Logistics

Another fleet of mining trucks will join the growing ranks of machines operating autonomously using Caterpillar Inc. systems in Australia next year, reflecting the company’s push to cement industry partnerships with proprietary technology.

FedEx Corp.’s delivery truck is heading in the right direction, but the turbo-charge from Uncle Sam won’t hurt. The $65 billion company reported earnings after the close of trading on Dec. 20, besting analysts’ quarterly estimates and raising its full-year outlook.

New Jersey Governor-elect Phil Murphy chose a toll-road veteran to oversee transportation, charging her with fixing a commuter bus and rail system he called “a national disgrace.”

FedEx Corp. reported earnings of $2.84 per diluted share for its second fiscal quarter of 2018 ending Nov. 30, compared with the Bloomberg analyst forecast of $2.76 per diluted share. In last year’s fiscal second quarter FedEx reported earnings of $2.59 per diluted share.

>Deliveries by drones took a step closer to being allowed in the U.S. after a federal advisory panel agreed on a framework for allowing law enforcement to routinely track the small devices.

Truck tonnage surged 7.6% year-over-year in November after a 10.5% increase in October, according to American Trucking Associations.

CSX’s stock rose slightly Dec. 18 despite the death of the man who had been hired to bring the railroad new profitability.

The fire that knocked out power and shut down the world’s busiest airport shouldn’t delay holiday package deliveries, two of the nation’s biggest shippers said Dec. 18.

As the Christmas song goes, “Gee, the traffic’s sure terrific.” In fact, travel experts say they believe the final holiday travel period of the year — Dec. 23 through midnight New Year’s night — will set a new record.

With CEO Hunter Harrison’s death on Dec. 16, CSX Corp. lost the guiding hand of a railroading legend who added almost $17 billion in value in less than a year.