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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, Safety, Government, Logistics

TransForce Reports Lower 3Q Income

Canadian transportation and logistics firm TransForce Inc. said its third-quarter net income fell to C$17 million, or 19 cents a share, from C$26.5 million, or 31 cents, a year ago.

October 23, 2009
Business, Logistics

Union Pacific’s 3Q Profit Drops

Union Pacific Corp.’s third-quarter profit fell 26% to $517 million, or $1.02 per share, from $703 million, or $1.38, a year ago.

October 22, 2009
Business, Safety, Government, Logistics

C.H. Robinson’s 3Q Profit Improves

Transportation and third-party logistics firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide reported a third-quarter profit of $95.5 million, or 57 cents a share, up slightly from $93.6 million, or 54 cents a share, a year ago.

October 21, 2009
Business, Logistics

CN Reports Lower 3Q Profit; Appoints New CEO

Canadian National Railway Co. said its third-quarter net income dropped to C$461 million or 97 cents per share, from C$552 million or C$1.16 per share a year earlier.

October 21, 2009
Fuel, Business, Logistics, Government

Diesel Jumps a Dime to $2.705

Diesel fuel’s national average price jumped 10.5 cents to $2.705 a gallon, its highest price since November, the Department of Energy said Monday.

October 20, 2009
Business, Logistics

Agility, TNT, UPS Assist with Asian Disaster Response

Agility Logistics, TNT N.V. and UPS Inc. are collaborating with the United Nations to send food to people affected by flooding in the Philippines and an earthquake in Indonesia, the UN said.

October 16, 2009
Business, Logistics

Transplace to Focus on Small, Mid-Sized Businesses

Transplace said it is broadening its focus on serving small and mid-sized businesses, which the company said could benefit from its logistics technology services.

October 16, 2009
Business, Logistics, Government

Correction: Canadian Firm Bruce R. Smith Ltd. Is Restructuring

A story on TTNews.com Wednesday incorrectly stated that Canadian trucking firm Bruce R. Smith Ltd. was in “bankruptcy.”

October 16, 2009
Business, Government, Logistics

YRC Units Announce Speedup In Service, Logistics Contract

YRC Worldwide Inc. said that its less-than-truckload unit has sped up cross-border trucking service and its logistics unit has been awarded a management contract in Peru.

October 15, 2009
Business, Government, Logistics

YRC Units Announce Speedup In Service, Logistics Contract

YRC Worldwide Inc. said that its less-than-truckload unit has sped up cross-border trucking service and its logistics unit has been awarded a management contract in Peru.

October 15, 2009