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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, Logistics

What's That? Demurrage

Demurrage is a fee attached to cargo that has overstayed its time at a terminal. These fees can be enforced by port officials. Depending on the vendor, terminal, warehouse or container station, fees and policies can vary.

August 22, 2024
Government, Business, Equipment, Logistics

Miners Tap Trucks to Sidestep Canada's Rail Stoppage

Two mining giants are rerouting shipments and turning to trucks to deal with disruptions from a Canadian railway stoppage that threatens to undermine the industry’s operations.

Jacob Lorinc | Bloomberg News
August 22, 2024
Government, Business, Logistics

Key Bridge Collapse Spurs $5M Small Business Grant Fund

A $5 million grant program aimed at supporting Baltimore-area small businesses hit hard by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge launched Aug. 21.

August 22, 2024
Government, Business, Logistics

CN and CPKC Initiate Lockout After Labor Talks Fail

The Canadian railway system has been struck with two major work stoppages amid failed labor negotiations Aug. 22.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
August 22, 2024
Government, Business, Logistics

Trudeau Tells Railways, Union to Reach Deal to Avoid Strike

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging Canada’s two largest railways and unionized workers to reach a deal to avert a strike that businesses warn will cause significant harm to the economy.

Laura Dhillon Kane | Bloomberg News
August 21, 2024
Government, Business, Logistics

Canadian Economy at Risk as Rail, Port Strikes Approach

Canadian businesses are warning about potential long-term damage to the economy if railway and port strikes go ahead and choke the country’s vital trading arteries.

Thomas Seal | Bloomberg News
August 21, 2024
Business, Logistics, Breaking News

ATA Reports Sequential Freight Tonnage Rise for July

The trucking industry in July saw a sequential rise in freight tonnage but a decrease from the year-ago period, American Trucking Associations reported Aug. 20.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
August 20, 2024
Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous, Global Freight, Top 100, Top 50

Will Amazon’s AI Bet Pay Off?

More than any of the megacap technology stocks, Amazon.com Inc.’s big-spending ways are coming at the expense of profits, and its shares are being punished as a result.

Carmen Reinicke | Bloomberg News
August 20, 2024
Government, Business, Logistics

ATA Names Dan Hilton MSC Executive Director

Dan Hilton, an alumnus of Capitol Hill and trade associations with extensive experience in government and advocacy, is the new executive director of ATA’s Moving & Storage Conference.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
August 19, 2024
Business, Logistics

Port Traffic Booms Despite Recession Fears

The busiest port complex in the U.S. is churning through import volumes near the highs set during the pandemic despite worries about a cooling economy.

Laura Curtis | Bloomberg News
August 19, 2024