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Pilot freight sets record for revenues in 2018
Lima, PA — Pilot Freight Services (Pilot), a worldwide provider of transportation and logistics services, announces yet another year of record-breaking revenue marking a 24.8% increase to reach nearly $800 million in revenue for 2018 with the broadened selection of…
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New study criticizes plan to privatize Canadian airports
Montreal, QC — A new study unhesitatingly concludes that privatizing Canadian airports would not lead to any significant productivity gains. The Trudeau government has been considering privatizing the eight largest airports in the national network since a report was tabled…
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SCMA Fellow Award recipients announced
Toronto, ON — The Supply Chain Management Association (SCMA) announced that Madeleine Paquin, president and CEO of Logistec and Robert Wiebe, CAO for Loblaw Companies are the recipients of the association’s SCMA Fellow Award. “In this, the 100th anniversary of…
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U.S. tariffs on steel, aluminum could be gone in weeks, ambassador says
Washington, DC — A long-awaited end to Canada’s steel-and-aluminum tariff nightmare could be just weeks away, says Ottawa’s ambassador to the United States — but David MacNaughton is playing coy about the source of his newfound optimism. Along with Transport…
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‘We didn’t like it at all’: CP Rail CEO objects to oil production curtailments
The head of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. has voiced his discomfort at the idea of Alberta Premier Rachel Notley’s recent production curtailments, designed to draw down a glut of trapped crude oil and decrease the differential between western Canadian and…
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Canadian sailor loses case against FedEx for lost rare coins worth as much as $38,000
Halifax, NS — A top Canadian naval officer is out 50 rare coins he valued at $38,000 with little to show for it, after a Nova Scotia small claims court found FedEx Canada not liable for the full value of…
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Shares in world’s top shipping firm sink on US tariffs risk
Copenhagen, Denmark — Shares in the world’s biggest shipping company, Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk, plunged Thursday after it warned of the commercial damage it would suffer from a U.S. escalation in the trade war with China. The company reported a fourth…
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Alberta Opposition Leader Jason Kenney says he would shelve oil by rail deal
Edmonton, AB — Opposition Leader Jason Kenney says if he wins the spring election, he will try to cancel Alberta’s $3.7-billion deal with Canada’s two largest railways to ship more oil by rail. “This (deal) is a catastrophic mistake by…
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DP World acquires European transportation and logistics provider
Dubai, UAE, — DP World PLC announced the acquisition of P&O Ferries. P&O Ferries is a pan-European integrated logistics business consisting of a market leading roll-on roll-off (Ro-Ro) ferries operation and a European transportation and logistics solutions provider, P&O Ferrymasters.…
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‘We take action:’ Alberta investing $3.7B to move oil by rail, leasing cars
Edmonton, AB — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the province is spending $3.7 billion to move landlocked oil to market by rail — and it isn’t counting on Ottawa to pitch in. “We must take action today to provide more…
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TSB says improved tankers involved in Manitoba derailment that spilled crude
St. Lazare, MB — Federal investigators say CN railcars that spilled crude after derailing on farm land in western Manitoba were upgraded tankers. The Transportation Safety Board says 37 of 110 cars went off the tracks early Saturday near St.…
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US automakers to Trump: Don’t slap tariffs on imported cars
Detroit, MI — America’s auto industry is bracing for a potential escalation in President Donald Trump’s tariff war with the world, one that could weaken the global auto industry and economy, inflate car prices and trigger a backlash in Congress.…