<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>By acquiring a Chicago-based logistics provider and freight broker from R.R. Donnelley, Canada’s TFI plans to better integrate and scale US operations in freight and e-commerce.
 
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By acquiring a Chicago-based logistics provider and freight broker from R.R. Donnelley, Canada’s TFI plans to better integrate and scale US operations in freight and e-commerce.

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<div><p>Canada’s largest trucking operator, TFI International, is acquiring third-party logistics provider (3PL) DLS Worldwide from R.R. Donnelley &amp; Sons for $225 million — TFI’s largest brokerage acquisition to date. The deal expands Montreal-based TFI’s logistics reach in the US, especially...

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>With prices continuing to rise, calls are growing from industry groups for the government to double the current 5 pence per liter cut in the fuel duty that in June was extended to the end of the year.</p></div>

With prices continuing to rise, calls are growing from industry groups for the government to double the current 5 pence per liter cut in the fuel duty that in June was extended to the end of the year.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>The apparent two-month reprieve provides some relief to the 238 trade group signatories of a letter sent this week to the USTR urging the Trump administration to extend its suspension of the port fees, warning that renewed charges would increase shipping costs across the economy. </p></div>

The apparent two-month reprieve provides some relief to the 238 trade group signatories of a letter sent this week to the USTR urging the Trump administration to extend its suspension of the port fees, warning that renewed charges would increase shipping costs across the economy.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Port stakeholders, particularly truckers, fear the Nov. 1 closure of the Vincent Thomas Bridge for a major redecking project could exacerbate dwell times that are already hovering near 18-month highs. </p></div>

Port stakeholders, particularly truckers, fear the Nov. 1 closure of the Vincent Thomas Bridge for a major redecking project could exacerbate dwell times that are already hovering near 18-month highs.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>With the Trump administration continuing to push back against wind development, project sponsors north of the border see an opportunity that would provide a new heavy cargo trade for shippers and carriers.</p></div>

With the Trump administration continuing to push back against wind development, project sponsors north of the border see an opportunity that would provide a new heavy cargo trade for shippers and carriers.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>The period after Golden Week could be "highly volatile," the analyst says, as carriers work through schedule instability, rolled cargo and delays. </p></div>

The period after Golden Week could be "highly volatile," the analyst says, as carriers work through schedule instability, rolled cargo and delays.

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