Logistics

The nation’s port leaders say that while container volume was down in the Pacific, Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico facilities, overall trends for 2024 are pointing up.

Forward Air Corp. and Omni Logistics have settled litigation surrounding a planned merger that allows a deal to proceed under amended terms, the companies announced Jan. 22.

The U.S. Surface Transportation Board, which oversaw hearings into the possible restart of Gulf Coast rail during 2022, is calling the parties involved in the case for a status hearing.

MIAMI — A witness saw sparks shooting from a cargo plane as it made an emergency landing at Miami International Airport shortly after takeoff.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. reported a decline in fourth-quarter earnings as a result of weaker performance across its segments and rising insurance costs, the company reported Jan. 18. 

Transportation management systems have evolved to provide real-time data and advanced analytics to improve freight visibility and fleet decision-making.

Chaos in the Red Sea is starting to disrupt shipments of produce from coffee to fruit — and threatening to halt a slowdown in food inflation that brought some relief to strained consumers.

French shipping giant CMA CGM SA agreed to buy U.K. logistics company Wincanton Plc, part of the billionaire Saade family’s buying spree to diversify its transport operations.

Better processing of commercial vehicles by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Texas at the Del Rio Port of Entry is resulting from a small donated infrastructure project.

Port of Long Beach officials were upbeat about prospects for the facility even as its 2023 performance was down 12.2% year-over-year.