GlobalTranz

A trio of well-known logistics services providers—Worldwide Express, GlobalTranz, and Unishippers—announced they are collaborating on what they called a new corporate identity entitled WWEX Group, that will ensure customers have access to whatever part of the market they need.

A trio of well-known logistics services providers, Dallas-based privately held freight brokerage and authorized UPS reseller Worldwide Express, Phoenix-based GlobalTranz, a full-service 3PL focused on freight brokerage and technology, GlobalTranz, and Dallas-based Unishippers, the second-largest privately held freight brokerage in the country, announced today they are collaborating on what they called a new “corporate identity,” entitled WWEX Group.

Following the announcement late last week that Phoenix-based GlobalTranz, a full-service 3PL focused on freight brokerage and technology, and Dallas-based Worldwide Express, a full-service non-asset-based 3PL focused on small package, truckload and less-than-truckload services (LTL) will join forces to become a merged entity, the top executive for GlobalTranz, CEO Bob Farrell provided with some additional detail on the merger.

The companies said that this initiative, which is expected to be made official during the third quarter of this year, was sponsored by a consortium under the leadership of CVC Capital Partners and leaf GlobalTranz investors Providence Equity Partners and PSG, with current Worldwide Express lead investor Ridgemont Equity Partners, as well as Worldwide Express and GlobalTranz management also retaining major stakes in the combined company.

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Company officials said that this service offering addresses the complexities associated with the last leg of a shipment’s route to its destination, adding that its GlobalTranz TMS is equipped with a built-in final mile module that automatically pairs the LTL linehaul carrier with a properly equipped, dedicated final mile carrier.

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Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently caught up with Ross Spanier, Senior Vice President of Solutions at GlobalTranz, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based full-service 3PL focused on freight brokerage and technology services provider. In a wide-ranging conversation, Berman and Spanier discussed the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on supply chains, as well as capacity conditions, rates, and intermodal, among others.

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