Pacific Rim News: Northwest Seaport Alliance Update
John Wolfe, CEO of The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) sat down with Logistics Management editors.
UPS EVP/CCO Gershenhorn to retire after 38 years of service in June
Gershenhorn has worn many hats for the transportation and logistics titan, including leading corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, marketing, public affairs, communications, and several key growth strategies across the enterprise.
A. Duie Pyle announces opening of new service center in Bronx, N.Y.
Company officials said this new service center will augment its Northeast network and boost its morning delivery and pickup operations in metropolitan New York and Long Island.
Quarterly Transportation Market Update: Less than truckload (LTL) Market in high gear
Buoyed by surging demand, less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers are revving up for 2018, warning that tightening capacity means sharply higher rates in a new era of pricing.
Report says Amazon is focusing on building out delivery trial offering
A Bloomberg indicated that Amazon has expanded the Seller Flex service, which Amazon has renamed to FBA Onsite. The report explained that along with changing the name of the offering, Amazon is recruiting more sellers and telling merchants they can keep goods in their own warehouses, as in the past merchants had to send goods…
CBRE research makes the case for continued U.S. industrial real estate growth in 2018
When sizing up the state of the industrial real estate market, which has been moving in the right direction for an extended period and spurred on in large due to e-commerce activity, the sector’s future continues to look bright in 2018, according to research issued today by industrial real estate firm CBRE.
An air cargo alliance made in heaven?
The new partnership augurs great things for an already robust air cargo industry
SMC3 keynote takes a deep dive into the “Brave New Supply Chain World”
In a wide ranging keynote speech at this week’s SMC3 Jump Start conference in Atlanta, Adrian Gonzalez, head of Adelante SCM, touched upon many things and developments within the supply chain could be be viewed as keys to the future. The theme of the keynote was appropriately titled the “Brave New Supply Chain World, which…
AAR reports mixed U.S. carload and intermodal volumes for week ending January 20
Carloads fell 7.6% annually to 241,258, and intermodal containers and trailers saw a 1.8% annual gain to 266,981.
BTS reports U.S-NAFTA trade is up annually in November for 13th consecutive month
The United States Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported this week that United States trade with its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, Canada and Mexico, was up annually in November, the most recent month for which data is available. With a 10.5% annual gain, November represents the 13th consecutive month…