CaroTrans International, a global non-vessel operating common carrier and freight consolidator, has inaugurated direct less-than-containerload (LCL) export service from Los Angeles to Suva, Fiji.
As one of the most recent members of the European Union, Croatia is seen by many logistics groups a potential growth market and that has been reinforced with the news that the Gefco group, which specializes in automotive and industrial product logistics, is opening up a new subsidiary in Zagreb.
UTi Worldwide Inc., a provider of transportation, logistics and supply-chain services, has commenced London operations at a new location near Heathrow International Airport in the U.K.
FedEx Corp. is offering a cold-shipping packaging option for shippers that require a refrigerated environment of 2-8 degrees Celsius to be maintained for up to 96 hours.
As merged channels (also known as omnichannel) become the default for an increasing number of retailers, the challenge of efficiently handling the supply chain and managing inventory becomes exponentially more complex.
XPO Logistics Inc. has agreed to acquire all of the common stock of 3PD Inc., reportedly North America's largest non-asset, third-party provider of heavy goods, last-mile logistics, in a transaction valued at approximately $365m.
Although the overall freight forwarding market grew by 3.1 percent to $125.85bn in 2012, Transport Intelligence's report, Global Freight Forwarding 2013, suggests this figure is misleading as the positive growth was entirely attributed to the sea freight sector.