This episode is brought to you by DDC FPO. DDC is a business process outsourcing provider that specializes in freight. Perhaps best known for Freight Billing, DDC recently launched IT Outsourcing to help supply chain stakeholders hit development milestones without…
San Francisco-based logistics real estate investment trust Prologis (NYSE: PLD) announced Monday that it has named Scott Marshall global head of its Customer Led Solutions division, which develops and manages relationships with multimarket customers globally. Marshall was previously CBRE Group’s…
Welcome to the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? newsletter. In this issue, new bill looks to raise insurance coverage by 556%, pallet shortages, Germany goes driverless and more. 556% Canva H.R. 2687 — On April 20, U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García reintroduced…
For years, the trucking industry has argued that motorists have been the chief culprits behind crashes that involve large commercial vehicles. A survey from insurance giant The Travelers Cos. (NYSE:TRV) of motorist behavior during 2020 won’t do anything to dispel…
An Illinois trucking company, cited several times for hours-of-service (HOS) violations, shuttered operations and filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy in mid-May. B & B Logistics Inc., headquartered in Elmhurst, filed its petition in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District…
This is an excerpt from Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. Subscribe here. The promise: Over the last several months, lawmakers from both parties have introduced more than a dozen bills to improve the health care supply chain following…
The largest container ship to call the North American East Coast is drawing shoreline crowds on its first visit. CMA CGM is even offering tours of the Marco Polo to those who post the “most beautiful” images of the mammoth…
Texas is drawing closer to approval of one of two pieces of tort reform legislation sought by the state’s trucking industry, while the goals of the second proposal may have been achieved through a favorable court ruling. Both the state’s…
E-commerce surged as COVID-19 forced people to change buying behaviors. With that surge in online shopping also came a surge in returns, and companies have had to alter return policies and procedures as a result. Returns are particularly difficult for…
The Port of Norfolk is located on the banks of the Elizabeth River at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. It is part of an urban area that also contains Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach, Hampton Roads, Newport News and Hampton.…
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