Logistics

Just three business days before a new round of entry-level sales representatives were scheduled to start work on April 20 at Cincinnati-based Total Quality Logistics, some received telephone calls from recruiters notifying them that their start date had been pushed back until sometime in May. This...

The American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) has released a free-to-use, online tool that shows supply chain managers and transportation providers a country-wide map of where COVID-19 is impacting roads, airports and seaports. "During disasters like this, few things are more important than accurate...

The COVID-19 pandemic is putting third-party logistics providers in financial peril, but it also offers an opportunity. Now is the time to demonstrate their value to customers who face dire supply chain disruptions, industry officials say. "Brokers and forwarders are needed now, and will be in the...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's airlift of emergency supplies to combat the novel coronavirus is kicking into overdrive, but House lawmakers are raising questions about how decisions are being made to intervene in private-sector supply chains and divert resources to locations identified...

Slync.io, a San Francisco technology startup, announced it had raised $11 million to grow its multiparty supply chain platform business, closing out a yearlong fundraising effort at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. "It's fitting with how it's gone for it to close in this kind of climate,"...

Every week, FreightWaves is highlighting companies offering services that help logistics operators tackle the supply chain challenges flaring up during the COVID-19 crisis. Companies have risen to the occasion by opening up software platforms that were otherwise behind a paywall and developing...

Rail technology firm ZTR and communications and security software provider BlackBerry, Limited (NYSE: BB) are partnering to devise a system to help railcar owners, operators and suppliers monitor their railcars remotely, both companies said today. The new offering would enable owners, operators...

Good day, COVID-19 has altered the traditional business landscape, with video conferencing now the communications norm. Logistics is no different, but Steve Denton, CEO of Ware2Go, said that smart companies can adjust through the proper use of technology. "There are solutions and technologies...

Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka has a weighty task — procurement and distribution of medical supplies critical to the fight against the coronavirus. LA Mayor Eric Garcetti earlier this week named Seroka the city's chief logistics officer.  "How do we help local hospitals that...

Global container shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk (OTCMKTS: AMKBY) said April 1 that it has completed its $545 million acquisition of U.S. warehouse and distribution firm Performance Team. With the acquisition, Maersk's number of North American warehouses increases to 46 and will allow the...

Large numbers of dedicated freighters are descending on China to pick up face masks and other equipment being made in large quantities after the country was able to stop the spread of COVID-19 and reopen factories. No longer requiring as much equipment for its own use, China is churning out...

Last week, FreightWaves posted a round-up article about some of the services that were announced by logistics companies to ease tension among supply chain stakeholders scrambling to take stock of the COVID-19 situation. As companies continue to unveil new services, here is the second part of the...

With global supply chains rattled by the unforeseen coronavirus pandemic, "force majeure" may become the word du jour among global freight forwarders in the coming weeks as more of these firms seek flexibility with their existing service contracts. CEVA Logistics (OTCMKTS: CVLGF) and DHL Global...

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. This is part one of two articles on best practices to optimizing supply chains. Part two will publish on March 24, 2020. How do you optimize the freight usage side...

OmniTRAX, one of the largest transportation and supply chain management providers to railroads and ports, announced another addition in the C-suite on March 19, naming Robert Walker its new CFO effective immediately. Walker will head up the corporate finance, treasury, financial planning and...