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CEVA Logistics Creates Ground Transportation Line headed by Jérôme Lorrain

CEVA Logistics has announced the creation of a fourth new business line: ground transportation.  The ground division will run alongside the company’s existing air, ocean and contract logistics businesses and be headed up by Jérôme Lorrain as its Chief Operating Officer. Lorrain will relocate from Dubai, where he served as executive vice president Balkans, Africa, Middle East and Central Asia (BAMECA) to CEVA’s US corporate headquarters in Houston. He has also ... [+]

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Decreased 0.9% in November

American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index declined 0.9% in November, following an increase of 1.8% during October. The October figure was revised down from our press release on November 24. In November, the index equaled 134.3 (2000=100), down from 135.5 in ... [+]

Ryder Earns Highest Supplier Rating from John Deere

Ryder Systems, Inc., a leader in commercial fleet management, dedicated transportation and supply chain solutions, has earned recognition as a Partner-level supplier for 2015 in John Deere’s Achieving Excellence Program. The Partner-level status is Deere & Company’s highest supplier rating. Ryder was selected for the honor ... [+]

Truck Drivers Urge Motorists: Be Nice, Not Naughty on the Highways

With more than 99 million motorists expected to use the nation’s highways this holiday season – and only one traveling via flying sleigh – American Trucking Associations and the Share the Road highway safety program want to ensure everyone arrives at their destinations safely by ... [+]

PFG Streamlines Distribution with Descartes Cloud-Based Mobile Solutions

Descartes Systems Group recently announced that Performance Food Group Company (PFG),one of the largest foodservice distributors in the United States, is streamlining its national distribution operations using Descartes Food Perform™ and Descartes Electronic Vehicle Inspection Reporting™ (Descartes eDVIR™). "With one of the largest private truck fleets ... [+]

Paragon Software Systems Introduces Route Control

Paragon Software Systems, Inc. announces a breakthrough in transportation planning - Paragon Route Control. Transportation planners can now use a calendar to create routes that comply with time and day-related local, state and national regulations, and road closures resulting from major public events. Paragon Route ... [+]

Congress Passes Surface Transportation Bill, Reauthorizes Ex-Im Bank

News hailing from December 3: Congress has passed a long-term reauthorization of the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank and surface transportation bill. Groups, such as the Washington Council on International Trade (WCIT) and its members – farmers, manufacturers, retailers and service providers from across Washington state – celebrate ... [+]

Ryder Launches Military Veteran Buddy Program

Ryder System, Inc. has announced the launch of its Veteran Buddy Program, pairing current Ryder employees who are military veterans with new veteran employees. The program is designed to help ease the transition from military to civilian life, which can be a major challenge for ... [+]

GPA October Container volumes Up 3%

Board approves new truck program The Georgia Ports Authority handled a total of 321,094 TEUs in October 2015, an additional 9,335 units, or 3% increase over the same period last year. For the fiscal year to date (July-October), the GPA has moved 1.27 million TEUs, up ... [+]

East Coast Warehouse & Distribution Launches Cloud-Based RFID Yard Management System

East Coast Warehouse & Distribution has launched PINC Solutions' cloud-based advanced yard management system to help manage imports and exports for its food and beverage customers, U.S. Customs & Border Protection Centralized Examination Station (CES) and container freight station (CFS) services. Through this system, each ... [+]

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