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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, Logistics

How to Become a Freight Broker

Freight brokers use their expertise and relationships to help shippers find available carriers, saving shippers time and money and helping carriers more easily connect to shippers.

April 8, 2024
Business, Logistics

XPO Posts Q1 Net Income Rise of 294% Despite Tough Market

XPO Inc. experienced a 294.1% increase in earnings year-over-year despite a soft freight environment during the first quarter of 2024, the company reported May 3.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
May 3, 2024
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

I-95 in Connecticut Closed for Days as Crash Damages Bridge

NORWALK, Conn. — Workers on May 3 began removing a bridge over a Connecticut highway that was damaged in a fiery crash  — a project expected to keep both sides of I-95 closed through the weekend.

May 3, 2024
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Houthis Threaten to Try to Attack Ships in Mediterranean Sea

The Houthi group based in Yemen threatened to start trying to attack ships in the eastern Mediterranean as it steps up a campaign of anti-Israeli assaults.

Mohammed Hatem | Bloomberg News
May 3, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Schneider Reports Revenue Decline of 8% to $1.32B for Q1

Schneider experienced a year-over-year decline in revenue to $1.32 billion during the first quarter of 2024, the company reported May 2.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
May 2, 2024
Business, Logistics, Global Freight

Maersk Sees Improved Prospects for Global Container Trade

A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, a bellwether for global trade, said a strong start to the year has improved the outlook for container trade demand worldwide.

May 2, 2024
Business, Logistics

C.H. Robinson Reports Lower Revenue, Net Income for Q1

C.H. Robinson Worldwide experienced a year-over-year decline in revenue and earnings during the first quarter of 2024, the company reported May 1.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
May 2, 2024
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Body of Fifth Worker Found After Baltimore Bridge Collapse

BALTIMORE — Authorities said they have recovered the body of a fifth person who was missing after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge more than a month ago.

May 2, 2024
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

FRA: Union Pacific Undermined Regulators’ Safety Efforts

OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific managers undermined the U.S. government’s efforts to assess safety at the railroad in the wake of several high-profile derailment, federal regulators say.

Josh Funk | Associated Press
May 1, 2024
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Buttigieg Calls on Congress to Pass Rail Bill

More than a year after a train derailment in Ohio captured mainstream attention, the nation’s top transportation officer again called on Congress to advance a freight safety bill.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
May 1, 2024