Logistics
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.
XPO Logistics Reports 3Q Profit, Reversing Last Year's Losses
XPO Logistics reported a profit in the third quarter compared with a loss last year, another sign that the company has rebounded from the losses it suffered from since 2013.
Profits at World’s Largest Container Line Drop 43%
A.P. Møller-Maersk A/S, owner of the world’s largest container line, reported a 43% decline in third-quarter profit as the shipping industry continues to suffer from overcapacity.
November 2, 2016Railroads, Shippers Draw Battle Lines Over Proposed STB Rule
Railroads and shipper groups have sketched their strategy for a potentially historic Surface Transportation Board battle over the future of rail competition, with comments to the agency as well as taking steps to recruit allies.
November 2, 2016Analysis: Maersk Is Taking on Water
It's hard to think of two more challenged industries than oil and shipping. AP Moller-Maersk A/S's misfortune is to be heavily involved in both. Investors were starting to hope the worst was over.
Swift Lowers Earnings Based on Pending Class-Action Lawsuit
Swift Transportation reversed course after reporting third-quarter earnings were up 4.7% year-over-year to $38 million on Oct. 24, lowering the number to $24 million, or a 34% decline lower than a year ago.
November 1, 2016World’s Biggest Shipping Company Wants More Mergers
Top Japanese Shipping Lines to Merge Container Businesses
Japan’s three biggest shippers agreed to combine their container operations to create the world’s sixth-largest box carrier, as the industry steps up consolidation this year amid a global turmoil in the sea-cargo business.
NFI Industries CEO Steps Down From Sun National Bank Board
NFI Industries CEO Sidney Brown will be stepping down as the chairman of the board at Sun National Bank, effective Dec. 31.
October 28, 2016XPO Logistics Sells Truckload Business to TransForce for $558 Million
XPO Logistics has sold the Con-way Inc. truckload business to TransForce Inc. for $558 million in cash, a move that involved negotiations between two of the Top 10 companies on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers.
Net Income Falls at Hub Group, Echo
Hub Group Inc. and Echo Global Logistics Inc. reported weaker third-quarter earnings as pressure on profit margins continued to hurt results in the sector.
October 26, 2016