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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.
 

Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

House Lawmakers Unveil Supply Chain Bill

Legislation designed to strengthen operations along domestic supply chains was recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
October 10, 2023
Government, Business, Logistics

Inspections Halt 19,000 Trucks at Texas-Mexico Border

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security crackdown is clogging up commercial crossings, leaving at least 19,000 trucks loaded with $1.9 billion of goods stuck waiting in Mexico.

Andrea Navarro | Bloomberg News
October 9, 2023
Business, Technology, Logistics

GXO Launches End-to-End Supply Chain Software Solutions

GXO Logistics is deploying a new end-to-end supply chain software solution to support its shared warehousing service GXO Direct, the company announced Oct. 3.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
October 6, 2023
Business, Logistics

Lineage Buys Eight Cold Storage Warehouses from Burris

Lineage Logistics bought eight cold storage warehouses from Burris Logistics for an undisclosed sum, the buyer said.  

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
October 6, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics

Freight Industry Confronts Climate Change

The North American Council for Freight Efficiency coined the term “Messy Middle.” It refers to the fact that there is more than one way to attack the problem of climate change.

John Baxter | Special to Transport Topics
October 6, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Logistics

Trucking Grapples With Evolving Cybersecurity Threats

The trucking and logistics sectors face an increasingly evolving cybersecurity landscape as more operations become integrated with computers.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
October 5, 2023
Business, Technology, Safety, Logistics

FIATA Seeks to Deter Cyberattacks in Freight Forwarding

FIATA executives stressed that small and medium-size companies must prepare for cybersecurity threats before and after attacks because of a rise in electronic data-sharing.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
October 5, 2023
Business, Logistics

Ryder Expands Multiclient Warehouse Footprint

Ryder System Inc. added a new distribution center in Aurora, Ill., as part of its ongoing efforts to expand its multiclient warehouse network, the company announced Oct. 5.

October 5, 2023
Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous, Global Freight

Maersk Partners With Kodiak on Autonomous Truck Runs

A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, the maritime shipping giant that has been diversifying into land transportation, is betting that driverless trucks will help make deliveries more reliable.

Thomas Black | Bloomberg News
October 5, 2023
Business, Logistics, TCA

Port of Savannah Seeks OK to Add Terminal — On an Island

SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Port of Savannah is poised to grow again, with a 395-acre cargo container terminal planned for an island in the middle of the Savannah River.

Adam Van Brimmer | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
October 4, 2023