Logistics Services News Archive
Global Partners Teams with Canadian Pacific to Increase Ethanol Capacity
Global Partners has announced a multi-million-dollar project that will add 180,000 barrels of ethanol storage capacity and rail access at its refined petroleum products terminal in Albany, New York. Developed jointly with Canadian Pacific Railway, the project, expected to be operational in 2010, will enable the Albany terminal to schedule the delivery of 80-car trains of ethanol...
Panalpina Expands Supply Chain Capabilities in Los Angeles
Panalpina Los Angeles, a supplier of forwarding and logistics services, has added 42,000 square feet of warehouse space, extending the company’s portfolio of supply chain management services to clients in Southern California and beyond...
Moulton Logistics Plans New DC Near Charleston
Moulton Logistics Management, a provider of order fulfillment, call center and integrated logistics services, will locate its new distribution and logistics facility in Berkeley County, South Carolina. The $25 million investment is expected to generate 500 new jobs in the next five years...
TBB Global Partners with LoJack on Cargo Security
TBB Global Logistics has formed a partnership with LoJack Supply Chain Integrity which allows TBB to provide customers with the LoJack’s in-transit cargo protection technology solution...
2009 Was the Safest Year Ever for Freight Railroads
The year 2009 was the safest year in freight railroad history. Preliminary year-end data indicate the train accident rate, employee casualty rate and grade crossing incident rates were all at record low levels last year...
Team 3 Logistics Launches to Serve Auto Industry
Kenco Logistic Services LLC (KLS), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Kal-Serv, has partnered with Schnellecke of America LLC to form Team 3 Logistics LLC. This new joint venture will offer logistic solutions to support automotive production in the Southeastern United States...
Saint-Gobain Streamlines Supply Chain Transactions
Saint-Gobain Corp., a building materials manufacturer and distributor, will use a Sterling Commerce solution to integrate ERP systems and automate business processes among its customers and suppliers with the aim of achieving enhanced productivity, improved supply chain management and a stronger competitive edge...
Swissport Deploys Dimensioning Systems Across Global Network
Thanks to a partnership between Swissport International, a provider of ground services to the aviation sector, and technology provider FreightScan, Swissport is installing automated dimensioning systems in facilities across its global network, offering an enhanced level of cargo handling services to airlines...
Old Dominion Opens Free Trade Zone Facility in Southeast
LTL carrier Old Dominion Freight Line has opened a new warehouse facility that also will headquarter its OD-Warehousing and Distribution Services Division, in Thomasville, N.C. The new warehouse facility includes an established Free Trade Zone...
Georgia Ports Expands Refrigerated Cargo Volume
Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has added a new set of electrified refrigerated container racks, and can now accommodate 1,056 containers. The expansion will also reduce diesel fuel consumption...
LeSaint Logistics and Royal Chemical Launch Supply Chain Service
LeSaint Logistics and Royal Chemical are teaming up to provide a closed loop chemical solution, combining the capabilities of manufacturing, warehousing, inventory fulfillment and transportation...
Con-way Freight Reduces Accident Frequency Rate by 13 Percent
Con-way Freight has announced that 2009 was its best year for safety since 2003. The LTL carrier reduced its accident frequency rate and earned more than 70 industry safety awards in 2009...
American Airlines Opens Cargo Facility at JFK Airport
American Airlines Cargo Division (AA Cargo) has opened its newly relocated cargo terminal at JFK International Airport in New York. The facility offers more than 135,000 square feet of warehouse space and 24 dock doors...
Which Are Greener: Trains or Trucks?
In some cases, motor carriers are more fuel efficient than railroads...
UPS Opens New Distribution Center in Calgary
UPS has opened a new distribution center at the Calgary International Airport (YYC) to provide businesses with direct access to the U.S. and international markets. The $30 million facility is designed to expedite international shipments...
Clean Energy Expands Network of LNG Truck Fueling Stations
Clean Energy Fuels plans to expand its existing network of LNG truck fueling stations in Southern California this year beyond the Los Angeles/Long Beach ports complex. New or upgraded fueling facilities are planned for strategic points along truck transport routes in various California cities, as part of the company’s plans to expand throughout the Southwestern United States...
Barcode Scanning Helps Salvation Army Distribute Goods Throughout Haiti
The Salvation Army is replacing handwritten paper index cards with high-tech barcode technology to ensure that more than 4,000 families here efficiently receive food, shelter and medical supplies. UPS has donated the technology and adapted it for disaster relief supply distribution...
NRS Launches Logistics Service for China-U.S. Retail Trade
National Retail Systems, a 3PL for U.S. retailers, is leveraging its joint venture with China-based Sinotrans to provide vendor-controlled inventory management solutions from factory to store...
TIGER Program Awards $730 Million to Freight Projects
The US Department of Transportation has announced $1.5 billion in funds through the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Program. Twenty-two of the projects contain a strong freight component, and those 22 projects received 49% of the available funds, totaling more than $730 million...
YRC Worldwide to Raise $70 Million in Private Placement
YRC Worldwide has entered into a note purchase agreement for $70 million in new capital. The proceeds will go to satisfying remaining 2010 note obligations, with the remaining proceeds to provide working capital...
Spot Freight Market Up 54 Percent in January
Freight availability in January rose by 54% on the North American spot market compared to January 2009. This marked the fourth consecutive month of improvement on a year-over-year basis...
Transportation Pioneer John Ruan Passes Away
John Ruan, founder of Ruan Transportation Management Systems, has passed away at the age of 96. He is remembered not only for his entrepreneurial efforts within the logistics field, but for his humanitarian contributions as well...
Estes Forwarding Adds Six Regional Facilities
Estes Forwarding Worldwide has opened six regional facilities and an office in Asia to meet the growing demands of its customers...
UPS Plans to Furlough 300 Pilots
UPS plans to furlough at least 300 of its airline pilots, but the company insists it will continue its effort to find a solution with the pilots’ union that would avert or mitigate the layoffs before they take effect. UPS employs about 2,800 pilots...
CN Plans $100-million Logistics Park in Calgary
Canadian National Railway (CN) plans to establish a new $100-million CN Calgary Logistics Park. The 680-acre park will include an intermodal terminal with room for customers to co-locate with CN and custom build their facility in place...
