Intermodal Market Share Sets New Record
Intermodal transport’s share of U.S. long-haul truck traffic reached record highs in the first quarter of 2010, with intermodal’s share estimated to be 13.5%. This marks the fourth consecutive share increase for intermodal...
CSCMP Upgrades Online Career Center
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) has upgraded its Career Center, an online career service for companies seeking supply chain management talent and individuals looking for jobs...
National Towing Group for Motor Carriers Launches
The Towing Network has launched as a national towing group aimed at bringing greater collaboration and fairer pricing to the towing services available to motor carriers. The group has 20,000 towing members and Schneider National has signed on as the Towing Network’s largest carrier to date...
Weber Opens 3PL Facility in Stockton
Weber Distribution has opened a new 3PL facility in Stockton, California. The facility offers expanded service to the confectionary, food, beverage, retail and CPG industries...
Averitt Begins Offering Intermodal Services
Freight transportation provider Averitt Express has begun providing intermodal services as part of its full-load/volume transportation services package. Averitt will provide intermodal coverage through strategic relationships with several railroads: Union Pacific and BNSF in the West, Norfolk Southern in the East and Midwest, CSX in the East and Midwest, and Florida East Coast in the states of Georgia and Florida...
Estes Upgrades Onboard Pickup and Delivery System
Freight transportation provider Estes has upgraded its wireless onboard pickup and delivery system. The new system provides detailed real-time data to terminals and drivers, enabling them to plan the pickup and delivery process as well as respond to changing customer needs...
Odyssey Logistics Expands 3PL Capabilities in Charleston
Odyssey Logistics & Technology, a third-party logistics provider (3PL), has acquired International Forwarders, a Charleston, S.C.-based 3PL. Odyssey will retain the current workforce and plans to add a significant number of new jobs...
Supply Chain Consulting Firm Makefield Group Opens for Business
Makefield Group, a new consulting firm, will offer services in business strategy, project management, supply chain and process improvement for such industries as pharmaceuticals, life sciences and medical devices...
Shorter-haul Intermodal Declines in Importance
Domestic intermodal equipment moving less than 1,000 miles accounted for 42% of total North American domestic equipment revenue moves, down 1% from the same period in 2009, according to FTR Associates. Similarly, movements of less than 1,500 miles also declined in importance by 1.2% during the same period...
UPS Offers Eco-Friendly Shipment Packaging Evaluation
UPS has begun offering customers an assessment of their shipment packaging based on environmental standards. Under the Eco Responsible Packaging Program, UPS will evaluate a customer’s packaging processes in three areas of sustainability: damage prevention, right-sizing and packaging materials...
Estes Reduces Transit Times to 47,000 Destinations
Freight transportation provider Estes says it has reduced standard transit times in its LTL network by a full day from 15 terminals in the Upper Midwest to 47,491 destinations in the U.S...
Averitt Improves LTL Service in 14,000 Lanes
Averitt Express has announced major LTL service improvements in 14,000 lanes as a result of its recent network optimization efforts. Averitt also estimates that about 86 million pounds of freight moving throughout its network will receive less handling...
UPS Expands Its Fleet of Hybrid Electric Vehicles
UPS has expanded its fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles with the deployment of 200 next-generation hybrid electric delivery trucks in eight U.S. cities. The technology behind the vehicles could lead to 35% fuel savings...
Old Dominion Certified as an ASE Training Provider
LTL carrier Old Dominion Freight Line has been recognized as an Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) training provider. The instructor-led training program provides continuing education to working technicians. As they complete maintenance training courses, technicians can receive continuing education credits....
FedEx Introduces All-Electric Delivery Trucks
FedEx Corp. has expanded its alternative-energy vehicle fleet by introducing all-electric parcel delivery trucks in the United States. Four purpose-built electric trucks will be deployed in the Los Angeles area starting in June 2010, joining more than 1,800 alternative-energy vehicles already in service in other parts of the globe...
Choice Logistics Launches Business Process Improvement Group
Choice Logistics has created a new business process improvement (BPI) group to develop and oversee initiatives that elevate organizational performance in service parts logistics...
UPS Introduces “Green” Pickup Option
UPS has introduced a new “green” pickup option for small- to medium-sized businesses, which involves automating the process of having drivers stop at customer locations to pick up packages...
Saddle Creek Opens New DC for Food Maker
3PL Saddle Creek has opened a West Coast distribution center for Riviana Foods Inc. and New World Pasta. The DC initially will occupy nearly half of a 432,000-square-foot, shared-space facility in Ontario, Calif...
FedEx Freight Revenues Climb 14% in Third Quarter
FedEx Freight reports that LTL average daily shipments increased 26% and LTL yield declined 8% year over year due to the effects of discounted pricing...
SkyBitz Teams Up with Iridium to Develop Asset Tracking System
SkyBitz and Iridium Communications have formed a partnership to develop a two-way, remote asset tracking and monitoring solution integrating global locating system technology with a satellite data transceiver...
Exel Expands Scope of Healthcare Logistics
Exel and DHL Supply Chain have doubled the number of global depots service the clinical trials logistics market. The expansion aims to widen global research efforts in the fight against major illnesses...
Global Partners Teams with Canadian Pacific to Increase Ethanol Capacity
Global Partners has announced a multi-million-dollar project that will add 180,000 barrels of ethanol storage capacity and rail access at its refined petroleum products terminal in Albany, New York. Developed jointly with Canadian Pacific Railway, the project, expected to be operational in 2010, will enable the Albany terminal to schedule the delivery of 80-car trains of ethanol...
Panalpina Expands Supply Chain Capabilities in Los Angeles
Panalpina Los Angeles, a supplier of forwarding and logistics services, has added 42,000 square feet of warehouse space, extending the company’s portfolio of supply chain management services to clients in Southern California and beyond...
Moulton Logistics Plans New DC Near Charleston
Moulton Logistics Management, a provider of order fulfillment, call center and integrated logistics services, will locate its new distribution and logistics facility in Berkeley County, South Carolina. The $25 million investment is expected to generate 500 new jobs in the next five years...
TBB Global Partners with LoJack on Cargo Security
TBB Global Logistics has formed a partnership with LoJack Supply Chain Integrity which allows TBB to provide customers with the LoJack’s in-transit cargo protection technology solution...
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