Pallets are a necessary commodity in the logistics industry and are often bought and sold through pallet recyclers — many of which are small mom-and-pop businesses driving pickup trucks around town, picking up pallets and refurbishing them for sale. As the first of its kind, PalletTrader has stepped outside of the box and is changing…
Union Pacific and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) have reached an agreement that will provide locomotive engineers with up to seven days of paid sick leave. The agreement calls for five days of sick leave, plus the opportunity to convert two additional paid leave days as sick leave, according to UP (NYSE:…
Third-party logistics provider Saddle Creek Logistics Services said it will add four warehouse and fulfillment centers to its network over the next year, increasing its capacity by 1.8 million square feet. The multiclient distribution centers are in Walton, Kentucky; Joliet, Illinois; Myerstown, Pennsylvania; and North Las Vegas, Nevada. The facilities in Walton (232,500 square feet)…
Rapid change is taking place across the industry. From shifting national freight patterns to sudden swings in available capacity to extreme weather events, less-than-truckload carrier pricing needs to be flexible and responsive to a range of factors for the industry to operate efficiently. Transparency into real-time market conditions results in a mutually beneficial relationship between…
Supply chain activity slid to an all-time low for a third straight month in May, according to data compiled in the Logistics Managers’ Index (LMI). A Tuesday report aggregating responses from supply chain executives showed the index stood at 47.3, the first reading in contraction territory for the 6.5-year-old data set. The mark was 3.6…