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Government, Business, Logistics

CEOs, Lawmakers Sound Alarm on Canadian Rail Protests

Escalating protests against a Canadian natural gas pipeline are putting shipments of grain, propane, lumber and consumer goods in jeopardy and prompting consternation among executives and lawmakers.

February 12, 2020
Business, Logistics, TCA

Amazon Pays $50 Million for Former Old Chicago Amusement Park, Mall

Online retail giant Amazon .com Inc. has paid more than $50 million for the former site of Old Chicago, an indoor amusement park and mall in Bolingbrook that predated massive experiential shopping centers like Minnesota’s Mall of America.

Ryan Ori and Lauren Zumbach | Chicago Tribune
February 12, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel, Logistics

Electric VNR Models to Hit Streets as VTNA, Partners Accelerate EV Program

FONTANA, Calif. — Volvo Trucks North America provided the first rides in its forthcoming electric VNR model, and its partners in the Volvo LIGHTS project provided an update on efforts underway to accelerate adoption of electric trucks during a Feb. 11 media event.

Joe Howard | Executive Editor
February 12, 2020
Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics

All Truck Transportation Updating Trailers With 5G Capability

All Truck Transportation Inc. announced recently it already is updating about 1,700 trailers with 5G-compatible devices.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
February 11, 2020
Business, Logistics, Top 50

XPO Reports Mixed Q4, 2019 Results

XPO Logistics Inc. posted mixed financial results for the fourth quarter and all of 2019.

Jerry Hirsch | Contributing Writer
February 11, 2020
Business, Logistics, Top 100

Interim CEO Chris Easter Named New CEO of Daseke Trucking

Six months after being named interim CEO of Addison, Texas-based Daseke Inc., Chris Easter was named the flatbed carrier’s permanent CEO on Feb. 7.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
February 11, 2020
Business, Logistics

Hub Group Posts Decrease in Q4, Full-Year Results

Hub Group reported a fourth quarter close to expectations that paled in comparison with the record-breaking results in 2018.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
February 10, 2020
Business, Logistics

FedEx Rearranges Deliveries in Efficiency Push

FedEx Corp. is revamping its operations to hand off some deliveries from its overnight division to its separately run ground business, in an effort to wring more profit from surging e-commerce.

Thomas Black | Bloomberg News
February 7, 2020
Business, Logistics

J.B. Hunt Announces Changes at Executive Level

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. is going through further changes in leadership, the carrier announced Feb. 7.

February 7, 2020
Business, Technology, Logistics

Cargo Chief Enhances Carrier Management Platform

Cargo Chief announced the release of version 3.0 of its C4 carrier management platform aimed at helping brokers find “backhaul full truckload carriers in the over-the-road industry.”

February 7, 2020
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