Tag: transportation

With tight trucking capacity and market volatility pushing more freight into the spot market, global logistics provider C.H. Robinson has launched Market Rate IQTM – a new tool that shows companies how their spot rates compare to a trusted third-party benchmark and breaks down where they could save money.

“Supply chain challenges are ongoing in the produce and perishables industry and they’re not going away anytime soon,” says Mike Laws.

As the world finds itself still battling a pandemic, managing through unprecedented global supply chain disruption, and now, navigating through an active hurricane season, C.H. Robinson today launched a digital thank-you campaign and sweepstakes designed to galvanize the nation behind an important goal: appreciating the truck drivers who never left the road and never stopped delivering, even during the most challenging of times.

"The rise in use of multimodal transport and the growth of the organized retail sector in developing countries will further boost market growth during the forecast period," says a senior analyst at Technavio.

If a carrier hopes to overcome a clean bill of lading, it should be prepared to point to temperature records that support its allegation.

Somewhere, right now, there’s a carrier pointing to normal temperature readings indicated by a reefer download, while a vendor is pointing to readings from a portable recorder placed in the same trailer, indicating air temperatures were warm.

The families of three Air Force service members killed in a 2018 truck crash have filed for punitive damages against Albertsons Companies, Krujex Freight Transportation Corp. (KFTC), Penhall Company, and Specialty Construction Supply Company for their roles in causing the fatal accident.

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On Monday, July 5, 2021, Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc., acquired 100% of Dothan, Alabama-based AAA Cooper Transportation and an affiliated entity.

Nature Fresh Farms joins the University of Windsor in their long-haul vehicle transportation sustainability project to help achieve new advancements in energy efficient shipping.

Starting this month, five exporters of fresh fruits and vegetables from Latin America, which together handle 9,000 containers a year, will begin to use the first Export Management System on the market created for produce.