Logistics
North American third-party logistics provider Kenco Group has acquired The Shippers Group, a Dallas-based third-party warehousing company.
Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Kenco said the deal provides increased capacity, broader geographic reach, and an expanded suite of services. Terms of the acquisition are not being disclosed.
The Shippers Group, led by majority owner and CEO Graham Swank, was founded in 1901 as a regional warehousing company, and has evolved nationally to include warehousing, co-packaging, fulfillment ...
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Don Ingersoll has been named chief operating officer of RoadOne Intermodal Logistics, the Randolph, Massachusetts-based intermodal, warehouse and logistics service provider.Ingersoll will work with founders Ken Kellaway and David McLaughlin. Prior to joining RoadOne, Ingersoll was president of multimodal carrier Roehl Transport, leading the truckload, ...
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Third-party logistics provider C.H. Robinson said it has advanced the digitization of the less-than-truckload industry by implementing an electronic bill of lading with 10 of the top LTL carriers and is in progress with four more.Standards for electronic bill of ladings (eBOLs) were developed by ...
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4D Supply Chain Consulting, or 4D, and Logiswift, an end-to-end supply chain software solutions provider, have reported a collaborative partnership.Under the agreement, 4D will become the distributor of Logiswift’s advanced supply chain execution tool, expanding it into the U.S.Initially a foundational operational support tool, Logiswift’s ...
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Bolloré Logistics Chile recently completed a complex logistics operation to transport a 650-cubic-meter mobile drilling rig, consisting of five parts, weighing 118 tonnes, from Argentina through Chile, China and Mongolia.
The dimensions and weight of the mobile drilling rig presented a significant challenge for the team ...
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A.P. Moller - Maersk veteran Tim Killen has joined Fracht Group as head of growth – project sector.
Killen was global head of growth with Maersk Project Logistics. Previously, he was chief sales officer for project freight forwarder deugro, serving global sales, business development and key ...
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German state rail operator Deutsche Bahn has launched the sale of its DB Schenker arm, one of the world’s largest forwarding and logistics companies.
The DB Group said that investors would need to express interest in the next few weeks. The company is valued at between ...
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Nippon Express has formally completed its purchase of Austrian-based Cargo-partner, paving the way for the Japanese forwarder to become a major international logistics company.
NX Holdings chairman, Mitsuru Saito, said that the merger, first announced in May 2023 would help propel Nippon Express from its current ...
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Gary Cross, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Maher Terminals LLC, has been named the 2024 Person of the Year by the New York/New Jersey Foreign Freight Forwarders and Brokers Association (NYNJFFFBA). Mr. Cross will be honored at the association’s 106th dinner gala on ...
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Rock-it Global has successfully managed the logistics operations for Team Canada at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.
Rock-it transported food, medicine, and sporting equipment ranging from hockey sticks to sailing boats for the games, which were launched at an opening ceremony on Thursday, ...
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