warehousing

Automation, optimization and location are all key in making warehouses function more sustainably.

Warehouse space in the U.S. is in high demand as e-commerce grows in popularity.

The future for the Shopify Fulfillment Network could involve highly automated warehouses with robots in different parts of the world, says CEO Tobi Lutke.

Canadian trucking and logistics company Mullen Group announces the acquisition of customs warehouse operator International Warehousing and Distribution Inc.

Augmented reality can help managers visualize warehouse operations better and train workers on a virtual 3D interface.

Cold storage facility operator Americold Realty Trust’s second quarter was slightly below expectations on choppy demand and increased COVID costs.

RLS says customers want a flexible, responsive alternative to PE-backed roll-ups.

The American Logistics Aid Network says partnership with supply chain visibility platform facilitates contact between disaster relief organizations and ready-to-serve shippers, carriers and warehouses.

Anthony and Zach discuss the hours of service exemption, consumer prices, and other recent macroeconomic releases. Dr. Zac Rogers makes an appearance to review the latest LMI findings and the direction of the logistics industry.

Increases in beef and chicken inventories are in contrast with reported meat shortages. The rise in inventory bodes well for the already burgeoning cold storage sector.

Warehouse operations have also been affected by COVID-19. Here are some suggestions that may help increase efficiency of operations.

“We expect that more shippers will shift from just-in-time supply chains to just-in-case supply chains,” U.S. CEO Mark McCullough said.

Americold sees “lots of occupancy opportunities” for cold storage moving forward.

Data analytics startup ClearMetal pioneers continuous delivery experience (CDX) that enables logistics stakeholders to optimize supply chains and improve customer experience.

Andy Peters provide details about happenings in the warehousing- distribution center-real estate sector.

Prologis closes on $4 billion deal to buy Industrial Property Trust

Locix helps digitize physical spaces and provides real-time visibility to help businesses optimize logistics operations.

GIC, Singapore’s wealth fund, has acquired a Pan-European logistics real estate portfolio that has an accumulated industrial space of over 1 million square meters.

Warehousing employment grew at an 8% CAGR from 2011-8, but slowed to 2.7% this year.

Taurus Investment Holdings sells its US logistics warehouse portfolio to Investcorp

Unit of Australian real estate firm Goodman muscling in to L.A. urban real estate construction market

UPS flexi-warehouse unit teams with financial services marketplace to bundle physical distribution, IT and financial services to small to mid-size business

Americold posts decent-to-mixed third-quarter results

Canadian e-commerce company plans to scale its nascent U.S. Fulfillment Network in 2021, leveraging third-party warehouses and a robot-enabled platform from recent 6 River acquisition.

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Rents keep rising, but leasing robotics has never been cheaper.

American Cross-Dock & Storage recently announced it was doubling its warehouse space near the Port of Houston, one of the fastest growing U.S. container ports.  The company has entered into […]

John “JT” Engstrom has spent 10 years studying the freight world. Here’s what he learned:

Amazon’s EV order a shot at Tesla; India advances national logistics policy.

Warehousing markets have just recovered from the last round of tariffs and there is not a lot of slack.

GSC handles 12 percent of import containers in Oakland, but its leadership is concerned about plans to build a baseball stadium on port property,

The available supply of US industrial property rose during the first half of 2019 for the first time since the end of 2010, according to CBRE

In partnership with Slync… AWR products enable supplier and retailer networks that react as one.

Commonwealth tries to bring more skilled techs into the logistics, warehouse fold.

STORD simplifies the distribution experience of shippers by networking with warehouses and carriers, and providing shippers with warehousing capacity and transportation based on their needs.

Flowspace helps companies source on-demand warehousing space, allowing them to scale up rapidly and concentrate on gaining more customers, rather than stagnate with the burden of finding warehouses to stock products.

GreyOrange announced a AI-powered modular sortation system that provides flexible automation in modern distribution and logistics centers, and can sort close to 12,000 parcels per hour.

Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI), the private real estate investment arm of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), has purchased a majority stake of KSH Infra Pvt. Ltd. for INR (Rupees) 3.5 billion or $49 million.

FreightWaves adds agricultural truckload prices and numerous warehousing and real estate data points to SONAR.

Ryder System, Inc. (R: NYSE) presented its Service Excellence Awards to top-performing carriers at its ninth annual Mexican Carrier Recognition Event in Mexico City on January 17. The event – reported in a press release by Ryder on January 29 – recognized 20 Mexican carriers for their excellence in service in Ryder’s international supply chain.

On-demand warehousing provider STORD has raised just under $3 million in 2018 and is looking to hire 20+ people in the Atlanta region to scale up operations.

On-demand warehousing provider STORD has raised just under $3 million in 2018 and is looking to hire 20+ people in the Atlanta region to scale up operations.

Transport, warehouse supply execs have big CapEx plans.

Job growth slowed in November after an impressive gain in the previous month, but signals from wages and unemployment suggest that labor market conditions remain generally healthy. The transportation and logistics industry had another strong month of hiring, with impressive job gains from trucking, parcel, and warehousing companies.

Deliverr is helping businesses ship products on ecommerce platforms with an Amazon-like fulfillment service.

Two high school friends, one from Access America and one from JB Hunt, founded a successful brokerage in Knoxville full of supply chain management grads. And they love SONAR.

In a message to customers, FreshDirect CEO McInerney apologized for the rocky segue. The transition to the new Bronx facility “has not been as smooth as we planned,” McInerney told customers in the Friday morning email.

Prologis is making further investments in the communities it has developed by launching an internship program for high schoolers from under-served areas to enter the logistics industry.

ZF, the German automaker has released innovative trucks that can load and unload at the warehouse and last-mile electric delivery vans with level 4 autonomy.

ITL, a Chicago-based company specializing in warehousing and logistics, recently became a member of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).

China is witnessing a lot of investment in the logistics facility space, as real-estate price surge and an ecommerce boom is heating up the market.