Locus Robotics launches business intelligence tool LocusHub
Newly launched LocusHub lets warehouse managers customize autonomous mobile robots’ workflow routes, forecast staffing and orders with machine learning, and pinpoint bottlenecks.
Newly launched LocusHub lets warehouse managers customize autonomous mobile robots’ workflow routes, forecast staffing and orders with machine learning, and pinpoint bottlenecks.
Truck transportation jobs in the monthly BLS report were slightly down, but that couldn’t be said for plunging warehouse numbers.
The Teamsters and Anheuser-Busch have reached a new five-year contract covering 5,000 workers across operations in the U.S.
GXO’s offer to buy U.K. logistics firm Wincanton bests Ceva Logistics’ bid by 26%.
Zoning changes banning logistics facilities in Deerfield, Illinois, are to take effect Feb. 20.
ArcBest announced Tuesday it can now provide autonomous and remote-controlled forklift technology.
The Logistics Managers’ Index for January showed transportation prices are increasing as retailers take on inventory.
As the Bureau of Labor Statistics signaled in August, the annual revision of employment data shows fewer truck transportation jobs last year than initially reported.
Regulations continue to reshape industries in 2024. For warehousing, new environmental, labor and safety policies will require new strategies and technology adoption.
Link Logistics records another big year of final-mile property additions in 2023.
Slow growth in mega-leases is expected to continue through 2024, CBRE said.
Detention time is one of trucking’s most pernicious issues. Two former retail executives explain why the industry can’t seem to fix it.
Supply chain software providers Manhattan Associates, Blue Yonder and AWS Supply Chain used the National Retail Federation’s annual meeting to tout new offerings and discuss recent challenges.
Logistics real estate operator Prologis’ 2024 outlook calls for relative softness in the market during the first half of the year before rebounding.
Warehouse operator Prologis reported in-line fourth-quarter results and full-year 2024 guidance.
Seattle-based logistics startup Flexe is laying off 99 workers, its third round of layoffs in two years.
Private firm Longpoint acquires 25 commercial logistics warehouses in South Florida for $262 million.
The monthly BLS report showed a relatively modest gain for truck transportation jobs but another decline in warehouses.
Chattanooga, Tennessee-based 3PL Kenco announced Thursday it has acquired third-party warehousing services provider The Shippers Group.
The Logistics Managers’ Index report showed transportation metrics worsened again in December but noted recent inventory cuts could put the freight cycle back on track in 2024.
Proponents and opponents increasingly are slugging it out over the viability of warehouse developments.
A rule on warehouse emissions that the California Trucking Association viewed as like a zero-emission vehicle mandate has been upheld in court.
A new owner sees air cargo potential for underutilized property at Calgary airport in Alberta, Canada.
BWT Logistics announces it has acquired North Carolina-based regional 3PL International Express Trucking
The anticipated cuts in the fed funds rate will bring institutional capital off the sidelines in the second half of 2024, Prologis predicted.
Community opposition adds complexity to logistics warehouse development, the president of Prologis says.
Technology advancements will make it easy to automate warehousing operations right from your phone.
The small rise in truck transportation jobs in November contrasts with more recent big swings.
Yard automation will bring about significant improvements in how companies manage their transportation hubs, leading to streamlined operations, reduced costs and enhanced visibility.
Cold storage and logistics provider Lineage Logistics is working on an initial public offering that will value the company at more than $30 billion, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.
Carter Andrus has been named COO at Prologis, effective Jan. 1. Current COO Gary Anderson will become senior adviser and retire on June 30.
The industrial outdoor storage industry is catching a fresh bid from new players.
Embedding existing warehouses with new automation offers great potential as well as some risks, according to experts.
Total employed in the sector now more than 30,000 fewer than at May peak
Shared warehousing, distribution and fulfillment services are making it possible for companies to adapt to fluctuations in demand, providing the same functional benefits of an owned warehouse, distribution or fulfillment center without the upfront investment and risk.
A slowdown will be the pause that refreshes the industrial development segment.
Link Logistics added 24 million square feet of space during the third quarter while holding occupancy level.
Yard management needs a technology overhaul, with more automation to drive efficiency. Right now, manual processes slow down operations.
Companies are evaluating their warehouse footprint, assessing consolidation and not ruling out relocation, WarehouseQuote executive says.
Five years after the first multistory warehouse was delivered, questions still remain about the model’s viability in the U.S.
Omnichannel fulfillment provider Stord’s new service is designed to make delivery to retail DCs more affordable for smaller merchants.
Logistics warehouse owner Prologis on Tuesday noted some cracks in demand, which it attributed to interest-rate policy and geopolitical fears.
Logistics warehouse landlord Prologis beat expectations for the third quarter on Tuesday.
The logistics warehousing market is setting up for an acute supply shock by the second half of 2024 if tenant demand recovers, a CoStar report says.
A September supply chain survey suggests the freight industry is coming out of a recession.
International 3PL Iron Mountain can help organizations set up a distribution or fulfillment function in a new market in just 30 to 60 days.
Warehouse Services Inc. said Thursday it has acquired Sky Transportation Services, a dry van fleet specializing in cross-border shipments.
The Office of Inspector General reported the rate of illness and injury at U.S. warehouses as “consistently high.”
