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A new industry benchmarking study suggests hazardous materials transportation continues to be challenged less by a lack of regulatory knowledge than by routine operational mistakes involving documentation, labeling and packaging.
The Focus on Safety: Benchmarking the State of the Hazmat/Dangerous Goods Industry study, conducted by J.J. Keller & Associates and the Council on Safe Transportation of Hazardous Articles (COSTHA), surveyed 253 professionals involved in shipping or transporting hazardous materials during late ...
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Five years after the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement took effect, the trade pact has entered a new phase. What began as a replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement has become the framework underpinning North American manufacturing and freight movement just as tariffs, industrial policy ...
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FedEx reported stronger fourth-quarter and full-year results, driven by higher package yields, improving international export volumes and more than US$1 billion in transformation-related cost savings, while forecasting continued revenue and earnings growth through the remainder of calendar 2026.
For the fiscal fourth quarter ended May 31, ...
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Louisiana has moved to streamline the movement of oversized and overweight freight with the enactment of House Bill 746, now Act 566, legislation that makes the state’s Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) the primary authority for issuing heavy-haul permits statewide. The measure was authored ...
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Freedom Intermodal Tank Services has expanded its New Orleans operations with a new automated bulk liquid packaging facility, adding capacity for packaging, warehousing and distribution of bulk liquid products while reinforcing the region’s role as a major industrial logistics hub.
The facility, located adjacent to Freedom ...
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GEODIS reported revenue of €10.6 billion in 2025 while advancing sustainability, artificial intelligence and supply chain transformation initiatives amid a challenging global trade environment, according to its 2025 Activity and Sustainability Report.
The logistics provider, which employs nearly 48,000 people and operates 975 sites serving 166 ...
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At first glance, two major transportation stories this month appear to point in opposite directions.
FedEx has completed the spin-off of FedEx Freight, creating a standalone less-than-truckload carrier focused exclusively on the North American LTL market. At the same time, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are ...
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C.H. Robinson has launched a new artificial intelligence tool designed to continuously assess, improve and operate customer supply chains, marking the latest step in the company’s effort to automate logistics management.
The company said its new “Lean AI Engineer” works alongside the “Lean AI Planner” introduced ...
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FedEx Corp. has completed the spin-off of its less-than-truckload subsidiary, FedEx Freight, creating two independent publicly traded transportation companies and concluding one of the most closely watched restructurings in the North American freight sector.
FedEx Freight began trading June 1 on the New York Stock Exchange ...
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Austrian cleantech startup REPS has secured US$23.6 million in equity financing to expand deployment of its Road Energy Production System, a technology designed to convert vehicle traffic into electrical energy.
The company said its patented system captures mechanical energy generated when vehicles brake or slow down ...
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