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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

CSX Reports Slight Revenue Knock for Q4

CSX Corp. experienced a slight decrease in year-over-year revenue during the fourth quarter of 2023, the company reported Jan. 24.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
January 25, 2024

Infographic: Ryder’s Foundation for a Successful Freight Brokerage

Globally, supply chains are facing unprecedented levels of disruption. As a result, shippers and carriers are challenged more than ever to keep goods moving while remaining profitable. While most brokerages point to technology as the key to achieving success, today’s setbacks have proven that technology alone isn’t enough.

Business, Safety, Logistics, Global Freight

Union Pacific Profit Up 1% in Q4 as Deliveries Rise

OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific’s fourth-quarter profit crept up 1% as the railroad delivered more fertilizer, imported goods and vehicles.

Josh Funk | Associated Press
January 25, 2024
Business, Logistics, Global Freight

Canadian National Railway Maintains Earnings Growth Forecast

Canadian National Railway is sticking with its outlook for double-digit profit growth over the next few years, moving past a 2023 marred by labor strife, low grain shipments and a sluggish economy.

Stephanie Hughes | Bloomberg News
January 24, 2024
Business, Logistics

New Landstar Facility to Focus on Owner-Operators

Landstar has started construction on a new field operations center in Crawfordsville, Ind., the company announced Jan. 18. The facility will be built with owner-operators in mind.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
January 23, 2024
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

Port NOLA Project Gets $226 Million in Federal Grant

WASHINGTON — The planned $1.8 billion Louisiana International Terminal project in St. Bernard Parish was awarded a $226 million grant Jan. 22 from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Mark Ballard | The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.)
January 23, 2024
Business, Logistics, Breaking News

Truck Tonnage in December Dips 0.5% Year-Over-Year

Truck tonnage dipped in December, closing out the worst 12 months for freight activity since the pandemic year of 2020, American Trucking Associations reported.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
January 23, 2024
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Amazon Fined in France for Employee Monitoring in Warehouses

France’s privacy watchdog said Jan. 23 that it hit Amazon’s warehouse unit with a $35 million fine for using an “excessively intrusive system” to monitor worker performance and activity.

January 23, 2024
Business, Technology, Logistics

C.H. Robinson Announces Electronic Bill of Lading for LTLs

C.H. Robinson is implementing an electronic bill of lading process for its largest less-than-truckload carriers, a move in its continued efforts to digitize documents, the company announced Jan. 22.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
January 23, 2024
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel, Logistics, Global Freight

Red Sea Chaos Starting to Impair Profits Across Industries

With the Red Sea crisis roiling shipments of everything from cars to energy, it’s a matter of time before soaring costs and supply chain strains show up in companies’ earnings reports.

January 23, 2024
Business, Equipment, Logistics

PS Logistics Unit Expands Flatbed Division in North Carolina

PS Logistics’ Blair Logistics unit announced it has acquired the flatbed division of Kenly, N.C.-based ELS for an undisclosed sum.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
January 23, 2024