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JAXXON Scales Fulfillment with Descartes

Descartes Systems Group announced that Los Angeles-based JAXXON, a growing lifestyle brand offering men's and women's jewelry collections and accessories, is using Descartes' cloud-based ecommerce warehouse management system (WMS) to scale fulfillment operations to serve consumers in over 150 countries. "At JAXXON, the customer experience starts behind the scenes," said Josh Pierce, Co-founder at JAXXON. "As our shipment volumes began to grow rapidly, this commitment not only drove the transition to ... [+]

Coalition asks California to move freight soot-free

A coalition, including the Port of Oakland, wants California to spend $2.25 billion on emissions-free freight hauling. Supply chain and environmental groups sent their request to Sacramento in mid-May, seeking surplus state revenue to finance: zero-emission trucks and cargo handling equipment; infrastructure such as electric ... [+]

ATA Encourages Carriers New Resources

New Tools for Fleets Released to Mark First Year of Government-Industry Partnership The American Trucking Associations and ATA’s Technology & Mainteance Council congratulated the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for the progress the agency has made in its Tech-Celerate Now technology analysis and education program ... [+]

Cinco de Mayo boosts avocado demand from Mexico

A recent study shows that in March 2021, avocado imports to the US from Mexico are up 61% compared to the same month last year. Of course, this is driven by the Cinco de Mayo holiday on May 5, but this type of increase ... [+]

RoadOne Partners with Kinimatic

IntermodaLogistics, announced a strategic partnership with Kinimatic to significantly extend its warehousing and transload capabilities nationwide. With this collaboration, RoadOne’s shipper customers will have access to Kinimatic’s comprehensive national network of storage and fulfillment services to address the need for expedited local delivery. The increase in ... [+]

USPack Launches New Delivery Portal

USPack, a national leader in high-speed final-mile logistics and NewSpring Holdings platform company, debuts ADDI Portal, an updated proprietary customer interface with improved functionality, clearer access to performance data, and enhanced ease-of-use. Designed to be used by customers across all industry verticals, the new ADDI ... [+]

U-Freight says Suez crisis is boosting its China-Europe rail freight service

With increasing volumes of cargo being experienced on its LCL and FCL rail freight services between China and Europe, the U-Freight Group says that the recent problems in the Suez Canal have made the transport of freight by rail from China into Europe look all ... [+]

DSV to become world’s largest forwarder with Agility acquisition

Agility and DSV have reached an agreement that DSV will acquire Agility's stand-alone GIL business in an all-share transaction. DSV will issue 19,304,348 shares, representing approximately 8.0% of all post-transaction outstanding shares of DSV. Based on the DSV share closing price of DKK 1,299.5, and ... [+]

Hannibal Industries Sees eCommerce Boom

Hannibal Industries, one of the largest steel pallet rack manufacturers in the U.S., announced that in spite of the unforeseen challenges of 2020. The company grew in key areas and is well-positioned to continue that growth through 2021. As a result of the pandemic, ... [+]

Savage Selects Octopi

Octopi, part of Navis and Cargotec Corp., announced that Savage has selected Octopi by Navis' cloud-based terminal operating system (TOS) for its intermodal rail terminal in Idaho. The terminal is expected to be operational by mid-year 2021 and once complete, it will be a top ... [+]

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