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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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Labor, Maritime Leaders Discuss Expanded Hours at West Coast Ports

Negotiators with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association are discussing a plan to allow all West Coast marine terminals to open an hour earlier, at 6 a.m., under what’s called “a double flex.â€

June 13, 2022
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Biden to Visit Busiest US Port as Union Talks Raise Risk of a New Logjam

President Joe Biden’s administration is trying to avert another inflation-spawning logjam at the nation’s busiest seaport, just as the economy is starting to recover from the last one.

June 10, 2022
BusinessLogistics

UST Select Names Betty Marek President

Logistics company UST Select announced it named Betty Marek president.

June 9, 2022
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Biden Pushes to Lower Ocean Shipping Costs

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden launched a renewed push June 9 to reduce the costs of shipping goods across oceans, a major challenge for retailers that the White House said has pushed up prices as the world emerges from the coronavirus pandemic.

June 9, 2022
GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics

Missouri Groups Team to Spur Improvements on Interstate 70

Groups in Kansas City and St. Louis are bringing industry and state transportation leaders together to accelerate funds to improve Interstate 70’s freight corridor in Missouri and beyond.

June 9, 2022
GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics

House Transportation Leaders Call for Truck Parking Funding

The leaders of the transportation committee in the U.S. House of Representatives called on the nation’s top transportation officer to increase resources for the expansion of parking facilities for truck drivers.

June 9, 2022
GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics

De-Mining Ukraine’s Ports May Take Months

Removing sea mines near Ukraine’s key ports could take months, and hundreds of seafarers still are stranded in the region after Russia’s invasion of the country, according to the United Nations agency responsible for shipping safety.

June 9, 2022
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Velociti Doubles Warehouse Size to Keep Up With Growth

Technology solutions provider Velociti Inc. has doubled its current warehousing space by moving operations to a new facility, the technology solutions provider announced June 7.

June 8, 2022
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Exiting Amazon Executive Dave Clark Joins Flexport

Dave Clark, who spent two decades climbing the ranks at Amazon.com Inc. to become its consumer chief, is joining logistics software startup Flexport Inc.

June 8, 2022
BusinessLogisticsFor-Hire

Schneider Acquires deBoer Transportation

Schneider National announced June 7 that it has closed an acquisition on fellow Wisconsin-based carrier deBoer Transportation, a regional and dedicated carrier headquartered in Blenker.

June 8, 2022