Filed in M&A

Tuesday, May 08, 2012

First quarter deal value—for deals valued at $50 million or more—was $22.6 billion and represents 34 announced deals with an average deal value of $700 million.

Friday, April 20, 2012

The Cudahy, Wisconsin-based company announced this week it has acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Clearwater, Minnesota-based D&E Transport, an asset-light flatbed carrier focused on food and agricultural products. D&E is located 40 miles from the Twin Cities.

Thursday, February 02, 2012

Fourth quarter transportation and logistics merger & acquisition activity was not as strong as it was in the third quarter, but the end results were mostly impressive, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Following the first half of 2011, which showed some signs of increasing transportation and logistics merger & acquisition activity, third quarter activity took a bit of a step back, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) quarterly report “Intersections: Second Quarter 2011 global transportation and logistics industry mergers and acquisitions analysis.”

Thursday, August 04, 2011

For the second quarter, PwC reported that second quarter deal value was $13.5 billion compared to $18.4 billion for the same period in 2010 and is up about 30 percent from the first quarter’s $10.4 billion in total deal value.

Friday, June 10, 2011

Geodis Wilson, a global freight forwarder, said it has acquired Minneapolis-based One Source Logistics (OSL), a non asset-based third-party logistics (3PL) services provider, focusing on truckload, less-than-truckload and transportation management system (TMS) services.

Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Less than three months after acquiring World Warehouse and Distribution, Cherry Hill, New Jersey-based NFI, an asset-based third-party logistics (3PL) services provider said this week it has brought Maersk subsidiary the Gilbert Company into the fold.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

The ongoing rebound in that transportation and logistics merger & acquisition activity appears to continue to be gaining traction, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Friday, February 25, 2011

Want to know where all that corporate cash we hear about sitting on the sidelines is going? Try the materials handling industry.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Continuing a trend that showed signs of increasing traction during the second half of 2010, there are signs that transportation and logistics merger & acquisition activity is continuing to rebound, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).