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 | Shipping, supply chain service company, supply chain services, Supply-Chain, Trucking, trucking company services, trucking services for hire
By Erica Phillips and Paul Page – Wall Street Journal – Big trucking companies have spent the second half of the year shrinking their fleets in hopes of changing an imbalance between the supply of rigs on the road and tepid shipping demand that has...
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 | Shipping, Supply-Chain, trucking services for hire
By Paul Benfer – How to Benchmark Supply-Chain Costs 1. Ask people in your industry who they use and why. This is one area that competitors are usually more than willing to discuss. Most new and small companies go through a painful learning curve while trying...
Nov 10, 2017 | service trucking company, Shipping
By Paul Benfer – Kinetic Supply-Chain Services – Many large LTL carriers reported slower growth in August 2016. While FedEx reported overall revenue growth of 12.7%, FedEx Freight lagged behind with a two percent increase in income revenue for the same...
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...
