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Count BNSF (NYSE: BRK.B) as one of those watching how efforts by Canadian Pacific (NYSE: CP) and CN (NYSE: CNI) to acquire Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) play out. Executives with BNSF parent company Berkshire Hathaway noted on Saturday during…

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The often lucrative transportation and logistics industry attracts a host of ambitious players seeking a stake. But far too often companies go years spinning their wheels, so to speak, putting in twice the effort but achieving only incremental success. Frustration…

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The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. I think everyone would agree that manufacturing represents the best of us – infusing the economy with good…

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Dicey weather could slow down truckers and supply chains this week across the eastern half the country. Strong frontal systems, plenty of humidity and increasing instability will produce periods of torrential rain and intense thunderstorms Monday through Wednesday. Related: 5…

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The retail customer journey has been changed forever. No longer is going to a physical store and browsing the aisles the only method of shopping. More browsing than ever is taking place online, more sales than ever are occurring in…

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Silk Way West Airlines  is a nine-year-old cargo airline in Baku, Azerbaijan, that operates a fleet of five Boeing 747-8 and seven 747-400 freighters. Based at Heydar Aliyev International Airport, the airline operates about 350 monthly scheduled flights moving about…

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The stock market has boomed in the COVID era, driven by fiscal and monetary policy and surging retail-investor interest. Many ocean shipping stocks — with the glaring exception of tanker equities — have followed suit. Which U.S.-listed shipping stocks rose…

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Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV) is recalling certain LT and RH Class 8 trucks from the 2018-2020 model years for a second time and adding 2021 models because a connector rod defect could lead to an unintended engine stall. No…

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Self-driving truck software startup Plus is reportedly in talks to merge with the same investor group that brought public electric vehicle startup Canoo Inc. (NASDAQ: GOEV), school bus maker Blue Bird Corp. (NASDAQ: BLBD) and flatbed logistics specialist Daseke Inc.…

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