The Bentonville, Ark.-based retail giant started testing the delivery service, which will utilize in-store employees as drivers, at three stores in the United States.
Logistics systems provider Descartes Systems Group has acquired the assets of Progressive Computer Services, known as PCSTrac, for $11.25 million.
The fiscal year budget will help the port stay “laser-focused on targeted infrastructure improvements, technology solutions and strategic resource use,” according to Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka.
Although the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index rose on trades from Shanghai to North Europe to the Mediterranean, it declined on routes to the United States.
The maritime shipping analyst is now predicting container volumes at ports around the world will grow 4.6 percent in 2017, up from a previous prediction of 2-3 percent annual growth.
The Pacific Northwest port is is finishing up the final two segments of the West Vancouver Freight Access project, as well as looking ahead to a revamp of Vancouver’s Terminal 1 facility for public commercial use.
According to PIERS Data, South Korean ocean carrier Hyundai Merchant Marine handled 13,186 TEUs per week on the Asia to U.S. West Coast trade in April 2017, up 73 percent from 7,604 TEUs per week the previous year.
After a 13 month free fall, truckload rates grew 1.3 percent in April 2017 compared to the same 2016 period, according to the latest Cass Truckload Linehaul Index.
Built in collaboration with Alpha Ori Technology, the two ‘AL-SAFE’ vessels delivered by Hanjin Heavy to Global United in Korea have been certified as safe by Lloyd’s Register’s cyber notations.
April marked the seventh straight month in which intermodal pricing has grown, but that momentum is expected to slow as the year goes on, according to data from the latest Cass Intermodal Freight Index.
Saddle Creek names chief operating officer, Prince Rupert Port Authority appoints board member, the S.C. Department of Commerce names senior program director, and the American Trucking Associations’ executive director of the Intermodal Conference retires.
California is setting ambitious new environmental goals, but questions remain about whether truckers, marine terminals, and other links in the supply chain will be able to reach those goals, let alone at a price that keeps the state’s ports competitive.
Germany’s largest ocean carrier is looking to cut up to 12 percent of its almost 11,000 land-based employees, according to Rainer Horn, director of public relations at Hapag-Lloyd.
The Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board said deferred maintenance and a growing gap between investment needs and available funds threaten the ability of our roads and bridges to deliver safe, reliable transportation.
The management board of HSH Nordbank AG has “surprisingly denied” approval of the term sheet for Rickmers Group’s planned financial restructuring, according to a statement from the company.
Developing countries that accede to the World Trade Organization’s Information Technology Agreement stand to gain billions of dollars in their economies, according to recent report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF).
The Federal Aviation Administration will award up to $527.8 million in infrastructure grants to 584 airports across the country as part of the agency’s Airport Improvement Program.
Shipment volumes in April 2017 were up 4 percent compared with the same 2016 period, while expenditures grew 6 percent year-over-year, potentially signaling a sustained positive trend towards growth, according to the latest Cass Freight Index Report.
The six-month old shipping line has added two more containerships to its still-growing fleet, with a goal to own 30 by the end of the year.
The trucking and intermodal company, formerly of Cudahy, Wis., has also hired Terence R. Rogers as the new executive vice president and chief financial officer in wake of costly accounting errors uncovered in January.
