capacity, the company said Jan. 18.

January 19, 2022