DHL Express said it has expanded air service this week with new, next-day intercontinental flights between the United States and Middle East and Asia-Pacific destinations, to meet increased demand along these trade lanes
June 8, 2011BusinessLogistics
DHL Buys Midwest LTL Carrier Standard Forwarding
DHL has acquired Standard Forwarding, a less-than-truckload carrier based in East Moline, Ill., the (Davenport, Iowa) Quad-City Times reported. Terms were not released.
June 6, 2011BusinessLogistics
New Trailer Orders Surge 71% in April
Commercial trailer producers received 19,579 new orders in April, a 71% jump from the same month last year, and the manufacturers’ backlog rose above 100,000 for the first time in the current recovery, ACT Research Co. said.
June 6, 2011BusinessLogistics
GSC Logistics Buys Seattle’s Best Way Trucking
Third-party logistics provider GSC Logistics said it has purchased Seattle-based Best Way Trucking, effective June 1. Terms were not disclosed.
June 3, 2011BusinessLogistics
Global Shipper Group to Incorporate
The first formal association of international shippers, including the National Industrial Transportation League, has formed under the banner of the Global Shippers Forum to raise the profile of freight groups in an increasingly global marketplace.
June 3, 2011PerspectiveBusinessLogistics
Opinion: Think Inside the Box
Because transportation costs outweigh warehousing costs several times over and continue to rise, most companies think outside that big box called the warehouse when the topic is logistics and concentrate instead on how things get to their destination.
June 3, 2011BusinessLogistics
UTi Worldwide’s Fiscal 1Q Income Slips
Air and freight forwarder UTi Worldwide said Thursday its fiscal first-quarter profit fell to $8.7 million, or 8 cents per share, from $10.1 million, or 10 cents, a year ago.
June 2, 2011BusinessLogistics
NFI Buys Gilbert’s West Coast Operations
NFI said Tuesday it has acquired the West Coast operations of Gilbert Co., a subsidiary of A.P. Moller-Maersk Group.
May 31, 2011BusinessLogistics
Intermodal Traffic Rises 8.7% for Week
Intermodal traffic rose 8.7% last week from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.
May 27, 2011BusinessLogistics
Logistics Firm Kane Is Able Names Westermann President
Third-party logistics provider Kane Is Able said Thursday it has named 30-year logistics industry veteran Pete Westermann its president and chief operations officer.
May 26, 2011