Descartes Systems Acquires XPS Technologies

Descartes Systems Acquires XPS Technologies

Descartes Systems Group, the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that it has acquired XPS Technologies, a leading provider of e-commerce multi-carrier parcel shipping solutions. XPS provides its cloud-based multi-carrier parcel shipping solutions directly to small, medium  and large sized e-commerce shippers. The XPS platform helps customers…

Supply chain upgrades are coming to Dollar Tree

Supply chain upgrades are coming to Dollar Tree

Supply chain has been a headache for Dollar Tree over the past year. Freight costs, shipment delays, and constraints on its pricing (due to its $1 promise, which the company is backing away from with new pricing and assortment initiatives) have made for a combined hit to the retailer’s profits….

Walmart is expanding drone deliveries in 6 states

Walmart is expanding drone deliveries in 6 states

Walmart customers in six states will soon be able to have their orders delivered by drone in less than 30 minutes. Through an expansion with operator DroneUp, the big-box retailer said it will be able to reach 4 million households in parts of Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Utah and Virginia….

Amazon Relay rewards carriers with program

Amazon Relay rewards carriers with program

Amazon Relay has a program designed to celebrate and reward the hardworking carriers who participate in the middle mile freight network. Carriers are the backbone of Amazon’s transportation network, so the Amazon Relay Rewards program was created to recognize and benefit them! Those who enroll can earn access to exclusive…

Bain Capital and Barber Partners  announce $500 Million Partnership To Build Cold-Storage Warehouses

Bain Capital and Barber Partners  announce $500 Million Partnership To Build Cold-Storage Warehouses

Barber Partners LLC, a commercial real estate developer, and Bain Capital’s Special Situations strategy (“Bain Capital”) today announced the formation of a national programmatic joint venture targeting the development of approximately 15 Class-A, state-of-the-art cold storage warehouse projects under the Chill Storage brand. The joint venture launches with the objective…

Logistics companies and their goals toward sustainability

Logistics companies and their goals toward sustainability

The global supply chain has monumental repercussions on the environment, causing long-term damage to ecosystems and generating record-breaking greenhouse gas emissions. But some of the world’s largest shipping companies are studying methods to reduce the footprint of their operations: Growth + Change = Opportunity! How are you going to capitalize…

Alpine Air Express, Inc acquired Suburban Air Freight Inc.

Alpine Air Express, Inc acquired Suburban Air Freight Inc.

Alpine Air Express, Inc., a leading regional air cargo carrier providing critical air infrastructure supporting a wide range of integrated logistics operations throughout North America, announced that it has acquired Suburban Air Freight Inc. Headquartered in Provo, Utah, Alpine is a leading Part-135 air cargo operator with a long and…

Oakland Athletics sued by shipping groups

Oakland Athletics sued by shipping groups

Groups representing truckers, ocean carriers, terminal operators, longshore workers and other port-related businesses, many of them union-organized, argue in one of the suits that the city shouldn’t have approved the environmental impact report for the Oakland Waterfront Ballpark District Project. A $12 billion plan by the Oakland Athletics to build…

Drivewyze e-Inspection program will operate in Vermont

Drivewyze e-Inspection program will operate in Vermont

Vermont is joining Kansas, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, Virginia, and Utah among states piloting expedited inspections with Drivewyze – making it possible to directly transmit electronic logging device (ELD) data when a truck is selected for an inspection. According to Brian Heath, President, and CEO of Drivewyze, interest and now…

Maersk set to acquire Pilot Freight Services for $1.6B

Maersk set to acquire Pilot Freight Services for $1.6B

A.P. Moller – Maersk announces the intended acquisition of Pilot Freight Services (Pilot), a leading U.S.-based first, middle and last mile as well as border crossing solutions provider, specializing in the big and bulky freight segment in North America for B2C and B2B distribution models, from ATL Partners, a sector-focused…

FMCSA updates guidance on CDL knowledge tests

FMCSA updates guidance on CDL knowledge tests

Trucking regulators have issued new guidance that strips away confusion over CDL testing standards and could help deploy entry-level drivers faster. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is amending its regulatory guidance to clarify that the regulations do not prohibit third-party testers from administering the commercial driver’s license knowledge tests…

Landstar: Freight Brokers Keep Breaking Records In Florida

Landstar: Freight Brokers Keep Breaking Records In Florida

Landstar System, Inc. (NASDAQ:LSTR) reported record quarterly revenue of $1.945 billion in the 2021 fourth quarter, a 50 percent increase over revenue of $1.296 billion in the 2020 fourth quarter. Following a record-breaking 2021 third quarter, the 2021 fourth quarter once again reset the standard as the best quarterly financial…

Major Logistics Events In New York City and California

Major Logistics Events In New York City and California

The National Retail Federation expects some 20,000 people in New York City this month for its annual event, a major forum for supply-chain technology and logistics providers. Big logistics-industry conferences are moving ahead with in-person events in the coming weeks even as the Omicron variant rips through the U.S. and…

5 Logistics Trends Shaping Logistics Management in 2022

5 Logistics Trends Shaping Logistics Management in 2022

In the year 2022, the logistics industry is predicted to have a bright outlook and several new trends are expected to dominate the industry. Green Logistics: The global pandemic has pushed more companies to consider their own carbon footprints—and those of their business partners—and prompted a wave of concern on…