Warehouse

Firm to create two independent companies with each trading on the NYSE.

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

Cold storage heavyweight Lineage Logistics announces the acquisition of Poland’s largest temperature-controlled storage and logistics provider, Pago.

A November supply chain survey shows the rates at which transportation capacity is shrinking and pricing is climbing are increasing.

FLEXE connects warehouse providers with excess capacity to retailers and brands in need of flexible fulfillment solutions.

“We’ve had helicopters land on our terminal and we open the container and take one part out, put it on the helicopter and a helicopter flies to the plant. You just can’t do that in nonoperating ports.”

J.B. Hunt adds to its final-mile network through acquisition for the fourth time since 2017. The company announces the acquisition of commercial fitness delivery and installation company Mass Movement.

A Prologis research report highlights the ways warehouse automation is easing the growing pains of e-commerce.

Former Bethlehem Steel plant site at Sparrows Point, Maryland, attracts shippers and 3PLs to build Northeast distribution centers.

Pop-up DCs expected to handle 30% of Walmart’s U.S. peak-season volumes.

More than 200 breeder hogs were flown this week from St. Louis to Sao Paulo. Midwestern airport hopes it is the beginning of more livestock exports.

E-commerce fulfillment provider Transportation and Logistics Systems announces plans to acquire delivery and warehousing company Cougar Express.

Annual outlook forecasts an extension of decade-long bull-market.

European 3PL says integration with e-commerce marketplaces strengthens activity with American online retailers and shoppers.

Freight forwarder guides customers through online shopping shift and transport capacity choke points.

Management from J.B. Hunt sees the current inventory replenishment cycle sustaining a high freight demand environment through the first quarter of 2021.

Developer’s scale designed to make life easier, less expensive for warehouse customers.

Wholesale by Vels sees newly formed Amsterdam-based air cargo consolidation service for freight forwarders taking off during coronavirus pandemic.

Convoy’s Terrazas: Increases are less than what would be expected given strong market

Rail jobs resume downward slide after increase a month earlier

Americold announces another large acquisition, a couple of expansion projects, and informs analysts and investors that the holidays haven’t been canceled.

Executives from Horizon Fitness, Estes Forwarding Worldwide and The DDC Group talk during FreightWaves LIVE @HOME about keeping up with the trend of online ordering and home delivery.

No more need to build information technology from the ground up when available cloud-based solutions can cheaply and efficiently modernize a trucker’s operation, experts tell the FreightWaves LIVE @HOME audience.

Grant Langston, ex-CEO of online dating site eHarmony, finds his skill set melds with on-demand warehousing.

FDA approval is only the first step in the process.

Shipwell CEO Greg Price explains during FreightTech Venture Summit the importance of winning over venture capitalists at the onset of presenting your idea.

A survey of supply chain executives shows transportation capacity declines at a slower pace in October. The logistics industry continues to experience “rapid” growth.

Real Estate Roundup is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of industrial real estate used for logistics and transportation. This week: Industrial real estate performance forecast; trucking provides […]

A half-dozen basic tips on what drayage truck drivers must consider when picking up a container chassis from a pool.

Envase Technologies platform will expand its presence in Canada with the acquisition of TMS provider Tailwind Transportation Software.

‘Significant accomplishments’ in 2020 will be followed by game changers next year.

Danish third-party logistics services provider’s bottom-line benefits from easing COVID-19 during summer months.

Prologis Inc. announces the completion of the largest-ever portfolio sale of logistics warehouses in the U.K.

A half-dozen basic physical characteristics of ocean containers should be considered before shippers or their packers stuff them.

A new report from Prologis shows potential for a “critical shortage” of logistics real estate by early 2021.

The freight industry is inching closer to electrification and autonomy, and much of the action is taking place in the distribution yard. Among the beneficiaries is Outrider, a startup that […]

David Fisher’s 30 years of industry experience is expected to advance the university’s graduate program for transportation, logistics and supply chain executives.

A former Ingram Micro executive to run the $3.2 billion enterprise logistics and brokerage firm.

Seven questions for TrophySmack’s Matt Walsh about having a diversified fulfillment strategy.

Automated storage and retrieval systems are making the move into cold-storage real estate.

Large parcel carriers’ technology and transportation networks are buckling.

Supply chain solutions technology provider Manhattan Associates sees favorable long-term tailwinds as multichannel retail delivery expands.

Outsourced supply chain solutions provider Capstone Logistics has been acquired by former owner H.I.G. Capital.

JAXPORT is there to help as consumers shift from a shop-till-you-drop mentality to a shop-till-it-drops reality.

Logistics real estate investment trust (REIT) Prologis beats third-quarter expectations and raises guidance. Conditions have improved and the runway for e-commerce-related growth appears long.

The Agriculture Transportation Coalition, together with TradeLanes, surveys hundreds of American shippers about the cost to their bottom lines of uncommunicated earliest return dates from ocean carriers.

Logistics real estate investment trust Prologis records a better-than-expected third quarter and modestly raises its 2020 guidance.

The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America’s general counsel Ed Greenberg looks forward to spending time with his grandson.

