A European Commission investigation of the South Korean shipyard merger could take up to six months. (WSJ)
A top White House adviser cast doubt on prospects for immediate steel and aluminum tariffs on Argentina and Brazil. (WSJ)
A majority of chief financial officers in a survey said they are preparing for a recession in 2020. (WSJ)
Boeing Co. is on track to deliver fewer than half as many aircraft in 2019 as last year. (WSJ)
Apollo Global Management Inc. is moving to buy auto-parts supplier Tenneco Inc.’s powertrain division. (WSJ)
Auto parts distributor AutoZone Inc. reported its fifth straight quarter of double-digit growth in commercial sales. (WSJ)
Hudson’s Bay Co. reported a deeper quarterly loss on slipping same-store retail sales. (WSJ)
A fire at a handbag factory in New Delhi killed at least 43 workers. (Reuters)
Malaysian palm oil futures hit a near three-year high on a continuing drop in inventories. (Hindu Business Line)
Honda Motor Corp. began delivering business jets to customers in China. (Nikkei Asian Review)
RBC Capital Markets estimates Amazon.com Inc.’s business-to-business marketplace will reach $31 billion in revenue by 2023. (CNBC)
A new report says European shipping emissions are a major hurdle to reducing pollution and limiting global warming. (The Guardian)
A senior executive at Royal Dutch Shell PLC says delay in addressing greenhouse gas emissions is the biggest threat to shipping over the next five years. (Lloyd’s List)
Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries launched shipping's first liquefied hydrogen carrier. (Splash 247)
Autonomous truck company Plus.ai says it completed a cross-country transport of butter for Land O’Lakes in three days using a self-driving truck. (San Jose Mercury-News)
Walmart Inc. started a test in Houston of autonomous grocery delivery with vehicles provided by startup Nuro. (TechCrunch)
Roadrunner Transportation Services Inc. sold its D&E Transport flatbed unit to an unnamed buyer for $30 million. (Supply Chain Dive)
Enterprise software provider SAP SE will connect to shipment tracking through transport technology provider project44. (Commercial Carrier Journal)
Supply chain technology provider WiseTechGlobal acquired Korean trade compliance software company ReadyKorea. (Maritime Professional)
Danish cargo carrier DFDS bought Dutch trucking company Huisman Group. (The Loadstar)
Maritime technology provider Navis acquired cargo terminal software company Jade Logistics. (Ship Technology)
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