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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

Circle Logistics Starts Bulk Division Focused on Ethanol

Freight broker Circle Logistics, which saw its business impacted by automakers' shutdown due to the coronavirus crisis, countered the stress by creating a bulk division to deliver tankers of ethanol, the key ingredient in hand sanitizer.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
May 13, 2020
Business, Safety, Logistics

Amazon Says Deliveries Returning to Normal After COVID-19 Crush

Amazon .com Inc. says the one- and two-day delivery times that shoppers have come to expect should gradually return in coming weeks as the online retailer catches up from a demand surge tied to the coronavirus outbreak.

Spencer Soper | Bloomberg News
May 13, 2020
Government, Business, Logistics

US Meat’s Run of Growth to End in Pandemic

Meat-processing disruptions in America are set to strip billions of pounds of production, snapping a yearslong run of growth in the industry, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

May 12, 2020
Government, Business, Logistics

China Steps Up US Soybean Buying With Million-Ton Purchase

China is stepping up purchases of soybeans from the U.S. as Brazilian sales start to wane and the Asian nation seeks to meet its pledges under the trade deal with Washington, according to people familiar with the matter.

May 12, 2020
Business, Logistics

USA Truck Posts Net Loss on Declining Revenue in Q1

USA Truck reported a net loss on decreased revenue during the first quarter, the company reported May 7.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
May 8, 2020
Business, Logistics, Top 50

Expeditors Sees Profit, Revenue Fall in Q1; Workforce Remains Intact

Global disruptions created by the coronavirus pandemic depressed profits and revenue at Expeditors International in the first quarter.

Jerry Hirsch | Contributing Writer
May 8, 2020
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

Minnesotans Lose Thousands in Auto Dealer-Shipper Scam

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning Minnesotans about scams in which auto dealers and shippers ask customers to wire money for cars they have bought online.

Tim Harlow | StarTribune
May 8, 2020
Government, Business, Logistics

Trump Casts Doubt on Future of China Trade Deal

President Donald Trump cast doubt on the future of his “phase one” trade deal with China, one of the biggest accomplishments of his first term, saying May 8 that he’s struggling with Beijing in the wake of the global coronavirus pandemic.

Josh Wingrove | Bloomberg News
May 8, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Logistics

Musk’s Aim to Restart Tesla Plant Sets Up Potential Clash

Tesla Inc. plans to reopen its sole U.S. car factory as soon as May 8, possibly setting up another battle with local health authorities in California.

May 8, 2020
Government, Business, Logistics, Top 50, Top 100

Former XPO Executive to Become Next Postmaster General

A Republican fundraiser and political donor from North Carolina who also worked as an executive at XPO Logistics will be the next postmaster general.

May 7, 2020