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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

England Logistics Buys Software Company

England Logistics said Tuesday it bought software maker TMS Technologies for an undisclosed sum.

February 18, 2011
Business, Logistics

Two Logistics Providers Expand Through Acquisitions

Two logistics companies expanded through acquisitions, with a Philadelphia freight forwarder buying parts of two California firms and a Detroit-area company buying a Spanish firm.

February 18, 2011
Business, Government, Logistics

ATA, Port of L.A. File Final Court Briefs Over Use of Owner-Operators

American Trucking Associations and the Port of Los Angeles have completed filing written legal arguments over the port’s attempted ban on independent owner-operators.

February 18, 2011
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises 18.5% for Week

A week after its first decline in a year, intermodal traffic rose 18.5% last week from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.

February 18, 2011
Business, Logistics

Forward Air’s 4Q Income Almost Doubles

Forward Air Corp. said late Monday its fourth-quarter net income almost doubled, to $11.8 million, or 41 cents per share, from $6.3 million, or 22 cents, a year earlier.

February 14, 2011
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Growth Accelerates in 2010 as Truck Capacity Tightens, IANA Says

Intermodal traffic grew at the fastest pace in nearly three decades during 2010, and the combination of a strengthening economy and tightening truck capacity will spark further growth this year, the Intermodal Association of North America reported.

February 14, 2011
Business, Government, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Hits Eight-Month High

Consumer confidence rose to an eight-month high this month, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

February 11, 2011
Business, Logistics

Express-1 Reports Improved 4Q Profit

Express-1 Expedited Solutions’ second-quarter profit rose to $820,000, or 2 cents per share, from $601,000, or 2 cents, a year earlier.

February 11, 2011
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Takes First Dip in a Year

Intermodal traffic fell last week for the first time in a year, largely due to winter storm disruptions, the Association of American Railroads reported.

February 11, 2011
Business, Logistics

Wabash Reports Fourth-Quarter Profit

Trailer manufacturer Wabash National Corp. reported a fourth-quarter operating profit compared with an operating loss a year ago, as new trailer shipments topped the high end of the company’s expectations.

February 9, 2011