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Nagle Toledo raises driver salaries 17%

Driver pay on the rise

Nagle Toledo announced a 17% pay increase for its drivers, the biggest in the company’s 36-year history. The Toledo, Ohio-based truckload carrier raised starting salaries for drivers from $1,200 to $1,400 per week effective Jan. 1. The company’s top pay plan tops out at $1,700 a week.

Ed Nagle, the president of the fleet of 50 trucks running temperature-controlled loads from Ohio and Michigan to the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, told FreightWaves that it was one of the first TL carriers to start...

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Boyle Transportation helps UPS air network move COVID vaccine

Heavy-duty Freightliner Cascadias operated by Billerica, Massachusetts-based Boyle Transportation rumbled from a Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) plant in Michigan on Sunday, hauling the first doses of a vaccine critical to ending the coronavirus pandemic.

Boyle is an experienced transporter of vaccines. It plays a niche role in United Parcel Service‘s (NYSE: UPS) Air network, co-President Marc Boyle told FreightWaves on Sunday.

“We’re partnering with UPS for some first-leg shipments from the Pfizer plant to...

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Information fog hinders air cargo readiness for COVID vaccine

Refrigerated containers get lifted onto a light blue cargo plane for Korean Air.

The airfreight supply chain is nervous it won’t be ready to support a massive global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines that could begin within months.

A fast-track development process, the complexity of handling medicines with stricter temperature requirements and lack of clear shipping specifications from pharmaceutical companies make it difficult for logistics providers to plan for vaccine delivery under expedited conditions, freight transportation experts say.

Cold-storage infrastructure, special...

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Pandemic accelerates cool chain flows, but pushes up costs, reveals survey

Global cool chains are poised to get faster and shorter as e-commerce rapidly comes to the fore in the Covid-19 era.
A survey published by the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) finds the pandemic has turbo-charged online sales and direct deliveries to consumers of chilled or frozen food, accelerating flows.
At the same time, however, scepticism about global supply chains and business opportunities is on the rise.
Even though more than half of …

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Lufthansa Cargo adds pharma storage facility in Munich

A forklift operator moves packages of blood at Lufthansa's cold storage facility in Chicago.

Lufthansa Airlines’ cargo division has opened a specialized storage section for temperature-sensitive medicines, biologic drugs and blood at its Munich Airport warehouse.

The new pharmaceutical hub can hold 96 pallets plus loose pieces in two temperature ranges (35-46 degrees F and 59-77 F) — with a freezer that can reach minus 64 F, Lufthansa Cargo said Thursday.

Ensuring pharmaceutical supplies maintain their quality during transport is a top priority for drug companies, hospitals and...

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Career Tracks: XPO appoints diversity officer

XPO Logistics has promoted LaQuenta Jacobs to the newly created position of chief diversity officer, effective Monday.

She will provide cultural leadership and strategic direction as an advocate of diversity, equity and inclusion at XPO and report directly to Chairman and CEO Brad Jacobs.

LaQuenta Jacobs has 23 years of experience leading organizational development initiatives for global public companies. She joined XPO in 2018 as the head of human resources for the company’s last-mile business...

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DHL injects $1.6M into new Indianapolis life sciences facility

DHL Global Forwarding

DHL Global Forwarding (OTCMKTS: DPSGY) has opened a 20,000-square-foot, temperature-controlled facility in Indianapolis that will cater to pharmaceutical and medical product shippers.

The $1.6 million facility has variable temperature capabilities to process all types of pharmaceutical, biotech or medical products that require strict temperature control, the company said.

The Indianapolis facility is one of eight “Certified Life Sciences Stations” that support DHL’s Thermonet service for...

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Americold moving forward with New Zealand expansion

Americold facility

Cold storage facility owner and operator Americold Realty Trust (NYSE: COLD) announced it has resumed construction on its New Zealand expansion project.

The company plans to spend approximately 65 million New Zealand dollars (U.S. $41.9 million) on the Auckland infrastructure project, which will add 4.6 million cubic feet and 27,000 pallet positions to the facility.

“We are excited to move forward on this opportunity to grow with our customers in this dynamic market. With this expansion,...

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Lineage Logistics acquires 14 facilities in Henningsen Cold Storage deal

In a May 28 press release, Lineage Logistics announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Henningsen Cold Storage and its 14 facilities, which are predominantly located throughout the Pacific Northwest.

The Novi, Michigan-based temperature-controlled logistics provider expects the deal to build out its network of facilities in the region and provides it with new roots in Idaho, North Dakota and Oklahoma.

Transaction terms were not disclosed. The deal is expected to close “in the coming...

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