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FedEx CFO John Dietrich to Depart After Freight Spinoff

FedEx Chief Financial Officer John Dietrich will step down after the courier completes a planned spinoff of its freight division into a stand-alone company.

April 13, 2026
BusinessSafetyLogistics

Love’s Opens New Travel Stop in Alabama

The 14,307-square-foot location includes 123 truck parking spaces, as well as nine diesel bays, seven showers, laundry facilities, RV amenities and a dog park.

April 13, 2026
GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuelLogistics

Oil Prices Soon to Reflect Severity of War Crisis, IEA Says

More than 80 energy facilities have been damaged during the hostilities, and a recovery could take as long as two years, Fatih Birol warns.

April 13, 2026
GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuelLogistics

Oil Prices Climb as US Prepares for Blockade of Iran's Ports

Brent crude, the international standard, rose back to $100.49 per barrel and is well above its roughly $70 price from before the war.

April 13, 2026
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EV Truck Startup Slate, Backed by Bezos, Raises $650 Million

Slate wants to tap consumer demand for more affordable vehicles with a stripped-down, two-seater pickup that can go 150 or 240 miles on a single charge. 

April 13, 2026
GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuelLogistics

US Soybean Farmers Are Squeezed Further by Tariffs, Iran War

Soybean farmers are struggling with the high cost of fuel, equipment and fertilizer — compounded by the Iran war — and also tariffs.

April 13, 2026
GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuelLogistics

OPEC Output Takes Record Plunge as Iran War Slams Exports

Output collapsed by 7.88 million barrels a day to 20.79 million a day in March, driven by losses in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.

April 13, 2026
BusinessLogisticsGlobal Freight

Billionaire Aponte Passes on Shipping Giant MSC to Heirs

Gianluigi Aponte, 85, made the transfer of the closely held company to son Diego and daughter Alexa in the last quarter of 2025, according to a statement.

April 13, 2026
GovernmentBusinessLogisticsPrivate

Workers at JBS Meatpacking Plant in Colorado Win Wage Hike

The Swift Beef plant in Greeley, Colo., will immediately return to normal operations after weeks of uncertainty, JBS said in a statement.

April 13, 2026
BusinessTechnologyLogisticsPerspective

Perspective: How True AI Changes the Cost of TMS Training

Natural-language interfaces such as ChatGPT dramatically drop training time for new employees learning a TMS, writes TruckMaster Logistics Systems' Julie Dodson.

April 13, 2026

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