As the ongoing grip of the COVID-19 pandemic remains firm on the current state of manufacturing, it loosened, but only to a point, in May,…
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At the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, both FedEx and UPS suspended service guarantees, citing that business closures had impacted their ability to meet high…
Cisco Systems Takes Top Position; Six New Companies Join Ranking Source: logistics Mgmt
With a 0.004-cent increase, the national average came in at $2.390. This followed declines of 0.008-cents, 0.005-cents, 3.8-cents, and 4.3-cents, respectively, over the previous four…
Falling 0.008 cents, this week’s average came in at $2.386, following a 0.005-cent one week ago, to $2.394. This was preceded by a 3.8-cent decline…
Commerce reported that total April retail sales—at $403.9 billion—fell 16.4% sequentially, and 21.6% annually, following March’s $483.5 billion tally, which marked an 8.3% annual decline.…
The ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is changing the playbook, in some ways, for how global transportation and logistics bellwether FedEx is approaching capacity…
YRC earned $4.3 million on $1.15 billion revenue in the first quarter, compared with a net loss of $49.1 million on $1.18 billion revenue in…
The report’s key indicator, the NMI, fell 10.7% to 41.8 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth is occurring), coming off of March’s 52.5…
As part of IBM’s approach to combating COVID-19 with technology solutions that enable more trustworthy information, accelerated discovery, resiliency and adaptation, the company today announced…
COVID-19 has upended supply chains globally. We asked our readers how the virus is impacting their plans for new warehouse and distribution center solutions. Source:…
Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently caught up with Mark Yeager, Redwood Logistics CEO and Senior Advisor with CI Capital Partners. Yeager provided…
According to Jacob Shapiro, a geopolitical analyst, 90 percent of the businesses with a direct impact to their supply chains as a result of COVID-19…
At a time when United States-based food banks are facing major supply issues, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Seattle-based digital freight broker Convoy said today…
Trucker Tools and TruckPark have formed a strategic partnership to help truckers find safe parking facilities to help ease the national shortage for overnight rest…
Commerce reported that March retail sales—at $483.1 billion—were down 8.7% compared to February, which represents the single largest annual monthly retail sales decline going back…
Trucking markets roiled. Supply chains turned upside down. Worries about truck drivers’ welfare and customers just staying in business. And unemployment rates that rival those…
Rail carloads—at 210,911—were down 16.2%, trailing the weeks ending March 28 and March 21, at 219,844 and 224,048, respectively. Source: logistics Mgmt
With a 3.8-cent decline, this week’s national average—at $2.548—follows a 7.3-cent decline, to $2.586, the week of March 30 and an 8.1-cent decline, to $2.659,…
As people hunker down in their homes to isolate themselves from the COVID-19 pandemic, an army of dedicated professionals keeps the country’s food supply chains…