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WEBLogistics professionals navigating their path forward face challenging market conditions, an evolving regulatory environment, a rapidly changing technology landscape, and an increasingly competitive labor market. Our research team puts context around this year’s findings and offers insight to help shippers fit the pieces together. Read more ...
Top 50 Trucking Carriers 2022: Pedal to the metal
WEBApr 1, 2022 · ABF Freight System, the nation’s 7th-largest LTL carrier, achieved an 89.9 operating ratio for last year. As a result of the Teamsters’ profit-sharing plan with ABF, that kicked in a 3% bonus for all covered ABF employees on top of their yearly earnings, estimated to be at least $70,000.
Top 50 Third Party Logistics (3PL) Providers 2022: 3PLs face big ...
WEBJust when the world’s third-party logistics (3PL) providers thought they had seen the worst of the supply chain chaos, Russia invaded Ukraine and China implemented lockdown measures in Shanghai. “The year 2021 was an interesting for both ocean and air,” reflects Tim Scharwath, CEO of DHL Global Forwarding.. “But within the first two-and-half months of 2022, things became worse.
XPO Logistics Company Profile
WEBGreenwich, Connecticut, 06831. United States. (855) 744-7976. [email protected]. www.xpologistics.com. XPO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: XPO) is a top ten global provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. The company provides services for truckload brokerage and transportation, last mile ...
Top 50 Trucking Companies: The strong get stronger
WEBTop trucking executives say that the key to success in such an unusual year was flexibility, quick strategic thinking and the ability to motivate people. “We changed everything we did and how we did it—overnight,” explains Rourke. “However, that demonstrated how resilient people are when change is forced upon them. People can do great ...
Global Logistics: Challenges in our changing world
WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic set in and made a massive impact on global trade and amplified existing logistics challenges around the world; lockdowns triggered rapid growth in e-commerce, putting additional strain on already strained freight networks; and a last-minute Brexit deal was finally reached following a few chaotic weeks at the UK border.
2023 State of Logistics Report: Great logistics reset
WEBJul 10, 2023 · 2023 State of Logistics: Third Party Logistics (3PL) According to the new “State of Logistics Report,” U.S. business logistics costs soared to $2.3 trillion over the course of 2022, growing 19.6% from 2021 and now representing 9.1% of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP). That’s the highest percentage of cost compared with GDP in ...
News and Resources - Logistics Management
WEBLatest Logistics Management News. As the days of slow, invisible supply chains that “worked behind the scenes” continue to fade in the rearview mirror, companies are improving their demand forecasting, gaining real-time visibility across their networks and streamlining their operations—and its software that makes that all possible.
2019 Top 50 Trucking Companies: Working to Stay on Top
WEBApr 3, 2019 · By all measures, the nation’s top truckload (TL) and less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers should be able to squeeze one more solid year out of the nation’s longest economic expansion - and shippers certainly will notice because they’re the ones paying for it.. Satish Jindel, principal of SJ Consulting, is among those trucking analysts predicting that this year’s round of contractual rate ...
Top 30 Ocean Carriers: Riding high on wave of profits
WEBThis is a time of highly disrupted supply chains compounded by cascading issues. Yet ocean carriers are riding a high wave of unprecedented record profits. Maersk, now the world’s second largest shipping company, reported second quarter 2022 revenues of $21.7 billion, marking a 52% increase compared to the same period of 2021.