Lisa Baertlein

Rates for cross-border trucking to and from the U.S. jumped in the lead up to President Donald Trump's new tariffs on Canada and Mexico, as companies scrambled to accelerate shipments ahead of an expected increase in costs.

The global ocean shipping industry that handles 80% of world trade is navigating a sea of unknowns as U.S. President Donald Trump stokes trade and geopolitical tensions with historical foes as well as neighbors and allies.

Hundreds of millions of dollars of life-saving medical supplies are stranded in warehouses and on ships around the world due to President Donald Trump's move to freeze foreign aid, half a dozen sources familiar with the humanitarian program told Reuters.

Prices will rise for those who buy from direct-from-China shopping sites.

On Wednesday, Matthew Cannon's college-age daughter forwarded him a request from delivery company DHL asking for duties and fees of $45.19 tied to her order from Australian fashion seller I.Am.Gia. She wanted to know if it was a scam.

FedEx suspended its money-back guarantee on overseas shipments as disruptions ripple through the supply chain.

United Parcel Service forecast on Thursday downbeat 2025 revenue as it accelerates a plan to slash millions of deliveries for its largest customer, Amazon.com , a surprise move that sent shares tumbling as much as 18%.

California said on Tuesday it has withdrawn its request for a federal waiver to require commercial truckers to transition to zero-emissions vehicles, preempting an expected denial from the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump.

A tentative labor deal forestalled potentially damaging trade disruptions at three-dozen U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico ports, with both sides in the talks crediting President-elect Donald Trump for clearing the way for them to hammer out a deal on automation.

The union representing 45,000 dock workers on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts and their employers on Wednesday said they reached a tentative deal on a new six-year contract, averting further strikes that could have snarled supply chains and taken a toll on the U.S. economy.

Volvo Group expects high-volume production of a planned battery plant in Sweden to begin a couple of years later than the original target of 2029-2030, CEO Martin Lundstedt said at a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker event at CES in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

Contract talks covering 45,000 dockworkers on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are set to restart on Tuesday in a labor dispute that will help set the pace of automation at ports stretching from Maine to Texas.

Retailers and manufacturers advance imports to avoid potential tariffs

Tariffs threaten growth in U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade, experts warn.

The weak demand bedeviling package delivery companies like United Parcel Service and FedEx promises to be great news for online U.S. shoppers who want quick, on-time holiday gift delivery.

Hybrid engines allow operators to fall back on petroleum if green fuels are too costly.

The union representing 45,000 East Coast and Gulf Coast dockworkers and a group representing employers held a new round of contract talks this week but failed to make significant progress on the critical issue of automation, the two sides said on Wednesday.

Amazon.com and IKEA, in alliance with about three dozen other companies that depend on ocean freight, will invite shipping firms for the first time to bid on a contract in January to move their cargo on vessels powered by near-zero emissions e-fuels like e-methanol.

U.S. shippers are steering clear of East and Gulf Coast ports amid worries the 45,000 dockworkers at those trade hubs will go on strike again if their union leader does not land a new contract with employers by a Jan. 15 deadline.

U.S. nonprofit Climate United on Tuesday announced a plan to spend up to $250 million to buy as many as 500 electric semi trucks over three years in what it called the biggest single order of those zero-emissions trucks in the country so far.