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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, Technology, Equipment, Logistics, Autonomous, Top 100

How 3PLs Are Building More Collaborative Supply Chains

Third-party logistics providers have been adjusting to normalizing market conditions as supply chain disruptions, inventory shortages and surging demand have receded.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features
April 21, 2023

Infographic: Ryder’s Foundation for a Successful Freight Brokerage

Globally, supply chains are facing unprecedented levels of disruption. As a result, shippers and carriers are challenged more than ever to keep goods moving while remaining profitable. While most brokerages point to technology as the key to achieving success, today’s setbacks have proven that technology alone isn’t enough.

Business, Logistics

About Us: Transport Topics' Top 100 Logistics Companies

The Transport Topics’ Top 100 Logistics Companies is a listing of the largest logistics companies in North America.

April 21, 2023
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Unions Say Rails Should Skip Buybacks, Spend on Safety

OMAHA, Neb. — Rail unions want railroads to take some of the billions they’re using every year to buy back their stock and spend it to improve safety.

Josh Funk | Associated Press
April 21, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Knight-Swift Reports Revenue, Earnings Decline for Q1

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. experienced a year-over-year decline in revenue and earnings during the first quarter of 2023, the company reported April 20.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 21, 2023
Government, Business, Equipment, Logistics

Progress Reported on West Coast Port Negotiations

After nearly a year of negotiations, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and port management’s Pacific Maritime Association have reached a tentative agreement on what the union described as certain “key issues.”

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
April 20, 2023
Government, Business, Logistics

Labor Nominee Su Faces Doubts in Senate

WASHINGTON — Labor secretary nominee Julie Su won praise at her Senate hearing April 20 as “a champion of the working class” even as some key Democrats were unwilling to voice support.

Stephen Groves | Associated Press
April 20, 2023
Business, Equipment, Logistics

Ports on West and East Coasts Show Sharp Decline in March

A steep, across-the-board decline in imported cargo, exports and empty containers during March dropped volumes at several major ports to levels not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
April 20, 2023
Business, Logistics

West Coast Dockworkers Have a Tentative Deal on Some Issues

The labor union representing 22,000 U.S. West Coast dockworkers in contract renewal talks said it has reached a tentative agreement with their employers on “certain key issues.”

Laura Curtis | Bloomberg News
April 20, 2023
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics

Rebalanced Supply Chain Still Leaves Empty-Mile Problem

The underlying issues causing empty miles and unfilled trucks persist even as a balancing supply chain has softened them, experts warned.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 20, 2023
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Pete Buttigieg Talks Safety, Supply Chain on 2024 Budget

President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2024 budget request paves the way for improvements to the safety and connectivity of the nation’s mobility system, Secretary Pete Buttigieg said April 20.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
April 20, 2023