Redwood Logistics

Chris Gillis Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Rapid Fire Demos: Front-to-back-of-the-truck digitalization

Digitalization has taken hold across every aspect of the trucking industry, from the back office and receiving dock, to the drivers, trucks and trailers, making it difficult for carrier and freight brokerage managers to ignore. There are lots of new cloud-based options for companies within the trucking industry to digitalize and integrate their operation platforms […]

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Noi Mahoney Friday, September 20, 2019

Remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda still affecting freight businesses in the Houston area

The one-two punch of torrential rains and heavy flooding from Tropical Storm Imelda has forced road closures and route changes for freight businesses in Houston and coastal Texas. “The road system in and around Houston has been significantly affected by flood waters,” said Troy Ryley, president of Redwood Mexico at Redwood Logistics. “This is creating […]

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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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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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