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.
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, 2009Transplace 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, 2009EPA 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, 2009ChemLogix 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, 2009Kuehne + 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, 2009Diesel 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, 2009Gas Increase Slows, Rising 1.8¢ in Two Weeks
Gasoline’s national average price rose 1.8 cents over the two weeks ended Friday, to an average $1.96 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.
March 9, 2009‘Parade’ Highlights Roads as National Issue
Parade Magazine, which is distributed in Sunday newspapers around the country, highlighted plans to rebuild and repair U.S. roads and bridges in a cover story Sunday, and talked to truckers about some of the dangerous road conditions they face.
March 9, 2009‘Parade’ Highlights Roads as National Issue
Parade Magazine, which is distributed in Sunday newspapers around the country, highlighted plans to rebuild and repair U.S. roads and bridges in a cover story Sunday, and talked to truckers about some of the dangerous road conditions they face.
March 9, 2009Dynamex Reports Lower 2Q Income
Logistics and delivery firm Dynamex Inc.’s fiscal second-quarter profit fell to $2.3 million, or 24 cents a share, from $3.4 million, or 33 cents, a year ago.
March 5, 2009