GlobalTranz Enterprises has struck a deal with Providence Equity Partners to acquire the business from The Jordan Co. in a move designed to provide additional financial support for the company’s aggressive growth strategy.
April 4, 2019Logistics
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Business, Logistics, Top 50
GlobalTranz agent by GlobalTranz
Investment Firm Regains Ownership of GlobalTranz
GlobalTranz agent by GlobalTranz
Government, Business, Logistics
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Industry Objects to Plan to Privatize Military Moves
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A plan to turn over responsibility for household-goods moves for military personnel to a single third-party transportation manager is running into opposition from industry leaders who say the idea is flawed and won’t rectify the problems U.S. Transportation Command said it wants to address.
April 3, 2019
Business, Logistics, Top 100
A Bison Transport refrigerated trailer on display at an industry show. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
Bison Transport Acquires H.O. Wolding as Canadian Firms Eye US Expansion
A Bison Transport refrigerated trailer on display at an industry show. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
Bison Transport Inc. acquired Amherst, Wis.-based H.O. Wolding Inc., a 320-truck dry van fleet, marking a further expansion by the Winnipeg, Manitoba-based trucking firm into the United States.
April 3, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics
Cars and trucks line up to enter the U.S. from Mexico at a border crossing in El Paso, Texas. (Gerald Herbert/AP)
Trump Softens Position Toward Closing US-Mexico Border
Cars and trucks line up to enter the U.S. from Mexico at a border crossing in El Paso, Texas. (Gerald Herbert/AP)
President Donald Trump on April 4 said he will delay closing the U.S.-Mexico border for one year, just days after it was announced he would seal the southern border as early as this week.
April 3, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics
Choptank representatives in Preston, Md. (Choptank Transport)
Trucker Tools Helps 3PL Choptank Corral Tech Holdouts
Choptank representatives in Preston, Md. (Choptank Transport)
Choptank, a third-party logistics service provider, says it recently incorporated a wider array of Trucker Tools, a system of applications, to more rapidly “shed” manual processes such as phone calls. Trucker Tools helps drivers and brokers track freight and bid on jobs.
April 3, 2019
Business, Logistics
Interactive Map: Where the 2019 Top 50 Logistics Companies Are in North America
Find out where the 2019 Top 50 Logistics Companies are located by regions and by state in North America with our interactive map.
April 3, 2019
Business, Logistics, Top 100
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April 2, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics
Traffic crosses the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan. (Julie Jacobson/AP)
Tolling Plan Approved for Manhattan, but Rates Remain Unclear
Traffic crosses the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan. (Julie Jacobson/AP)
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recently approved spending plan includes a variable tolling program that would affect travelers driving into Manhattan. Its impact on trucking is still unknown.
April 2, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics
John Taggart/Bloomberg News
NYC Congestion Pricing Triggers Hustle for Discounts, Exemptions
John Taggart/Bloomberg News
Commercial truckers want out of New York City’s first-in-the-nation congestion pricing. So do advocates for the disabled, taxi drivers and swaths of the suburbs.
April 2, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics
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Tesla Quarterly Sales Announcement Could Come With a Surprise
Odin Jaeger/Bloomberg News
Tesla Inc. will announce this week how many cars it built and sold for the quarter. It’s always a day of suspense for investors, especially after a tumultuous 2018 in which production tripled while managing to fall short of dramatic targets set by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. This time around, there could be another surprise.
April 1, 2019