regional carriers

FedEx, UPS feeder operator acquires small cargo airline

An Alpine Air Express cargo jet, view of rear. Alpine Air is expanding through an acquisition.

Alpine Air Express, which provides air cargo services to smaller communities in the western U.S. for customers such as FedEx, UPS and the U.S. Postal Service, said Monday it has acquired Omaha, Nebraska-based Suburban Air Freight to support growing demand for e-commerce services.

The deal positions Alpine Air Express, one of the largest regional air cargo carriers in the U.S., to begin flying for DHL Express and build on its expansion effort. 

Alpine Air operates a fleet of 50 turboprop aircraft...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fedex-ups-feeder-operator-acquires-small-cargo-airline

FourKites acquires European supply chain visibility provider NIC-place

FourKites acquires NIC-place to create the largest multimodal carrier network in Europe with visibility capabilities

If there’s one thing consumer-facing businesses need these days, it’s options. Amid pandemic-driven supply chain disruptions that have extended into 2022, relying on a single shipper, carrier, sourcing partner or mode of transport is a recipe for failure.

What businesses need is flexibility, and FourKites just created a whole lot of it. The Chicago-based supply chain visibility platform announced Tuesday the acquisition of European supply chain visibility provider NIC-place in a move that will...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fourkites-acquires-european-supply-chain-visibility-provider-nic-place

Last-mile provider AxleHire announces East Coast expansion

Axlehire expands East Coast presence with new facilities in Newark and Philadelphia

AxleHire is beefing up its East Coast presence. The last-mile delivery provider on Wednesday announced it was adding facilities in Newark, New Jersey, and Philadelphia to join its New York City center in the tri-state region. The news comes on the heels of the company’s Midwest expansion and the opening of its new Chicago facility in June. It now has 12 centers that cover the East Coast, the Midwest, the Southwest and up and down the West Coast.

“The tristate corridor is the logistics vein of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/last-mile-provider-axlehire-announces-east-coast-expansion

How regional fleets can thrive in a post-pandemic world

One bottle of water on an empty retail shelf

Think back to March when most retailers’ toilet paper and bleach shelves were empty — a direct result of the pandemic’s pushing of available tractors, trailers, containers and drivers to the limit — and beyond.

Consumers expect quick and predictable deliveries. Whether or not they know it, they need smaller, regional trucking companies to satisfy those last-mile needs and keep essential goods moving. While big fleets form the backbone of the economy, those smaller fleets need to remain solvent...

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