Warehouse

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.

3PL’s MyParcel provides European e-commerce customers a scheduled, yet competitively priced shipping service between existing express and postal.

The flagship Japanese airline joins other transportation and technology providers to develop urban freight delivery capabilities with drones.

Cold chain facility operator Americold Realty Trust adds three facilities to the network in a pair of transactions.

Direct ChassisLink has added 1,000 new chassis to the Gulf Coast region since its departure from the OCEMA Gulf Consolidated Chassis Pool earlier this year.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission’s Office of Administrative Law Judges is expected to announce an initial decision in this multibillion-dollar complaint against the ocean carriers by August 2021.

Hong Kong-based 3PL’s warehouse business suffers from shrinking inventories, but forwarding business saves the day, leading to $109 million first-half profit.

Imagine the paper, ink and storage saved by having drivers check in and sign the BOL without one human interaction or piece of paper.

Google, Ware2Go to provide free deliveries for end users clicking on Google merchant ads.

The trans-Atlantic may not be the dominant container market, but it remains dependable for hungry ocean consolidators and forwarders.

Triten Real Estate Partners acquires less-than-truckload terminal in sale-leaseback arrangement with XPO Logistics.

Digital yard management company PINC is joining forces with supply chain Internet of Things platform project44 to enhance real-time visibility and automation solutions for carriers and shippers. PINC’s system already […]

DHL Supply Chain North America will provide three months of fully paid maternity leave starting Jan. 1 as part of a push to recruit, retain and promote women in its management ranks.

Temperature-controlled e-commerce fulfillment provider Perishable Shipping Solutions has closed an $8.7 million funding round. The company plans to add new terminals to its two-facility operation and hire staff.

Prologis Community Workforce Initiative announces plan to prepare 25,000 workers for a career in the logistics industry by 2025.

FreightWaves’ Kevin Hill interviews co-founders of Baton about their technology plans to eliminate long-haul truck driver dwell times.

Shipco Transport and its container freight station subsidiary ICT have adopted Vector Software to reduce human contact and on-site paperwork processing as the coronavirus persists.

Executive Director Gene Seroka does not want to break the 15-month record set during the recession of 2008-09.

A total of 167 companies, including highest-ranked Cedar Grove, on this year’s roster

Former XPO executive Daniel Walsh succeeds Jennifer Polli, who is credited with leading the chassis provider through “significant transformation.”

A new report commissioned by Prologis reveals the company’s logistics warehouse footprint encompasses $2.2 trillion of goods annually. Logistics real estate demand continues to see green shoots.

Lineage Logistics has added 24 locations to its network of cold storage facilities through a series of acquisitions. The announcement follows a few large deals Lineage announced recently.

Amazon, Simon Property Group would make e-tailer anchor tenant at many malls

Multiple Lebanese government agencies may have known dangerous ammonium nitrate was stored in a warehouse.

City checks off many of the distribution center site boxes.

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

Multipurpose marine terminal operator Enstructure says the purchase of Ambassador Services in Port Canaveral establishes its presence in U.S. Southeast.

Two logistics parks are in operation nearby and more are to come in Alabama.

With airfreight capacity squeezed and rates high between China and the U.S., ocean freight consolidators offer the option of fast, cheaper less-than-container load, trans-Pacific services.

DCLI chief commercial officer warns shippers and truckers who seek a national chassis pool: Be careful what you wish for.

DHL located a new life sciences warehouse in Indianapolis because the city has many pharmaceutical companies in the area.

Supply chain strategy set “to seamlessly and efficiently import materials and export tires to global markets.”

Intel RealSense, Righthand Robotics automate the warehouse sorting process

Lineage Logistics announces expansion into Canada as it agrees to acquire Ontario Refrigerated Services, the latest addition to growing global footprint.

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

Logistics REIT Prologis sees demand for space accelerate even as e-commerce activity recedes to near-normal levels. 2020 outlook raised on market tightness.

The coronavirus’ whipsaw effect on the global supply chain took a toll on Kuehne + Nagel during the first half of 2020, but without a rapid internal response the hit would have been far worse, CEO Detlef Trefzger says.

Kenny Lund, executive vice president of Allen Lund Co., tells FreightWaves 3PL Summit that the fresh produce supply chain still has some growing to do, as coronavirus showed Americans that food shortages can still occur.

Logistics REIT Prologis reports stronger than anticipated second quarter and raises outlook for the remainder of the year.

Ridgeville, South Carolina, facility will create more than 1,000 jobs.

On-demand warehousing company Flexe has announced an integration with Google Merchant to promote fast and free shipping as retailers struggle to reach the delivery bar set by Amazon.

Warehouse operators seize on flexible robotic solutions to address a variety of marketplace challenges.

Amazon’s Pflugerville fulfillment center will be located off State Highway 130, a rapidly expanding business corridor in central Texas.

Real estate and logistics services firm CBRE Inc. predicts U.S. Southeast and Gulf Coast seaports will benefit from supply chain shifts away from China in the wake of the pandemic.

Amazon will open the 825,000-square-foot facility in 2021, expanding its footprint in the Arkansas market.