Real Estate Roundup is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of industrial real estate used for logistics and transportation. This week: Prologis, Brookfield and Greek Development aggressively pursue […]

Agility Robotics, a maker of legged, walking robots, announced Thursday the close of a $20 million investment to meet demand from logistics providers and e-commerce retailers. DCVC and Playground Global […]

Cold storage operator Americold expands its portfolio again, this time in a $1.74 billion bid for the world’s fourth-largest provider. Americold plans to offer 33 million common shares in total to facilitate the deal.

A different future for The Apple Store?

The Port of Charleston set a September record by handling 195,101 TEUs.

Container chassis management model in the U.S. challenges advancement of full-circle tracking technologies.

PowerFleet telematics will be deployed on more than 1,000 pieces of Ryder’s material-handling equipment at over 30 sites across North America.

Kenco’s Jason Neal explains at the FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit how this service requires drivers to also be resilient customer service representatives.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission wants to learn the extent of allegations that ocean carriers are targeting noncontracted service providers for freight payment.

Peco’s business is seen benefiting from e-grocery growth.

Drayage truckers on the Envase platform have access to an online marketplace that connects them to available parking and storage lots nationwide.

Transportation capacity has dropped to new lows and the precipitous rate at which pricing is increasing is expected to continue for at least the next 12 months, according to a September supply chain survey.

Talk of a European supply chain unit sale may put XPO’s Jacobs at fork in the road.

The inability of ocean carriers to timely inform shippers of schedule changes results in costly logistics disruptions and potential for lost international sales.

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

The decision comes after a customer chose another vendor.

A Pennsylvania developer successfully persuaded local elected officials to approve zoning changes for a new industrial park, despite residents’ complaints. It’s one of several examples of how community opposition can impact industrial real estate development.

There is an opportunity for startups as businesses seek to modernize their business process flows.

Jacksonville, Florida, employees are offered counseling following the second shooting at the Amazon facility in recent months.

The 3PL will add up to 8,000 employees to handle the seasonal increase in e-commerce shipments on top of its ongoing effort to raise its profile in the American market.

A huge police presence was witnessed outside the Amazon Fulfillment Center Tuesday night.

William O’Donnell, managing partner of Prologis Ventures, the venture capital arm of the logistics real estate trust Prologis, cited a jaw-dropping stat in a discussion with FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller […]

Poursohi and Smith seek competitive advantage by deploying systems early and often.

The logistics warehouse of the future will be heavily automated, purpose-built for e-commerce and ready for tenants to “plug in” and go live almost immediately, a top executive for distribution […]

Insight Partners’ investment will allow PayCargo to build new online freight payment services and tools for shippers, 3PLs and transportation providers.

French company Exotec has raised $90 million to expand its autonomous robotics system as online shopping intensifies demand for more efficient warehouse management. The round, announced on Tuesday, was led […]

Third-party food logistics company FreezPak Logistics announces plans to open a new facility near Port Elizabeth to meet “continually growing demand for cold storage space.”

JLL projects an additional 1 billion square feet in logistics property demand by 2025. That may be way too low.

Ignore heavy-goods returns at your own peril, experts warn retailers.

JAL supports testing drone systems to safely and efficiently deliver essential goods to the country’s health care network.

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

XPO’s Jacobs said facilities will be two of the most highly automated ever built.

“We’re built for this,” said Williamson. “LTL carriers cannot perform at 98%.”

Digital yard management company continues summer growth streak.

Ryder System’s chief technology officer tells American Shipper’s Global Trade Tech Summit that the time is right to explore future supply chain technologies.

Online sales depend heavily on a robust industrial real estate infrastructure.

Retail giant will be the first tenant in the port-owned Ridgeville Commerce Park.

It appears Lineage Logistics will be able to sustain its 60% annual cubic-foot growth rate. The company announces an equity raise landed it with $1.6 billion in new capital.

Prologis’ research group views the potential conversion of underutilized brick-and-mortar retail space to logistics real estate as minimal.

A federal judge approved Walmart Inc.’s $20 million settlement of an EEOC lawsuit over its physical ability testing (PAT).

Walmart pushes suppliers, carriers to get their inbound delivery act together.

The move signals the beginning of what could be many — or maybe just a few — actions against employers for violations of virus-related rules

Iowa transportation company Travero plans to open a multimodal cross-dock operation by next September.

New ocean container floor design developed and tested by the Institute of International Container Lessors over the past 10 years reduces wood use by up to 45%.

Just over a month after a massive explosion killed nearly 200 people, Lebanon’s capital city again filled with choking smoke

COVID-19 could dramatically push up wage rates.

ArcBest, Crane Worldwide, Fullen Dock & Warehouse, Grupo TMM, Premier Manufacturing, Southeastern Freight and United Airlines announce promotions and hires.

A.P. Moller-Maersk’s recent announcement that Damco will no longer exist as a separate brand is expected to drive some shippers into the arms of others.

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Trucking jobs are up, but warehouse jobs are up even more

Sarcos Robotics has raised $40 million to commercialize a wearable robot aimed at boosting worker safety and productivity.

MD Logistics, a specialist in handling temperature-controlled pharmaceuticals, will operate as a subsidiary of the Japanese logistics services provider.