Nov 10, 2017 | freight supply chain management, Shipping, Supply-Chain
By Paul Benfer – Central Freight Lines has agreed to acquire Wilson Trucking. The acquisition of Wilson will enable Central Freight Lines to expand their coverage to the Southeastern United States. Don Orr, President and CEO of Central Freight Lines, said...
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 | 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...
