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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, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Fuel, Logistics

Capitol Agenda for the Week of Dec. 4: New Jersey Drive

The dilapidated stretch of Interstate 95, or the Turnpike, along Newark鈥檚 metropolitan region in beautiful New Jersey needs to be repaired soon, and raising federal taxes on fuel is the way to go about it, Rep. Donald Payne Jr. said amid Congress鈥 debate on tax policy. A look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

December 4, 2017
Business, Technology, Logistics

Campbell Is Testing Online Soup Delivery

Campbell Soup Co. is testing an online service that will deliver soups to customers鈥 doors, part of an effort by the 148-year-old food giant to shake off a sales slump and update its business model.

December 1, 2017
Business, Fuel, Logistics, TCA

Defense to Key Witness in Pilot Flying J Fraud Trial: Isn鈥檛 Cheating 鈥楧umb鈥 Business Move?

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. 鈥 In a bid to discredit a key government witness in the ongoing Pilot Flying J fraud trial, a defense attorney on Nov. 30 offered up a question about any scheme to defraud customers.

December 1, 2017
Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics

Warehouses Are Getting Bigger, Taller, Faster

Those boxes piling up on your doorstep over the holidays don鈥檛 ship from Santa鈥檚 workshop. As Americans spend more money shopping online, real estate developers are sinking record amounts of money into new warehouse space, building bigger, taller structures to meet the needs of e-commerce 鈥 and the robots that help it along.

December 1, 2017
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, Logistics

Toyota Plans Hydrogen Fuel Cell Plant at Long Beach

November 30, 2017
Business, Logistics, TCA

Cyber Monday Orders Are In; Retailers Now Giving Perks for Patience

Shoppers clicking 鈥渂uy鈥 on smartphones, tablets and laptops spent almost $20 billion online from Thanksgiving through Monday. Now retailers have to turn that spending spree into a flood of cardboard boxes on their way to shoppers鈥 doorsteps.

November 30, 2017
Business, Logistics

Holiday Sales, Delivery Volume Could Smash Records

The big delivery firms are preparing for unprecedented package volumes during the holiday shopping season as retailers say they are on course to set new sales records.

November 28, 2017
Business, Logistics

MNX Expands in Life Sciences With Logical Freight Buy

MNX Global Logistics has acquired Melbourne, Australia-based Logical Freight Solutions to expand its reach in the Asia-Pacific region

November 27, 2017
Business, Logistics

VersaCold Opens Phase 1 of New Distribution Center

VersaCold Logistics Services opened Phase 1 of its distribution center in Milton, Ontario, which is its largest capital investment ever.

November 27, 2017
Business, Logistics

Becker Logistics Buys Savage Logistics

Third-party logistics firm Becker Logistics purchased Savage Logistics, the freight brokerage division of Savage Cos., with the goal of expanding Becker鈥檚 geographic reach, building its core product services, and growing annual revenue.

November 27, 2017