Article written by Andrew Cox This week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 80 (Carriers) Last week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 80 (Carriers) Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 75 (Carriers) The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data contained in FreightWaves SONAR to analyze the market and estimate the negotiating power for […]
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Article written by John Kingston BulkLoads.com, the online load board to match truck capacity to haulers needing to move bulk commodities like grains, has signed a deal to have its transportation management system (TMS) built into a third-party platform. Jared Finn, the operating partner with BulkLoads, said his service will be built into the commodity
Article written by Natalle Gagliordi Verizon on Thursday released details around its initiative to enhance the GPS accuracy of the phones, drones, and IoT devices that run on its network. The company said it’s been building and deploying Real Time Kinematics (RTK) reference stations to its network that are meant to provide hyper-precise location information
Article written by Michelle Mooney Asda has renewed its reverse logistics contract with XPO Logistics for a further three years – extending a partnership that goes back to 2002. XPO will continue to manage the logistics of Asda’s product trays across nine sites. The returned assets will be washed, inspected, and then reused for product
Hyper Precise Location with Real Time Kinematics (RTK) represents the next evolution in mass market GPS solutions — Hyper Precise Location solution provides centimeter-level location accuracy, in comparison to an accuracy level of three to nine meters with GPS alone — Real Time Kinematics (RTK) will redefine the possibilities of IoT with hyper-precise location data
CHICAGO, Aug. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Barchart, a leading provider of market data and technology services to the financial, media and commodity industries, has announced a new exclusive partnership with BulkLoads.com, the largest online bulk freight-matching marketplace. Through this partnership, the two firms will collaborate on product development initiatives, including the integration of BulkLoad.com’s transportation management system (TMS)
Article written by Jeff Berman In a mid-quarter update of the Coyote Curve by Coyote Logistics, a subsidiary of freight transportation and logistics services bellwether UPS, provided a wide-ranging overview of the freight market conditions, from three different perspectives: a look back at the second quarter; expectations for the third quarter; and a 2020-2023 forecast.
Article written by Mark Solomon High costs, low margins keep providers away Final mile remains daunting (Image: Shutterstock) Third-party logistics providers (3PLs) have, for the most part, been bystanders as the e-commerce gold rush surges past. The reason for the laggard status is the 3PLs’ inability to master the all-important yet challenging final-mile delivery component.
Outgoing TIA chief Voltmann to advise software company’s board. Logistics technology provider Cargo Chief Inc. said today that it has raised additional capital in its latest fundraising round, and will be expanding its team and introducing additional services for its trucking capacity sourcing tool for freight brokers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Millbrae,
Article written by Michelle Mooney Last-mile logistics real estate company Mileway has extended a lease with DHL Supply Chain for a further four years. Blackstone Real Estate launched Mileway in September 2019 and owns and operates over 1,000 industrial properties across the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and the Nordics. The new contract