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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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Amazon Is Its Own Biggest Mailman, Shipping 3.5 Billion Parcels

As Amazon.com works to speed orders to customer doorsteps before Christmas, the e-commerce giant is touting an accomplishment that would have seemed absurd just a few years ago: Amazon is now its own biggest carrier.

December 19, 2019
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Canadian Crude-by-Rail Shipments to Surge, Spurring Investment

Canadian shipments of crude by rail are poised to surge next year, spurring investment in new export infrastructure.

December 19, 2019
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Amazon’s Van-Buying Spree Delivers a Gift to Auto Industry

The Amazon.com vans parked outside apartment buildings and along suburban cul-de-sacs aren’t just bearing gifts to online shoppers this holiday season. The e-commerce giant’s home-delivery push has been a boon to automakers, too.

December 19, 2019
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Perspective: Looking Forward With 5G

The technology elephant in the room for warehouse operators is 5G wireless technology; specifically, whether it’s worthwhile for the sector to convert from existing 4G systems.

December 18, 2019
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FedEx’s Q2 Earnings Tumble, Even More Than Wall Street Expected

FedEx Corp. reported lower-than-expected second-quarter fiscal year 2020 earnings Dec. 17, missing Wall Street analysts’ expectations.

December 17, 2019
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Dave Clark: The Man Who Built Amazon’s Delivery Machine

Amazon's logistics chief, Dave Clark, has transformed the retail giant's operations.

December 17, 2019
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Amazon Cuts Off FedEx Ground for Prime Shipments This Holiday

Amazon.com says FedEx Corp.’s delivery performance is slipping and will no longer let third-party merchants use the company’s ground delivery network for quick Prime shipments through the holidays.

December 16, 2019
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Forward Air to Acquire Linn Star for $57.2 Million

Forward Air Corp. will acquire Linn Star Holdings Inc., Linn Star Transfer Inc. and Linn Star Logistics, a privately held final-mile provider, for $57.2 million, according to a Forward Air news release Dec. 12.

December 16, 2019
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Germany Set to Agree to Higher CO2 Price for Transport, Heating

Germany’s two houses of parliament are poised to more than double the starting price for carbon dioxide emissions from the transport and heating industries when the charge is introduced in 2021.

December 16, 2019
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BMW-Daimler Ride-Hailing Venture Steps Up Uber Challenge

FreeNow, the ride-hailing venture owned by Daimler AG and BMW AG, expects to double revenue this year and next in a fresh challenge to Uber Inc. in Europe and Latin America.

December 16, 2019