Purolator to Spend $759 Million for Faster Deliveries in Canada
Courier company Purolator Inc. will invest more than C$1 billion over the next five years to build a shipping hub in Toronto, upgrade its fleet and enhance its retail network in Canada to reach more customers.
June 25, 2019FedEx Lobs New Attack on Trade Limits as China Threat Looms
FedEx Corp. has fired a new weapon in the simmering U.S.-China trade war, suing the Trump administration to block enforcement of trade restrictions that had placed the company in Beijing’s crosshairs.
June 25, 2019Port Officials Look to Keep Giant Cranes off Trump Administration Tariff List
As America’s ports handle larger amounts of cargo from bigger container ships, the ports are in a building boom. But the cost of expanding could get more expensive if a Trump administration plan to impose 25% tariffs on ship-to-shore cranes manufactured only in China are implemented.
June 25, 2019An Asian Airline Will Start Testing Drones Capable of Hauling Tons of Cargo
Delivering cargo to the furthest reaches of the world’s biggest archipelago has forever been a challenge. Indonesia’s biggest airline sees a solution in drones.
June 25, 2019Hudson Hill Forms Fusion Transport From Two Acquisitions
Hudson Hill Capital, a private investment firm, has acquired majority stakes in Global Transport Logistics Inc. and Am Trans Expedite Inc. to form Fusion Transport.
June 24, 2019Don Daseke: ‘My Philosophy Is to Invest in People’
Don Daseke’s family business is owning businesses. Read more about this industry innovator in the first installment of "Accelerators."
June 24, 2019How a Business-Savvy Mother and Her Sons Built Two Men and a Truck
All of Brig Sorber’s family played a part in the creation story of Two Men and a Truck, which has grown from humble origins into one of the largest moving companies in North America.
June 24, 2019Four Generations and Counting at C.R. England, Pride Transport
No trucking company has a longer history of keeping the business in the family than C.R. England Inc.
June 24, 2019LTL Carriers See Slower Growth, but Economic Outlook Remains Positive
Less-than-truckload carriers are settling into a more modest growth scenario as 2019 unfolds, with widely shared expectations that a still-solid U.S. economy and favorable industry fundamentals will keep fleets on a positive course.
June 24, 2019More Shipping Through the Mississippi: The Push for Inland Port Development
Development and projected growth of inland ports, particularly in the Midwest, is increasingly critical to the nation’s supply chain.
June 20, 2019