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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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Covenant Transport Pays $2,000 Bonuses to 44 Teams

Covenant Transport handed out $88,000 in its new team bonus program last month to 44 teams that eclipsed the 60,000 miles together to earn the company’s new $2,000-per-team bonus.

May 9, 2018
GovernmentLogistics

Trump Eyes Twice-Failed Legal Strategy to Fight California Regulations

The Trump administration is preparing to battle California’s tough car pollution regulations using an approach that federal courts already have rejected. Twice.

May 9, 2018
TechnologyEquipmentLogistics

ENow Shows 53-Foot Trailer With Solar-Based Refrigeration

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Solar technology provider eNow unveiled a 53-foot refrigerated trailer with solar panels mounted on its roof, calling it the first such all-electric solar-based refrigeration system to be deployed.

May 8, 2018
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Fifty-Mile Drone Flights Beckon as Industry Pushes FAA on Rules

Retailers, railroads and electricity companies are pressing for U.S. government approval to fly drones longer distances. Regulators, geared to an aviation industry that can take five years to get a new jetliner in the air, are struggling to adjust to the breakneck pace.

May 8, 2018
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PepsiCo to Add Stemco’s Fuel-Efficiency Devices

Stemco Products Inc. announced that PepsiCo Inc. will update 1,600 of its trailers with the company’s TrailerTail and EcoSkirt products to support its corporate sustainability targets.

May 7, 2018
BusinessLogistics

Blackstone to Acquire Gramercy Property in $7.6 Billion Deal

Blackstone Group agreed to acquire Gramercy Property Trust, which owns industrial real estate in the United States and Europe, in a cash deal valued at $7.6 billion.

May 7, 2018
BusinessFuelLogistics

Oil, Sand Railcars Compete for Track Space in Permian Basin

Oil producers may be getting in their own way in the race to pump crude from the fertile Permian Basin.

May 4, 2018
BusinessEquipmentLogistics

Canadian National to Buy 350 Center Beam Railcars

Canadian National Railway plans to purchase 350 73-foot center beam railcars to meet the growing demand for transporting lumber products, the Montreal-based railroad announced May 2.

May 3, 2018
BusinessTechnologyLogisticsTop 100

Profit, Revenue Grow at XPO as It Invests in Tech

XPO Logistics Inc. reported on May 2 that its first-quarter results vaulted more than 100%, stemming from the heightened demand from domestic freight and last-mile delivery.

May 2, 2018
BusinessLogistics

C.H. Robinson Reports Higher First-Quarter Revenue, Profits

C.H. Robinson Worldwide reported strong revenue growth and higher profits in the first quarter of 2018 and said it expects strong demand and tight capacity conditions to continue through the rest of the year.

May 1, 2018