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Earlier this week, Miami-based Miami-based freight transportation and logistics services provider heralded the initial rollout of its BrightDrop Zevo 600 electric vans at four strategic facilities in California, Texas, and New York.

The company will introduce 4,000 BrightDrop Zevo 600 and Zevo 400 electric vans to its lease and rental fleet through 2025, adding that the first 200 will be ordered in 2023. And it added that the Zevo 600 and Zevo 400 electric vans have a 250-mile range on a full charge, while supporting a payload of roughly 2,000-to-3,400 pounds.

Company officials said that by leveraging capacity through Ryder’s peer-to-peer truck- and trailer-sharing platform, COOP by Ryder, its customers gain access to a fleet comprised of dry and refrigerated trailers, adding that COOP has more than 6,000 trailers listed throughout the country, with its inventory continuing to increase.

Ryder officials said that adding these new locations are part of its strategy to grow its broader transportation service offerings, which include freight brokerage, transportation management, and dedicated transportation. Ryder now has freight brokerage offices in Nashville, Novi, Mich., and Forth Worth, Texas.

Miami-based freight transportation and logistics services provider Ryder System Inc. confirmed it received an offer by an activist investor to acquire the company. Ryder said in a statement that it received an unsolicited indication of interest from New York-based HG Vora for $86.00 per share in cash

Southern Glazer’s is collaborating with a 3PL to bring efficiency and transparency to inbound logistics. The payoff: A more customer-centric supply chain.

Getting more out of lift truck telematics involves looking beyond basics and starting to incorporate analytics fed by integration with other systems. By marrying up telematics data from the trucks with operations data, or with real-time location feeds, users stand to benefit.

Taking steps to expand its e-fulfillment network, Miami-based freight transportation and logistics services provider Ryder System Inc. said earlier this week it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Industry City, Calif.-based omnichannel fulfillment and logistics services provider Whiplash.

$480 million deal will expand Ryder’s footprint to include Whiplash's 19 dedicated and multi-client warehouses totaling nearly seven million square feet providing access to key port operations and gateway markets.

With e-commerce fulfillment as a catalyst, both the third-party logistics and cold storage warehousing market in North America continue to post healthy gains.

Join Alec Hicks, group director supply chain solutions at Ryder, as he explains the lessons learned and strategies used to keep North America’s retailers thriving today, and prepared for future challenges.

Taking steps to meet increasing customer demands for faster delivery times, Miami-based freight transportation and logistics services provider Ryder System Inc. announced today it has made some moves to Ryder Last Mile, its customizable, multi-tiered delivery service offering for big-and-bulky goods, in the form of new United States-based hubs in Milwaukee and Philadelphia.

Our innovative technology gives you and your customers real-time, end-to-end visibility and tracking into the transportation and delivery of orders.

The pace and disruption force companies to re-think how they do business to prepare them for the future. And, provides fertile ground for opportunity and innovation.

Disruption continues to be the prime focus of supply chains, whether it’s positive business surges or times of crisis.