Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2023

The manufacturer’s private fleet has deployed a fleet of Einride EVs to haul freight between GE Appliances’ inbound warehouses and manufacturing facilities in Kentucky, Georgia, and Tennessee. In Tennessee, some of the EVs are also humanless Pods that use Einride’s artificial intelligence technology to haul goods.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Bed Bath & Beyond @BedBathBeyond Bed Bath & Beyond has discovered a way to save millions of dollars on freight over the next few years, thanks to a new 755,000 square-foot distribution facility slated to open in the fall of 2019. The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 24, 2025

from a startup express carrier with a few aircraft to the largest air cargo airline in the world and facilitator of global commerce is one of the remarkable stories in American business history. FedEx carries more cargo traffic than any other carrier, according to the International Air Transport Association. The rise of FedEx Corp.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 12, 2024

Thus far in 2024, a majority of auto workers within Volkswagen’s Tennessee production facility have voted to be represented by the UAW in labor negotiations. Leading up to contract negotiations, businesses and their logistics and transportation management teams began re-routing freight to alternative ports including U.S.

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Freight Center

AUGUST 20, 2019

John Butterfield was already an experienced stage line operator on the east coast when he was awarded a contract by the Postmaster General to provide semi-weekly mail service from Memphis, Tennessee and St. Our experts can help you ship even the most unique cargo. Louis, Missouri to San Francisco, California.

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American Global Logistics

JANUARY 30, 2025

SUBSTITUTED SERVICE (ALTERNATE PORT SERVICE) This provision shall govern the transfer of cargo by trucking or other means of transportation at the expense of the Carrier. Rates that are ramp or CY at origin apply from the inland rail carriers ramp at the place of receipt of the cargo by Carrier. Dangerous/Hazardous Cargo, N.O.S.,

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Freight Waves

JUNE 21, 2025

billion enterprise with the largest air cargo fleet in the world. Two years later he relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, because of its central location and lack of severe weather conditions, which helped maintain schedule reliability for the airline. In 1989, FedEx purchased cargo airline Flying Tigers.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 23, 2025

He is considered a giant of the modern freight transportation industry, along with Malcolm McLean, who invented the ocean shipping container. Born in Mississippi and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Smith entered Yale College in 1962 to pursue a degree in economics. Smith founded FedEx Express Corp.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Studying economics at Yale, Smith’s 1965 term paper pitched the idea of creating a logistics company that would carry only cargo, and do so for a package’s end-to-end journet, such that a package could be delivered almost anywhere in the US overnight. He founded a new freight company called “Federal Express,” to denote his national ambitions.

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