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After Q4 results, analysts will give XPO a lot of rope

9 February 2022

No one knows how long the magnanimity will last, but the cadre of analysts who cover XPO Logistics Inc. appears willing to give the transport giant the benefit of the doubt.

Concerned about narrowing margins at XPO’s (NYSE: XPO) all-important North American LTL segment following a subpar third-quarter print, analysts spent most of Wednesday morning parsing the company‘s fourth-quarter results and peppering executives to glean any clue on the segment’s direction. A small number of questions...

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More LTL carriers may follow AAA Cooper to the altar, consultant says

19 July 2021

Five or 10 years ago, a truckload carrier would have looked askance at acquiring an LTL carrier. Truckload carriers were comfortable shipping directly from the shipper to the consignee at a minimal fixed cost, a model that runs counter to the multistop terminal networks of LTL carriers. The truckload-LTL relationship was mostly confined to truckload carriers handling shipments of overflow LTL freight weighing more than 8,000 pounds if LTL capacity was too tight to meet the demand.

However,...

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Career Tracks: ‘Product visionary’ from Dropbox and Facebook joins FarEye

1 March 2021

Logistics software-as-a-service platform FarEye has hired Suvrat Joshi as chief product officer.

Joshi has more than 20 years of experience in product leadership roles at Yahoo!, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook and most recently Dropbox.

“Suvrat is a product visionary and has an impressive background with some of the biggest product organizations across the globe. I am excited to have him on board as the chief product officer,” said FarEye co-founder and CEO Kushal Nahata. “With his passion and...

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Career Tracks: Volga-Dnepr gears up for COVID-19 vaccine delivery

16 November 2020

To ensure the efficient and safe transportation of COVID-19 vaccines, the Volga-Dnepr Group has strengthened its global health care team.

Yulia Celetaria has been appointed health care director to lead the team. She began her professional career in 2005 with AirBridgeCargo Airlines. Volga-Dnepr said over the years Celetaria “has been able to upscale her knowledge, expertise and gain the right experience necessary to meet the 2020 logistics challenge of the whole pharmaceutical industry.”

Russia...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/career-tracks-volga-dnepr-gears-up-for-covid-19-vaccine-delivery

Career Tracks: TraPac CEO tapped to lead Port of Virginia

2 November 2020

Stephen Edwards has been named the next leader of The Port of Virginia. He will succeed John Reinhart, who for the past seven years has led the Virginia Port Authority (VPA) as CEO and executive director.

Edwards currently is the president and CEO of TraPac LLC, which operates container terminals in Los Angeles and Oakland, California, and Jacksonville, Florida. His tenure with the VPA begins Jan. 19.

“Under John Reinhart’s leadership, The Port of Virginia has put all of the pieces in place for...

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