GlobalTranz

Noi Mahoney Sunday, May 10, 2020

Borderlands: US supply chains’ future could be tied to Mexico and USMCA; Forager celebrates Laredo’s history as international port

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: U.S. supply chains’ future could be tied to Mexico and USMCA; Forager celebrates Laredo’s history as an international port; CBP aims to keep Mother’s Day flowers pest-free; Dachser Mexico offers new customs house brokerage services.

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Timothy Dooner Thursday, January 16, 2020

The box that connected the seas

On today’s episode we’re talking about the impact that the “box that changed the world,” aka the shipping container, made on global trade and our everyday lives. Adam Robinson dials in to tell us all about GlobalTraz purchase of Cerasis Plus, news about the Phase One trade deal, spending on supply chain risk, and the […]

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John Paul Hampstead Monday, June 3, 2019

Buy and build: the private equity strategy behind the new class of 3PL majors

To gain insight into the shifting landscape of freight brokerage, sometimes it’s best to follow the money, not the shiny new technology. The freight brokerage industry is undergoing a wave of rapid transformation. Incumbent asset-based carriers are aggressively growing their logistics offerings in pursuit of counter-cyclical margin and new digital entrants are redefining the upper […]

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Clarissa Hawes Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Logistics Expertise: The Ultimate “Killer App”

As the logistics industry continues to plow millions of dollars into digital freight matching
(DFM) technology that pairs shippers and carriers, there is a clear difference of
approach between third-party logistics providers (3PLs) that seek to minimize the “human element” and those that embrace the combination of automation technology and teams of skilled logistics professionals.

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John Paul Hampstead Monday, May 6, 2019

Krug, Waggoner and Yeager talk mergers and acquisitions

During the morning session at Transparency19 on May 6, Stifel investment banker John Larkin moderated a discussion about mergers and acquisitions between Renee Krug, CEO of GlobalTranz; Doug Waggoner, CEO of Echo Global Logistics (NASDAQ: ECHO); and Mark Yeager, CEO of Redwood Logistics. Themes of the conversation included the differences between public and private investors’ […]

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