Nov 10, 2017 | Logistics, service trucking company, Shipping, Supply-Chain
By Eric Johnson – American Shipper – In our May issue last year, American Shipper ran a commentary from Robert Nathan, chief executive officer of LoadDelivered Logistics, detailing why he thought the “Uber for freight” model wouldn’t work. A month...
Nov 10, 2017 | Logistics, logistics trucking services, Supply-Chain
By Erica Phillips and Laura Stevens – Wall Street Journal – Amazon.com Inc. may be developing mobile technology so it can schedule and track truck shipments of its products with a few taps or clicks—the next step in the e-commerce giant’s bid to become its...
Nov 10, 2017 | freight supply chain management, Logistics, Shipping, Supply-Chain
By Alexander Martin and Costas Paris – Wall Street Journal – Japan’s three largest shipping companies said Monday they would merge their container-shipping operations to create the world’s sixth-largest competitor in an effort to cope with a global decline...
Nov 10, 2017 | Logistics, logistics trucking services, Shipping, Trucking
By Ari Ashe – Transport Topics – Trucking companies are grappling with the financial fallout from the bankruptcy of Hanjin Shipping Co., unsure about whether they can collect on unpaid bills. Hanjin’s bankruptcy protections from its South Korean...
Nov 10, 2017 | Logistics, Shipping
By Paul Benfer – Kinetic Supply-Chain Services will be exhibiting at the New York Business Expo on Thursday , November 10th 2016. The NY Business Expo is a conference and exhibition geared to small business and start-ups in the New York-New Jersey Metropolitan...
Nov 10, 2017 | Logistics, Shipping, Supply-Chain
Transport Topics – The Transportation Intermediaries Association has released a second-quarter report that shows improved profit margins year-over-year and a slight decline from the quarter. The year-over-year margin percentage, based on the amount of revenue...
