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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.
 

Government, Business, Logistics

Norfolk Southern Profit Increases in Q1

Norfolk Southern’s quarterly profits were again inflated by insurance payments related to its disastrous 2023 derailment in Ohio, but even without that, the railroad’s profits grew.

April 23, 2025
Government, Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Private, Global Freight

US-China Tariffs Hit Amazon, FedEx, UPS Distribution Links

President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports threaten to disrupt Southern California’s trade and logistics economy, a sector that moves a third of the nation’s container cargo.

April 22, 2025
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics

Bessent Predicts US-China Trade De-Escalation

But in a private speech in Washington for JPMorgan Chase, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also cautioned that talks between the United States and China had yet to formally start.

April 22, 2025
Business, Logistics, Top 100

FitzMark Acquires High Point Logistics, Pentonix Freight

FitzMark expanded its footprint in the freight brokerage sector by acquiring High Point Logistics and Pentonix Freight.

April 22, 2025
Business, Logistics, Breaking News

Truck Tonnage Slips 1.5% in March After Strong February

The U.S. freight market slowed in March after a robust February, but data for Q1 of 2025 as a whole suggested a turnaround was underway, according to American Trucking Associations.

April 22, 2025
Government, Business, Logistics, Global Freight

Logistics and Shipping Players Are Doubling Down on Mexico

Rather than pulling back in the face of U.S. tariff threats, major logistics and shipping players like DHL, Echo Global and CPKC are doubling down on Mexico. 

April 22, 2025
Government, Business, Logistics

Heidelberg Materials to Build Distribution Terminal in S.C.

Heidelberg Materials North America will build a $7.3 million aggregates distribution terminal in South Carolina’s Lowcountry region along the Interstate 95 corridor.

April 21, 2025
Government, Business, Logistics, Global Freight, TCA

DHL Partially Suspends US Parcel Deliveries

The Germany-based logistics company DHL will no longer deliver parcels worth more than $800 to private individuals in North America with immediate effect.

April 21, 2025
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

Analytics Provide Hidden Gains for Tire Management

The data-driven approach has found its way into one of the more underappreciated aspects of trucking literally where the rubber meets the road: tires.

April 21, 2025
Government, Business, Logistics

Canadian Carriers Cut Head Count Due to Tariff War

Eight percent of Canadian carriers have already cut head count as a result of the introduction of tariffs by the Trump administration in recent weeks.

April 20, 2025