Logistics/Supply Chains

Freight forwarder and logistics provider Seko Logistics announced it has entered an agreement to recapitalize.

Paxafe’s Ilya Preston discussed reducing food waste, cutting emissions and more during the keynote discussion at FreightWaves’ Net Zero Carbon Summit on Wednesday.

With the holiday season approaching, the Transportation Intermediaries Association has called for an urgent resolution to the labor dispute between International Longshoremen’s Association workers and their employers at the East and Gulf Coast ports.

UPS said Tuesday it was buying two Germany-based cold chain logistics operators to add to its sprawling health care logistics footprint.

FedEx Corp. announced a strategic alliance with Nimble Robotics on Thursday to scale FedEx Fulfillment with Nimble’s fully autonomous 3PL model.

Are you a marketing mastermind ready to showcase your skills and win big? The inaugural Marketing and Media Summit at F3: Future of Freight Festival is offering a chance to do just that.

The increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events underscore the need for supply chain resilience and adaptability.

QXO, the latest venture by Brad Jacobs, has a strong opportunity in building products distribution, according to an Oppenheimer & Co. report.

Trimble’s Transporeon report identifies key developments impacting the future of truckload transportation in North America, including concerns about freight fraud.

Korber Supply Chain Software announced Tuesday it is acquiring MercuryGate International Inc., a TMS provider.

Barbara Spector Yeninas died on Friday at the age of 84. She was an industry trailblazer for women, founding BSY Associates, a maritime, supply chain and logistics marketing communications company.

FreightWaves SONAR and Cass Information Systems announced on Tuesday a channel and integration partnership on supply chain intelligence.

FGN Global Logistics offers a “control tower” logistics management concept to bulk liquid shippers of both flexitanks and ISO tanks, which lowers transport costs and simplifies liquid supply chain management.

The third annual FreightWaves Future of Supply Chain conference will be held at the Georgia International Convention Center in Atlanta June 4-5.

President Joe Biden said he’s not waiting on foreign ship companies before getting the Port of Baltimore up and running.

The end of 2023 saw a surge in cargo thefts with thieves targeting food and beverage freight, along with electronics and household goods.

Texas-based vertical farm Eden Green Technology will grow, package and ship herbs from one of its two greenhouses in Cleburne.

Nearshoring growth paired with lack of cross-border visibility is creating new challenges for cross-border logistics providers. Nuvocargo combines technology and expertise to overcome hurdles common to traditional big-box brokerages.

The two key ratings agencies expressed caution about the debt metrics on GXO’s acquisition of Wincanton. (Photo: GXO)

Logistics companies are starting again to look for acquisitions that can help them better compete across modes, services and geographies.