Feelunique, a European online beauty retailer, has partnered with Seko Logistics to open a distribution hub in Hong Kong.
October 18, 2018Logistics
Business, Logistics, Top 50
Seko Logistics
Beauty Retailer Feelunique, Seko Logistics Partner on Hong Kong Hub
Seko Logistics
Business, Logistics
Delmar International Acquires CV Logistics
Delmar International, a Lachine, Quebec, company whose offerings include freight forwarding and warehousing and distribution, has announced the acquisition of CV Logistics, also in Quebec.
October 18, 2018
Government, Business, Fuel, Logistics
Virginia Department of Transportation
Congestion Creates $74.5 Billion Burden for Trucking, ATRI Study Shows
Virginia Department of Transportation
Traffic congestion on the nation’s highways added $74.5 billion in operational costs to the trucking industry in 2016, according to the American Transportation Research Institute’s recent analysis.
October 18, 2018
Business, Logistics
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Walmart Unveils High-Tech Grocery Warehouse
Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg News
Walmart Inc. is building a high-speed grocery warehouse to solidify its position as the nation’s biggest grocer.
October 18, 2018
Business, Technology, Logistics
FreightSnap
SMC3 Adds Volume LTL Pricing API
FreightSnap
SMC3, a knowledge hub for LTL transportation pricing data and technology, has added a tool to its platform.
October 18, 2018
Government, Business, Logistics, Top 50, Top 100
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Amazon, FedEx, UPS Could Gain from Trump Threat to Leave Postal Union
Getty Images
U.S. e-commerce companies including Amazon.com and shippers such as FedEx Corp. and UPS Inc. stand to gain from the Trump administration’s move Oct. 17 to withdraw from an international postal agreement.
October 18, 2018
Business, Technology, Logistics
Each package zooms through a tunnel with multiple cameras that scan a bar code on each side of the box. (Dan Ronan/Transport Topics)
UPS’ New Automated Sorting Facility in Atlanta Is Up and Running
Each package zooms through a tunnel with multiple cameras that scan a bar code on each side of the box. (Dan Ronan/Transport Topics)
ATLANTA — UPS Inc. is looking to the future with its new Southeast Metro Automated Routing Terminal. About the size of 19 football fields, the automated facility can be expanded to increase the 1,700 packages a minute it is able to process now.
October 18, 2018
Business, Logistics, TCA
Steve Helber/associated Press
Second FedEx Ground Station Opens in Oklahoma City
Steve Helber/associated Press
FedEx Corp. has operated one 180,000-square-foot shipping station in Oklahoma City since 2006, and on Oct. 16 it celebrated the grand opening of a 270,000-square-foot shipping facility in north Oklahoma City to more than double its warehouse space in the area.
October 17, 2018
Government, Business, Logistics
Andrew Harrer/bloomberg News
Trump Plans Exit From Postal Treaty as Measure Against China
Andrew Harrer/bloomberg News
President Donald Trump plans to withdraw the United States from a 192-nation treaty that gives Chinese companies discounted shipping rates for small packages sent to American consumers, another escalation of his economic confrontation of Beijing.
October 17, 2018
Business, Equipment, Logistics
John Sommers II for Transport Topics
Fleet Expansion Generates Record Profits at P.A.M. Transportation Services in 3Q
John Sommers II for Transport Topics
Higher rates and a bigger fleet in a strong freight market produced record profits for P.A.M. Transportation Services in the third quarter.
October 16, 2018