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Delivering Hope: Taimen Transport Ships Life-Saving Vaccines

Turvo

Taimen Transport LLC is a rapidly growing logistics company located in Chattanooga, TN specializing in over-the-road transportation. Taimen Transport had previously implemented Turvo , replacing a number of legacy systems and processes. Chris Wang, CEO of Taimen Transport. When opportunity called, Taimen answered.

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The FreightVana Story with Shannon Breen

The Logistics of Logistics

With an educational and professional background in finance, Shannon joined the logistics industry in 2012 with Knight Transportation out of Phoenix, Arizona. In early 2020 he left his executive role to embark on a professional passion project, FreightVana, one that he Co-Founded with a life-long friend and business partner John Gamero.

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What You Need to Know About the State of eCommerce Logistics

GlobalTranz

Meanwhile, eCommerce is catalyzing significant changes in retail real estate as more companies vie for warehouse space and transportation services to meet a growing number of online orders, explains Alexander Frei and John Morris of Area Development. But, by the end of 2012, eCommerce logistics had grown to 5 percent.

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Ready For the Next Port Crisis?

Talking Logistics

It said that if it takes two months for the ports to become fully operational, the window for shipping this season’s crop will have closed. Those same words were said when the ports were shut down for 10 days in 2002 , and again in December 2012 when 600 clerks went on strike , shutting down the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for 8 days.

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Boom Time for the Shared Economy within Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

In logistics and supply chain management, however, transport and warehousing are the most significant sharing processes thanks to a welter of economic benefits for all parties—and the trend is accelerating despite the dampening effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Why Businesses, Large and Small, Think it’s Fair to Share.

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The Evolution of the Direct-to-Consumer Supply Chain

Talking Logistics

All signs point to the rise of direct-to-consumer (DTC) shipping. What’s evolving is that consumers are going further down the SKU stream to have more shipped to their houses – both regularly and on-demand. McGuigan served as the President of Transplace’s Transportation Management and Software as a Service business (SaaS).

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Why Energy Supply Chains are Transitioning to Renewables

Requis

Despite the persistance of some strong fundamentals , 2020 may signal the true turning point in the shift to renewable sources for energy companies. In the period 2000–2012, upstream capital expenditure by oil majors rose 450% , with extraction from shale costs primarily to blame. That’s a strong claim, and many will be skeptical.