Consolidated Chassis Management chief executive foresees an increased requirement for chassis to accommodate rising tide of intermodal container moves as the North American economy shakes off COVID-19.

A new PitchBook report documents a surge of investment in the warehouse robotics space.

Warehousing jobs soar, rail jobs sliced again

Pilot Freight Services, which operated under a national franchise network for decades, now owns 90% of its offices and monitors for future acquisitions.

Search underway for gunmen after prospective employee is slain in Jacksonville.

TV news reports at least one person critically injured at facility in Jacksonville, Florida.

Prologis seeks to sell the largest-ever warehouse portfolio in the U.K. The deal is reported to include 22 properties valued at more than $500 million.

Robotics startup Third Wave Automation has raised $15 million in Series A funding to scale its advanced robotics technology aimed at bringing “shared autonomy” to forklifts.

Amazon has been linked to several large real estate transactions this week, including the lease of a 1 million-square-foot facility in New York.

Librestream uses augmented technology to help workers rapidly diagnose, inspect and troubleshoot assets.

New DHL Express facility will benefit shippers across southern Germany with European and international freight deliveries.

AI-driven fulfillment provider Blue Yonder and DHL have deployed a new platform for the integration of warehouse robots, built on Microsoft Azure.

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.

Fiscal-year finish 50,000 containers below plan is forecast.

A research report from Prologis highlights the growing need of logistics space. The recent April downturn reversed course quickly in May, supporting the notion that any demand degradation will be “short-lived.”

Chinese warehousing robotics startup Geek+ is the most funded startup in the world in its segment.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has rolled out guidance on how the ocean shipping industry can collaboratively improve the flow of containers among ocean carriers, marine terminals, shippers and drayage truckers in San Pedro Bay during COVID-19 and beyond.

Port Logistics operates a 140,000-square-foot refrigerated warehouse at Berth 219.

Brian Fielkow writes about what companies in logistics and freight should be doing to end racial discrimination and inequality.

Cold storage facility operator Americold announces plans to resume facility expansion project in New Zealand.

CognitOps orchestrates “cacophony” of solutions

With this acquisition, STORD will now provide a variety of freight hauling options aside from its core functionality of on-demand warehousing.

Logistics services provider is optimistic about African continent’s global freight potential, despite economic setbacks from COVID-19 pandemic.

American Airlines Cargo has not slowed implementation of the IBS Software iCargo platform since last October, despite the upheaval from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Intermodal Motor Carrier Conference said the Ocean Carrier Equipment Association can avoid regulatory or legal action by reaching a “mutually beneficial” resolution to the chassis lease rate dispute.

Peaceful protests and work stoppages take place on day of burial

A new intermodal-focused transportation management system brings together the technologies and expertise of Profit Tools, Compcare Services and GTG Technology Group.

A recent study by the Institute of International Container Lessors found that traditional hot zinc sprays for refrigerated container steel frames keep them in top shape years longer than zinc-rich primer coatings and should be maintained by box manufacturers.

Alabama State Port Authority and APM Terminals Mobile will help get products to customers quickly

Cold storage consolidation remains hot. Lineage Logistics closes on Emergent Cold transaction, growing its already dominant global market share.

Escalating airfreight transportation rates and capacity shortages from China due to the global pandemic have encouraged some shippers to split supply chain shipments between ocean and air pallets.

Lineage Logistics continues its hot acquisition streak, entering into an agreement to purchase Henningsen Cold Storage and its 14 facilities.

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.

Lineage Logistics’ bid for food service distributor Maines expected to save 850 jobs.

NCBFAA President Janet Fields has knowledge and skills to lead industry through worst of times, former association President Amy Magnus says.

Opendock’s data aggregation shows beer distributors seeing strong sales during pandemic.

Americold Realty Trust will partner with grocery retailer to provide 500,000 square feet of frozen storage space in two new facilities.

Drone technology provider to UPS Flight Forward aims for unmanned aircraft systems certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.

But in looking at big picture, Executive Director Griff Lynch is celebrating small victories.

The number of employed is down to 2014 levels.

Food supply chain warehouse operator Americold Realty Trust beats first-quarter forecasts, reiterates guidance and shakes off meat shortage concerns.

Social distancing because of COVID-19 has challenged warehouse operations, and the result could be a new push to bring more automation into facilities.

How the COVID-19 spotlight could accelerate change for global supply chain.

The need for social distancing will push companies to look at increased automation of their warehouses.

“We have the instant ability to integrate with any robot system on our platform.”

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“Each morning at 6:00 a.m., Chris Hoisington at Kraft Heinz receives an emailed report detailing everyone who touched the forklift on the previous day.”

International association of forwarders says members have tools and knowledge to ease container-shipping pain of the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 pandemic challenges American seed producers to secure airfreight capacity to meet spring planting.

Regulatory guidance is expected to be significant to American shippers facing container availability charges from carriers and marine terminals during COVID-19 pandemic.

“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.

Container equipment shortage exacerbated by COVID-19 pandemic stresses upper-Midwest soybean exporter trying to fill his springtime customer orders to Asia.

Manhattan Associates first quarter was well ahead of expectations. Management lowered guidance, but believes that this downturn will be shorter in duration.