Following a September 12 announcement by Class I railroad carrier Kansas City Southern (KCS), which stated that Board of Directors has indicated that the revised…
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Late last week, one global Atlanta-based company purchased a smaller Atlanta-based one, with freight transportation and logistics titan UPS announcing it entered into an agreement…
The July reading—at 134.5—fell 1.6% from July, seeing a decline for the third consecutive month. And compared to July 2020, it eked out a 0.5%…
UPS said the openings it will be filling are for various positions, including: full- and part-time seasonal positions—primarily package handlers, drivers, driver helpers and personal…
It is a sprint to the finish for President Joe Biden’s signature legislative priority, a massive $3.5 trillion “human infrastructure” package. A bipartisan $1 trillion…
Shortly after the August 31 unanimous decision issued by the Surface Transportation Board (STB), which rejected the use of a voting trust between Canadian National…
The reading for the report’s key indicator—the Services PMI (formerly the Non-Manufacturing PMI)—came in at 61.7 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth is…
During this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Ian Jefferies, President and CEO OF…
Kathy Fulton, Executive Director of the American Logisitcs Aid Network (ALAN) provided updated guidance to to supply chain, freight transportation, and logistics professionals about Hurricane…
As Hurricane Ida makes its way up the Southeast coast and up towards the East Coast, various freight transportation and logistics service providers continue to…
During this podcast, Haber provided a detailed overview of key trends and themes in parcel, express delivery, and last-mile logistics sectors. Topics covered included: Peak…
Rail carloads—at 230,754—eked out a 0.4% annual gain, trailing the week ending August 14, at 235,011, and the week ending August 7, at 234,336. Source:…
Contactless delivery pilot during pandemic brings efficiencies to the CPG supply chain, notes report
The Consumer Brands Association recently released an operational standard for contactless freight pickup and delivery designed to empower companies to shift from an archaic paper-based…
According to data released by Resilinc, a global leader in the supply chain risk monitoring space, human-caused supply chain disruptions are rising overall, with the…
During this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Brandon Fried, Executive Director at the…
The June reading—at 136.9—was off 0.2% compared to May. And it was also the second straight decrease, for a cumulative 0.6% going back to April,…
Amazon has been planning and building out operations for this $1.5 billion investment over the last four years, and it said that this hub will…
As expected, a bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure deal passed the Senate today by a 69-30 vote. That included 19 Republicans in favor, including Senate Minority…
USPS had a quarterly net loss of $3.0 billion, steeper than a $2.2 billion loss for the same quarter a year ago, with this year’s…
The current spate of trucking mergers and acquisitions will continue as long as low interest rates, the driver shortage, and favorable economic conditions for carriers…