Skip to content
Search AI Powered
Human content, AI powered search.

Latest Stories

newsworthy

accolades: awards and recognition

DC Velocity Staff
By DC Velocity StaffJul 30, 2008
DC Velocity Staff
See Full Bio
  • Striking the iron. The Georgia Ports Authority has been given a 2008 Bronze Anvil Award from the Public Relations Society of America. The recognition is for the authority's FY2006 Annual Report: Redefining the Pace of Trade. The Bronze Anvil Awards are given annually to organizations that represent the very best in public relations practices.
  • Top exec. Tammy Beil, vice president of marketing for FedEx Freight, was named the 2008 Executive of the Year by the Transportation Marketing & Communications Association (TMCA). Beil has been with FedEx Freight since 2004. The award honors Beil's marketing accomplishments as well as her contributions to the industry.
  • Royal decree. Evergreen Group Chairman Dr. Chang Yung-Fa has been designated Commander of Order of the Crown by the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs. The award was conferred on Dr. Chang for his achievements, contributions, and innovations in international transportation and trade. He is one of just a few non-Belgians to be so recognized.
  • Far flung. Global container transportation company APL was named Best Trans-Pacific Shipping Line at the 22nd Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards ceremony organized by Hong Kong-based Cargonews Asia. APL was chosen by the newspaper's 12,000 readers as tops in the container shipping field.
  • Double nods. Ozburn-Hessey Logistics has received two awards for a marketing campaign designed to raise awareness of its international logistics capabilities. OH Logistics received an award of merit at the annual Transportation Marketing & Communications Association (TMCA) conference. The recognition was a part of TMCA's Compass Awards program, which honors the creative and measurable results of transportation-related marketing efforts. The company was also named a finalist in the Achievement in Marketing awards competition from the Nashville chapter of the American Marketing Association.
  • Sea worthy. Wal-Mart Stores has chosen Evergreen Line as its International Ocean Carrier of the Year. The annual award is given by Wal-Mart to recognize excellence in ocean shipping.
Article
august 2008
Article
august 2008

The Latest

Webinar

Finding a Paccurate Automation Solution

warehouse filled with pallets and racks
Article

CMA CGM funds warehouse for food aid groups

plane hauling air freight cargo
Air Cargo

Global air cargo rates reached 2024 high point in November

More Stories

youngster checking shipping details on smartphone

Survey: older generations are unaware of holiday shipping deadlines

As holiday shoppers blitz through the final weeks of the winter peak shopping season, a survey from the postal and shipping solutions provider Stamps.com shows that 40% of U.S. consumers are unaware of holiday shipping deadlines, leaving them at risk of running into last-minute scrambles, higher shipping costs, and packages arriving late.

The survey also found a generational difference in holiday shipping deadline awareness, with 53% of Baby Boomers unaware of these cut-off dates, compared to just 32% of Millennials. Millennials are also more likely to prioritize guaranteed delivery, with 68% citing it as a key factor when choosing a shipping option this holiday season.

Keep ReadingShow less

Featured

trucks in a freight lot
Article

Startup gets $16 million to fund its AI tool for freight brokers

Logistics economy continues on solid footing
Featured

Logistics economy continues on solid footing

containers at shipyard
Article

CMA CGM to build up Saudi Arabian logistics network

conveyor carrying e-commerce boxes
Internal Movement

Motion Industries to acquire International Conveyor and Rubber

chart on number of carriers per retailers
Article

E-com retailers produce fastest delivery times since COVID-19

worldacs chart of worlds busiest freight airports
Air Cargo

WorldACD: Air cargo growth spiked in Asia Pacific for October

shopper returning purchase with smartphone

E-commerce retailers brace for surge in returns

As shoppers prepare to receive—and send back—a surge of peak season e-commerce orders this month, returns will continue to pose a significant cost for the retail industry, with total returns projected to reach $890 billion in 2024, according to a report released today by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Happy Returns, a UPS company.

Measured over the entire year of 2024, retailers estimate that 16.9% of their annual sales will be returned. But that total figure includes a spike of returns during the holidays; a separate NRF study found that for the 2024 winter holidays, retailers expect their return rate to be 17% higher, on average, than their annual return rate.

Keep ReadingShow less
screenshot of agentic AI for logistics

HappyRobot lands $15.6 million backing for its agentic AI

San Francisco startup HappyRobot has gained $15.6 million in venture funding for its AI platform that automates the communication needs of freight brokerages and other logistics users such as third-party logistics providers and warehouses.

The “series A” round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from Y Combinator and strategic industry investors, including RyderVentures. It follows an earlier, previously undisclosed, pre-seed round raised 1.5 years ago, that was backed by Array Ventures and other angel investors.

Keep ReadingShow less
forklift carrying goods through a warehouse

RJW Logistics gains private equity backing

RJW Logistics Group, a logistics solutions provider (LSP) for consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands, has received a “strategic investment” from Boston-based private equity firm Berkshire partners, and now plans to drive future innovations and expand its geographic reach, the Woodridge, Illinois-based company said Tuesday.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the company said that CEO Kevin Williamson and other members of RJW management will continue to be “significant investors” in the company, while private equity firm Mason Wells, which invested in RJW in 2019, will maintain a minority investment position.

Keep ReadingShow less
iceberg drawing to illustrate supply chain threats

GEP: six factors could change calm to storm in 2025

The current year is ending on a calm note for the logistics sector, but 2025 is on pace to be an era of rapid transformation, due to six driving forces that will shape procurement and supply chains in coming months, according to a forecast from New Jersey-based supply chain software provider GEP.

"After several years of mitigating inflation, disruption, supply shocks, conflicts, and uncertainty, we are currently in a relative period of calm," John Paitek, vice president, GEP, said in a release. "But it is very much the calm before the coming storm. This report provides procurement and supply chain leaders with a prescriptive guide to weathering the gale force headwinds of protectionism, tariffs, trade wars, regulatory pressures, uncertainty, and the AI revolution that we will face in 2025."

Keep ReadingShow less
Copyright ©2024.