Logistics/Supply Chains

Freight forwarding, supply chain and express units see strong trade-related demand.

Data insights play a large role in company planning and responsiveness across all levels of the supply chain.

The way to create a winning situation for all is not by hiring more drivers but, according to Ranjan, by increasing driver utilization and reducing the trucking cost structure.

EFL Global this year celebrates its 40th anniversary in the freight forwarding and 3PL business.

Trucker Path listens to what drivers need and hands them the tools to mitigate some of the most common struggles they face everywhere they go.

UPS persevered through a drop in demand during the first quarter, beating analysts’ profit estimates.

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Transflo, a supply chain platform with multiple capabilities, is bringing in two veteran executives to steer the company forward, with its current CEO moving up into the chairman’s position.

DDC recently expanded its back office solutions to to add a front-facing, Customer Care suite of services. These new offerings include customer service-based and inside sales-focused solutions to help its partners achieve long-term success.

The executive order bans fuel price gouging and expands truck weight and size limits.

The acquisition market for truck freight brokerages is hot these days. A banker involved in such deals joins host John Kingston on the podcast. Also: why the diesel market is helping to drive oil prices higher.

GEODIS’ Rene Bach-Larsen shares how the global logistics provider plans to respond to market challenges.

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Freight Intel brings all shipping activities onto one platform, allowing shippers to access all their data in seconds.

BNSF Railway Co. last week acquired 3,508 acres in the Phoenix region with plans to develop it as its Western hub.

Bob Bortner of IMI dives into the most effective fuel-saving strategies when combating exorbitant fuel prices.

Also on the podcast: Transplace’s view of the supply chain and whether it’s getting any better.

FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller provides further analysis regarding the decline in the freight market.

Craig Fuller analyzes the state of the U.S. truckload market.

The Biden administration has made $2.9 billion available for projects that expand freight capacity.

Medical Response Drones from Draganfly will be used to deliver lifesaving medical supplies like blood and wound care kits.

Gatik’s Gautam Narang will be an industry keynoter at The Future of Supply Chain event.

This AskWaves considers whether the federal government is needed to launch a supply chain portal – and whether it can succeed.

FreightWaves’ Mary O’Connell discusses tips for freight brokers with Freight 360’s
Benjamin Kowalski.

Chris Arredondo, co-founder of Cargo Chief, spoke with FreightWaves’ Travis Rhyan about how freight brokerages can create new recurring revenue opportunities using its technology platform.

After about a year on the job, the president and CEO of the brokerage industry’s leading trade group touts the value of relationships.

DOT is leading a freight data exchange pilot project that it envisions as a long-term effort to speed cargo flow and cut costs for consumers.

Ammunition, food and water, medical supplies, and fuel are all critical supplies needed by troops in battle.

Geoffrey Finlay, CEO of Chicago-based Logistyx Technologies, said joining E2open will “enable more companies to ship smarter.”

The 315,000-square-foot cold storage development aims to serve the South Florida logistics market.

FreightWaves is covering the logistics-related fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the air to the ground to the sea.

The Biden administration has outlined 62 policy initiatives affecting trucking, rail, and maritime in a one-year vulnerability assessment.

The industrial sector is one of the first that may see some signs of inflation abating.

ZF North America is increasingly counting on digitization of the supply chain to help it keep parts moving to customers.

ID Logistics’ all-cash purchase of the venerable 3PL expands its U.S. presence.

Strong revenue and EPS numbers spark an after-hours share rally.

Axle Logistics has spent the last 10 years perfecting its services and expects, in its second decade, to become a billion dollar organization, which it is projected to reach by 2024.

“Right now it seems like everyone is flying blind, then playing hot potato by giving it to the next party,” Kempisty said.

UPS posted its best quarterly operating profit in its history. It also declared a 49% dividend increase.

What today’s shippers look for in a logistics provider is rapidly shifting, and if they’re smart, so are those providers.

Because it costs more money than it’s worth to return the item to its vendor for reuse, returns often end up in landfills.

The U.S. government is monitoring for omicron-related disruptions “at ports overseas and at home,” according to port envoy John Porcari.

Small ports were one solution for big-port problems in 2021. Shippers that could find a vessel were able to get their cargo processed quickly by shifting to a secondary port.

The biggest, baddest space observatory ever built is ready to ride into space on Dec. 25. How did NASA safely deliver it to the launch site in South America?

From ocean shipping reform to vaccine mandates, the past year has been a backdrop for new and proposed government oversight and requirements affecting carriers and shippers.

CCO Sean Burke shares results from Echo’s recent survey on shipper sentiment for the RFP season.

Autonomy will ripple strongly through multiple modes, Lee Klaskow said during FreightWaves’ Domestic Supply Chain Summit.

The white paper tests a hypothesis that shippers struggle to move beyond green initiatives that coincide with what is also financially beneficial.

