Logistics

Amazon’s Prime Day sales rose about 13% in the first six hours of the event compared with the same period last year, according to Momentum Commerce.

A new law in Wyoming is aimed at reducing blow-over crashes of light and high-profile vehicles.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Two suspected attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted ships in the Red Sea on July 15, as a new U.S. aircraft carrier approached the region to provide security.

SAN FRANCISCO — The world’s first hydrogen-powered commercial passenger ferry will start operating on San Francisco Bay as part of plans to phase out diesel-powered vessels.

Some of the biggest names in shipping are betting billions on tankers to transport a type of ammonia that’s scarcely being produced today, wagering it will become integral to decarbonization.

A theme has emerged in the logistics industry. It’s optimism. And this type of optimism is contagious.

WASHINGTON — A fiscal 2025 House committee-approved transportation funding bill would dedicate $200 million for expanding parking availability for the nation’s truck drivers.

Ensuring that professional drivers have access to ample truck parking is not merely a matter of convenience – it’s both a safety issue and a productivity issue. Lisa Mullings, president and CEO of NATSO, joins Seth Clevenger to discuss the truck parking issue, the future of truck stops and her takeaways from a recent ride-along with a professional truck driver.

Amazon.com Inc. says its carbon emissions fell for a second straight year in 2023 as the company cut spending on new warehouses and cloud-computing data centers.

UPS Inc. named a company veteran to be its new chief financial officer after the parcel giant’s former finance leader left the company last month to focus on his health.