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  • Freight Train Derails in Upstate New York, Disrupting Amtrak Service
    Freight Train Derails in Upstate New York, Disrupting Amtrak Service
    AMSTERDAM, N.Y.—A freight train derailed in upstate New York on Friday, disrupting Amtrak service and prompting authorities to close roads in the area. About 17 cars of a CSX train ...
    August 5, 2023BY The Associated Press
  • China’s Container Production Cuts Amid Shipping Industry Slump
    China’s Container Production Cuts Amid Shipping Industry Slump
    Container production is waning in China, where empty containers collect in ports amid weakening exports. All these are ...
    June 9, 2023BY Anne Zhang and Angela Bright
  • Container Shipping Prices Continue to Fall, with Major Shipping Companies Cancelling Voyages
    Container Shipping Prices Continue to Fall, with Major Shipping Companies Cancelling Voyages
    Container shipping rates continued to fall in October due to declining demand. The Shanghai (Export) Containerized Freight Index ...
    October 28, 2022BY Kane Zhang
  • Rail Strike Threat Rebounds as Some Unions Reject Deal in Ratification Talks
    Rail Strike Threat Rebounds as Some Unions Reject Deal in Ratification Talks
    The threat of a U.S. freight rail strike remains possible, as some rail unions have yet to ratify ...
    September 20, 2022BY Bryan Jung
  • Global Container Freight Rates Have Halved Since March as Demand Drops and Inflation Looms
    Global Container Freight Rates Have Halved Since March as Demand Drops and Inflation Looms
    Global container freight rates have been falling since March, and the Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) has nearly halved ...
    September 15, 2022BY Kathleen Li
  • Experts Warn of China’s Near-Monopoly on Freight Container Production, Threatening Global Supply Chain
    Experts Warn of China’s Near-Monopoly on Freight Container Production, Threatening Global Supply Chain
    News Analysis A recent report from the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) showed that China’s control of global ...
    April 17, 2022BY Shawn Lin
  • Port of Rotterdam Freight Volumes Rise 15 Percent as Economy Recovers
    Port of Rotterdam Freight Volumes Rise 15 Percent as Economy Recovers
    AMSTERDAM—Freight volumes in the port of Rotterdam increased 15 percent on a yearly basis in the third quarter ...
    October 19, 2021BY Reuters
  • UK Electric Freight Trains Mothballed Due to Soaring Energy Prices
    UK Electric Freight Trains Mothballed Due to Soaring Energy Prices
    Rail freight operators have stopped using electric trains and switched to diesel locomotives due to soaring energy prices. ...
    October 14, 2021BY PA Media
  • China to US Freight Cost Soared Tenfold Due to Container Shortage
    China to US Freight Cost Soared Tenfold Due to Container Shortage
    Since August, the price of container freight from China to the United States has soared ten times, setting ...
    September 30, 2021BY Jessica Mao and Ellen Wan
  • Australian Retailers Warn Shoppers to Buy Christmas Gifts Now Amid Global Supply Issues
    Australian Retailers Warn Shoppers to Buy Christmas Gifts Now Amid Global Supply Issues
    Australian retailers are warning Aussie shoppers to finalise their Christmas shopping now as the global supply chain experiences ...
    August 23, 2021BY Rebecca Zhu
  • March Marked Port of Long Beach’s Busiest Month in History
    March Marked Port of Long Beach’s Busiest Month in History
    LONG BEACH—March was the Port of Long Beach's busiest month in its 110-year history and only the third ...
    April 8, 2021BY City News Service
  • ‘Game Changer’: Stakeholders Welcome US Permit for Railway Between Alaska and Alberta
    ‘Game Changer’: Stakeholders Welcome US Permit for Railway Between Alaska and Alberta
    A 121-year-old idea of a freight rail project connecting Alaska and Alberta has received an important push from ...
    September 30, 2020BY Jason Unrau
  • US Companies Face ‘Logistics Nightmare’ as Pandemic Creates Freight Bottlenecks
    US Companies Face ‘Logistics Nightmare’ as Pandemic Creates Freight Bottlenecks
    WASHINGTON—U.S. businesses are grappling with supply chain disruptions from plant closures in China because of the CCP virus ...
    March 23, 2020BY Emel Akan
  • Container Shipping Rates Fall to a Record Low
    Container Shipping Rates Fall to a Record Low
    The global shipping industry continues to suffer from China's weakening economy and excess shipbuilding capacity. Freight rates hit ...
    March 17, 2016BY Emel Akan
  • Want to Send Something Thousands of Miles Across? Here’s What You Should Do
    Want to Send Something Thousands of Miles Across? Here’s What You Should Do
    Sending something abroad seemed farfetched a few decades ago due to obvious reasons but mainly due to the ...
    October 26, 2015BY James Richings
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    Former Utah Attorney General Fights the Evil That Lurks in Quiet Places
  • US Forces Shoot Down 2 Iranian Drones as Pakistani Interior Minister Visits Tehran
    2hr By Jacki Thrapp
    US Forces Shoot Down 2 Iranian Drones as Pakistani Interior Minister Visits Tehran
  • US Won’t Unfreeze Iran’s Assets Before Peace Deal Is Reached, Trump Says
    3hr By Jacki Thrapp
    US Won’t Unfreeze Iran’s Assets Before Peace Deal Is Reached, Trump Says
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    3hr By Mercura Wang
    Fascia: The Living, Interconnected Web Behind Movement and Healing–How to Enhance Its Function
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    7hr By Lawrence Wilson
    Eli Lilly Poised to Suspend Drug Discounts to Large Hospitals
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    US Bankruptcy Filings Increase 7 Percent Yearly
  • How a Tiny Insect Decimated Florida’s Citrus, and What Orchardists Are Doing About It
    9hr By Jacob Burg
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    17hr By Tom Gantert
    Hegseth Warns Europe of ‘Dangerous Ideologies’
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