Логистика, транспорт и Транскаспийский маршрут из 45 международных источников. Каждую статью читает ИИ: переводит на русский и оценивает влияние на Средний коридор по шкале от 0 до 10.
The Teamsters are claiming victory for a group of “W-2” drivers at an Amazon facility in Indiana who sought representation by the union. But as with the entire Amazon-Teamsters relationship, it’s complicated. In its prepared statement announcing the “march” on the company to demand it bargain for a contract, the Teams…
Conrail has named John Wright its new president and chief operating officer, bringing aboard a freight rail veteran with decades of operating and executive experience. Wright most recently served as general manager of Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad, a 600-employee switching and belt-line railroad based in Hammond, Ind. …
For most enterprises the first sign of a winter storm is still a broad, countrywide warning, the kind that tells a leadership team something is coming but says nothing about which lanes will fail, which distribution centers sit in the path, or which customer commitments are about to slip, and in a season shaping up to…
Every December a towering evergreen rises on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol and gets called the People’s Tree, but before a child from its home state flips the switch to light it, the tree has to survive something most of the public never stops to consider, a journey of more than 2,000 miles from a remote national …
Harbinger raised $240 million in Series D funding to push its electric vehicle platform into energy storage, power generation, autonomy, and defense while it ramps production for a 2,000-truck order from FedEx . Tiger Global, Capricorn’s Technology Impact Fund, and Ridgeline co-led the round, the Garden Grove, Califor…
Humble Robotics raised a $51 million Series A on Thursday to move its cabless, electric Humble Hauler into customer pilots on port drayage and warehouse runs. Obvious Ventures led the round, with participation from existing investors Eclipse and Energy Impact Partners. The raise brings the San Francisco startup’s tota…
Azerbaijan needs effective fisheries management, habitat conservation and responsible aquaculture practices to ensure the sustainable use of its aquatic resources in the Caspian Sea and inland waters, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
#fwtv_b3Jz7TlMY .fwtv-panel{border:1px solid #d0d0d0;padding:18px;border-radius:6px;line-height:1.6}#fwtv_b3Jz7TlMY .fwtv-panel p{margin:0 0 12px}#fwtv_b3Jz7TlMY .fwtv-note{font-style:italic;color:#666;margin-top:16px;padding-top:12px;border-top:1px solid #e0e0e0} Forget millions of test miles—it’s about the *right* m…
GXO Logistics is seeing accelerating demand for its contract logistics services, particularly in North America, as data centers, aerospace and defense customers fuel a record sales pipeline. During a Wednesday earnings call, CEO Patrick Kelleher said the company’s renewed commercial strategy is generating larger contr…
Walmart has agreed to expand its commercial agreement with Symbiotic Inc. to automate an additional 25 U.S. regional distribution centers. Symbiotic ( NASDAQ: SYM ) is an AI-powered warehouse automation and robotics company headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts. Walmart ( NASDAQ: WMT ) will initially invest about…
FedEx Corp.’s recent strategy to focus more on specialized services for companies in industrial sectors with complex logistics requirements, beyond basic parcel delivery, is paying dividends, especially in the aerospace and automotive sectors. The freight transportation giant last week described how it secured a serie…
Loamy, a Los Angeles startup that sells operations software to produce growers, packers, and distributors, has raised $6 million in seed funding led by Zeal Capital Partners. The round, announced Oct. 27, brings the company’s total funding to $10 million. Once a load misses a buyer’s spec after it ships, the grower ha…
Tashkent is hosting the third Central Asia-China civil aviation conference, focusing on regional cooperation, air transport liberalisation and the Air Silk Road initiative.
For much of its modern history, Azerbaijan's economic and political influence has been closely tied to oil and gas. The country built its reputation as an energy producer long before the current debate about energy diversification and the green transition became a global priority. Its pipelines connected the Caspian b…
Kazakhstan’s Transport Minister Nurlan Sauranbayev, Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Kazakhstan Alimirzamin Asgarov, and AZCON Holding representative Shahin Babayev have discussed prospects for bilateral cooperation at a meeting in Astana.
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have signed two agreements aimed at expanding transport and logistics cooperation, including the development of a new intermodal cargo terminal at the Port of Baku and the establishment of a next-generation ferry system across the Caspian Sea.
Spain’s Boluda Shipping has agreed to acquire Samskip in a deal aimed at building a broader European short-sea and inland freight network , potentially giving U.S. businesses more integrated options for moving cargo beyond Europe’s major ports. The transaction is expected to close Jan. 1, 2027, subject to regulatory a…
Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan are planning to establish a joint intermodal cargo terminal and a new Trans-Caspian ferry system called the "Caspian Bridge."
AIT Worldwide Logistics announced late Sunday night it has acquired Australian freight forwarder Connor Anderson International, giving the fast-growing Chicago-based freight forwarder a significant foothold in the Oceania market and the ability to capitalize on the boom in data center construction there. Connor Anders…
Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week in Borderlands Mexico: Cabotage enforcements threatening cross-border trucking; Nuevo León slashes Colombia Bridge toll fees 50% to boost cross-border trucking; and Walmart plans $400M…
A solo exhibition by Azerbaijani artist Farid Rasulov, titled Long Live, Caspian! (Yaşa, Xəzər!), has opened at the OTAQ gallery in Baku's Icherisheher, exploring the ecological challenges facing the Caspian Sea through contemporary art.
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Alain Bedard, the CEO of TFI International, had been highly critical of his company’s U.S. LTL operations back in 2024, at one point referring to some of its practices as “stupid.” As recently as April, he was far more optimistic about the segment that was built largely through the TFI acquisition of UPS Freight in 20…
Postal operators in Norway and Germany are adding significant parcel capacity and making operational adjustments to handle an expected flood of packages and gift cards in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Posten Bring, the state-owned postal services and logistics provider in Norway, has installed hundreds more parce…
Every carrier with a safety technology program eventually learns the same lesson: the hardware is the easy part. Cameras can be mounted, collision mitigation can be specified on new tractors, and telematics can be switched on. What’s harder to install is the belief, among people who spend their working lives behind th…
While Mexican truckers have suspended a nationwide strike that disrupted highways across 19 states, industry leaders warned that demonstrations could resume if federal and state authorities fail to address grievances that include cargo theft and violence against drivers . The suspension follows negotiations between Me…