Borderlands: Home Depot logistics center sells for $247M; Mexico-bound bootleg sneakers seized in Dallas

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Home Depot logistics center sells for $247M; $4.3 million in fake Air Jordans seized in Dallas; Alfagomma opens Mexican factory; Grupo Gondi chooses Transplace TMS.

Home Depot logistics center in Dallas sells for $247 million

One of the largest build-to-suit distribution complexes in north Texas, leased by Home Depot (NYSE: HD), has been acquired for $246.7 million, by...

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FreightWaves 3PL Summit: Intermodal raising service to stay on track (with video)

When Celtic International President Doug Punzel looks back at the intermodal marketing company’s volumes in mid-June, he sees Celtic beating last year’s levels for the same week. Intermodal volume reported by the country’s major railroads, meanwhile, is slowly climbing out of the double-digit year-over-year decreases that hit the industry during the first quarter of the year.

Both trends are reasons for Punzel to believe the intermodal market is in a relatively good position for the second half...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-3pl-summit-intermodal-raising-service-to-stay-on-track-with-video

Transplace opens Platform Services to SAP, Oracle, JDA

Transplace announced this morning, July 2, that it has opened up its Platform Services, which include analytics and benchmarking tools, a command center with real-time visibility and optimization, and network collaboration with other shippers, to customers who don’t use Transplace’s transportation management system (TMS).

Shippers that use SAP, Oracle, JDA and other TMS or enterprise resource planning systems to manage their supply chains can now feed their data into Transplace’s Platform...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/transplace-opens-platform-services-to-sap-oracle-jda

Transplace acquires ScanData, parcel managed transportation platform

This morning Transplace announced the acquisition of ScanData, a parcel managed transportation platform that optimizes 400 million parcel shipments worth more than $2 billion annually. Transplace manages $9 billion of freight in its network of shippers and carriers, offering technology solutions including process automation, visibility and network execution as well as value-added services including truck brokerage and intermodal.

Craftsman Capital Partners was the seller in the deal; financial...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/transplace-acquires-scandata-parcel-managed-transportation-platform

Transplace acquires Yusen Logistics’

 Transplace, a leading provider of transportation management services and logistics technology, today announced that it has acquired Yusen Logistics (Americas) Inc.’s intermodal marketing company/over-the-road freight brokerage group. This acquisition expands Transplace’s North American intermodal capabilities and further supports the company’s commitment to strategic growth in order to meet the supply chain needs of its growing customer base. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

A...

http://container-news.com/transplace-acquires-yusen-logistics/

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