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The Best States to Buy a Car In!

Supply Chain Game Changer

In addition, Alaska, Montana, Delaware, Oregon, and New Hampshire have no statewide sales tax. Carriage Trade is regarded as one of America’s largest public auto auctions. ADESA owns over 75 auction sites within North America, and has even expanded overseas to the UK in 2016.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Con-way Truckload and Con-way Multimodal Join Forces to Launch New Intermodal Service for North America. CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Robinson Introduces Navisphere App for Customers.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 30 – June 3, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Based in Missoula, Montana, Watkins & Shepard is the leading provider of LTL, truckload and logistics services for difficult-to-handle goods, such as furniture and floor coverings, across North America.

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TIA adds VPs to enhance membership and government affairs

DAT Solutions

TIA is North America's leading association for freight brokers and 3PLs, with more than 1,700 members. Before joining TIA, he worked as a staff member for Senator Max Baucus of Montana. Matt Mantione has joined TIA as Vice President of Membership, where he will responsible for advancing and supporting TIA membership.

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The Definitive Guide on Produce Season Transportation Impacts

Zipline Logistics

Montana is vast and contains 58,000,000 acres of farmland used to grow wheat and hay. Shippers with inbound or outbound Montana orders can expect to deal with produce capacity and rate fluctuations around the end of summer through the fall when the wheat crop is harvested. Heaviest Peak: August-November . Predominant Crop: Wheat.

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‘Red Zone’ Trucking

Tailwind

It is estimated that there is 17 to 20% slack capacity in the trucking industry in North America. For an industry that moves 70% of the freight across the North American continent, this excess capacity is truly a very big number. It is said to be a place where the chances of scoring are statistically higher.”. from Wikipedia*.