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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

Intermodal Traffic Rises 5.7% for Week

Intermodal traffic rose 5.7% last week compared with the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.

April 1, 2011
Business, Logistics

Swift Predicts Lower 1Q Earnings

Swift Transportation Co. said March 29 that its first-quarter earnings will be 5 to 8 cents per share, due to bad weather and high fuel costs at the start of the year.

March 31, 2011
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises 10.7% for Week

Intermodal traffic increased 10.7% last week from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.

March 25, 2011
Business, Logistics

Existing °®¶¹´«Ã½ Sales Drop to 9-Year Low

Existing home sales fell 9.6% in February to the lowest level since 2002, the National Association of Realtors said Monday.

March 21, 2011
Business, Logistics

RWI Transportation Opens Terminal in Dallas

RWI Transportation, an asset-based logistics company, said March 10 it opened a new terminal in Dallas to improve its access to the western United States.

March 18, 2011
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Grows 6.5% for Week

Intermodal traffic rose 6.5% last week from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.

March 18, 2011
Business, Logistics

Deutsche Post’s 4Q Profit Improves

Deutsche Post, the Germany-based parent company of DHL USA, said its fourth-quarter financial results due to the economic recovery, the Associated Press reported.

March 11, 2011
Business, Government, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Falls From 3-Year High

Consumer confidence fell this month from a three-year high in February, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

March 11, 2011
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises 1% for Week

Intermodal traffic rose 1% last week from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.

March 11, 2011
Business, Logistics

NFI Acquires 3PL World Warehouse and Distribution

NFI Industries said it acquired World Warehouse and Distribution, a Champlain, N.Y., third-party logistics and warehousing firm. Terms were not disclosed.

March 8, 2011