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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.
 

BusinessEquipmentLogistics

Roadrunner Sells Flatbed Operation

Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. announced the sale of its flatbed business unit for $30 million in cash, subject to customary purchase price and working capital adjustments.

December 9, 2019
BusinessLogistics

Where鈥檚 My Amazon Package? It May Be Late

NEW YORK 鈥 It鈥檚 just a week into the holiday shopping season, and Amazon already 聽is having trouble getting packages to shoppers鈥 doorsteps on time.

December 6, 2019
BusinessSafetyLogistics

Lineage Acquires Emergent Cold as Refrigerated Supply Heats Up

Lineage Logistics Holdings said it will acquire Emergent Cold in the latest consolidation of cold-storage companies that do business globally.

December 5, 2019
GovernmentBusinessLogisticsTCA

Possibilities, Costs 鈥楨normous鈥 for A2A Rail

The backers of a new rail line to link Alaska to Canada and Lower 48 markets insist it would generate upward of $5 billion of freight revenue through the state.

December 5, 2019
GovernmentBusinessLogisticsTCA

Port of Savannah on Track for Record Year

The Georgia Ports Authority is on track to set yet another record with more than 4.6 million 20-foot equivalent container units.

December 4, 2019
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Michigan Lawmakers Weigh Bill on Tolling Feasibility Study

Michigan legislators are considering a bill that would authorize a study on the feasibility of tolling certain highways.

December 4, 2019
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyLogisticsTCA

Tunnel Planned for California Bullet Train Under Burbank Airport

The complexity of building a bullet train through Southern California鈥檚 urban maze is leading state officials to consider two major additions: a tunnel under the Burbank airport and a project that would help a freight railroad expand its switching yards in the Inland Empire.

December 3, 2019
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

CN Rail Downgrades Financial Outlook as Result of Strike

Canadian National Railway is making a quick recovery from the eight-day strike by 3,200 Teamsters Canada Rail Conference conductors and yard crews, according to the Montreal-based railroad.

December 3, 2019
BusinessLogistics

Advantage Reinvests in Capital City Trucking

Advantage Capital announced a $3.37 million investment in Richland, Miss.-based Capital City Trucking.

December 2, 2019
BusinessLogisticsTop 50TCA

3PL Giant Kenco Offers Residential Delivery

Logistics giant Kenco has started offering 鈥渨hite glove鈥 home delivery of merchandise for some of its business customers in five areas of the country, including Chattanooga, Tenn., with plans to expand the service.

December 2, 2019