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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.
 

BusinessSafetyFuelLogistics

Truckers’ Input Sought on N.Y. Thruway Facility Upgrades

Information gathered will inform a Request for Proposals on facility upgrades that will open to vendors next year. The state’s current fuel contracts expire in 2027.

September 2, 2025
BusinessLogisticsPrivateTop 100

Activist Investor Elliott Builds $4 Billion Stake in PepsiCo

The position makes Elliott Investment Management one of PepsiCo’s largest investors, the activist said Sept. 2 in a letter to the company board of directors.

September 2, 2025
BusinessLogistics

Kraft Heinz Breakup to Create 2 Distinct Food Giants

Following the breakup, one company will be made up of its Heinz Ketchup and other iconic condiments and boxed meals — a unit that currently generates $15.4 billion in sales.

September 2, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogistics

Trump Says India Offered Zero Tariffs on US Goods

Trump said in a social media post Sept. 1 that India offered to reduce its tariffs on U.S. goods to zero, without saying when the concession was made.

September 2, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentLogistics

HTA’s Loya Listens, Learns as Calif. Drayage Community Reels

Robert Loya has seen up close how the dynamic between trade associations and members works, and how different it is from being employed at a carrier.

September 2, 2025
GovernmentEquipmentLogistics

Virginia Ends Tolls on Bridge Outside Newport News

"It’s time to stop asking Virginians to pay tolls on this facility, and we are doing so five months early,” Gov. Glenn Youngkin said.

September 1, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogistics

Trump Tariffs Ruled Illegal but Left in Place for Now

Trillions of dollars of global trade are embroiled in the legal fight. A final ruling tossing Trump’s tariffs would upend his much-ballyhooed trade deals.

August 29, 2025
BusinessEquipmentFuelLogisticsFor-Hire

Pinch Acquires Levinge in Oil Field Freight Merger

Houston-based Pinch is seeking to expand its flatbed less-than-truckload and truckload operations for oil and natural gas exploration and service companies with the deal.

August 29, 2025
GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics

Freight Groups Draw Policy Road Map for Congress

Freight groups have argued for a set of priorities for federal policymakers and the White House to consider as part of a bipartisan transportation agenda over the next two years.

August 29, 2025
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

South Africa Halts Parcels to US Over Trump Tariffs

The announcement follows similar decisions by other national postal services that have suspended their shipping services to the U.S., including Japan, Britain and Australia.

August 29, 2025