Logistics/Supply Chains

FreightWaves’ Mary O’Connell discusses tips for freight brokers with Freight 360’s
Benjamin Kowalski.

Chris Arredondo, co-founder of Cargo Chief, spoke with FreightWaves’ Travis Rhyan about how freight brokerages can create new recurring revenue opportunities using its technology platform.

After about a year on the job, the president and CEO of the brokerage industry’s leading trade group touts the value of relationships.

DOT is leading a freight data exchange pilot project that it envisions as a long-term effort to speed cargo flow and cut costs for consumers.

Ammunition, food and water, medical supplies, and fuel are all critical supplies needed by troops in battle.

Geoffrey Finlay, CEO of Chicago-based Logistyx Technologies, said joining E2open will “enable more companies to ship smarter.”

The 315,000-square-foot cold storage development aims to serve the South Florida logistics market.

FreightWaves is covering the logistics-related fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the air to the ground to the sea.

The Biden administration has outlined 62 policy initiatives affecting trucking, rail, and maritime in a one-year vulnerability assessment.

The industrial sector is one of the first that may see some signs of inflation abating.

ZF North America is increasingly counting on digitization of the supply chain to help it keep parts moving to customers.

ID Logistics’ all-cash purchase of the venerable 3PL expands its U.S. presence.

Strong revenue and EPS numbers spark an after-hours share rally.

Axle Logistics has spent the last 10 years perfecting its services and expects, in its second decade, to become a billion dollar organization, which it is projected to reach by 2024.

“Right now it seems like everyone is flying blind, then playing hot potato by giving it to the next party,” Kempisty said.

UPS posted its best quarterly operating profit in its history. It also declared a 49% dividend increase.

What today’s shippers look for in a logistics provider is rapidly shifting, and if they’re smart, so are those providers.

Because it costs more money than it’s worth to return the item to its vendor for reuse, returns often end up in landfills.

The U.S. government is monitoring for omicron-related disruptions “at ports overseas and at home,” according to port envoy John Porcari.

Small ports were one solution for big-port problems in 2021. Shippers that could find a vessel were able to get their cargo processed quickly by shifting to a secondary port.