The container shipping surge shows no signs of letup, but the Southern California ports say they are slowly clearing out the backlogs.

Echo Global Logistics’ Jay Gustafson describes the best formula for managing transportation needs.

Parsyl extracts and transforms data into actionable insights for a particular commodity’s transportation network.

The success of a business depends on its ability to generate social and political support.

CEO Michelle Halkerston steps through Hassett Logistics’ leadership qualities that kept its network active in times of adversity.

The unit plans to add facilities in the Netherlands, Germany and Mira Loma, California.

One of the three new investors, D1, already has significant investments in logistics.

President Biden signed an executive order Monday outlining his administration’s priorities for guiding implementation of his $1.2 trillion infrastructure package.

The purveyor of wild-caught seafood avoids the use of airfreight, and relies on barge, truckload and parcel to hit its tight delivery commitments.

Convoy co-founder and CEO Dan Lewis sat down with FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller for a fireside chat at Thursday’s F3 Virtual Experience.

The Gartner research VP will also share his views on data, AI and sustainability.

IT can help companies hit efficiency and sustainability objectives, DHL unit’s innovation leader says.

CEO Michelle Halkerston details Hassett’s transformation over the years into a robust and ever-evolving 3PL.

“The common agreement is that climate change is real and the need to act is now.”

The company expects record 2021 earnings and boosts its 2023 bottom line forecast by $700 million, to $9.24 billion.

UniGroup’s Scott Kluesner describes the efforts made to deliver the best special commodity services during the pandemic.

Big volumes of container traffic are hitting GXO’s facilities, Wilson says.

The new location in Woodbridge, New Jersey, will offer services such as overseas cross docking, overseas container plugs, port drayage, LTL/FTL transportation and same-day orders.

Despite beating the Wall Street consensus, Expeditors’ stock declined.

Amid global shipping congestion, GEODIS urges importers not to overlook their customs responsibilities.

Echo Global Logistics’ Mike Mobley and Jamie Petrzelka detail the benefits of leveraging the company’s experts to manage transportation networks.

UniGroup Logistics ’s project management services provide end-to-end solutions for domestic and international supply chain needs.

CEO Jassy says Amazon faces billions of dollars in additional costs during the fourth quarter.

“The end goal for our customers is to reduce waste and deliver potent medicine and safe food. We help them do it with data.”

Company shoots out the lights in the third quarter with soaring profits and EPS.

UPS boosts its 2021 operating margin guidance to 13%.

The end of the supply chain as we know it? Not even close, an economist believes.

The huge C-suite move puts the supply chain heavyweight in the center of the parcel action right away.

We are excited to build out products that free documents and data from legacy workflows and manual processes.

Lawmakers hear testimony on how smaller shippers are disproportionately hurt by supply chain disruptions.

The event will take place at Prologis headquarters in San Francisco from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. PT, with the option for attendees to attend virtually.

Experts expect demand to continue to outpace supply through at least the first quarter of 2022.

The IT maven segues into an operations-driven role while keeping the CIO job.

The German titan reports solid performances from its Express, Forwarding, Supply Chain and eCommerce units

With an automated system that intuitively manages returns, warehouses that face labor shortages can strategically utilize their employees.

If you thought President Joe Biden would quickly reverse Trump’s controversial trade policy toward China, guess again. U.S. importers aren’t happy.

Marken will add global locations as clinical trials activity ramps up.

“Tires, fuel and labor are your three biggest costs, and with tire prices continuing to go up, fleets have to really figure out ways to maximize their tires and assets,” said IMI’s Bob Bortner.

Craig Fuller explains why supply chains are so messed up!

This year ENERGY Transportation Group is No. 207 of 448, boasting 198% revenue growth over the past three years.

The research firm of Evercore ISI launched coverage of the 3PL sector with an enormous report.

The new owners of Echo have portfolio investments in several other logistics companies.

The Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development and OnTrackNorthAmerica have formed the Southwest Supply Chain Coalition as a way to develop a regional approach to supply chain infrastructure investments.

ITF onboards new customers extremely fast, regardless of size or whether the end destination is a consumer or a business.

Walmart is filling positions across more than 250 transportation offices and distribution and fulfillment centers, at an average wage of $20.37 per hour.

Without clarifying objectives, a company cannot, with confidence or a unified vision, understand where it’s going.

Hurricane Ida is about to hit. Emergency relief will not be far behind. Read tips about trucking into a hurricane relief effort.

Also on the podcast: The founder of a logistics startup surveys the pre-holiday supply chain.

Logistics technology solutions have never been in greater demand. But companies need to leverage new-age tools and modern-day attitudes to effectively tell their stories, says the founder of Virago Marketing.

The outlook for the pandemic hurt the company’s review last year, but Moody’s has a more positive view in 2021.

The latest IEA report shows an oil supply/demand imbalance may be on its way to easing.

“Industry veterans are even surprised by what’s going on right now,” said Moore.