Freight forwarder Worldwide Logistics Group (WWL) announced Tuesday the acquisition of customs brokerage P. W. Bellingall (PWB). San Francisco-based PWB specializes in transportation and logistics for the coffee and food sectors. The deal expands WWL’s in-house customs brokerage offering. WWL has a presence in the food and beverage logistics industry and operates a safety-certified food-grade…
French transport and logistics company Geodis said Tuesday that it has acquired U.S. drayage provider Southern Companies, a Miami-based company that serves seven Southeast ports. The acquisition, terms of which were not disclosed, beefs up Geodis’ operations in the region. More than 80 Southern employees are expected to join Geodis. Geodis currently operates 150 warehouses…
WASHINGTON — Congress on Tuesday approved a joint resolution overturning a Biden administration rule that truckers say will be too costly for drivers and their customers — but President Joe Biden is expected to veto the resolution. The resolution, approved by the U.S. Senate in April, repeals the Environmental Protection Agency’s emissions regulation that went…
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on Monday asked the Mexican government to investigate claims that labor rights are being denied at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plant in the country. The USTR petition alleges that Goodyear is obstructing workers’ freedom of association and right to collective bargaining at its plant…
Not much has changed on the demand front, heads of some of the nation’s biggest intermodal transportation providers said Tuesday at Wolfe Research’s annual transportation conference. The implication is that commentary provided during first-quarter reports in April remains intact. “I don’t have any green shoots for you this morning,” Darren Field, president of intermodal at…