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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, Safety, Fuel, Logistics

US Gulf Coast Faces Threat From Pair of Tropical Storms

Back-to-back tropical storms pose a combined threat to the U.S. Gulf Coast this week, where more than half of offshore oil production is already shut and residents from Texas to Florida are warily watching the skies.

August 24, 2020
Government, Business, Logistics

More States Sue DeJoy, USPS Over Mail-in Voting Concerns

Six more states and the District of Columbia sued Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over changes at the U.S. Postal Service that Democrats allege will undermine the expected surge in mail-in voting during an election that will play out during the coronavirus pandemic.

August 21, 2020
Business, Technology, Logistics

Amazon Names Logistics Head Dave Clark New Consumer CEO

Amazon .com Inc. has named logistics boss Dave Clark CEO of its retail business.

August 21, 2020
Government, Business, Logistics

USPS Chief DeJoy: Election Mail Will Get Delivered on Time

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy defended his management of the U.S. Postal Service and said the agency is “fully capable” of handling what is expected to be a record number of mail-in ballots in the November election.

August 21, 2020
Government, Business, Logistics

American Airlines to Drop Flights to 15 Cities in October

American Airlines will drop flights to 15 smaller U.S. cities in October when a federal requirement to serve those communities ends.

August 20, 2020
Business, Technology, Logistics

Uber, Lyft Win Delay on Converting Drivers to Employees

Uber and Lyft were spared from having to rapidly convert their California drivers to employees after an appeals court agreed they can keep their business models in place while challenging a judge’s order to comply with a state labor law.

August 20, 2020
Business, Technology, Logistics, TCA

Volvo Trucks Partners With India’s Delhivery for Express Operations

Logistics company Delhivery and Volvo Trucks have joined hands to test and deploy a new transport solution for express operations that will help address the challenges in speedy delivery and cost efficiencies of services.

August 20, 2020
Business, Logistics

ATA Expands With Moving and Storage Conference, Council

Stakeholders from the moving and storage industries have been made part of two groups that American Trucking Associations’ executive committee recently voted to create.

August 20, 2020
Business, Logistics

UPS, FedEx Out to Prove They Can Profit in Holiday Season

UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp., riding high from record package deliveries amid the coronavirus pandemic, are moving on to their next objective: showing investors they can boost profit in the approaching onslaught of the holidays.

August 20, 2020
Government, Business, Logistics, Breaking News

IMCC Files Claim Against OCEMA, Ocean Carriers

American Trucking Associations’ Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference on Aug. 17 filed a complaint against the Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association and 11 international ocean carriers alleging conduct that violates the Shipping Act, charging they inflated prices in the intermodal chassis market at dozens of ports across the country.

August 20, 2020