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President Joe Biden signed July 9 an executive order that the White House says will target anti-competitive practices in tech, health care and other parts of the economy while boosting workers’ wages and consumer protections.

XPO Logistics introduced new benefits for participants in its driver training programs, the company announced July 8.

Geodis has reached an agreement to acquire all assets of Velocity Freight Transport, the supply chain operator announced July 6.

Thousands of railcars loaded with grain are idled in the Vancouver corridor after Western Canadian wildfires damaged two main lines, while repairs enable a small but rising number to reach the country’s biggest port.

The Biden administration is set to ask regulators to promote competition in the ocean shipping and rail industries after consolidation led to spikes in prices, according to a person familiar with a pending executive order.

Mullen Group recently announced several acquisitions as part of an ongoing strategic plan to grow the Canadian business.

DP World plans to buy South Africa’s Imperial Logistics Ltd. for $890 million, in what the port operator said would be its most significant acquisition in Africa so far.

The cost to ship a boxload of goods to the U.S. from China edged close to $10,000 as the world’s biggest economy keeps vacuuming up imports amid slower recoveries from the pandemic from Europe to Asia.

Railroad giant CSX Corp. has struck a new deal to help settle rival Norfolk Southern Railway’s objections to its delayed plan to take over almost 1,200 miles of New England railways.

Hundreds of railcars have been halted by wildfires that damaged tracks in western Canada during the region’s severe heat wave, creating a bottleneck of exports and delaying imports.