The U.S. logistics industry’s employment growth continued for a 111th month in October with a 1.5% year over year increase. While that beat the economy at large, it was the slowest rate since Aug. 2013. The warehousing industry has seen a slowdown to growth of just 2.3% from a peak of 13.3% in Mar. 2018, while cost cutting associated with precision railroading has taken a toll. A slide in U.S. trade activity is also to blame – total imports fell 4.0% year over year in dollar terms in September while seaborne imports fell 1.6%, the latter likely drove the 0.6% slip in waterborne employmen...