Logistics
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.
FedEx to Test Nuro Autonomous Delivery Vehicles
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — FedEx Corp. announced June 15 that it has partnered with Nuro, one of the nation’s leading autonomous vehicle companies, to test the use of driverless vehicles for multistop and appointment-based deliveries in Houston.
XPO Announces GXO’s $800 Million Notes Offering
XPO Logistics' upcoming spinoff, GXO Logistics, has priced an offering of $800 million on investments notes with registration rights, the company announced June 17.
Trailer Optimization in a Reopening Economy
Program Aired: June 17, 2021. As our economy reopens, trailer orders are at unusually high volumes. When freight demand outpaces your operations, it’s difficult to meet deadlines and keep customers happy. Hear directly from a leading carrier and trailer leasing company about how they are staying prepared to maximize trailer utilization and maintain a high level of customer service.
June 17, 2021Transportation Companies Prepare for Hurricane Season
Summer means the start of hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean and many of the world’s biggest transportation companies are taking steps to prepare for what some forecasters say could once again be above-average activity along the Atlantic Coast and the Gulf of Mexico.
Electric Plane Pioneer Pivots to Cargo Drones
The man behind the only electric plane cleared to fly quickly discovered the challenges of converting world-leading technology into profits in a hotly contested, futuristic segment of aviation.
Labor, Driver Shortages Delay Commercial, Military Moves
The moving industry is facing mammoth labor and truck driver shortages during the peak military moving season and an explosion of moving demands in the commercial market, possibly delaying unscheduled summer moves until August or September, according to American Trucking Associations' Moving and Storage Conference.
NRF Seeks Meeting With Biden Over Port Congestion Issues
Congestion and delays in the supply chain continue to be a major headache for the nation’s retailers and now the National Retail Federation has asked President Joe Biden for a face-to-face meeting to discuss what can be done to improve the long delays.
Carriers, Independent Contractors Oppose California AB 5 Contractor Law
Trade organizations representing motor carriers and independent owner-operators alike say they strongly oppose a new California law that aims to reclassify large numbers of independent contractors as company employees, according to new documents filed in a recent appellate court challenge to the law.
GM, Wabtec Agree to Make Electric and Hydrogen-Powered Trains
General Motors Co. and Wabtec Corp. have signed a nonbinding agreement to build locomotive engines using the automaker’s Ultium electric battery and its Hydrotec hydrogen fuel-cell system, the companies said June 15.
Concerns Mount Over CN, KCS Rail Merger as Timetable Set for Regulatory Review
The Surface Transportation Board is taking public comments until June 28 on the proposed multibillion dollar merger of Class I freight rail companies Canadian National and Kansas City Southern.