Logistics

The U.S. Supreme Court turned away a UPS Inc. appeal that aimed to force the U.S. Postal Service to raise its prices for delivering packages.

LAKELAND, Fla. — Amazon is looking to make a more than $100 million investment in Lakeland.

ROCKFORD, Ill. — A $9 million federal grant will pay for expanded parking for cargo jets at Chicago Rockford International Airport, where the nation’s 22nd-busiest airfreight hub soon will add 500 jobs.

Maine’s two highway agencies launched a rare coordinated public information campaign May 15 in an effort to ease the impact that two construction projects less than 9 miles apart on a busy stretch of Interstate 95 will have on traffic.

April saw strong volumes and abundant capacity in spot market truckload freight, according to DAT Solutions’ monthly report.

Amazon.com has jumped into the market of the third-party logistics broker, roiling the waters and raising concern that the Seattle-based e-commerce giant could disrupt the freight industry forever and indelibly.

Many of the nation’s ports have reported record monthly and quarterly container volumes so far in 2019, but port executives are expressing concern that steeper tariffs on Chinese goods imposed by President Donald Trump could hurt the economy — and their facilities.

Cold-storage logistics companies are seizing opportunities to expand, with at least two major U.S. companies in the sector snapping up properties of late.

Amazon is launching a delivery option that will let customers retrieve parcels from staffed counters at U.K. and Italian retailers, aiming to take advantage of the popularity of click-and-collect services across Europe.

Economists expect the trade war between the world’s two largest economies to get worse before it gets better — culminating in a deal by year-end.