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New Louisiana Port Targets Moving Freight to Midwest

A Louisiana port under construction aims to pull business from larger facilities — and attract ships traveling through the Panama Canal — with a distribution model focused on moving cargo to Midwest markets.

December 22, 2021

2021 Top 10 Stories Cover Array of Issues as COVID Still Casts Shadow

Here are the 10 most-read stories on the Transports Topics website in 2021, based on Google Analytics.

December 31, 2021

Trucking Industry M&A Activity Surges During 2021

2021 was an especially busy year for trucking in terms of acquisitions, with various factors creating an ideal market for buyers and sellers.

December 16, 2021

GXO Announces Expanded Use of Robotics in UK Warehouses

GXO Logistics is deploying 6 River Systems or 6RS collaborative robots, also known as cobots, on multiple mezzanine floors in one of its distribution centers in Milton Keynes, England.

December 15, 2021

Spot Market Bounces Back After Thanksgiving Slump

Spot freight volumes fell Thanksgiving week, but they have more than recovered.

December 13, 2021

DHL Doubles Robots as Humans Alone Can’t Handle Holiday Crunch

DHL’s supply chain unit doubled its use of robots in the U.S. this year and now has about 1,500 picking robots at its warehouses around the country, on top of adding 15,000 seasonal workers, Oscar de Bok, chief executive of the unit, said in an interview with Bloomberg TV Dec. 10.

December 10, 2021

U.S. Steel, Norfolk Southern and Greenbrier Partner on New Steel Railcar

United States Steel Corp., Norfolk Southern Corp. and The Greenbrier Cos. collaborated to create a new high-strength railcar, the companies announced Dec. 9.

December 9, 2021

NACPC Acquires Pratt Industries, Will Build Its Own Chassis

The North American Chassis Pool Cooperative on Dec. 6 acquired the Bridgman, Mich.-based chassis manufacturer Pratt Industries Intermodal Chassis from the Nashville-based private equity firm LFM Capital.

December 7, 2021

°®¶¹´«Ã½ Depot Is Investing to Keep Contractors Happy

Inside an expansive and noisy distribution center just east of Atlanta, °®¶¹´«Ã½ Depot Inc. is trying to solve a problem that’s plaguing its stores: large orders from pro shoppers.

December 2, 2021

Port of Oakland Cargo Down 14% Year-Over-Year in October

Shipping backups at the adjacent ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are having a significant impact on the Port of Oakland, nearly 400 miles up the California coast.

December 1, 2021