Inside the C-StoreMaster Distribution Center: Convenience store distribution simplified
At its new Huntsville, Ala., distribution center, C-StoreMaster has created stripped down and simplified processes to serve its customers.
Month: September 2022
Joe Pajer appointed CEO and president of Seegrid
Pajer succeeds Jim Rock as CEO, who will continue as a Seegrid shareholder and advisor
Reclaiming Reverse Logistics
Reverse logistics has never been more important, but companies are struggling to stay on top of it.
New Convoy offering focuses on increased depth and insights into shippers’ freight
Entitled Hi-Fi visibility, the company explained that this offering gives shippers detailed, real-time updates across trailer pools and shipments hauled...
‘Seasonality,’ signs of normalcy, return to rollicking trucking market
There are signs of normalcy returning after three years of turbulence in the $830 billion trucking market. Recovering from chaotic...
Why a Possible Railroad Strike Would Cripple the Supply Chain and Encourage Inflation Fears
The cost of a rail strike is seen at $2 billion a day; ‘there aren’t enough trucks to handle that...
POLA and POLB turn in solid August volumes
Total August POLA volume—at an estimated 806,000 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units)—was of 15% compared to August 2021, and total August...
Industry stakeholders weigh in on tentative rail labor agreement
Now that a tentative agreement between United States freight railroad carriers and railroad labor unions was reached earlier this morning,...
August freight shipments and expenditures head up, reports Cass Freight Index
August’s shipment reading—at 1.278—increased 3.6% annually, and freight expenditures—at 4.614—increased 20.4%
U.S. rail carload and intermodal volumes are down, for week ending September 10, reports AAR
Rail carloads—at 223,384—slipped 0.2% annually, and intermodal containers and trailers—at 240,877—decreased 1.7% annually.