Amazon plans to split its second headquarters evenly between two sites rather than one city, spreading the impact of a massive new office. (WSJ)
Growth in service-sector activity across the U.S. pulled back slightly in October. (WSJ)
BHP Billiton Ltd. remotely derailed a driverless runaway train laden with iron ore that traveled nearly 60 miles to Australia’s Port Hedland. (WSJ)
Marine fuel provider Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. (WSJ)
Lowe’s Corp. is closing around 50 low-performing stores in North America. (WSJ)
U.S. businesses paid $4.4 billion in tariffs in September. (CNBC)
Warehousing businesses in a survey say difficulty in recruiting workers is driving them more rapidly toward automation. (Logistics Management)
Latin American retailer PriceSmart will place a distribution center in Costa Rica to blunt the impact of tariffs when it ships through Miami. (Supply Chain Dive)
Toyota Motor Corp. is considering using Microsoft Corp. HoloLens goggles on its automotive production lines. (Nikkei Asian Review)
The White House is dropping Mauritania from trade preferences for African countries because of forced labor practices. (American Shipper)
China’s big e-commerce retailers are competing more aggressively to bring luxury-goods sellers onto their marketplaces. (Business of Fashion)
Port operator APM Terminals plans to raise about $32 million in an initial public offering in Bahrain. (MarineLink)
Bad maritime loans dragged down ratings for German shipping bank Nord LB in a stress test of European financial institutions. (Shipping Watch)
Perdue AgriBusiness will place an organic grain distribution facility at Baltimore’s Tradepoint Atlantic development. (Maryland Daily Record)
North American heavy-duty truck orders rose 1.9% from September to October. (The Trucker)
Nikola Motor Co. is developing an electric, hydrogen-powered truck for European markets. (Heavy Duty Trucking)
Transport Intelligence forecasts global freight forwarding will grow this year at only half the rate of 2017. (Lloyd’s Loading List)
Swiftair bought fellow Spanish freight airline Cygnus Air. (The Loadstar)
FS Italiane Group started a high-speed freight rail service between southern Italy and Bologna. (Railway Pro)
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