
This is going to be a banner year for the logistics industry, says Rosalyn Wilson in the 25th Annual State of Logistics Report. The economy last year was not stellar and business inventories plummeted in the first period this year as a consequence of bad weather, but freight is gaining now, Wilson says in a Tuesday presentation at the National Press Club.
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The online logistics provider uShip has announced a partnership with the online auction business eBay, when it comes to arranging larger-than-parcel shipments.
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RoadOne IntermodaLogistics, a single source intermodal, distribution, and logistics services company, announced a new initiative with GreenFleet Ventures that allows RoadOne’s owner-operators in North America to lease 2010 and newer vehicles, and more environmentally friendly tractors to help them establish and maintain their own businesses.
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DashHaul.com, a Chicago-based tech company, has created a “VLMA” (Virtual Logistics Management Application) designed to automate and simplify operations for full truckload shippers and carriers in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
Read More →Logistics and freight brokerage services provider XPO Logistics will buy the Michigan-based supply chain business of Florida-based Landstar System, including NLM, a provider of web-based expedited transportation management in North America, for $87 million.
Read More →Fueled by a growth rate of 665% over the past three years, LTL Freight Services, Milwaukee, is rebranding itself as Global Freight Source as it focuses on becoming a single-source provider of shipping logistics.
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Considering the implosion that occurred in the wake of the go-go years before 2007, the current condition of slow economic growth has a certain appeal, according to the author of a new State of Logistics Report.
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