WSJ Logistics Report
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U.S. Lays Down Strict Railcar Rules
U.S. transportation regulators issued new rules for railroads hauling crude oil and ethanol requiring trains to be equipped with new brake systems.
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Savannah’s Train Problem: 24 Hours, 192 Horn Blasts
Railroads are facing a backlash from communities—not just against dangerous oil trains, but against the noise, delays and traffic jams caused by rail’s rapid expansion.
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U.S. House Approves Boost in Ports Funding
The House passed a spending bill for water programs that would boost funding for ports to upgrade their cargo-handling capabilities.
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Do Customers Have a ‘Constitutional Right’ to Return Stuff Ordered Online?
As e-commerce beats ever-quicker, more efficient routes to customer doorsteps, retailers continue to grapple with a secondary problem that directly hits their bottom lines: product returns.
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Plight of Maersk Tigris Ship Is Reminder of Supply-Chain Risks
The cargo-ship seizure in the Strait of Hormuz underscores the heightened risk and unforeseen costs of global commerce.
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Logistics M&A Still Out of Favor Despite Spate of Big Deals
Despite the rash of big-ticket deals, M&A in the logistics space has fallen over the past two years—and 2015 deal volume is on pace to decline further.
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FedEx, TNT Deal Progressing
FedEx and TNT Express said they are making “timely progress” on their $4.8 billion deal.
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Port of Los Angeles Police Chief Indicted
The chief of police at the largest container port in the U.S. was indicted Thursday on corruption and tax charges stemming from an alleged revenue-sharing scheme.
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YRC Worldwide Loss Narrows
YRC Worldwide Inc.’s first-quarter loss narrowed as cost-cutting was offset by lower revenue, hurt by fewer shipments and lower tonnage in its freight segment.
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Atlas Sees Stronger Air Freight Demand
Cargo carrier says companies are shifting goods from ocean to air after port labor disruptions
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Aviation Panel Urges Tougher Lithium Battery Shipment Standards WSJ
An international group of industry and government experts has decided to begin developing tougher packaging standards for shipments of lithium batteries as cargo on commercial aircraft.
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U.S. Factories Start Spring Solidly—Mostly WSJ
U.S. manufacturers kicked off the spring with more production and orders from their factories, but a sign of falling employment put another dark cloud over the labor market.
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Vale, Chinese Shipbuilders in Talks Over 50 Giant Bulk Carriers WSJ
Vale, the world’s biggest iron producer, is in talks with Chinese shipbuilders and leasing companies to build around 50 giant bulk carriers to move iron ore from Brazil to China.
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Navy Starts to Accompany U.S. Ships in Strait of Hormuz WSJ
The U.S. Navy has begun accompanying American-flagged commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, defense officials said, a vigorous response to Iran’s seizure of a Marshall Islands-flagged ship this week.
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Oil Glut Affects Demand For Railway Cars WSJ
Declining output from shale-oil fields cut demand for key types of railroad cars, new data shows, the latest sign of the fallout from lower oil prices.
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XPO Logistics to Buy Norbert Dentressangle WSJ
XPO Logistics Inc. is buying French contract-logistics firm Norbert Dentressangle SA in a deal valued at $3.53 billion, the companies said Tuesday.
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Apple, IBM to Work With Japan Post to Serve Elderly WSJ
Japan Post Holdings has reached a deal that could put Apple’s hardware and IBM’s software in the hands of many elderly Japanese.
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Canada Faces Gap in E-Commerce Interest, Supply Chains Financial Post
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Union Pacific Earnings Rise, Cargo Drops WSJ
Union Pacific Corp., which outperformed many of its rail peers in 2014 by bulking up capacity to handle surging demand, was caught in a sudden first- quarter volume slide caused by a strong dollar, weak coal and West Coast port delays.
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Holcim Profit Up After Stake Sale WSJ
Holcim reported a surge in first-quarter earnings, boosted by the sale of a stake in a Thai company.
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Faulty Key Component Slows Apple Watch Rollout WSJ
A key component of the Apple Watch made by one of two suppliers was found to be defective, causing limited availability of the highly anticipated new product.
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International Paper Sees Weak Chinese Economy WSJ
China’s economy appears worse on the ground than the reported economic numbers suggest, said International Paper’s chief financial officer, Carol Roberts.
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Ship Backlog at LA-Long Beach Falls to Zero JOC
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Norway's HOYER Buys Fellow Bulk Transport Provider American Shipper
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Amazon Expands Business-Sales Marketplace After Three Years WSJ
After three years of testing, Amazon.com is hoping to widen the reach of its business customer marketplace site with a rebranding and expanded product selection.
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U.S. Steel Swings to Loss, Cuts Guidance WSJ
U.S. Steel Corp. swung to a loss and lowered its pretax 2015 earnings forecast by around $500 million, citing “massive” amounts of imports, low oil prices and excess inventories.
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Goodyear to Open New Plant in Mexico WSJ
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plans to spend $550 million for a new plant in central Mexico, the latest in a string of investments in the country’s booming automotive sector, people familiar with the situation said Thursday.
