Boeing plans to move production of its 787 Dreamliner wide-body jet from the Seattle area to South Carolina. (WSJ)
The U.S. Treasury closed loans to seven passenger airlines and called on Congress to extend more aid to prevent massive job cuts this week. (WSJ)
Peabody Energy and Arch Resources dropped their bid to join forces in a major coal production region after a judge ruled the proposed venture would harm competition. (WSJ)
Royal Dutch Shell will cut up to 9,000 jobs in a broad restructuring.(WSJ)
McCormick & Co. logged higher revenue this summer as stronger consumers sales outweighed weakened demand from commercial customers. (WSJ)
NextEra Energy recently made a takeover approach to Duke Energy in what would be a $60 billion-plus combination of two utilities. (WSJ)
Chinese courier ZTO Express raised $1.27 billion in a secondary share listing in Hong Kong to back its expansion into logistics services. (South China Morning Post)
Moody’s says auto suppliers are scaling up production even as they try to maintain low inventory levels. (Supply Chain Dive)
Ford Motor reached a three-year labor agreement with factory workers in Canada. (Detroit Free Press)
Kroger and technology partner Ocado will build a $95 million automated grocery fulfillment center outside Detroit. (Detroit New)
Bed Bath & Beyond will start same-day delivery in certain areas through Shipt and Instacart. (CNBC)
GLP raised $1.3 billion in commitments for its second European logistics fund. (DealstreetAsia)
PayCargo raised $35 million in a Series A funding round led by Insight Partners to expand the company’s cloud-based payment and financing system. (TechCrunch)
The Georgia Ports Authority projects a 5% annual gain in container volume at the Port of Savannah in September. (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
German container terminal operator HHLA took a controlling stake in a site under development at Italy’s Port of Trieste. (The Loadstar)
Coal tonnage shipped from the Port of Baltimore declined 34.6% in the first seven months of 2020 from a year ago. (Platts)
Resilience360 says Canadian ports will likely feel the after effects of the strike at the Port of Montreal into November. (Logistics Management)
Energy giant Shell says hydrogen has a likely advantage over other fuels in cutting emissions from shipping. (TradeWinds)
Norway-based Teco Group plans to spin off a business unit developing hydrogen-based fuel cells for ships. (ShippingWatch)
Collisions at rail crossings in the U.S. fell 19.8% in the first half of the year from a year ago. (Daily Herald)
DHL Express will start using boats on the Thames for package deliveries in Central London. (The Loadstar)
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