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Sarah Williams, Co-Founder of IronPay, Named Women in Technology Finalist at 2024 Banking Tech Awards
IronPay today announced that co-founder Sarah Williams has been named a finalist for the prestigious Women in Technology category for the 2024 Banking Tech Awards. The awards banquet and announcement will take place on Dec. 4, 2024 at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London. This recognition highlights...
Trump Election Sparks Companies to Frontload Shipments Ahead of Tariffs
ITS Logistics today released the November forecast for the ITS Logistics US Port/Rail Ramp Freight Index. This month, changes in the index reflect how the newly elected Trump Administration could impact supply chains, shipping costs, and overall trade dynamics in...
White House Representative Stephen Viña Warns of Rising China Cyber Threat
White House representative Stephen Viña served as keynote speaker at the National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc.’s (NMFTA)™ Cybersecurity Conference last week, and shared that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has remained the most active and persistent cyber threat to the U.S. government,...
Election of Donald Trump “sends shockwaves through supply chain”
As reported by CNBC's Lori Ann Larocco, the election of Donald Trump to a second, non-consecutive Presidential term has importers scrambling to move up orders before his proposed tariffs take effect in January 2025. President-elect Trump has vowed to move...
Logistics Managers Index Shows Signs of Recovery from Ongoing Freight Recession
The monthly Logistics Managers Index (LMI) shows signs reflecting growth and a time of recovery for the freight industry. The LMI takes a broad view of logistics, measuring eight components related to the freight industry—including inventory levels and costs, warehousing...
Sunset Transportation Honored for its 55% Female Leadership and a 46% Female Workforce
Sunset Transportation (Sunset), a premier third-party logistics (3PL) provider and leader in global supply chain solutions, announced its recognition as a 2024 “Top Company for Women to Work in Transportation” by Women in Trucking Association’s (WIT) official magazine, Redefining the...
Blue Max Trucking Optimizing Dispatching, E-Ticketing, and Fleet Management for its Heavy Haul Fleet
Blue Max Trucking, one of the Southeast’s leading Dump Truck service providers, has selected technology from TruckIT to automate, digitize, and optimize its operations. Operating out of Charlotte, Blue Max generates and processes tens of thousands of paper tickets annually,...
ILA and USMX to Resume Port Contract Discussions in November
In a joint statement, the leadership of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) today announced that they will resume Master Contract discussions in November 2024, to discuss all outstanding issues to reach a new agreement. Earlier...
Grey Orange Inventory Management and Store Execution Tech Now Available on Google Cloud Marketplace Adds
GreyOrange Inc. announced today that the company’s inventory management and store execution application, gStore, is now available on Google Cloud Marketplace. By providing real-time insights into inventory levels, item locations and stock movements, gStore enables retailers to execute store operations...
Increase in the Industrial Vacancy Rate of 6.4% Suggests Temporary Supply-Demand Imbalance In Market
New research indicates that as of August 2024, the national industrial vacancy rate in the U.S. was approximately 6.4%, reflecting an upward trend from the previous months. That same month, the Logistics Manager’s Index (LMI) stood at 56.4, reflecting moderate...
Rio Grande Valley Highway Construction Project to Streamline with E-Ticketing Process
DRAGADOS-Pulice JV, two of the leading construction brands in the ACS Group Construction Division, has selected TruckIT to digitize the E-Ticketing process for the I-2/I-69C Interchange Project in the South Texas Rio Grande Valley. TruckIT’s patented AirTicket™ e-Ticketing solution provides...
TTX Uses Integration Layer to Get Real-Time Visibility of 175K Rail Containers
TTX's signature yellow rail cars carry goods and raw materials across North America. Since 2000, TTX has invested over $13 billion in new railcar purchases for a fleet of more than 175,000 flatcars, boxcars and gondolas. TTX engaged Redwood Logistics (Redwood),...
ILA’s Daggett Praises President Biden for Role in Port Strike
International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett praised President Joe Biden for his role in last week's three-day Port strike in an open letter: "We thank you for your powerful message that 'the dockworkers from the ILA...deserve a strong contract after...
Mojix Merges with Seagull Software
Seagull Software, the developer of BarTender label management software, announced that it has merged with Mojix, a leader in item-level inventory management and traceability. With the merger, Seagull will enhance how companies manage their supply chains, combining product labeling with...
McLeod Software and Greenscreens.ai Partner for Dynamic Freight Market Pricing
McLeod Software (McLeod), has announced an enhanced partnership with Greenscreens.ai (Greenscreens), the freight industry's premier dynamic pricing platform. The integration brings advancements in freight market pricing, empowering freight brokers to make data-driven decisions more quickly and accurately. Through the partnership,...
Dockworkers Strike Across East Coast and Southern Ports
Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, which represents 45,000 dockworkers at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports, officially went on strike at midnight last night, the exact time that the contract with port employers expired. The ILA rejected the latest...
Freight Partners Group Invests in LTL efficiency with AI-Driven Shipping
Shiplify, the primary accessorial revenue identifier for carriers, shippers and third party logistics (3PL) providers, today announced significant improvements in less-than-truckload (LTL) efficiency for Freight Partners Group (FPG). As a technology-driven logistics company, FPG specializes in integrations, and their partnership...
LK Packaging Finds Results in 4PL Partnership
Redwood Logistics (Redwood), one of the fastest-growing fourth-party logistics (4PL) providers in North America, today announced the results of their partnership with LK® Packaging (LK), a trusted provider of stock and custom packaging solutions for over 50 years. Redwood’s modern...
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Former Amazon Executive Michiel Kalverkamp joins Besso as Chief Customer Officer
Besso, a Swiss startup specializing in simplifying global trade compliance through Artificial Intelligence (AI), announced the appointment of Michiel Kalverkamp as Chief Customer Officer. Kalverkamp joins Besso after a successful tenure at Amazon, where he served as the Head of...
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