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Global 3PL market revenues fall in 2023, with future growth on the horizon, Armstrong report notes
February 28, 2024
Total estimated 2023 global 3PL market revenue was off 18.5% annually, coming in at $1.2 trillion. But even with that decline, the firm observed that this tally still represented a 25.3% increase, when compared to pre-pandemic 2019.
Flexport moves forward with the rollout of Convoy’s technology platform
February 28, 2024
Roughly three months after it acquired the technology and intellectual property of Seattle-based digital freight network Convoy, following the closing of Convoy’s business, due to the effects of the freight recession and a slowdown in capital market activity, San Francisco-based freight forwarding and customs brokerage services provider Flexport said earlier this month that it has formally introduced the rollout of the Convoy platform to its service portfolio.
J.B. Hunt heralds new multiyear intermodal deal with Walmart
February 26, 2024
J.B. Hunt Transport signed a multiyear deal with global retail giant Walmart, with a key component of the deal being its acquisition of Walmart’s intermodal assets, including its operational intermodal container and chassis fleets.
ATA data points to truck tonnage declines to start 2023
February 26, 2024
The ATA’s advanced Seasonally Adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 3.5% in January, to 111.0 (2015=100), following a 1.2% December gain.
Harsh weather drives January spot freight volumes to a monthly record high, notes DAT Truckload Volume Index
February 16, 2024
The new edition of the DAT Truckload Volume Index (TVI), which was recently issued by DAT Freight & Analytics, noted that spot freight volumes rose to all-time highs, for the month of January, driven by what it described as a weather-related bump in demand for truckload capacity.
Three major heavy truck manufacturers form PACT to jolt electrification push
February 14, 2024
There’s safety in numbers and in cooperation. That’s what three major worldwide heavy truck manufacturers seem to be saying in getting ready for vehicle electrification. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) Volvo Trucks North America, Navistar and Daimler Truck North America are trying to reduce transportation's carbon footprint by taking a collective approach.
XPO turns in solid Q4 results to end 2023
February 7, 2024
Quarterly revenue, at $1.94 billion, was up 6% annually, and adjusted earnings per share fell 21.4% annually, to $0.77.
C.H. Robinson introduces new touchless appointments technology offering
February 7, 2024
Minneapolis, Minn.-based global third-party logistics (3PL) services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson said today it has rolled out a new technology offering focused on touchless appointments, which it said “creates a major efficiency in freight shipping.”
FTR’s Vise examines current freight economy conditions at SMC3
February 7, 2024
The state of the freight economy was a key theme at the SMC3 JumpStart 2024 conference held in Atlanta late last month. Avery Vise, vice president of trucking, for freight transportation consultancy FTR, offered up his views on the freight economy, at the moment, and where things could be headed.
First scheduling API through the Scheduling Standards Consortium is released by Uber Freight
February 5, 2024
Chicago-based Uber Freight is rolling out a pilot program based on a new scheduled application programing interface (API), which it said will represent the “first activation” of the Scheduling Standards Consortium (SSC) Technical Standard.
Preliminary January North American Class 8 truck net orders see annual gains
February 5, 2024
FTR reported that preliminary January net orders, at 26,400 units, snapped a three-month stretch of sequential declines, with a 2% gain over December, while posting a 35% annual increase. ACT reported that January preliminary North American Class 8 orders, at 27,000 units, rose by 600 units compared to December and climbed up 45% annually.
Averitt heralds Middle Tenn.-based expansion initiatives
February 2, 2024
The company’s expansion in Nashville is part of an ongoing effort to invest in its facility infrastructure and demonstrate its commitment to its customers, its associates and its future, adding that Averitt wants to be on the leading edge when it comes to technology, equipment and facilities.
Ryder System announces acquisition of Cardinal Logistics
February 1, 2024
Ryder officials said that bringing Cardinal into the fold will help to enable the company’s growth and also further strengthen its position as a leading customized North American-based dedicated contract carrie
UPS’s plan to seek ‘strategic alternatives’ for Coyote is the latest reminder of a challenging truckload brokerage market
February 1, 2024
While this week’s fourth quarter earnings call, for Atlanta-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider UPS, was replete with interesting information and data, including nearly 8% revenue decline and 12,000 layoffs, another interesting takeaway was related to its truckload brokerage business, Coyote, which it acquired in 2015.