Brokerage and logistics giant C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. said Thursday it has created an office designed to support the company’s strategic initiatives and has tapped a lean processes methodology expert to run it. The Program Management Office, which came into being Wednesday, is headed by Jim Reutlinger, who headed his own consultancy after many years…
Lower-than-expected Class 8 truck orders in December barely impacted the seasonally adjusted five-and-a-half months it takes to build and deliver a new unit. Strong orders for vocational trucks, demand in Mexico and exports softened slack bookings for over-the-road tractors. Preliminary North America net orders of 26,500 in December came in 15,000 below November. Adjusted for…
Third-party logistics provider Kenco said Thursday it has acquired regional warehousing provider The Shippers Group. The deal adds 3.8 million square feet of space to Kenco’s network. Founded in 1901, The Shippers Group is a Dallas-based provider of warehousing, co-packaging and fulfillment services out of eight facilities in Florida, Georgia and Texas. The transaction adds…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection resumed full commercial operations Thursday at an international bridge in Eagle Pass, Texas, as well as two Mexico crossings in Arizona. CBP said it also was reopening an international pedestrian border crossing in San Diego. An influx of migrants arriving in November along the U.S.-Mexico border prompted the agency to…
After more than 51 years as a public servant, Craig M. Keats, general counsel for the Surface Transportation Board, officially retired on Jan. 1. Keats’ career began in 1972 as an attorney for the Interstate Commerce Commission, which was the predecessor of the STB. He joined the Office of General Counsel in 1980, saw through…