DOL nominee announces ‘progress’ in West Coast labor talks

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Labor said she is playing an active role in ongoing negotiations between West Coast dockworkers and their container terminal employers, including progress reported on Thursday. “I have been engaged with the parties and our role is to help support them to stay at…

Legal care as a tool for driver retention — Taking the Hire Road

This week on Taking the Hire Road, Jeremy Reymer, founder and CEO of DriverReach, is joined by Anne-Marie Forbes Lynn, director of business development and marketing at U.S. Legal Services Inc. Lynn, representing U.S. Legal Services to member companies, also serves as co-chair, image, promotion and identity, for the Allied Committee for the Trucking Industry…

Lineage opens produce facility near Port of Savannah

Temperature-controlled real estate investment trust Lineage Logistics said Thursday it has opened a 220,000-square-foot facility near the Port of Savannah to process up to 1.4 million pounds of produce per day. The Savannah Fresh-Port Wentworth facility, located in the city of Port Wentworth, Georgia, has 23 inbound and outbound lanes that can process more than…

Link Logistics, Carrier Global to jointly manage energy across Link network

Link Logistics, a national last-mile logistics real estate company, and Carrier Global Corp., (NYSE: CARR) a global provider of energy services, said they will collaborate to deliver energy management and analytics across Link’s 550 million-square-foot facility network. The collaboration is designed to enhance energy efficiency for Link’s assets and more than 11,000 customers, the companies…