Logistics News

ATA Chairman Greg Hodgen calls the annual Management Conference & Exhibition "invaluable for both professional growth and business success."

The ministry objects partly because of Saudi Arabian and Qatari holdings in the German company.

The U.S. will offer up to 40 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in what will be the last of the nation’s contribution to the coordinated release of oil from reserves around the world since the start of the Iran war.

“Retailers appear to be front-loading holiday inventory given tariff and shipping uncertainty, which shows up at the ports but not yet on the highway,” said James Roe of AlixPartners. 

The Conference Board said Sept. 29 that its consumer confidence index tumbled 6.7 points to 81.9 in September, down from 88.6 in August. 

The price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, fell 1.8% to $96.10. It remains well above its level of roughly $72 a barrel before the war with Iran.

The Electronic Export Manifest truck cargo test will evaluate whether carriers can be required to submit electronic manifest information before cargo is loaded.

Oil storage sites outside Hormuz have become key as the vital energy chokepoint is disrupted by the conflict in the Middle East. 

Dyed diesel is sold without a motor fuels tax, and so is typically prohibited for vehicles on public roadways, confining its use to agricultural operations and other off-road purposes.  

The ban marks another ratcheting up of President Donald Trump’s second-term trade war with America’s longtime ally and trading partner.