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The first quarter edition of the TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index, which was recently released by New York-based investment firm TD Cowen Inc. and Shreveport, La.-based 3PL and freight audit and payment company AFS Logistics LLC, highlighted how various freight transportation modes are handling various factors, including low demand, overcapacity, and pricing.
Pitt Ohio expands Midwestern LTL presence with acquisition of …
Dec 16, 2024 · Pitt Ohio Transportation Group, a group of less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers controlled by Pitt Ohio, is expanding with the acquisition of Sutton Transport, a 45-year-old Midwest regional LTL trucking company based in Weston, Wis.
2025 Rate Outlook: Navigating the unpredictable
Dec 12, 2024 · The webinar provides insights from freight industry experts on the U.S. freight economy, rate and capacity forecasts across major transport modes, and strategies to help shippers budget effectively amidst ongoing market volatility.
2024 State of Freight Forwarders: What’s next is happening now
Meanwhile, the industry is still feeling the effects of the surge in mergers and acquisitions. “It shows no sign of abating in 2024,” reports Sai Kiran Baliji, lead analyst of logistics research at Mordor Intelligence Analysts. With e-commerce gaining momentum and a rising influx of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) entering the arena, Baliji sees the race for market …
Top 25 Freight Forwarders: Top forwarders continue to sail …
As if 2021 wasn’t bad enough, 2022 is presenting additional layers of disruption to global freight markets with further COVID-related lockdowns, especially in China; Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; exceptionally strong increases in energy prices; heightened competition for talent; and inflation and recession worries that are hitting multiple geographies and supply chains at different ...
Top 50 Trucking Companies 2024: Accept the challenge and adapt
Apr 1, 2024 · Knight-Swift continues march into LTL market. Knight-Swift Transportation, already the largest truckload carrier in the U.S. with more than $4.5 billion in revenue, is poised to make a huge splash in the less-than-truckload (LTL) market as well.
News and Resources - Logistics Management
Latest Logistics Management News. As the days of slow, invisible supply chains that “worked behind the scenes” continue to fade in the rearview mirror, companies are improving their demand forecasting, gaining real-time visibility across their networks and streamlining their operations—and its software that makes that all possible.
Cardinal Logistics Management Corporation
Cardinal is a leading third-party logistics provider focused on Dedicated Contract Carriage, Final Mile Delivery and Logistics Management services to multiple industries, including construction and building materials, JIT manufacturing support, retail, automotive aftermarket, food and beverage, and bulk transport.
LaserShip and OnTrac roll out new name and brand identity
May 2, 2023 · Following a late 2021 announcement, in which Vienna, Va.-based LaserShip, the largest regional e-commerce parcel carrier and last-mile delivery services provider, and Chandler, Ariz.-based regional shipping services provider OnTrac, announced they had entered into a definitive agreement to merge, with LaserShip acquiring OnTrac for $1.3 billion, the companies …
Global Labor Rates: China is no longer a low-cost country
The race to manufacture and source products in China started in the late 1990s and continued for two decades.. As China ascended to the World Trade Association in 2001, accessibility of this low-cost labor and low-cost operations country looked very attractive to global manufacturers, and many companies set up factories in China or began sourcing Chinese parts and products.