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Ryder Offers Beverage Industry Fleets Long-Term Lease

Ryder System, Inc. has announced that it will provide beverage fleets with a Long-Term Full Service Lease (Long-Term FSL) of up to 10 years — a solution that addresses an identified industry need. This is an increase from Ryder’s standard FSL term of 5 to 7 years. According to a 2013 survey conducted by Beverage World, beverage fleets run fewer miles than the industry average, with 75% of route delivery fleets ... [+]

A Game Changer for Trucking Data

Supply chain management company, King Solutions, is launching MyGameChanger™, a cloud-based freight management system for truckload (TL) and less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation data. The device provides insight into all current and historical freight activity from any service provider. The lightweight auditing and analytic device allows managers and ... [+]

GCT Canada orders 8 electric, wide-span cranes

GCT Canada has commenced its GCT Deltaport Intermodal Yard Reconfiguration project. The company confirms its  (WSCs) from crane manufacturer, Austria-based Künz. The state-of-the-art, 41-tonne lift capacity WSCs will increase train handling speed at GCT Deltaport. Already boasting the largest on-dock rail yard in North America, the ... [+]

Seko Logistics is California Dreaming, Business Soars

Despite the much-publicized labor issues at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, William J. Wascher, CEO of Seko Logistics, finds that California is still the place to be given that The Port of Long Beach is the No. 1 seaport in the US ... [+]

LLamasoft Acquires Barloworld Supply Chain Software Division

LLamasoft, a global leader in supply chain design software solutions, announced that it has acquired Barloworld’s Supply Chain Software Division, including all technology, LLamasoft and Barloworld also announce the official launch of a major strategic partnering initiative, intended to bring LLamasoft’s cutting edge software and services ... [+]

Hub Acquires Assets of RFO

Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of RFO Enterprises, Inc. (RFO).  Based in Marietta, Georgia, RFO specializes in commercial lines insurance solutions for the trucking and logistics industry.  RFO’s Randy O'Neil, Principal, will join Hub Transportation, and report to ... [+]

Deal Signed to Expand Cuba Business

London listed Leni Gas Cuba Limited, the Cuban specialist investment company, has announced that it has signed a binding agreement with Cuban centric trading company Groombridge Trading Corporation (GTC) to form a new unincorporated 50/50 joint venture designed to expand GTC's existing business of supplying ... [+]

SEKO Opens First Branch in Wales

SEKO Logistics has opened its first branch in Wales to connect local importers and exporters with new business opportunities around the world. The new Cardiff office is SEKO Logistics’ ninth location in the UK and joins the company’s global network of over 120 operations in 40 ... [+]

SOLAS Container Weight Documentation Compliance Partnership Launched

Members of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition (AgTC) and the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) have formed a Working Committee to create best practices and address concerns surrounding new amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). The amendment requires shippers and NVOCCs ... [+]

Globe Tracker and TransVoyant Team Up to Combine the Internet of Things and Advanced Big Data Analytics for the Intermodal Industry

Global supply chain visibility specialist Globe Tracker International (GT) and TransVoyant have formed a strategic partnership that will offer the TransVoyant Continuous Decision Intelligence Platform™ (CDI™) as a plug-in on Globe Tracker's Smart Autonomous Asset Network. Utilizing data collected from GT devices on intermodal assets, ... [+]

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