Logistics

The union representing about 15,000 dockworkers at the largest U.S. ports declined an offer by employers to extend existing labor contracts for a year, setting the stage for heated negotiations.

Truck tonnage in October posted the strongest year-over-year gain since just before summer, American Trucking Associations announced, as consumers ramped up early spending in anticipation of a busy holiday shopping season.

A state-by-state summary and analysis from the U.S. Department of Transportation of the recently enacted $1 trillion federal infrastructure bill highlights funding provisions tucked in the law.

Air traffic for the Thanksgiving holiday is expected to approach pre-pandemic levels and travelers are likely considering their plans with some dread, given fresh memories about thousands of canceled flights.

As the nation’s retailers and shoppers gear up for the holiday shopping sprint, two of the nation’s busiest ports, Los Angeles and Long Beach, say they are making progress clearing up the tens of thousands of shipping containers that have been backlogged at their facilities.

Photos: The 2021 Capitol Christmas Tree began its journey in California on Oct. 23, in the Mad River Ranger District of the Six Rivers National Forest. It was driven cross-country by the official designated tour carrier, System Transport, a division of Trans-System Inc. and arrived in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 19.

Walmart Inc. is expanding its efforts to offer aerial deliveries to homes, joining with startup DroneUp to begin dropping off items ranging from cans of tuna to children’s thermometers.

As the nation’s major seaports experience more congestion, another inland port facility will help to move freight along the Eastern Seaboard. The Carolina Connector, near Rocky Mount, N.C., is where shipping containers are transferred between trucks and trains.

DHL Express’ expansion of its hub facility at Miami International Airport doubles warehouse space and sorting capacity with twice the load positions for conveyable packages.

An Anchorage, Alaska, economic development group, alongside Anchorage airport and shipping officials, is making a pitch for what they say is an unexploited maritime shipping route from Anchorage to the U.S. Northwest that could help unlock West Coast shipping snarls.