September 2026
Chiquita Fresh North America and TA Dedicated are marking 20 years of a transportation relationship supporting the movement of bananas from U.S. ports into the grocery distribution network.
The partnership represents the inland portion of a highly specialized cold chain in which maintaining temperature, transit times and equipment availability is critical to moving a perishable commodity from producing regions to consumers.
TA Dedicated, a TFI International company, manages transportation operations moving Chiquita ...
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Crowley will launch a new weekly container service connecting Port Houston with Guatemala and Honduras beginning Sept. 10, expanding direct U.S. Gulf connections with Central America.
The Gulf-Central America Express Service will connect Houston with Santo Tomás de Castilla, Guatemala, and Puerto Cortés, Honduras, with Thursday departures from Houston.
Crowley said the ...
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Descartes Systems Group has spent about US$220 million on two logistics technology acquisitions in eight days, adding freight brokerage transportation management and 3PL warehouse fulfillment capabilities to its Global Logistics Network.
The company acquired California-based Extensiv for about US$120 million Sept. 1, following its US$100 million acquisition of Tai Software announced ...
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United Airlines has introduced a system control preventing regulated dangerous goods shipments from being manifested or loaded unless they successfully complete IATA’s DG AutoCheck process.
The enhancement, deployed globally through United Cargo’s UC360° cargo management system, requires dangerous goods shipments to receive a “PASS” response from IATA DG AutoCheck before they ...
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DHL Group reported a 30 percent increase in second-quarter operating profit as higher shipment weights, stronger freight volumes and constrained international airfreight capacity helped lift earnings.
Group revenue increased 13 percent to €22.4 billion from €19.8 billion a year earlier, while operating profit, or EBIT, rose to €1.9 billion from €1.4 ...
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For more than five months, foreign-flag vessels have been permitted to carry cargo between U.S. ports under an emergency waiver of the Jones Act intended to address an immediate adverse effect on military operations.
The cargoes actually moved under that authority, however, have ranged well beyond obvious military requirements, raising questions ...
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UPS is reorganizing its operating structure around a more globally integrated logistics network as the company shifts its attention from domestic network restructuring toward international, healthcare and supply chain growth.
The changes, effective Sept. 1, follow UPS's completion in June of its Amazon volume reduction and associated network reconfiguration. UPS said ...
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