LogistiFlow, provider of a system for allowing shippers to view quotes from selected carriers without having to contract with third-party logistics (3PL) providers, has introduced a cloud-based program for carrier selection.
Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. has acquired Stagecoach Cartage and Distribution, a provider of truckload and logistics services based in El Paso, Tex.
Marquis Management was hit with a huge, sudden influx of crude oil shipments at its terminal on the Mississippi River. The company scrambled to find a planning and execution system that could cope with the surge of business.
The big maker of flatscreen TVs cuts logistics costs and boost sales, by offering product discounts in exchange for bulk buys by retailers. A partnership with C.H. Robinson makes the program work.
FTR's Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) for May, at -3.1, reflects the current manageable capacity utilization, which is expected to remain in place through 2015. As a result of improved capacity and low fuel prices, shippers are getting a welcome respite from rate increases. This environment should be maintained throughout the year. However, conditions affecting shippers will deteriorate in 2016 as the pressure from expected new regulations will put a significant drag on capacity.
The Transportation Software market is a large and varied market. Most researchers understate the size of this market since they focus on a few big and well-defined companies. However, there are hundreds of software and content firms in the transportation market. And amazingly, more entrants all the time.
CaroTrans, the global non-vessel operating common carrier and ocean freight consolidator, has resumed direct, all-water import service from Rotterdam to Los Angeles.
Shippers are still steaming over delays caused by West Coast dockworkers during contract negotiations with terminal operators in late 2014 and early 2015. But problems at the region's ports extend well beyond union intransigence.