Logistics

Optimal Dynamics brings clarity to freight planning

Uncertainty has always been ubiquitous in logistics. With so many moving parts, load decisions quickly become complex. One choice affects another. If it doesn’t affect something today, it could tomorrow. Or maybe next week.

Shippers and carriers can be up against a wall to make decisions, and the choices they make may not be the most profitable ones. Empty miles, missed opportunities and late deliveries slash profits.

Optimal Dynamics aims to alleviate the uncertainty about freight movement...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/optimal-dynamics-brings-clarity-to-freight-planning

Steuart Walton, Cyrus Sigari to speak at The Future of Supply Chain

Walton and Sigari to speak at The Future of Supply Chain

Steuart Walton and Cyrus Sigari will combine for “Northwest Arkansas: Creating the Silicon Valley of Transportation and Logistics,”a live fireside conversation on May 10 during The Future of Supply Chain.

According to Craig Fuller, founder and CEO of FreightWaves, “We are very excited to have Steuart and Cyrus as speakers at The Future of Supply Chain. It is a topic that both have impacted and will continue to impact. They are in the forefront of supply chains, particularly in the area of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/steuart-walton-cyrus-sigari-to-speak-at-the-future-of-supply-chain

Container Freight Rate Index: Overview, Types and Methodology

what is Container Freight Rate Index

Indices are very common in the field of economics and international trade and commerce. Indices are used to present a broadly indicative picture of the overall situation prevailing in the specific economic, commercial, social or other aspects that the index purports to measure and track, thus serving as the bell-weather for the state/ robustness of the economy or sector.

While most of us are familiar with indices such as the Wholesale Price Index or the Manufacturing Index which are commonly...

https://www.marineinsight.com/maritime-law/container-freight-rate-index-overview-types-and-methodology/

Trucker Path moves into dispatching, opens with dozen dispatchers

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Trucker Path is getting into the dispatching business, creating a unit that will compete with the army of private dispatchers servicing owner-operators and small fleets.

Kicking off the Mid-America Trucking Show here, the first gathering of the large truck show in three years, Trucker Path CMO Chris Oliver said the initiative would begin with roughly a dozen dispatchers. They are full-time employees of Trucker Path and cannot remain independent dispatchers while also managing...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trucker-path-moves-into-dispatching-opens-with-dozen-dispatchers

DHL swallows beverage logistics specialist J.F. Hillebrand

A yellow DHL double-trailer at the warehouse dock.

Deutsche Post DHL closed Tuesday on its 1.5 billion euro ($1.65 billion) acquisition of J.F. Hillebrand Group AG, an international ocean logistics provider specializing in wine, beer and distilled spirits, as well as nonalcoholic beverages and bulk liquids.

J.F. Hillebrand, based in Mainz, Germany, is now part of DHL Global Forwarding and will combine with DHL’s beverage logistics unit Gori under the brand name Hillebrand Gori.

“This bolt-on acquisition is a great opportunity for us to add a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dhl-swallows-beverage-logistics-specialist-jf-hillebrand

How Perishable Food Items are Shipped?

Perishable Food Items shipping

The dynamic chain of demand and supply necessitates the movement of goods between centres of production and demand. Transportation of goods whether they are of perishable or non-perishable nature requires careful planning and execution.

Typically, non-perishable goods are those that do not require refrigeration or special storage conditions. They last for a long time when kept under normal storage conditions.

On the other hand, perishable goods such as food items deteriorate and spoil if not...

https://www.marineinsight.com/maritime-law/how-perishable-food-items-are-shipped/

Prologis eyes Blackstone’s $23 billion last-mile portfolio

Prologis reported to make offer on Europe's largest final-mile portfolio

Logistics real estate giant Prologis has reportedly issued a nonbinding offer to acquire a portfolio of more than 1,700 warehouses held by Blackstone’s Mileway segment. The offer of 21 billion euros ($23.1 billion) would mark the largest private real estate deal ever inked, according to multiple news outlets.

Blackstone (NYSE: BX) announced in February plans to recapitalize Mileway, a last-mile logistics real estate portfolio located throughout 10 European countries. The unit operates more than...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/prologis-eyes-blackstones-23-billion-last-mile-portfolio

Crowley Completes First Vessel Acquisition for U.S. Defense Sealifts

MV Freedom sailing past the White Cliffs of Dover, UK

(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.; March 22, 2022) – Crowley has successfully managed the acquisition of the MV Honor, the first vessel acquisition under its contract to help recapitalize a sealift fleet with the U.S. Maritime Administration. With the forthcoming acquisition of the MV Freedom, vehicle carriers are part of the multi-year vessel acquisition and VAM_Stena_Honor and Freedom.jpgmanagement contract designed to help recapitalize the U.S. Ready...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/22/crowley-completes-first-vessel-acquisition-for-u-s-defense-sealifts/

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