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CSX, the U.S. East Coast Class I rallroad, has reported executive leadership changes that the company said are designed to strengthen its strategic focus and advance its long-term growth objectives.
Kevin Boone has been named executive vice president and CFO, succeeding Sean Pelkey, who has departed the company. Maryclare Kenney has been promoted to senior vice president and chief commercial officer, reinforcing the company’s commitment to driving continued momentum and value ...
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Launched in response to the logistics challenges associated with Hurricane Katrina in October 2005, The American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) is marking 20 years of helping humanitarian organizations get relief supplies stored, transported and delivered to disaster sites more quickly – and free of charge.
“In ...
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U.S. consumers plan to spend US$890.49 per person on average this year on holiday gifts, food, decorations and other seasonal items, according to the National Retail Federation’s annual consumer survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics.
The amount is the second-highest in the survey’s 23-year history ...
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By Rebeca Grynspan
Following is the foreword for the Review of Maritime Transport 2025, written by Grynspan, secretary general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Not since the Suez Canal’s closure in 1967 has the industry witnessed such sustained disruption to the arteries ...
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By Chris Ugarte
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case that could settle conflicting court interpretations of who can be held liable in roadway-accident lawsuits against the transportation industry.
In Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II LLC, the plaintiff was injured along a highway ...
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DHL Group has named Maike Asmussen as executive vice president for corporate public affairs at DHL Group, effective Jan. 1, 2026. She succeeds Volker Ratzmann, who is retiring at the end of the year.
Asmussen, who will report directly to CEO Tobias Meyer, is currently chief ...
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CSX Corp. said Sept. 29 it has named former Linde CEO Steve Angel as president and CEO, and a member of the board. He succeeds Joe Hinrichs, who has departed from the company after three years at the helm.
Angel, with more than 45 years of ...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said three new administrators were confirmed Sept. 18 by the GOP-led U.S. Senate, part of an en bloc to dodge the formal conformation process that properly vets qualified administrators.
Instead the Senate confirmed roughly four-dozen nominees in an en bloc ...
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The Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council said it has elected a new slate of officers for the 2025-2027 cycle.
• Joshua Revord, P.E., Port of Fort Pierce port director, was elected chair.
• Joseph Morris, Port Everglades CEO and port director, was elected vice chair.
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Juan Pablo Acosta Magaña has joined JAXPORT’s commercial team, in the newly created position of director of cargo sales for Latin America.
Magaña, a 20-year veteran of international trade and logistics, will be responsible for strengthening commercial ties between Jacksonville and containerized cargo customers in South ...
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