Logistics

U.S. ports experienced overall increases in container volumes year-over-year in February to extend a strong start to the year.

BALTIMORE — Within about 90 seconds of a dispatcher's warning of an impending crash, police officers who happened to be near the Francis Scott Key Bridge stopped traffic in both directions. 

For all the costly hardware the U.S. and its allies have thrown at the Houthis from Yemen, they haven’t been able to stop the attacks on civilian freighters and warships in the Red Sea.

The collision of three Norfolk Southern trains in Pennsylvania early this month highlights the shortcomings of the automated braking system that was created to prevent such crashes.

More volunteer truckers are needed to deliver hay to feed Texas livestock stricken by the recent Panhandle wildfires in relief efforts coordinated by three Alabama organizations..

The collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge is diverting shipping and trucking around one of the busiest ports on America’s East Coast, creating a new disruption to global supply chains.

While the logistics challenges and inventory shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have since faded, that time of upheaval has brought lasting changes to supply chain management.

The Port of South Louisiana experienced a second year of increased cargo that rose 8.8 million short tons of cargo in 2023 to counter a period of declining annual tonnage.

UPS Inc. expects sales and profit to grow over the next three years as the courier overcomes soft demand for package delivery coming out of the pandemic.

BALTIMORE — A containership lost power and rammed into a major bridge in Baltimore early March 26, causing the span to buckle into the river below. Six people were missing.