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Container Terminal Services has secured a contract to expand the Porto Umm Qasr in Iraq to handle more container volume.

Crytpcorurrencies got three mentions in Bank of America’s 10-K. Is that a big deal?

Persistance is important in reaching any deal, but delivering on what you promise is equally important.

UPS is planning to add 50 plug-in electric vehicles from Workhorse this year for testing with plans to add more units in 2019.

A weak-to-flat market for used trucks is causing Ryder some headaches. 

It is a curse to have everything go right on your first attempt.

During the infamous polar vortex winter of 2014, as temperatures plummeted across North America and even trains came to a halt, a transportation engineer inside AB InBev’s St Louis headquarters reached out to a company that appeared uniquely suited to solve its frozen beer problem. Riskpulse answered the call.

President Trump again has Amazon in his cross hairs, but forcing online retailers to charge state sales tax will likely hurt small businesses the most.

Truckers Against Trafficking has launched the Man to Man Campaign in an effort to eliminate human trafficking in the transportation industry.

Insurance & Risk Management presented by Reliance Partners … While the number of recorded cargo thefts in 2017 declined to 649, the group said, the threat remains, and according to Scott Cornell with Traveler’s Special Investigations Group (SIG), may be underreported.

Techpertise together with TMW SystemsTechnology platforms have enabled the Dart Network to automate the bidding process, leading to a more efficient system that better utilizes company resources.

Tax reform lifts earnings projections for two, but Old Dominion gets praise for operations

Walmart did well in the fourth quarter in many areas, but not in eCommerce. As a result, it’s stock has been hammered.

Truck orders and tonnage both posted strong gains in January suggesting there is no immediate end coming to the good times.

The American Trucking Associations’ Technology and Maintenance Council and Transportation Security Council, in conjunction with the FBI, has developed Fleet CyWatch to help fleets protect themselves against cyberattacks.

E-commerce sales are putting pressure on retailers and that is leading to additional changes to the movement of freight and logistics.

A better last-mile experience. That’s what the e-commerce game has become, and all logistics services across the supply chain are clamoring for opportunities and efficiencies to squeeze the blood out of the turnip.

With blockchain-based credentials, or Blockcerts (an open source standard developed by Learning Machine and the MIT Media Lab), risk management can now extend to the driver level.

Drop is viewed as normal during the winter by DAT

The ELD compliance rate continues to inch up among fleets according to the latest survey conducted by CarrierLists.