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Ryder Expands Integrated Partnership with Uber

Ryder System, Inc. recently announced its 100,000 ride utilizing Uber for Business. By integrating directly into Uber for Business’ application programming interface, Ryder is able to request, manage, and pay monthly for rides for their customers and employees at scale while providing an enhanced customer experience. This announcement comes at a time when businesses are looking to innovate and adapt with speed and flexibility. Since the partnership’s inception in August 2018, rental, service, and maintenance managers at Ryder ... [+]

SAL launches pharma facilities at KFIA Cargo Village

Saudi Arabian Logistics (SAL) has launched the operations of its state-of-the-art pharma facilities recently opened at the Dammam-based King Fahad International Airport’s Cargo Village. The new warehouses will support the infrastructure of pharma and medical equipment handling facilities as per the international standards ... [+]

Old Dominion Freight Line – Second-Quarter 2020

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. reported certain less-than-truckload (“LTL”) operating metrics for May 2020. Revenue per day decreased 16.2% as compared to May 2019 due to a 12.1% decrease in LTL tons per day and a decrease in LTL revenue per hundredweight. The change ... [+]

World Refugee Day 2020

To mark World Refugee Day, which takes place on June 20 every year, Deutsche Post DHL Group is publishing a review of its refugee initiative, which was launched in fall 2015. Focusing on professional integration by providing individuals with the opportunity to gain initial work ... [+]

YRC Freight Recognized Again

For the fifth time, YRC Freight has been named National LTL Carrier of the Year by the National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council (NASSTRAC). Through its annual Carrier of the Year Awards Program, NASSTRAC recognizes carriers that have demonstrated excellence in transportation, while also helping ... [+]

Pretzel Manufacturing company selects Logistics Park Kansas City

Dot’s Pretzels, LLC has selected Logistics Park Kansas City in Edgerton, Kansas for their new manufacturing facility. The premiere pretzel brand in North America plans to begin operations later this year in the new facility that will increase Dot's production capacity to meet the ever-increasing ... [+]

TAPA partners with Bosch Secure Truck Parking

The Transported Asset Protection Association’s (TAPA) program to reduce cargo thefts and increase supply chain resilience in the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region has a new partner: Bosch Secure Truck Parking, a digital booking platform for truck parking spaces in Europe. The ... [+]

DHL introduces first Eastbound block trains from Germany to China

In response to heavy customer demand, DHL Global Forwarding, the freight forwarding specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, introduced two new block train connections from Germany to China at the end of May. A new connection serving from the KTL terminal on the BASF site in Ludwigshafen travels via Poland, Belarus, ... [+]

Signatures from a distance

An innovative no-touch signature capture feature developed by DB Schenker enables safe documentation of deliveries while everyone involved maintains the required coronavirus distance. The technology, which allows personal signatures to be captured from a distance of up to three meters, is now being used ... [+]

TAPA warns of a significant spike in cargo thefts

Manufacturers and logistics service providers must be prepared to protect their supply chains from a projected significant spike in cargo thefts as coronavirus lockdowns begin to be lifted across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has warned. With ... [+]

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