Originally published in Mexico Business News By: Carlos Godinez, VP Business Development, Mexico This year marks another difficult year across the global supply chain with tight capacity, increasing inflation and lack of reliability continuing to trouble the industry. Carriers are facing high volatility, uncertainty and demand, while shippers need increased confidence so they can find…
Category: Intermodal
*The below is an excerpt of an article first published in Talking Logistics. One of the key lessons learned from 2020 is that companies can no longer afford to stand on the sidelines when it comes to investing in technology and digital transformation. This is not only true for manufacturers and retailers, but for logistics…
2019 is in full swing, and it’s the perfect time to take a trip back into our Logistically Speaking archives and showcase some of the topics that have been of particular interest to our readers over the past few years. These blogs have stood the test of time, and revisiting older trends is often a…
By: Frank McGuigan, Chief Executive Officer, Transplace Yesterday, Transplace was thrilled to announce that it acquired Yusen Logistics Americas’ intermodal marketing company/over-the-road freight brokerage group. A subsidiary of Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Yusen Logistics is a global logistics and transportation provider that established a strong, successful North American intermodal business. This acquisition expands Transplace’s intermodal and…
By: Kelly St. Aubin, Vice President of Strategic Sales, Celtic Intermodal It’s both an interesting and rather chaotic time in the intermodal market. The ELD mandate is in full effect and there have been some widespread market changes as a result. For carriers, with the new ELD regulations come subsequent training needs and changes to…
By: Kelly St. Aubin, Vice President of Strategic Sales, Celtic Intermodal For shippers and carriers alike, it’s certainly an interesting time in transportation. The intermodal market in particular has shifted on a dime in Q3 of 2017, while over-the-road (OTR) capacity has also changed significantly. For a few years, the market had been fairly saturated,…