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Nippon Express launches new Chinese service

Nippon Express (China) Co., Ltd., a Group company of Nippon Express Holdings, Inc. launched a new multimodal transport service on April that links China and neighboring ASEAN countries via truck transport that utilizes an international railway connecting China and Laos.The multimodal service transports cargo by rail between Kunming, China and Vientiane, Laos and then by truck from Vientiane to Thailand and other neighboring ASEAN countries across the international border with ... [+]

Carrier Logistics rolls out yard management system

Carrier Logistics Inc. (CLI), veteran providers of freight management software for Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) fleets, announced the CLI Yard Management System, a trailer inventory system designed to improve efficiency in operations for asset-based LTL trucking companies.With the CLI Yard Management System, LTL carriers can manage the ... [+]

Descartes finds Solutions for Ecommerce Companies

Descartes Systems Group announced that its Descartes ShipRush™ multi-carrier parcel and less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping solution has been integrated with its suite of ecommerce warehouse management systems (WMS). This integration allows customers to improve their warehouse and shipping performance through a unified solution. "Fulfillment excellence requires warehouse ... [+]

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Unchanged in February

American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index was unchanged in February after increasing 0.4% in January. In February, the index equaled 115.3 (2015=100) the same as January. “February was the first month that the index didn’t increase since July,” said ATA Chief ... [+]

Trucking Cares Foundation Donates to Ukraine Relief Efforts

The trucking industry’s charitable arm – the Trucking Cares Foundation – announced it is donating more than $40,000 to a trio of organizations involved in Ukrainian humanitarian relief efforts. “The war unfolding in Ukraine is a terrible tragedy,” said TCF Chairman Phil Byrd, president and CEO ... [+]

RoadOne Announces Distribution Center in Virginia

RoadOne IntermodaLogistics, a single source intermodal, distribution, and logistics services company, announced that it’s building a 340,000 square foot distribution and fulfillment center in Norfolk, VA. This location will be one of the premier transload facilities in the Norfolk market due to its close proximity ... [+]

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Increased 0.6% in January

American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 0.6% in January after increasing 0.9% in December. In January, the index equaled 115.5 (2015=100) compared with 114.9 in December. ATA recently revised the seasonally adjusted index back five years as part of its ... [+]

POLB Creating Nation’s Largest Electric Truck Charging Network

The Port of Long Beach has issued an information request to assist in creating one of the largest U.S. networks of publicly accessible electric-charging stations for the heavy duty, class 8 drayage trucks that serve the port complex.Transitioning the drayage truck fleet serving the San ... [+]

Port NOLA Expands Initiative

The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) has been awarded a fifth round of grant funding to continue its award-winning air quality initiative, the Clean Truck Replacement Incentive Program (Clean TRIP). With this latest round, the Clean TRIP funding is able to expand eligibility to ... [+]

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Increased 1% in December

American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 1% in December after rising 0.5% in November. In December, the index equaled 114.7 (2015=100) compared with 113.5 in November.“December’s gain was the fifth straight totaling 4.4%,” said ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello. ... [+]

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