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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.
 

Business, Logistics

XPO Logistics Reports Fourth-Quarter Loss of $62.8 Million

XPO Logistics Inc. reported fourth-quarter results that included a loss of $62.8 million, or 58 cents per share, and a glimpse of less-than-truckload performance at the former Con-way Freight unit that was acquired in October.

February 25, 2016
Business, Logistics

Schneider Opens Warehouse to Support Northeastern Ports

Truckload carrier Schneider has opened a 147,500-square-foot warehouse in Port Reading, New Jersey, to serve shippers utilizing Northeastern ports.

February 23, 2016
Business, Logistics

XPO Files Federal Civil Suit Against R+L Carriers

XPO Logistics, including the former Con-way Freight, filed a six-count civil complaint against R+L Carriers in U.S. District Court in Detroit, alleging that R+L acted illegally in raiding employees from XPO.

February 22, 2016
Business, Government, Safety, Logistics

Amazon Expands Deliveries by Its 'On-Demand' Drivers

SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon.com Inc. is quietly inviting drivers for its new "on-demand" delivery service to handle its standard packages, as the online retailer known for low prices and razor-thin profit margins looks to speed up delivery times and tamp down its growing multibillion-dollar logistics bill.

February 18, 2016
Business, Logistics

Odyssey Logistics Posts Double-Digit Gains in Past Year

New products and services including a cloud-based system have helped Odyssey Logistics post double-digit growth during the past year.

February 18, 2016
Logistics

Railroads Close Tracks, Cut Jobs Across the Country as Coal Cools Off

Working in or around Conway Terminal, the sprawling testament to the might of the U.S. freight railroad system, it might be easy to forget the storm of troubles brewing at Norfolk Southern Corp.

February 18, 2016
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Biden Calls for Increased Transportation Infrastructure Investment

Vice President Joe Biden called for greater public investment in transportation infrastructure during a Feb. 17 visit to a logistics yard east of  Memphis, Tennessee.

February 18, 2016
Government, Logistics

N.Y. State Senator, UPS Oppose Rail Merger

New York State Sen. Kathleen Marchione and UPS Inc. are among those who are opposing the merger of Canadian Pacific Railway and Norfolk Southern Corp., according to letters on file with the Surface Transportation Board.

February 18, 2016
Business, Government, Safety, Logistics

NTSB Rips FMCSA on Crash

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration was publicly criticized by the National Transportation Safety Board for “inadequate safety oversight of high-risk carriers†after an investigation of a fatal crash in Illinois in which fatigue was blamed.

February 15, 2016
Business, Government, Safety, Logistics

CP’s Quest for Norfolk Southern Intensifies

MIAMI — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and Norfolk Southern Corp. have upped the stakes in a $30 billion battle for control of the U.S. railway, as the potential acquirer said it would take its case directly to NS shareholders.

February 15, 2016