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On Jan. 3, 2023, the transportation world awoke to the news that Bob Biesterfeld, president and CEO of freight broker and 3PL giant C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc., had resigned his posts. The company’s stock, which had already dropped more than 15% from around $120 a share in August, registered little immediate reaction to Biesterfeld’s abrupt…

A Nashville, Tennessee-based freight brokerage ceased operations Tuesday, laying off around 130 employees after its parent company pulled the plug on operations without warning, according to sources familiar with the layoffs. A manager for Universal Capacity Solutions (UCS) told FreightWaves on Thursday that a skeleton crew is staying on to help with the wind down…

The Surface Transportation Board backed Navajo Transitional Energy Company’s (NTEC) request to compel BNSF to ship more coal from NTEC’s mine in Montana. However, the decision wasn’t unanimous, and it reflects the lack of direction that the board has in trying to determine whether a Class I railroad is fulfilling its common carrier obligation to…

United Airlines, buoyed by a significant recovery in market conditions, delivered surprisingly strong cargo results in the first quarter that likely will be the benchmark for comparing the performance of other airlines. United (NASDAQ: UAL) reported after Tuesday’s market close that sales for freight and mail were $391 million, a notably small dip of 1.8%…

Contract logistics provider GXO Logistics (NYSE: GXO) said Tuesday that it has named Adrian Stoch to the newly created role of chief automation officer. Stoch previously served as consumer division president of the company’s Americas and Asia-Pacific region, for which he led automation expansion across many of GXO’s leading U.S. sites. Stoch, who will report…

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