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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.
 

Government, Business, Technology, Fuel, Logistics

Canada Gives Halifax Port C$25 Million for Green Initiatives

Canada has granted C$25 million to the Halifax Port Authority for sustainable environmental infrastructure and establish a hydrogen production facility.

February 12, 2025
Business, Technology, Safety, Logistics

Trucking Experts Link Cybersecurity to Company Culture

Businesses can better protect themselves from breaches by building a company culture that prioritizes security while also developing closer relationships with key stakeholders.

February 12, 2025
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics, Autonomous

AI, Shifting Supply Chains Dominate Discussion at Manifest

Exhibitors and speakers at the annual event presented innovations and shared strategies aimed at helping transportation companies adapt to a changing business environment.

February 12, 2025
Business, Logistics

ATRI: I-95 in Fort Lee, N.J., Still Worst Truck Bottleneck

ATRI's analysis, based on an extensive database of freight truck GPS data, uses several customized software applications and analysis methods, along with data from trucking operations.

February 12, 2025
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Wisconsin Grants $100 Million for Ag, Forestry Road Repairs

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has awarded $100 million to the state transportation department to spend on 55 projects repairing rural roads to better move agricultural and forestry products.

February 11, 2025
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics, Private, Global Freight

Amazon Workers Seek $30 an Hour in North Carolina

Amazon employee organizers in Garner, N.C., won the right to hold an election this week to determine whether workers at the facility will be represented by an upstart union.

February 11, 2025
Government, Business, Logistics

North Carolina Welcomes $85M Logistics Warehouse on I-95

North Carolina officials announced that Cold-Link Logistics will build an $85.5 million cold storage warehouse along I-95 to handle local and regional poultry and other food products.

February 10, 2025
Government, Business, Logistics

Inflation Fears Grow With Tariff Uncertainty Looming

Expected inflation five years ahead rose to 3% last month, the highest since May 2024, according to results of the New York Fed’s Survey of Consumer Expectations published Feb. 10.

February 10, 2025
Business, Equipment, Logistics, Private, Top 100

Cemex CEO Fernando González to Step Down After 30 Years

González will be replaced April 1 by Jaime Muguiro, who is the current head of Cemex’s U.S. operations, the company said in a statement.

February 10, 2025
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

Heartland Express Targets Major Operating Ratio Improvement

The Iowa-based company posted a loss in the fourth quarter of 2024 as the ongoing integration of two acquisitions alongside the industrywide freight recession weighed heavily on its OR.

February 10, 2025