Supply chains are one crisis away from seizing up again, say the CEOs of Prologis and Home Depot.
Seattle-based logistics provider Flexe has laid off a third of its workforce.
Recent estimates on the current level of employment in the transportation and warehousing sector by the BLS are probably too high.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest report shows truck transportation jobs at a level in July less than last October.
Transportation prices fell sharply again in July, but the rate of decline is slowing.
The latest data from WarehouseQuote indicates retailers have ho-hum expectations for the holiday season.
Logistics real estate operator Link Logistics upgrades its portfolio in the second quarter, booking a 52% increase in leasing spreads.
Big-box facility leasing dropped 36% year over year, CBRE says.
Logistics real estate giant Prologis beat second-quarter estimates Tuesday but lowered its rent growth forecast for 2023 as the market cools from peak activity.
The industrial real estate market is beginning to revert back to solid pre-pandemic levels, a Cushman & Wakefield report says.
The BLS report on truck transportation in June showed a slight decline from May, but revisions mean job levels are higher than April.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says non-vessel operating common carrier W8 Shipping exposed workers to deadly safety hazards at one of its auto export facilities.
Logistics warehouse owner Prologis announced Monday the $3.1 billion acquisition of an industrial real estate portfolio owned by Blackstone.
PalletTrader is an online marketplace specifically designed for buying and selling pallets and pallets only. Since its launch in October, it has reached 1 million transactions and is rolling out an expanded service. But why is PalletTrader growing so fast and why do we need a marketplace just for pallets?
About $2.3 trillion was spent to keep the nation’s logistics system operating in 2022, according to the 34th State of Logistics Report.
GXO is starting its multiyear German expansion plan through the use of warehouse in Dormagen.
Prologis said the recent interest in logistics space in Mexico is just the beginning of what could be decades of demand.
Two new Saddle Creek facilities have opened. Another will open next month, followed by a fourth in 2024.
Ikea announced it has acquired cloud-based supply chain and warehouse management software provider Made4net.
MWCold operates 545,000 square feet of warehouses.
Gains in industrial real estate markets were reported in eastern and central Pennsylvania as well as greater Philadelphia.
GXO plans to run a new facility for consumer giant Kellogg in Belgium.
Users need to plan for rapidly tightening logistics real estate markets next year, a Prologis report says.
Truck transportation jobs rose in April, defying the worst forecasts from the freight recession.
Cold storage provider Americold raised 2023 guidance even though it remains uncertain how much a recent cyberattack will impact results.
Link Logistics maintained high occupancy and rent growth in the first quarter.
Lineage Logistics has opened a facility in Georgia designed to ease chokepoints for imports of produce at mid-Atlantic ports.
Logistics real estate operator Prologis believes headwinds facing the supply side will prop up occupancy and rents into 2024.
Warehouse operator Prologis reported first-quarter results in line with expectations Tuesday.
In 2022, 4,000 fulfillment centers were added to the global building stock. Interact Analysis forecasts that number to be cut in half this year.
Rents in the Chicago logistics market rose 15.7% compared to a year ago. Some in-demand submarkets saw rent increases of 20% or greater in Q1, according to Colliers data.
The truck transportation sector increased jobs in March, reversing a one-month decline in February.
This is the first time that 3PLs have been the top player in the warehouse leasing market since CBRE began compiling data in 2012.
The XPO contract logistics spinoff GXO is expanding its shared warehousing solution globally, starting with the European market.
Working in a co-warehousing environment is the next opportunity for merchants to hit customer targets while keeping warehouse and distribution costs under control, an expert says.
Federal investigators in California recently ordered two separate logistics operators to pay more than $1 million in back wages to Mexico-based warehouse workers.
Temperature-controlled warehouse operator RLS Logistics has planted a flag in the Midwest.
Warehouse robotics firm Locus Robotics announced a major automation solution for AMR fleets, LocusOne.
“We have been here over a decade and have deployed thousands of systems using this technology. We are bringing this level of experience with robotics that is just unmatched in this market,” said Mujin Director of Sales Josh Cloer.
Supply chain and logistics firms are making their solutions known at the industry’s largest event. Here’s the most notable news.
Abundant land, population growth and access to reasonably priced labor are just several factors that make the Dallas/Fort Worth market different from the rest, says David Eseke of Cushman & Wakefield.
ArcBest said Wednesday it has launched freight movement technology, allowing the contents of an entire trailer to be unloaded at once.
Short-term WALT leases present enticing returns for logistics real estate investors, according to latest research from commercial real estate firm Newmark.
The Colliers report highlights resilient demand through the year-end, with some cooling in 2023 as macro conditions weaken.
Supply chain veteran and patent holder Julian Van Erlach explains how FabFitFun continues to ship “more gross profit dollars per package.”
This week, FreightWaves will host Global Supply Chain Week, a three-day virtual experience featuring dozens of leaders in global trade.
There were ‘no surprises’ in GXO’s quarterly report, according to CFO Baris Oran.
A whopping 35 big-box warehouse facilities were built on “spec” construction, 46% above the previous record, Colliers says.
Transaction volume fell 35% in the fourth quarter as investors reassessed the industrial real estate market in the wake of interest rate hikes, a JLL report showed.
The annual revision to the BLS employment model showed a lot more workers in truck transportation last year than originally estimated.