Logistics

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For the commercial transportation business, moving things from point A to point B is job one. This coverage explores all of those movements at a global level and focuses on everything from global trade, ocean shipping, and port activity to intermodal business, rail operations and the greater supply chain.
 

Business, Logistics

Companies Partner on Route-Fleet Software

C2Logix Inc. and CD SRVS said they are combining their products to offer a single offering for route optimization and fleet communication.

August 29, 2011
Business, Logistics

Roadrunner Agrees to Purchase Logistics Firm for $97.5 Million

Bidding to broaden its market reach, less-than-truckload hauler Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. has agreed to acquire Prime Logistics Corp., a food logistics firm that operates as Prime Distribution Services Inc., for about $97.5 million.

August 29, 2011
Business, Government, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Falls in August

Consumer confidence dropped in August to its lowest level since November 2008, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

August 26, 2011
Business, Logistics

TMSi Logistics Buys Griffin Global

TMSi Logistics, Portsmouth, N.H., said it has acquired Reno, Nev.-based Griffin Global Logistics Inc. for an undisclosed sum.

August 26, 2011
Business, Logistics

Pitney Bowes Beefs Up SendSuite

Pitney Bowes said it has made some enhancements to its SendSuite Live logistics software.

August 26, 2011
Business, Logistics

Weekly Intermodal Traffic Rises 1%

Intermodal traffic climbed 1% last week on higher container traffic, the Association of American Railroads reported.

August 26, 2011
Business, Logistics

Roadrunner Transportation to Purchase Prime Logistics Corp.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems said it will purchase Prime Logistics Corp., a third-party logistics firm, for $97.5 million.

August 24, 2011
Business, Logistics

TransCore Launches Insurance Monitoring Center

TransCore has announced the opening of its CarrierWatch Insurance Monitoring Center, designed to help freight brokers, third-party logistics companies and shippers add new carriers and monitor the ones they already use.

August 23, 2011
Business, Logistics

Old Dominion Starts Indiana Expansion Project

Old Dominion Freight Line said it has broken ground on an expansion of its regional hub in Indianapolis that will cost nearly $22 million.

August 19, 2011
Business, Logistics

Ceva's 2Q Earnings Jump

Ceva Logistics, the Netherlands-based logistics operator, said its second-quarter results improved over 2010.

August 19, 2011