Business

Photos from the 2018 Technology & Maintenance Council annual meeting at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, March 4-8, 2018.

Alabama native Taylor Hicks will perform at the grand opening celebration of the Birmingham Intermodal Facility downtown.

The Port of Virginia’s import-container business for the first half of 2018, compared with the same period last year, is projected to outpace that of the nation’s major retail container ports overall, according to the Washington, D.C.-based National Retail Federation, the world’s largest trade group, and Hackett Associates, a consulting firm.

The Connecticut Bond Commission on Feb. 16 approved a $4 million loan to Morgan Truck Body, which builds dry freight and refrigerated truck bodies for companies throughout the country. The company plans to construct a $19 million manufacturing plant that is expected to create more than 100 new jobs, according to bond commission minutes.

Steamship line Hapag-Lloyd will increase fees to transport freight to the United States and cross-border freight from Canada. Cargo between Canada and the United States will be subject to a carbon tax.

The world’s largest container company will start looking for takeover targets outside the shipping industry as it tries to pre-empt a new competitive landscape in which customers are morphing into rivals.

To stay in top shape, your fleet needs to be well maintained. But that in itself can pose challenges – from managing several local providers to paying inconsistent rates and not being able to get your truck in the shop at a moment’s notice. 

The shipping agency that struck the first freight deal settled in Bitcoin is now seeking $150 million to launch its own cryptocurrency.

CSX Corp. sold its stake in the Westin Savannah Harbor Golf and Spa for $77 million, according to the railroad company.

Miami International Airport has been designated a foreign trade zone magnet site by the U.S. Department of Commerce.