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Loadsmart continues growth strategy with flatbed offering

Loadsmart, a Chicago-based digital freight brokerage, reported in February 208% year-over-year revenue growth, propelled by its direct integrations with large shippers seeking new capacity. 

At the end of 2020, the company added transportation modes, including less-than-truckload, rail and partial, as part of its growth strategy to serve both shippers and carriers.

On Wednesday, Loadsmart announced the continuation of this strategy with the addition of flatbed capacity to its dynamic pricing and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/loadsmart-continues-growth-strategy-with-flatbed-offering

Home Depot offers freight rail a shipper wish list

Rail competition, connectivity, network speed and reliability are some of the big freight rail issues on the minds of shippers like Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD), according to the company’s director for logistics.

Because Home Depot sells products from all across North America, from forest products in western Canada to more localized building materials like drywall and concrete, good rail network connectivity “is really important,” said Robin Baggs, director of logistics for Home Depot. Baggs was a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/home-depot-offers-shipper-wish-list-for-rail-infrastructure

Shippers urge feds to consider 14-hour driving rule change

A coalition of shippers that includes Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) is pushing regulators to roll out a split-duty pilot project to allow drivers to get more productivity out of their workday.

The Safer Hauling and Infrastructure Protection (SHIP) Coalition asserts that the “Split Duty Period Pilot Program” being considered by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) – which gives drivers the option to pause the 14-hour driving...

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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...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/career-tracks-xpo-appoints-diversity-officer

Home Depot, Whirlpool, HNI earn top Shipper of Choice honors

Increased hours of operation at distribution centers and open communication with drivers are the common denominators among three public companies that specialize in consumer goods and office products.

Those and other attributes focusing on the driver experience earned The Home Depot, Whirlpool and HNI Corp. best-of-the-best honors in the FreightWaves 2020 Shipper of Choice Awards, sponsored by Transflo.

The 2020 FreightWaves Shipper of Choice seal of approval is based on how shippers perform in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/home-depot-whirlpool-hni-earn-top-shipper-of-choice-honors

Hours of operation, communication are hallmarks of Shipper of Choice Availability winners

Increased hours of operation and open communication with carriers are hallmarks of top shippers. The companies that named as winners of FreightWaves’ Shipper of Choice Availability Award winners are among the best in the nation in meeting these criteria.

The Shipper of Choice Awards are sponsored by Transflo. Winners were announced this morning during the FreightWaves LIVE@Home virtual conference.

The winners of the Availability Award are (in alphabetical order):

  • Agri-Mark
  • Beam Suntory
  • Cargill...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hours-of-operation-communication-are-hallmarks-of-shipper-of-choice-availability-winners

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