Retailers look to shift supply chain strategies, seek Red Sea Alternatives
January 18, 2024
Global shipping rates are skyrocketing as Houthi attacks in the Red Sea continue. Carriers avoiding the area are suffering from longer transit times around Africa, leading not only to higher costs but delayed deliveries and disruption throughout the global supply chain.
C.H. Robinson examines impact of predictive ETAs and related benefits for retail shippers
December 21, 2023
Minneapolis, Minn.-based global logistics services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson is keeping a close eye on the current inventory situation, for the 2023 holiday season, in terms of how it has changed the flow of retail freight and subsequently led to retailers relying more on predictive ETAs (estimated time of arrival). C.H. Robinson Head of Retail Logistics Noah Hoffman provided LM with an overview of how predictive ETAs are helping retail shippers during the busiest time of...
Global companies are planning more regional approaches to manufacturing, selling
November 13, 2023
Accenture survey finds 85% of companies plan to manufacture and sell most of their products in the same region in 2026.
C.H. Robinson announces opening of new Port of Laredo cross-border facility
September 11, 2023
With an eye on bolstering United States-Mexico cross-border trade activity, Minneapolis, Minn.-based global logistics services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson said today it has opened up a new facility at Texas-based Port of Laredo. The company planned and built out this facility over the last 18 months.
C.H. Robinson’s Davis assesses the 2023 Beverage Season
July 17, 2023
Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviewed Ronnie Davis, VP of North American Surface Transportation, for Minneapolis-based global logistics services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson, about what is different about this year’s beverage season, on various fronts, like how it its creating swings in truckload demand and the challenges it can present for carriers, among others.