C.H. Robinson

C.H. Robinson announced yesterday it has acquired Madrid, Spain-based international ocean and air freight forwarder The Space Group, in an effort designed to further expand its Global Forwarding business segment.

The company announced yesterday that as part of a “long-planned succession process”, effective May 9, Chief Operating Officer Robert ("Bob") Biesterfeld, will become Chief Executive Officer, as well as being nominated to stand for election to the company’s board of directors. Biesterfeld will replace C.H. Robinson Chairman and CEO John Wiehoff, whom will continue as Chairman of the Board when Biesterfeld becomes CEO.

When looking at the last three-to-four years in the logistics and freight transportation sectors, it is clear that there has been an “unusual and high level of activity” occurring. That was a key theme of a keynote speech at this week’s SMC3 Connections conference held at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia by John Wiehoff, CEO of global logistics services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson. In a wide-ranging speech, Wiehoff categorized some of the bigger...

Like all modes of freight transportation, especially these days, change is constant. And that is apparent in the air freight sector. Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently caught up with Matt Castle, VP of Global Forwarding Products & Services at C.H. Robinson, to get an inside glimpse of the current state of the market.

Facing the tightest spot truckload market in at least four years, the number of available loads on the spot truckload freight market jumped 5.4% during the week ending Sept. 30 and tight capacity sent the load-to-truck ratio for van freight into uncharted territory.

Leading third party logistics provider C.H. Robinson has introduced a bold new innovation with the launch of Navisphere® Vision, a supply chain technology that provides real-time global visibility across all modes and regions in one platform.

Late last week, global logistics services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson announced it acquired Montreal, Quebec-based Milgram & Company Ltd., a provider of freight forwarding, customs brokerage, warehousing, and surface transportation services.

The trend set over the past few years for mergers and acquisitions has hardly subsided, and a fresh injection of equity investment is transforming the marketplace. At the same time, shippers may expect to see 3PLs continue to purchase high-tech “solutions” and hire young professionals for implementation.

It’s safe to say that rate increases are inevitable and oftentimes unavoidable, that’s not to say that it’s impossible to soften the blow.

C.H. Robinson and Robinson Fresh recognized one of its employees who did something few people in the world have done – John Stenderup, Manager, Grower-Shipper Supply Chain Services, conquered not only the tallest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, but also the fourth tallest mountain in the world, Lhotse, within a 24 hour period.

As John Stenderup, Manager, Grower-Shipper Supply Chain Services, with C.H. Robinson recently learned during his journey to tackle two of the tallest peaks in the world, the logistics of it all is a primary and critical challenge, and as with any supply chain, success requires a multimodal approach.

By challenging American cities to use emerging transportation technologies to address their most pressing problems, the Smart City Challenge aimed to spread innovation through a mixture of competition, collaboration, and experimentation.

US President Donald Trump is set to take a first step toward enacting his pledge to "build a wall" on the Mexican border as he rolls out a series of immigration-related decrees today.

The logistics industry is a capital intensive business, and M&A and investment activity says a lot about the technologies companies are betting their futures on, especially UPS and FedEx who are the most active companies in this space.

Researchers from MIT’s MLOG Program, C.H. Robinson, and TMC teamed up to analyze over one million truckload transactions, and their findings revealed that by increasing lead time, companies can dramatically impact their transportation costs.