3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (197+ words) The Republican midterm convention in Dallas is the latest place where Union Pacific Corp. is promoting its proposed takeover of Norfolk Southern Corp. to form the nation’s first coast-to-coast freight network. “You should be able to ship stuff cheaper and…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (251+ words) Google says it will invest a record €13 billion ($15 billion) investment in Finland’s artificial intelligence infrastructure, funding three new data centers, expanding an existing site, and supporting energy projects to that will provide power for the growing demand spurred by the…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (288+ words) Electronics OEMs need a pragmatic middle ground. We must move beyond the binary choice between fragile lean and blind hoarding, adopting an approach built for modern electronics hardware complexity: strategic buffering. Rethinking the Balance Sheet When an electronics manufacturing line…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (160+ words) Amazon says that it's on track to deliver nearly 89% of packages generated by sales on its e-commerce platform in the U.S. within the next three years, as the e-commerce giant continues to expand its logistics network. The last time the company…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (150+ words) The Port of Los Angeles reported its busiest three-month period of cargo in its history, after processing 2.9 million twenty-foot equivalent units between June and August. “We’ve put together an exceptionally strong summer in Los Angeles,” said Port of Los Angeles…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (227+ words) This year's Super El Niño season could lead to immediate global financial losses of $986 billion in 2027, and up to $7.2 trillion over the ensuing six years, driven by investment collapses and supply chain disruptions. A September 8 report from Oxford Economics points…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (141+ words) Canada's retaliatory tariffs against the United States have taken effect, covering up to $20 billion in American products. According to The Guardian, Canada's levies range between 15% and 50%, targeting steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics. The tariffs come…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (138+ words) Cargo thieves made off with more than 70,000 pints’ worth of the iconic beer Guinness in Cheshire, U.K., reports The Guardian. Local police said they believed thieves drove two trucks into a distribution center in Runcorn, U.K. on August 31, and hitched…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (961+ words) An Amazon.com Inc. cargo plane overran a runway at Miami International Airport and burst into flames on September 6, killing at least five people and temporarily shutting down the airport’s runways during the busy Labor Day travel weekend. The Boeing…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (221+ words) Truck fleet safety has caused a stir in the headlines recently. To build a best-in-class driver safety program, fleets need to move beyond simple scorecards, arbitrary weighting, decision trees and reactive training in favor of creating a safety culture focused…...