WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced March 11 the U.S. will dramatically downgrade its trade status with Russia as punishment for its invasion of Ukraine and also ban imports of Russian seafood, alcohol and diamonds.

Yellow Corp. has reached a settlement with the Department of Justice over allegations dating back to 2005 that the company overcharged the federal government while shipping items for the Department of Defense.

Ceva Logistics announced it teamed up with autonomous commercial vehicle technology company Kodiak Robotics Inc. to deliver freight autonomously between Dallas-Fort Worth and Oklahoma City, expanding on an existing relationship.

XPO Logistics is creating two new, stand-alone, publicly traded companies in the less-than-truckload and tech-enabled brokered transportation sector, the company announced March 8.

A California industrial real estate developer will begin construction this spring on two facilities totaling almost 1 million square feet near the Hampton Roads port terminals in Virginia.

Amazon .com Inc. says it has stopped shipping products sold on its retail website to customers based in Russia and cut off access to its video streaming service there.

WASHINGTON — Congress on March 8 passed legislation that would shore up the U.S. Postal Service and ensure six-day-a-week mail delivery, sending the bill to President Joe Biden to sign into law.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The inaugural annual meeting of the Moving & Storage Council of American Trucking Associations honored a longtime leader in the sector, and featured a look ahead at how all transportation fleets can deal with the ongoing shortage of truck drivers.

The Port of Baltimore on March 7 announced it is expanding container business at its Seagirt Marine Terminal as the Israeli-based ZIM Shipping Line will begin calls at the facility this summer.

Penske Automotive Group has acquired London, Ontario-based Team Truck Centres, a retailer of medium- and heavy-duty Freightliner and Western Star commercial trucks.