Logistics
Loadsmart Adds Executives, Opens New Headquarters
Loadsmart via YouTube
Loadsmart has announced changes to its executive leadership team as well as the opening of a new headquarters in Chicago.
October 12, 2021Maersk Diverts Ships From UK Ports Short on Truckers
Maersk containers on a ship. (Freya Ingrid Morales/Bloomberg News)
A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S said it had to divert some ships from the U.K.’s largest container port because of congestion tied to a trucker shortage that’s clogging the flow of cargo boxes into and out of the country.
October 12, 2021Mario Harik Tabbed to Run XPO’s LTL Division
Mario Harik (left) and Tony Brooks via LinkedIn
XPO Logistics Inc. CIO Mario Harik will run the company’s less-than-truckload division in an acting capacity in the wake of the retirement of the LTL division president, Tony Brooks.
October 8, 2021Andlauer Healthcare to Acquire Boyle, Skelton USA
A Boyle Transportation and a UPS truck at Pfizer's Kalamazoo, Mich., plant. (Absolute Video of Kalamazoo)
T.F. Boyle Transportation, a truckload carrier and provider of specialized transportation logistics, is being acquired by health care supply chain specialist Andlauer Healthcare Group Inc. in a deal valued at $80 million.
October 8, 2021Greenbriar Reportedly Considers Sale of BDP International
Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg
Greenbriar Equity Group is exploring a sale of BDP International that could value the logistics company at more than $1.5 billion including debt, people with knowledge of the matter said.
October 8, 2021Trucking Acquisitions Show No Signs of Slowing Down
Workers at MoLo Solutions' dispatch center. ArcBest on Sept. 29 announced it will buy the Chicago-based truckload freight broker. (MoLo Solutions via Facebook)
The deal market in the trucking industry is heating up as buyers and sellers look to make moves amid a confluence of factors that are driving activity, experts said.
October 7, 2021COVID Vaccine Rollout Is Still Impacting Pharma Transportation
Boxes containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are loaded into a truck for shipping. (Paul Sancya/Associated Press)
The pharmaceutical industry and its transportation partners remain busy with the distribution of coronavirus vaccines.
October 7, 2021Book Industry Thrown Into Chaos Over Supply Chain Delays
A shopper browses books at a bookstore. (M_a_y_a/Getty Images)
The book industry has been thrown into chaos over widespread delays in the supply chain as the crucial holiday season approaches.
October 7, 2021Holiday Shopping Season Will Test Supply Chain, Experts Say
Containers are unloaded at the Port of Los Angeles. On Oct. 5, 28 containerships were waiting for a berth at the facility. (Seth Clevenger/Transport Topics
With shoppers already starting to purchase gifts and other items earlier than usual for the upcoming holiday season, concerns are growing that the already strained international supply chain will not be able to handle the crush of goods.
October 6, 2021GXO, Abercrombie & Fitch to Open Automated Distribution Center
GXO Logistics
GXO Logistics and Abercrombie & Fitch Co. announced an agreement Oct. 6 to open a new distribution center that will blend traditional staffing with automation.
October 6, 2021