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Company outscores competition to capture top spot in annual carrier performance ranking ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Con-way Freight, a less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier and subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW), has been named LTL Carrier of the Year by Technicolor Home Entertainment Services. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130306/MM72405LOGO ) Con-way Freight provides transportation services throughout North America as a core LTL carrier for...
Shippers, brokers and carriers can now calculate miles with PC Miler through the Bulk Loads Now website, making it a one-stop-shop for members. Nixa, MO (PRWEB) May 13, 2013 Bulk Loads Now LLC, the leading freight matching company catering specifically to the bulk sector, partnered with PC Miler officially last month, enabling the use of the industry-leading software on the site. This means a complete, all-in-one package for shippers, brokers and carriers, enabling them to find loads and...
SHANGHAI, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Intermodal China 2013 - Shippers' Summit will be held at the Hyatt on the Bund, Shanghai, China from September 24 to 25, 2013. The conference will attract over 500 leading companies in the field of logistics sector including ports, shipping companies, rail transportation companies, highway transportation companies, cargo shippers and freight forwarders, and more. 40 percent of the attendees are cargo shippers from various industries including...
Cold Train Continues to Increase its Pacific Northwest Service Area and Locations Served PORTLAND, Ore., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cold Train is expanding its express refrigerated intermodal service from Portland, Oregon to complement its existing expedited service out of Quincy, Washington. Cold Train's expanded eastbound service out of Portland will deliver to the same destinations and locations as it does from Quincy, WA, including: Connecticut - Central area, including...
Export initiative update, Panama Canal and Breakbulk Shipping to be discussed HOUSTON, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Containerization & Intermodal Institute will bring a one-day seminar to Houston on June 20 focusing on the Panama Canal, the update on U. S. export initiatives and breakbulk shipping. Michael Masserman, Executive Director for Export Policy, Promotion & Strategy, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, and Rodolfo Sabonge, Vice...
PORTLAND, Ore., April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Spot market freight volumes reported by the DAT North American Freight Index finished the first quarter of 2013 up 7.7 percent compared to Q1 2012 and rose 11 percent over Q4 2012. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130422/CL99018 ) After an unusually strong January, freight volumes dipped seasonally in February and continued to follow typical patterns in March with a 37 percent increase over the previous month. However, spot...
MINNEAPOLIS, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Shippers say they use collaboration and technology, along with shifting modes, as common solutions to moving freight through their corporate supply chains. This is according to "Freight Transportation 2013," the first annual study conducted by NASSTRAC, otherwise known as the National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council, a shipper association providing education, advocacy, and provider relations to the transportation industry....
Additions Enhance Ability to Serve Specialized Load Providers PORTLAND, Ore., April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- DAT Load Boards have added 25 percent more equipment types available on its DAT 3sixty and TruckersEdge products to help flatbed and other specialty load providers - freight brokers, 3PLs, and shippers - move freight requiring specialized equipment. The move augments the current equipment types and gives load providers the ability to use spot market capacity for freight...
Hawthorne Global's Trusted Team of Experts Can Work with Business Operating on Tight Schedules HOUSTON, April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- There are many challenges associated with making international shipments, and perhaps the most significant of these challenges for many businesses involves ensuring that their shipments reach the intended destination on time. With some types of shipments, the delay of a few days or even a week is not a major concern. However, with other...
BulkLoadsNow.com examines the effects the increase broker bond from $10,000 to $75,000 will play in moving hopper, dump, and other bulk freight. Nixa, MO (PRWEB) March 31, 2013 With the signing in of the new highway bill, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, many changes to the transportation industry will go into effect. Of these, most are concerned with maintaining and improving our highway infrastructure and adding visibility to the industry from motor carriers, freight...
