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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.
 

Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics, Top 100

A Year to Forget for Third-Party Logistics Providers

2023 was a generally downtrodden year for 3PLs, with plummeting transportation rates and shippers focused on right-sizing inventories and reducing logistics costs.

Evan Armstrong | President of Armstrong & Associates Inc.
April 12, 2024
Business, Equipment, Logistics, Top 100

Amazon Takes No. 1 Spot on Top 100 Logistics List

A freight market recession, compressed broker margins and major acquisitions in 2023 have markedly altered the landscape of North America’s largest third-party logistics providers.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
April 12, 2024
Business, Equipment, Logistics, Top 100

When Will Freight Market Conditions Improve?

Stubbornly weak freight market conditions have placed financial strain on 3PLs in recent years with an oversupply of truck capacity driving down rates and squeezing brokers’ margins.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
April 12, 2024
Business, Logistics

About Us: Transport Topics' Top 100 Logistics Companies

The Transport Topics’ Top 100 Logistics Companies is a listing of the largest logistics companies in North America.

April 12, 2024
Business, Logistics

Interactive Map: Where the 2024 Top 100 Logistics Companies Are in North America

Find out where the 2024 Top 100 Logistics Companies are located by regions and by state in North America with our interactive map.

April 12, 2024
Business, Technology, Logistics

3PLs Persevere Through Down Freight Market, TIA Leaders Say

PHOENIX — Third-party logistics providers have persevered through a tough freight market while taking action to stem a rising tide of fraud, 3PL industry leaders said. 

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
April 12, 2024
Government, Business, Logistics

Update: Norfolk Southern to Pay $600M Settlement Over Derailment

Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to a fiery train derailment in February 2023.

April 11, 2024
Business, Equipment, Logistics

Spot Market Rebalance Slows Amid Volatile Capacity

The spot market is struggling to rebalance as the rate of carriers exiting has slowed despite sluggish demand.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 11, 2024
Business, Logistics

What's That? Supply Chain Crisis

Supply chain resilience is the ability to persist, adapt or transform in the face of change and challenges. To be supply chain resilient, one must prepare and plan ahead.

April 10, 2024
Business, Logistics

What's That? Supply Chain Resilience

Supply chain resilience is the ability to persist, adapt or transform in the face of change and challenges. To be supply chain resilient, one must prepare and plan ahead.

April 10, 2024