Echo Global Logistics said Tuesday it has acquired most of the assets of Plum Logistics, a truckload transportation brokerage outfit located in Wakefield, Mass. Purple Plum is a non-asset-based service provider that specializes in temperature-controlled truckload services. During the past 12 months, it had about $17 million in gross revenue. It was founded in July 2008 […]
ThreePL Quality Systems Inc., a provider of supply chain software around logistics, warehousing, third-party logistics (3PL) services, transport, and mobile fleet management, has launched a new vServe, All Makes Express (AME) tracking Web portal. AME’s main function is a tracking portal, so its dashboard relays quick and easy access to item information as […]
As this year’s hurricane season begins, global freight bill processor and auditor Data2Logistics said it has begun preparing its customers for inbound and outbound shipping actions and changes around the expected hurricane and tropical storm activity. Data2Logistics is providing customers with information on carrier and route options that it believes will lead to […]
Webgility, a San Francisco-based company that specializes in integrating e-commerce software, has launched eCC Ship, a new tool to help online retailers streamline their order management and automate shipping by integrating with various shipping partners. The new tool currently supports more than 30 e-commerce platforms — including Amazon, eBay, Magento, BigCommerce, Open Cart, […]
PeopleNet, a provider of integrated onboard computing and mobile communications systems for fleet management, has appointed Mark Botticelli to executive vice president and head of technology. Botticelli, a 25-year veteran, is responsible for PeopleNet’s North American technology strategy and product delivery. Other appointments include promotions of Garland Jackson and Mark Kessler to senior sales […]
SATO America, a manufacturer of thermal printers, RFID services, labeling, item auto-identification software, has appointed Tim Cook as vice president of North America sales. Cook has worked in the industry for 15 years, recently with executive positions at Honeywell Scanning and Mobility, and Zebra Technologies.
“I am very disappointed that you chose to engage in personal attacks against me, the ILA’s Chief Labor Negotiator,” wrote ILA President Harold Daggett in a letter to James Capo, CEO of the U.S. Maritime Alliance…
The ocean carrier NYK has raised capacity on its weekly Japan to Southeast Asia TWX loop by increasing the size of the vessels by almost 50 percent, from 1,091 TEUs to 1,613 TEUs.
Jacksonville Port Authority’s board of directors has reportedly scheduled a special meeting for Thursday to discuss a proposal by Gulftainer Co. Ltd., based in the United Arab Emirates, to lease port acreage.
The rotation of an NYK and Hapag-Lloyd service connecting Los Angeles to ports in Mexico and Central America will be amended this week, the German line said in a notice. The service, which Hapag-Lloyd calls CCE, will have a rotation of Manzanillo (Mexico), Puerto Quetzal, Acajutla, Puerto Caldera, Corinto, Puerto Quetzal, Manzanillo (Mexico), […]
Maersk Line said this week it’s raising rates from Brazilian ports to destinations in the United States, Central America and the Caribbean. The increases are: From Brazil to Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, and Cuba, $300 per 20-foot […]
Non-vessel-operating common carriers have borne a higher degree of ocean freight rate hikes in the past month than beneficial cargo owners (BCOs) who booked directly with ocean carriers, according to research from American Shipper. According to the results of American Shipper’s latest Transpacific Pulse survey, released Monday, 76 percent of the shippers who […]
Roadrunner Transportation Systems said Monday it had acquired the outstanding capital stock of CTW Transport, a truckload carrier based in Massachusetts and focused primarily on refrigerated food products, for about $7.5 million plus an earnout, a payment based on CTW’s performance after the acquisition. CTW’s former owner will remain in place. The […]
The U.S. Energy Department will invest up to $120 million during the next five years to establish a new Energy Innovation Hub that will focus on developing an effective supply chain for rare earth materials.
Lowry Crook, counsel and chief of staff for Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Richard Lidinsky Jr., has departed the agency for a new job at the White House. Crook left his job at the FMC on Friday to become deputy chief of staff for the Council on Environmental Quality, which coordinates federal environmental efforts and […]
There’s a growing unease among eastbound transpacific shippers that simmering tensions between U.S. East Coast longshoremen and their employers could affect their supply chains. Unionized dockworkers are in contentious negotiations with the representative organization for East Coast terminal operators and carriers as they try to hammer out a new contract before the current […]
The president of the International Longshoremen’s Association has accused employers of trying to turn his fellow union members against him. “I am very disappointed that you chose to engage in personal attacks against me…
The recommended rate increases are $50 per 40-foot container from California ports and $100 per FEU for all other intermodal and all-water shipments, with proportionate increases for other equipment sizes and cargo otherwise rated.
The Hackett Group said rising wage inflation in China and continued productivity improvements in the United States will converge within two to three years, creating more pressure on companies to make and source goods at home.
The Port of Wilmington in Delaware is reviewing proposals for public-private partnership to expand the port. Gene Bailey, executive director of Diamond State Port Corp. (DSPC), the state entity that owns and operates the port, said it’s seeking investors who can help the port expand its facilities on the Delaware River. The port is […]
