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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.
 

Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

Mexican President Lopez Obrador to Meet With Trump on USMCA

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will on July 8 hold talks with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump during a working visit aimed at marking the launch of the new North American trade agreement, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

dpa | Hamburg, Germany
July 8, 2020
Business, Logistics

World’s Supply Chain Managers Bask in Their Extended Moment

Accustomed to crunch time and performing in a crisis, the world’s supply chain managers are having something of an extended moment in pandemic recovery mode.

Andrew Noel | Bloomberg News
July 8, 2020
Business, Technology, Logistics, Top 100

Walmart Jumps With Amazon Prime Challenger Nearing Debut

Walmart Inc. will introduce a subscription service this month to compete with Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime program, according to a person familiar with the plans.

Matthew Boyle | Bloomberg News
July 7, 2020
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Biden Promises to Bolster US Medical Equipment Supply Chain

Joe Biden is promising to shift production of medical equipment and other key pandemic-fighting products “back to U.S. soil,” creating jobs and bolstering a domestic supply chain he says has been exposed as inadequate and vulnerable by the coronavirus outbreak.

Will Weissert | Associated Press
July 7, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Logistics

Electric Vehicles Are Starting to Buoy the Global Metals Market

The market gloom over the metals that will power the cars of the future is starting to lift.

Yvonne Yue Li | Bloomberg News
July 7, 2020
Government, Business, Fuel, Logistics

Judge Orders Dakota Access Pipeline Shut Down Pending Review

A federal judge on July 6 sided with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and ordered the Dakota Access pipeline to shut down until more environmental review is done.

Dave Kolpack | Associated Press
July 6, 2020
Business, Logistics, Top 50

Pilot Freight Services Adds Five Franchise Locations

Transportation and logistics company Pilot Freight Services has added five franchise locations to enhance services for the automotive, health care, home furnishings, industrial products and packaging industries.

July 6, 2020
Business, Equipment, Logistics

Manufacturing Bounces Back in June on Reopenings

U.S. manufacturing rebounded in June as major parts of the country opened back up, ending three months of contraction in the sector caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Matt Ott | Associated Press
July 1, 2020
Business, Logistics

Commodity Freighters Are Shrugging Off COVID-19 — For Now

The cost of moving commodities like coal and iron ore across the world’s oceans is surging as China lifts cargo purchases. Whether the rally will withstand the economic aftershocks of the coronavirus is a thornier question.

Firat Kayakiran | Bloomberg News
July 1, 2020
Government, Business, Fuel, Logistics

OPEC Cuts Output to Lowest Since 1991 as Virus Slams Oil Demand

OPEC slashed oil production to the lowest level since the Gulf War in 1991, as it escalated efforts to revive global markets just as a resurgence of the coronavirus is threatening demand again.

Grant Smith and Julian Lee | Bloomberg News
July 1, 2020