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This week's DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 70 (Carriers) Last week's DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 75 (Carriers)  Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 70 (Carriers) The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data in FreightWaves SONAR to...

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There is almost nothing that is not being impacted by rising commodity prices and tight availability in the supply chain. Add the humble pallet to the list. On this week's Drilling Deep podcast, host John Kingston speaks with an expert on pallet markets, Matt Zielenski of the Freedonia Group, on...

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what's happening in the freight ecosystem. In today's edition, we highlight project44's acquisition of software company ClearMetal, a huge carbon dioxide emissions ruling in the Netherlands and more. Also … Turvo, provider of the world's leading collaboration...

This is an excerpt from Monday's (5/27) Point of Sale retail supply chain newsletter sponsored by ArcBest. It's been nearly four years since Amazon acquired Whole Foods. When the deal was announced, the fear was that in its quest for retail domination, Amazon would strip out everything that made...

USA Truck (NASDAQ: USAK) implemented a pay increase for its drivers earlier this month. That normally isn't a big deal. Companies have been doing that since late last summer. What was notable about USA Truck, one of the country's largest truckload carriers and publicly traded to boot, is that it...

ShipBob is now an official shipping and fulfillment partner on the Walmart (NYSE: WMT) Marketplace, giving small and medium-sized businesses new options for fulfilling their e-commerce orders within two days. The cloud-based logistics platform is now able to fulfill orders for Marketplace sellers...

Project44, a leader in real-time visibility of the global supply chain, announced on Thursday it has acquired ClearMetal, a San-Francisco based supply chain planning software company that focuses on international freight visibility, predictive planning and overall customer experience. The terms of...

E2open Parent Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ETWO), a global cloud-based supply chain management platform based in Austin, Texas, announced Thursday it plans to acquire the Holland, Michigan-based logistics execution platform BluJay Solution. The deal could be valued at $1.7 billion, consisting of $760...

The District Court of The Hague in the Netherlands on Wednesday ordered Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-A) to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by a net 45% compared to 2019 levels by the end of 2030. Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie), six other organizations and more than 17,000 co...

Cookeville, Tennessee-based Averitt Express recently opened a 400,000-square-foot distribution and fulfillment center in Grand Prairie, Texas, near Dallas. The new center, which employs about 70 workers, is aimed at streamlining supply chains for manufacturers, distributors and retailers, company...

Mario Gafencu wishes the Stoneridge Inc. MirrorEye Camera Monitor System (CMS) was around when he was rolling up 2.5 million accident-free miles as a professional driver. His first 20-mile drive on a snowy January day last year was all the evidence he needed. "Regardless of all the road spray from...

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what's happening in the freight ecosystem. In today's edition, we highlight the global partnership for autonomous trucking software, a development in the Canada-to-Mexico railway network and more. The High Five 1. Kodiak Robotics is partnering with South Korean...

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The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) reported this week the Port of Savannah had achieved its busiest April on record and its second-busiest month ever. The busiest occurred just one month earlier. The Port of Savannah handled 466,633 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in April, a 38% increase — or...