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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

CSX Fourth-Quarter Net Income Falls; Weaker 2016 Results Expected

CSX Corp. reported fourth-quarter net income fell 5% to $466 million, or 48 cents per share, and announced that this year’s earnings are expected to trail 2015.

January 13, 2016
Logistics

Norfolk Southern Consolidates as Coal Volume Drops

Norfolk Southern Corp. said it will consolidate two of its operating divisions and idle portions of a 253-mile line in Ohio and West Virginia to lower costs and boost efficiency in the face of declining traffic on its coal shipping network.

January 13, 2016
Business, Logistics

XPO Units Face New Worker Classification Suit

A California law firm has asked a state court to certify a class action suit against Pacer Cartage and two other XPO Logistics businesses, claiming that the carriers misclassified drivers as independent contractors in the latest such case in the nation’s largest state.

January 12, 2016
Business, Logistics

CSX Names Piacente to Lead Intermodal Unit

CSX Corp. named Dean Piacente as vice president of intermodal to replace William Clement, who has left the railroad, and also announced other management changes.

January 12, 2016
Business, Logistics

Transervice Announces Southern California Freight Management Business

Transervice Logistics Inc. has created Transervice Integrated Solutions, a freight-management business operating in Southern California, to provide brokerage services and to help companies fill backhauls.

January 12, 2016
Business, Logistics

Infinity Logistics Expands Routes Linking Pacific Northwest With Miami, Toronto

Infinity Transportation Logistics, which provides refrigerated intermodal services, has announced the addition of new routes linking the Pacific Northwest with Miami and Toronto.

January 12, 2016
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Rep. Doris Matsui Headlines UC Davis’ Freight Discussion on Capitol Hill

Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) will share her perspective on the economic benefits realized when freight corridors are improved at an event hosted by the National Center for Sustainable Transportation on Jan. 12 on Capitol Hill.

January 11, 2016
Logistics

Norfolk Southern Finds Allies in Spurning Canadian Pacific Takeover Bid

Norfolk Southern Corp. is gaining political and customer support for rejecting Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.’s takeover bid, which could make it harder for the Canadian company and investor Bill Ackman to wage a proxy fight.

January 11, 2016
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Cargo Falls in 4Q for First Time Since 2009

Intermodal freight in the fourth quarter declined for the first time since 2009 on a year-over-year basis, industry experts said, hurt by factors such as low fuel prices that helped competing truckers, a weaker economy and elevated inventories.

Rip Watson | Special to Transport Topics
January 11, 2016
Government, Business, Logistics, Autonomous

Canada Trucking Chief David Bradley Plans to Step Down at End of 2017

David Bradley, president of both the Canadian Trucking Alliance and the Ontario Trucking Association, announced on Jan. 8 that he will leave his posts at the end of 2017.

David Elfin | Staff Reporter
January 8, 2016