Avenger Logistics, a freight brokerage and logistics company created in 2015 by former Gold Bond Inc. owner Don Godsey, is likely to be a top local contender on the 2019 Inc. list after growing from $9 million in sales in 2016 to more than $60 million this year. The company expects to top $100 million in sales next year.
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Government, Business, Logistics, TCA
Avenger Logistics Poised to Join Chattanooga’s Roster of Rapidly Growing Firms
Business, Logistics
Angela Eliacostas (right) with finalists Nozuko Mayeza (left) and Brooke Willey. (Eleanor Lamb/Transport Topics)
AGT Global’s Angela Eliacostas Wins Influential Woman In Trucking Award
Angela Eliacostas (right) with finalists Nozuko Mayeza (left) and Brooke Willey. (Eleanor Lamb/Transport Topics)
FRISCO, Texas— Angela Eliacostas, founder and CEO of AGT Global Logistics, has won Women In Trucking Association’s Influential Woman in Trucking award.
November 13, 2018
Business, Technology, Logistics, TCA
Ted S. Warren/Associated Press
Amazon Air Takes Delivery of 40th Cargo Plane
Ted S. Warren/Associated Press
Amazon.com on Nov. 12 took delivery of the 40th and final plane in a lease deal for its expanding air-cargo operation. More may be on the way. A senior executive at an aircraft lessor said Amazon was shopping around for more Boeing 767 freighters and had put out a request for proposals for an additional six jets earlier this year.
November 13, 2018
Government, Business, Logistics
Amazon Headquarters in Seattle. (Elaine Thompson/Associated Press)
Amazon Selects Washington, New York Metro Areas for Coveted ‘HQ2’ Sites
Amazon Headquarters in Seattle. (Elaine Thompson/Associated Press)
Amazon.com Inc. will build new offices in New York City and Arlington, Va., ending months of jockeying between potential locations across the country vying for a $5 billion investment that promises 50,000 high-paying jobs over almost two decades.
November 13, 2018
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA
Port of Miami dredging in 2014. (Lynne Sladky/Associated Press)
PortMiami Seeks to Expand Three Years After Controversial ‘Deep Dredge’ Project
Port of Miami dredging in 2014. (Lynne Sladky/Associated Press)
The super ships are coming, and PortMiami — set in an aquatic preserve at the north tip of Biscayne Bay — says it needs to get bigger. While the scope of the work remains uncertain, enlarging the busy port just three years after completion of the previous $205 million “Deep Dredge” is sure to set off another skirmish over potential damage to sea life from digging up the bottom of the shallow bay.
November 13, 2018
Business, Technology, Logistics
TorQuest Partners Invests in Cando Rail
TorQuest Partners, a Toronto-based midmarket private equity firm, has invested in Cando Rail Services Ltd. of Brandon, Manitoba.
November 13, 2018
Business, Logistics, Top 100
XPO Logistics
XPO Logistics Unveils LTL Optimization Plan
XPO Logistics
XPO Logistics will begin a four-point plan to optimize less-than-truckload operations.
November 13, 2018
Business, Technology, Logistics
Ted S. Warren/Associated Press
Amazon Delivery Centers Look to Bridge the Last Mile
Ted S. Warren/Associated Press
Amazon.com rapidly is adding delivery stations across the country to better handle the rising number of orders it receives, and a big one landed on Centennial’s porch last month.
November 9, 2018
Government, Business, Logistics
Port of Veracruz. (Shutterstock)
DexFreight to Spearhead Proof of Concept for Blockchain-Driven Port System
Port of Veracruz. (Shutterstock)
DexFreight, a blockchain-based logistics platform provider, has announced a contract with Veracruz, Mexico, to develop a proof of concept for a blockchain-driven port community system.
November 9, 2018
Business, Logistics, Top 100
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Radiant Logistics Reports Positive Results in Fiscal 1Q
TT file photo
Radiant Logistics reported strong gains in profits and net revenue in the three months ended Sept. 30 as the Bellevue, Wash.-based company saw a broad-based improvement in its international freight forwarding, truck and rail brokerage, warehousing and supply chain management business in the United States and Canada.
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