Russia's largest online retailer, Wildberries, is run by a mother of four who founded her company in her Moscow apartment while on maternity leave from her job as an English teacher.
August 30, 2018Business, Fuel, Logistics
Trucker Shortage Forces Some Restaurants to Buy Local
A labor crunch in the trucking industry is making it more expensive to deliver everything from apples to zucchini. And restaurants of all kinds are turning to local ingredients to avoid surging shipping costs.
August 28, 2018Business, Fuel, Logistics
Melting Arctic Ice Opens New Energy Trade Route
A new trade route for energy supplies is opening up north of the Arctic Circle as some of the warmest temperatures on record shrink ice caps that used to lock ships out of the area.
August 28, 2018Business, Technology, Logistics
DrayNow Raises $5 Million to Expand Services Nationwide
DrayNow, a new load-matching service that is focused on helping shippers and freight brokerage firms find drayage capacity, has received $5 million in funding to expand its business nationwide.
August 28, 2018Business, Logistics, Top 100
GlobalTranz Completes Another Agent Acquisition
GlobalTranz Enterprises announced the purchase of SynchOne, the less-than-truckload freight brokerage division of Synchrogistics LLC in Greensboro, N.C., for an undislosed amount.
August 28, 2018Business, Logistics
Food Service Distributor Atlantic Beverage Receives New Investment
Atlantic Beverage Co., an Edison, N.J.-based importer and distributor of nonperishable food and beverage products, has received new capital from a group of investment firms led by KCM Capital Partners in Chicago.
August 27, 2018Business, Equipment, Logistics
PS Logistics Finalizes Purchase of D. Mosley Trucking
PS Logistics has completed the purchase of D. Mosley Trucking Inc. and DMT Logistics Services Inc., the Birmingham, Ala.-based company announced Aug. 23. Financial terms were not announced.
August 27, 2018Business, Technology, Logistics
Robots Take On the Final Mile
Imagine if the next time you place an order for delivery from your favorite local restaurant, you’re greeted at your door not by a person but by an urban delivery robot.
August 24, 2018Government, Business, Logistics, TCA
Georgia’s New Inland Port Terminal Opens for Business
The Georgia Ports Authority celebrated the official opening of the Appalachian Regional Port in northwest Georgia on Aug. 22.
August 23, 2018Business, Logistics
World’s Biggest Shipping Firm Maersk to Test Russian Arctic Route
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk said Aug. 23 it will send a cargo vessel through the Russian Arctic for the first time as a result of melting sea ice.
August 23, 2018