Skip to content
Search AI Powered

Latest Stories

newsworthy

newsmakers: people on the fast track

  • Con-Way Southern Express, a company of Con-Way Transportation Services, has begun operations in a new facility in Memphis. The new service center will allow Con-Way Southern Express to triple its freight capacity. The building has 231 dock doors and is situated on an 88-acre site. The less-than-truckload carrier will be able to provide next-day service to locations as far away as Milwaukee. The facility will service all of North America.
  • Fortna has appointed Jeremy Davidson as account executive. Davidson's new job will be to expand Fortna's presence in the central part of the United States. He brings to the job experience in supply chain benchmarking, inbound logistics, transportation, distribution network strategies and process optimization. Fortna, headquartered in Reading, Pa., provides software, design and handling equipment for logistics and distribution systems.
  • Jill Raab is the new marketing communications coordinator for FKI Logistex Manufacturing Systems. She has spent the past seven years in FKI's international, beverage, and newspaper sales organizations. In her new job, Raab will be developing marketing initiatives for the company's Alvey, White and Cleco brands.
  • FKI's Warehouse and Distribution division has also made several key appointments. In customer operations, Chuck Waddle is now executive vice president, sales and systems engineering. Ken Buzek moves to executive vice president, project management and installation, and Gary Cash has been appointed vice president, product management.
  • Ron Hounsell has joined Cadre Technologies as the company's director of logistics services. Hounsell is a 22-year veteran of supply chain operations and consulting firms. Cadre Technologies is a supplier of fulfillment systems used by logistics service providers and has offices in Denver and Baltimore.
  • Pro Active Solutions, a company that specializes in product returns management, reverse logistics and engineering services, has appointed Kirk Kimbel director of account management. Kimbel will be responsible for managing the company's sales, marketing and business development efforts.
  • Panalpina, a Swiss provider of forwarding and logistics services that operates in 74 countries, has agreed to become the first tenant in the new Elk Grove Village logistics center near Chicago. The center, managed by AMB Property Corp., is adjacent to O'Hare International Airport. Panalpina will lease 121,480 square feet in the complex, which is slated to open early next year.
  • P&O Nedlloyd, a provider of point-to-point container shipping services, has made several new executive appointments within its North American Trade and Logistics operations. Chris Dombalis is the new senior vice president for Pacific Trade. Todd Rives has been appointed vice president for North-South Trade. Rick Miller has been selected as vice president for Australia/New Zealand Trade. And Christopher Prey has been appointed vice president and general manager for P&O Nedlloyd Logistics.
  • TNT Logistics has appointed two managers to its North American business development group. Mike Biason has been promoted to business development manager. He had been TNT's manager of purchasing and maintenance. Also hired as a business development manager is Tony Vassallo, who has nearly 20 years of experience in sales and business development positions.
  • Manugistics Group, a company that provides demand and supply chain management solutions, has chosen Joe Cowan as its chief executive officer. Cowan has extensive experience in supply chain management. Gregory J. Owens will continue to be Manugistics' chairman of the board and will also assist the company in developing business strategies.
  • Gary Park has been named the new vice president of implementation for Ozburn-Hessey Logistics. Park will be responsible for managing OHL's newly formed implementation staff, ISO quality program and new customer startups. Prior to the appointment, Park had been OHL's director of integration. Ozburn-Hessey Logistics, which is headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., operates more than 17 million square feet of warehouse and distribution space in 20 states.
  • BorgWarner Inc. has named John J. McGill to the newly created post of vice president, global supply chain and champion of emerging market utilization. McGill's responsibilities will be to drive operating synergies throughout the company's supply chain and to coordinate the development of emerging markets such as China. McGill had been president and general manager of BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems, Drivetrain Group. BorgWarner engineers components and systems for vehicle powertrain applications.
  • W&H Systems, a material handling systems integrator based in Carlstadt, N.J., has added Earl Beasley to its sales team. Beasley will be based in Grand Rapids, Mich., and will be developing new business opportunities throughout North America.

The Latest

More Stories

Image of earth made of sculpted paper, surrounded by trees and green

Creating a sustainability roadmap for the apparel industry: interview with Michael Sadowski

Michael Sadowski
Michael Sadowski

Most of the apparel sold in North America is manufactured in Asia, meaning the finished goods travel long distances to reach end markets, with all the associated greenhouse gas emissions. On top of that, apparel manufacturing itself requires a significant amount of energy, water, and raw materials like cotton. Overall, the production of apparel is responsible for about 2% of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report titled

Taking Stock of Progress Against the Roadmap to Net Zeroby the Apparel Impact Institute. Founded in 2017, the Apparel Impact Institute is an organization dedicated to identifying, funding, and then scaling solutions aimed at reducing the carbon emissions and other environmental impacts of the apparel and textile industries.

Keep ReadingShow less

Featured

xeneta air-freight.jpeg

Air cargo carriers enjoy 24% rise in average spot rates

The global air cargo market’s hot summer of double-digit demand growth continued in August with average spot rates showing their largest year-on-year jump with a 24% increase, according to the latest weekly analysis by Xeneta.

Xeneta cited two reasons to explain the increase. First, Global average air cargo spot rates reached $2.68 per kg in August due to continuing supply and demand imbalance. That came as August's global cargo supply grew at its slowest ratio in 2024 to-date at 2% year-on-year, while global cargo demand continued its double-digit growth, rising +11%.

Keep ReadingShow less
littler Screenshot 2024-09-04 at 2.59.02 PM.png

Congressional gridlock and election outcomes complicate search for labor

Worker shortages remain a persistent challenge for U.S. employers, even as labor force participation for prime-age workers continues to increase, according to an industry report from labor law firm Littler Mendelson P.C.

The report cites data showing that there are approximately 1.7 million workers missing from the post-pandemic workforce and that 38% of small firms are unable to fill open positions. At the same time, the “skills gap” in the workforce is accelerating as automation and AI create significant shifts in how work is performed.

Keep ReadingShow less
stax PR_13August2024-NEW.jpg

Toyota picks vendor to control smokestack emissions from its ro-ro ships

Stax Engineering, the venture-backed startup that provides smokestack emissions reduction services for maritime ships, will service all vessels from Toyota Motor North America Inc. visiting the Toyota Berth at the Port of Long Beach, according to a new five-year deal announced today.

Beginning in 2025 to coincide with new California Air Resources Board (CARB) standards, STAX will become the first and only emissions control provider to service roll-on/roll-off (ro-ros) vessels in the state of California, the company said.

Keep ReadingShow less
trucker premium_photo-1670650045209-54756fb80f7f.jpeg

ATA survey: Truckload drivers earn median salary of $76,420

Truckload drivers in the U.S. earned a median annual amount of $76,420 in 2023, posting an increase of 10% over the last survey, done two years ago, according to an industry survey from the fleet owners’ trade group American Trucking Associations (ATA).

That result showed that driver wages across the industry continue to increase post-pandemic, despite a challenging freight market for motor carriers. The data comes from ATA’s “Driver Compensation Study,” which asked 120 fleets, more than 150,000 employee drivers, and 14,000 independent contractors about their wage and benefit information.

Keep ReadingShow less