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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, Safety, Logistics, TCA

Mobile's Interstate 10 Project Could Be Costlier Than First Imagined

Critics of Alabama's plan to toll the future Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project have repeatedly questioned the rationale for building a new 7.5-mile Bayway — a route largely consisting of bridges — between Mobile and Baldwin counties.

John Sharp | Alabama Media Group (Birmingham, Ala.)
August 23, 2019
Business, Logistics, TCA

Amazon to Open Another North Carolina Facility

HIGH POINT, N.C. — A north High Point warehouse under construction near Interstate 40 will be a delivery station for Amazon.com, the online retail giant confirmed Aug. 22.

Pat Kimbrough | The High Point Enterprise (N.C.)
August 23, 2019
Business, Logistics

Amazon Spends $15 Billion to Help Merchants in Charm Offensive

Amazon.com, criticized for wielding too much power over third-party merchants on its marketplace, said it will spend some $15 billion this year to help them boost sales.

Matt Day | Bloomberg News
August 22, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics

Transfix Teams With BAMFi to Speed Money to Carriers

Transfix, a digital freight marketplace, announced Aug. 19 the latest expansion to its product suite: the Transfix Factoring Program powered by BAMFi, designed to unlock money for carriers upfront.

August 22, 2019
Business, Logistics

Amazon’s New India Campus Is Its Largest

Amazon.com on Aug. 21 opened its largest campus building globally in the south Indian city of Hyderabad as it prepares for a furious expansion and battle with nemesis Walmart Inc. in one of the world’s fastest-growing retail markets.

Saritha Rai | Bloomberg News
August 21, 2019
Business, Logistics

Target, Like Walmart, Proves Main Engine of Economy Is Humming

Recession fears may be mounting in certain parts of the U.S. economy, but Walmart Inc. and Target Corp. are signaling that the all-important American consumer is doing just fine.

Matthew Boyle | Bloomberg News
August 21, 2019
Business, Logistics

Truck Tonnage Surges 7.3% in July

Truck tonnage surged 7.3%, the largest year-over-year gain since April, compared with July 2018, according to American Trucking Associations.

Jim Stinson | Staff Reporter
August 20, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics

Trump Says US Is Talking With China but Not Ready for Deal

President Donald Trump said the United States is “doing very well with China, and talking!” but suggested he wasn’t ready to sign a trade deal, hours after his top economic adviser laid out a potential timeline for the resumption of substantive discussions with Beijing.

August 19, 2019
Business, Logistics

Amazon Tests ‘Top Brand’ Label for Some Big-Name Fashion Sellers

Amazon.com Inc. is designating products sold by certain companies as “top brands,” a test that if widely implemented could ease tension between the online retail giant and big-name companies used to favorable positioning at brick-and-mortar retailers.

Matt Day | Bloomberg News
August 16, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics

Convoy Partners With TMS Provider BluJay

Convoy, a nationwide digital freight network, announced a partnership with BluJay Solutions, a leading supply chain software and service provider.

August 16, 2019