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Fortigo Celebrates 20 Years of Supply Chain Innovation

Fortigo Collaborative Logistics is excited to celebrate its 20th anniversary in November. Born and raised in Austin, TX, Fortigo offers a leading on-demand Transportation Management System (TMS) and Freight Audit solution to large, multinational enterprises operating with complex and unique logistics requirements.The company was founded by George Kontoravdis, Ph.D. in 2001. Prior to launching Fortigo, Kontoravdis spent years consulting for large companies across the country with similar logistics pain points ... [+]

Port of Long Beach Attracts Another Space Tech Tenant

The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners approved an agreement with ABL Space Systems to build a spacecraft processing facility at the Port of Long Beach and use waterfront area for the delivery and shipping of its cargo. Founded in 2017, El Segundo-based ABL Space Systems ... [+]

CEIV Lithium Battery certification

CEVA Logistics became the world’s first company to receive IATA’s new CEIV Lithium Battery certification at the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) annual World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in Dublin, Ireland, in mid-October.CEVA had teamed with IATA to support the development of the new certification program.The ... [+]

CEVA Logistics strengthens presence in Central Asia

Further extending its responsive logistics services in Central Asia, CEVA Logistics announced the opening of a new office in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The company’s increased operations will focus on Uzbekistan’s multi-modal customers. Being a land-locked country, Uzbekistan presents huge potential for the growth of multi-modal transportation networks, ... [+]

Kerry Logistics network, Hengan Group form JV

Kerry Logistics Network Limited and Hengan International Group Company Limited, the leading producer of hygiene consumables in China, have set up a joint venture company to create synergy in the business-to-business bulk distribution and wholesale market of medical, healthcare and hygiene products. By combining KLN’s ... [+]

Maersk enters strategic partnership with Danish Crown

A.P. Moller - Maersk announced the signing of a global end-to-end logistics agreement with Danish Crown from 2021. The three-year end-to-end agreement covers all Danish Crown’s business units, delivering solutions on ocean services, inland logistics and cold chain logistics. Access to the digital supply chain ... [+]

President Biden, Port Leaders, ILWU Meet on Extended Gate Hours

Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, and large companies have met with President Biden to secure commitments to better utilize extended gate hours to move historic volumes of cargo ahead of the holiday season. Secretary of Transportation Pete ... [+]

Kerry Logistics receives Grand Award

Kerry Logistics Network Limited has received the top accolade of Grand Award at the 2021 Hong Kong Management Association Quality Award. This marks the second time KLN has been a HKMA Quality Award winner, having first received the HKMA Excellence Award in 2016. As the recipient ... [+]

SEKO Logistics scales growth capacity with new LAX campus

SEKO Logistics has opened the latest facility in its LAX Campus close to the Port of Long Beach and Los Angeles International Airport, increasing its total footprint in southern California to over one million square feet.The new Class A building is one of two new ... [+]

Successful first public flight of Volocopter’s VoloDrone

Volocopter’s electric heavy-lift drone VoloDrone recently conducted its first public flight at ITS World Congress 2021. Together with the international logistics leader DB Schenker, Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM), demonstrated VoloDrone’s seamless integration into the logistics supply chain with an end-to-end cargo ... [+]

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