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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.
 

BusinessLogisticsTCA

Amazon to Open 60,000 Square Foot Oklahoma Warehouse

Additional permit applications filed this week show continued work to add an Amazon Delivery Center to the company’s growing Oklahoma City, Okla., presence.

July 6, 2018
BusinessLogistics

Dr Pepper Drivers in Chicago Reach Deal, End 40-Day Strike

More than 150 Chicago Teamsters ended their strike against Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. after ratifying a new four-year contract, union and company officials confirmed July 3.

July 3, 2018
SafetyLogisticsTCA

AAA Expects Holiday Traffic to Break Record

The AAA predicts a record-breaking 46.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home for the Independence Day holiday, an increase of more than 5% compared with last year’s prediction and the highest number since AAA started tracking travel 18 years ago.

July 3, 2018
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogistics

Drone Deliveries Become Reality as China Races to Take the Lead

The day after Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com Inc.’s midyear sale, a company drone took off from a playground in the city of Xi’an to deliver one of the orders in a football-sized box to a village in the mountains to the south.

July 3, 2018
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyLogisticsTCA

Japanese Government Envisions Cars in the Sky by 2020s

In a bid to achieve the practical use of self-driving flying cars in the 2020s, the government will establish a public-private council possibly within this year to discuss safety issues, technological development and other matters, Japanese newspaper The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

July 2, 2018
GovernmentBusinessLogisticsTCA

Shortage of Drivers Slows Booming Truck Demand

Demand for new commercial trucks is surging as companies look to replace aging vehicles and freight volumes have jumped in recent months.

July 2, 2018
BusinessLogistics

Even Amazon’s Feeling the Strain From Insatiable Delivery Demand

Amazon.com Inc.’s call for entrepreneurs to help expand its package-delivery network is a cry for help.

July 2, 2018
GovernmentLogisticsTCA

Maine Governor’s Latest Bonds Ploy Highlights Peril of Borrowing to Fix State’s Roads

AUGUSTA, Maine — There is probably nothing more unifying in Maine’s contentious politics than borrowing lots of money to improve the state’s transportation system, but recent events at the State House have also showed why it may be a poor policy.

July 2, 2018
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Says It’s a ā€˜Little Premature’ to Discuss US WTO Exit

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said it’s a ā€œlittle prematureā€ to discuss the U.S. withdrawing from the World Trade Organization as the Trump administration continues to look at ways to improve the global trade body.

July 2, 2018
GovernmentLogistics

Not Waiting for Trump, Municipalities Are Funding Infrastructure

State and local government bond sales have tumbled this year, but it’s not because they’ve given up on raising money to fix America’s roads, schools and bridges.

July 2, 2018