The global LNG tanker fleets appear to have stopped using the Red Sea and Suez Canal, as continued Houthi attacks on ships reroute flows of the power-station and heating fuel.

The U.S. launched a new strike against the Yemen-based Houthis on Jan. 16, hitting anti-ship missiles in the third assault on the Iranian-backed group in recent days, the U.S. military said.

Trucking’s lingering freight recession, combined with a steep decline in spot market rates for carriers over the last 18 months, is tightening capacity, according to FMCSA data and FTR Intel.

The attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea by Houthi rebels have rerouted most of the trade normally flowing through the crucial maritime artery for consumer goods and energy supplies.

With billions of federal, state and local dollars being spent at the nation’s ports, these critical economic engines are poised to accelerate efforts toward low- and zero-carbon emissions.

PS Logistics has acquired Buddy Moore Trucking, which is also based in Birmingham, Ala.

U.S. Transcom announced that an IT systems glitch is delaying implementation of a contract designed to improve the quality of moves for military members and their families. 

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based third-party logistics group Kenco is to buy The Shippers Group, a Dallas-based third-party warehousing company, it said.

At least five vessels transiting the Red Sea are using their signals to say they have links to China — the latest unusual measure taken to try to avoid attack by Houthi militants in the Red Sea.

Company veteran Nathan Meisgeier joined Omaha, Neb.-based Werner Enterprises Inc. in 2005 and was promoted to the carrier's general counsel in 2016.