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.
Postal Service Slammed with Seasonal Shipping
This week is expected to be the busiest week of the holiday mailing and shipping season for the Postal Service. The agency expects to process and deliver nearly 3 billion pieces of mail, including packages, this week alone.
Amazon Thrives on FedEx Delivery Model, but Driver Pay Challenges Persist
Five years on, Amazon.com Inc.’s chief executive officer is betting on decidedly more terrestrial technology: Drivers. As in real people. Tens of thousands of them. High-tailing it through town in gas-slurping vans to leave packages on doorsteps just like the milkman, postal worker, UPS guy and pizza dude before them.
2018 Wreaths Across America Honors Fallen Soldiers for 27th Year
ARLINGTON, Va. — With the help of ATA Share the Road drivers and thousands of volunteers, more than 250,000 wreaths were delivered and laid on headstones the morning of Dec. 15 at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. See photos.
2018 Wreaths Across America at Arlington National Cemetery
Scenes of volunteer efforts captured on Wreaths Across America day at Arlington National Cemetery Dec. 15, 2018
December 15, 2018Uber Freight Adds Analytics Tool for Shippers
Uber Freight has launched a new data analytics feature designed to help shippers pinpoint problem areas within their supply chains and take action to improve efficiency.
China Is Said to Plan to Buy US Corn as Soon as January
Chinese officials are preparing to restart purchases of American corn as soon as January, another sign that the Asian nation is working on a lasting detente with the U.S.
December 14, 2018Sunniva Acquires LTYR Logistics
Sunniva Inc. has acquired LTYR Logistics, a California-based cannabis distribution company headquartered in San Diego, according to a Sunniva news release.
December 13, 2018Blue Collar Worker Shortage Reshapes Labor Market
A surprise shortage of blue collar workers is changing the contours of the U.S. labor market, boosting their pay, narrowing wage inequality and drawing more women into those jobs.
China Agrees to Resume Purchasing US Soybeans
China resumed buying U.S. soybeans, bringing some relief to farmers in President Donald Trump’s heartland as President Xi Jinping works toward a trade deal with his American counterpart.
December 13, 2018UPS Purchases $18.3 Million in Property in Massachusetts
United Parcel Service has purchased properties in Shrewsbury, Mass., and Grafton, Mass., for $18.3 million as it considers whether to build a $200 million distribution facility in the area.