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.
Fire Damage Shuts Down Interstate 10 Near Los Angeles
A stretch of Interstate 10 near downtown Los Angeles will be closed indefinitely after a fire beneath the roadway destroyed infrastructure last week.
Einride Begins Regular Unmanned Moves for GE Appliances
An unmanned cargo vehicle operated by Swedish startup Einride has begun transporting goods on a regular basis for GE Appliances at a private site in Selmer, Tenn., the companies announced.
Trucking Enters Strong but Uncertain Holiday Season
The trucking industry is heading into a strong but somewhat uncertain peak shipping season with consumer spending expected to remain high even amid a softer economy, according to a survey.
Canada Mandates New Dangerous Goods Transport Database
Canada is implementing a new database requiring registration by next year for people and companies transporting dangerous goods at a domestic site they own or operate.
Container Shipping Set for Downturn, Hapag-Lloyd Chief Says
The container shipping industry faces a few years of headwinds as low freight rates and widening geopolitical turmoil cloud the outlook, according to Hapag-Lloyd AG CEO Rolf Habben Jansen.
Amazon to Expand Grocery Delivery
Amazon.com Inc. is rolling out grocery delivery service for non-Prime members to the wider U.S. as it prepares to open more supermarkets next year.
National Zoo’s Giant Pandas Depart for China via FedEx
A specially outfitted Boeing 777F dubbed the FedEx Panda Express transported the National Zoo’s three giant pandas to Chengdu, China, Nov. 8 and 9, with a refueling stop in Anchorage, Alaska.
GXO Beats Soft Freight Market With Earnings Gains for Q3
GXO Logistics Inc. experienced an increase in third-quarter earnings on revenue growth despite the softer freight environment, the company reported Nov. 7.
$4 Million Lets Shipper Cut to Front of Line at Panama Canal
Japan’s Eneos Group paid $3.975 million in an auction Nov. 8 to jump to the front of the line at the congested Panama Canal waterway, a record high.
US Plans to Build a Terminal at Sri Lanka’s Colombo Port
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The U.S. announced a $553 million project Nov. 8 to build a deep-water shipping container terminal in Sri Lanka’s Port of Colombo.