Logistics

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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, Government

Gas Dips 1¢ to $1.95, Lundberg Says

The national average price of regular gasoline fell by a penny over the past two weeks to $1.95 a gallon, the first decline of the year, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.

March 23, 2009
Business, Logistics

Existing Home Sales Rise 5.1% in February

Existing homes sales rose 5.1% in February, the National Association of Realtors said Monday.

March 23, 2009
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Court Backs ATA on SoCal Ports’ Truck Plan

A federal appeals court ruled Friday in favor of an American Trucking Associations appeal that a plan put in place by the Southern California ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles to regulate trucking violates federal law.

March 20, 2009
Business, Logistics, Government

Livingston International Posts 2008 Loss

Canadian customs broker and logistics firm Livingston International Income Fund posted a 2008 net loss of C$88.9 million on revenue of C$322.9 million.

March 19, 2009
Government, Business, Fuel, Logistics

Diesel Falls 2.8¢ to $2.017

Diesel fuel fell 2.8 cents to a $2.017 per-gallon national average, the lowest price in more than four years, the Department of Energy said.

March 17, 2009
Business, Logistics, Government

Transplace to Manage Logistics for Pace Industries

Custom die casting company Pace Industries has chosen third-party logistics company Transplace to manage its truckload, less-than-truckload and expedited shipments, Transplace said Tuesday.

March 16, 2009
Government, Business, Safety, Technology, Logistics, Fuel, Equipment

EPA Rule Would Track Emissions as First Step to Cap-and-Trade

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week took the first step toward creating a national cap-and-trade system, proposing a new rule that would establish a federal system for reporting carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gases produced by large stationary and mobile sources.

March 16, 2009
Business, Logistics

ChemLogix Launches International Subsidiary

ChemLogix, a logistics firm serving the chemical industry, has established a new subsidiary, ChemLogix Global, to provide international logistics services, the company said Wednesday.

March 11, 2009
Business, Logistics

Kuehne + Nagel to Acquire J. Martens Holding

Swiss logistics firm Kuehne + Nagel said Monday that it will buy J. Martens Holding AS, a Norwegian service provider to the oil and gas industry, Reuters reported.

March 11, 2009
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel, Logistics

Diesel Falls 4.2¢ to $2.045

Diesel fuel fell another 4.2 cents Monday, dropping to a four-year low national average price of $2.045, the Department of Energy said Monday.

March 9, 2009