Norfolk Southern appoints chief information officer; Oakland Mayor Libby Schaff re-nominates two Port of Oakland board of port commissioners; and the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) names new secretary general in Brussels.
ATA urges U.S. negotiators to keep Mexican cross-border truck program in NAFTA
American Trucking Associations (ATA) Chief Economist and Senior Vice President Robert Costello says the United States needs to maintain the Mexican cross-border truck program because it generates trucking jobs and helps ease congestion.
Distribution consultant to use LLamasoft tools
Fortna, which handles distribution optimization and implementation for brands like ASICS, will use LLamasoft’s supply chain design tool as its core technology, the company said in a statement.
Greenbriar orders signal ‘strong start’ to its FY2018
The Oregon-based freight railcar manufacturer announced its fourth quarter railcar orders, which are valued at $200 million, and additional orders at the beginning of the company’s 2018 fiscal year.
BC grocery store wine sales spill into WTO
The United States says it wants Canadian province British Columbia to stop discriminating against imported wine through its regulation of allowing only provincial wine to be sold on regular grocery store shelves.
CenterPoint sells 21-building portfolio in Chicago area
The Oak Brook, Ill.-based industrial real estate development and management firm said the disposition consisted of about 2.4 million square feet and 110 acres of land.
XPO to offer interactive last-mile technology
Greenwich, Conn.-based global third-party provider XPO Logistics aims to help consumers manage retail home deliveries via online tools, the company said in a statement Monday.
Economist: Global trade outlook good, but demographics, U.S. policy present challenges
In all likelihood, the most fundamental factor that will affect current projections for worldwide economic growth is demographics, Jock O’Connell, an economist with Beacon Economics, told attendees at the AAPA annual conference in Long Beach, Calif.
FTR: Trailer orders building up in advance of fall order season
U.S. trailer net orders totaled 22,100 units in September, a 7 percent increase from August and a 62 percent increase year-over-year, according to the latest figures from the freight transportation analyst FTR.
Stakeholders concerned about possible lack of P3 funding for U.S. infrastructure
Despite promises of a 10-year, $1 trillion spending plan that would be 80 percent private investment, recent comments from President Trump indicate he will no longer pursue public-private partnership funding for U.S. infrastructure projects.