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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, Logistics

Convoy Launches Free TMS for Shippers

Digital freight broker Convoy launched Convoy Connect, a free transportation management system available nationwide that comes preconfigured with access to Convoy’s carrier network.

October 1, 2019

Daily Briefings from Transport Topics

Transport Topics has partnered with Spoken Layer to make one-minute daily briefings available on all your smart devices. Simply say “Alexa, play Transport Topics” or “Okay Google, talk to Transport Topics” to get the day’s biggest trucking headlines.

Business, Logistics

Trucking Leaders Rouse Women In Trucking Crowd

DALLAS — Seasoned trucking leaders kicked off the Women In Trucking Association’s annual conference with a message of encouragement and perseverance.

Eleanor Lamb | Staff Reporter
October 1, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics

Port of Baltimore Sets Record for TEUs in a Month

The Port of Baltimore continues to reach milestones, this time setting a monthly record in July when the facility handled 98,529 20-foot-equivalent containers.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
September 30, 2019
Business, Logistics, Top 50, Top 100

DHL Express Announces 2020 Rates

DHL Express is the latest company to announce it is raising rates effective Jan. 1.

September 30, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics, Top 100

Estes Signs On DDC Intelligence for Bills of Lading

Estes Express Lines, a privately owned freight transportation carrier, added to its existing billing program with DDC FPO by migrating its bill of lading volume to the provider’s machine-learning, Software-as-a-Service program, DDC Intelligence, Estes said in a Sept. 23 news release.

September 30, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics

UPS Completes Nashville-Area Distribution Facility

UPS Inc. has completed the expansion of its Whitescreek, Tenn., ground-package sortation and distribution facility, part of a multiyear investment plan to grow its global logistics network.

September 30, 2019
Business, Technology, Fuel, Logistics

AMA Transportation Hires Carrier Logistics to Manage LTL Software

Carrier Logistics Inc., a provider of freight management software for less-than-truckload fleets, said that AMA Transportation Co. Inc. has implemented its FACTS solution to modernize its business processes and improve productivity.

September 30, 2019
Business, Logistics

Blackstone Extending Warehouse Bet in $5.9 Billion Deal

Blackstone Group Inc. has acquired more than 1 billion square feet of logistics space since 2010 as part of the firm’s global bet that the rise of e-commerce is driving demand for final-mile real estate.

Patrick Clark | Bloomberg News
September 30, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous

Geotab Launches Torque Labs to Support Startups

Geotab announced the launch of Torque Labs, which is intended to accelerate the internet of things industry by providing funds and access to other resources for startups developing innovative technologies for transportation and smart cities.

September 30, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics

Sherwood, Fr8Hub to Move Loads From Laredo, Texas

Sherwood Food Distributors announced it selected Fr8Hub to help move loads out of Laredo, Texas.

September 30, 2019