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Last Mile
Amazon purges three last-mile vendors this week
Delivery companies that don't meet Amazon's standards are being cut from its vendor list. Three got dismissed this week.
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Last Mile
Amazon delivery contractor Bear Down Logistics to shutter facilities
Bear Down Logistics didn’t meet Amazon’s standards so Amazon cut ties.
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News
XPO laying off 304 employees at Texas distribution center
XPO Logistics Inc. will lay off more than 300 workers at its Fort Worth distribution center in April, according to a notice filed with the…
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Company earnings
Daimler earnings fall with US truck orders off 51% in 2019
North America propped up Daimler Trucks sales and earnings in 2019 as lower European and Asian volume, along with restructuring costs and settling emissions-cheating allegations…
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Business
Coyote cuts Chattanooga brokerage floor, Chicago IT staff
The layoffs close a chapter of freight brokerage in Chattanooga.
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Company earnings
Cummins reports weak Q4 results amid uncertainty over coronavirus
Engine maker Cummins already was predicting a difficult 2020 before the outbreak of the coronavirus in Wuhan, China, where Cummins’ manufacturing operations are shuttered.
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News
Mack Trucks boss cheers electrification infrastructure proposal
Despite the first labor strike in 35 years and volatile orders for new trucks, Martin Weissburg says his current role as president of Mack Trucks…
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Air Cargo
DB Schenker cuts logistics jobs tied to Boeing 737 MAX
DB Schenker, the freight transportation and contract logistics arm of German rail operator Deutsche Bahn AG, is the latest company to feel the downstream effects…
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Air Cargo
Amazon plans takeover of two Pinnacle Logistics air cargo operations
Amazon moves to take over Pinnacle Logistics air cargo operations in Baltimore, Maryland and Rockford, Illinois, where it will rehire 3,000 Pinnacle employees facing layoff.
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Trucking
Class 8 truck orders tumble to decade low
New Class 8 truck orders dipped to their lowest level in a decade in 2019, payback for an ordering frenzy a year earlier.
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