A third party logistics (or 3PL) provider handles supply chain management logistics, a service that can include transportation, warehousing and delivery, but may also incorporate additional value-added services such as production or procurement. By outsourcing these functions, companies can achieve a cost savings over having to meet these demands internally. In addition to the economic benefits, 3pls can also deliver improved technical proficiency, through sophisticated IT systems that are often more advanced than those of the production or selling companies they serve. Since logistics is not a core business for many entities involved in global trade, the ability to turn these responsibilities over to a qualified 3pl provider allows companies to spend less time focusing on these tasks, and more time on the elements that made their respective businesses a success.

US Consumer Spending Trends Reshaping Container Shipping Dynamics

Recent estimates from Sea-Intelligence reveal a notable trend in US consumer spending dynamics, indicating a continued increase in expenditure despite… Read More

New Software for Billing Global Trade and Logistics Services

Haylle Sok 2:05 AM  6/29/2017

Many companies take on global trade and logistics services on behalf of their customers and partners or other internal divisions…. Read More

Measuring Success in the Warehouse

Peter Buxbaum 2:01 AM  6/28/2017

Each year the Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) conducts the DC Measures study to provide clarity to organizations who… Read More

Ocean Carrier Evergreen Rolls Out Freight Services for Alibaba.com Members

Haylle Sok 1:40 AM  6/26/2017

Evergreen Line has teamed up with Alibaba.com, a leading wholesale marketplace for global trade under Alibaba Group, to provide Alibaba.com… Read More

JF Hillebrand And Maersk Line Sign Carbon Pact

Haylle Sok 1:00 AM  6/26/2017

As companies increasingly recognize the importance of incorporating sustainability aspirations into their business activities, Maersk Line, world’s largest container carrier… Read More

Technology and Capital Changing 3PL Landscape for the Better

Rick LaGore 12:40 AM  6/26/2017

The days of freight brokers operating with three phones and their hair on fire desperately looking for a carrier back… Read More

US 3PLs Had Mediocre Year in 2016, Says Armstrong Report

Peter Buxbaum 6:08 AM  6/20/2017

2016 was a mediocre year for third-party logistics in the United States, according to a report recently released by Armstrong… Read More

Are Freight Forwarders Stuck in a Perpetual Pricing War?

Michael Bentley 12:56 AM  6/19/2017

It happens every single day in boardrooms across the world. Shipping executives huddle in the morning and decide how much… Read More

Lineage Logistics Acquires European Automated Warehouse Leader

Haylle Sok 2:08 AM  6/16/2017

Lineage Logistics, one of the world’s largest temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics companies, announced yesterday it has acquired Partner Logistics, Europe’s… Read More

UPS Opens New Healthcare Facility In Colombia

Haylle Sok 2:07 AM  6/15/2017

UPS has announced the opening of its new healthcare-dedicated facility in Colombia. The 76,000-square-foot center represents UPS’s latest investment in… Read More

Digitization in the Ocean Industry is at a Tipping Point

Haylle Sok 1:57 AM  6/14/2017

INTTRA, the ocean container shipping industry’s largest neutral electronic transaction platform and information provider, hosted executives at its Technology Summit… Read More

Freight Forwarding and Digital Customer Service Five Years From Now

John Edmonds 12:01 AM  6/12/2017

Today we shop in our pajamas,‭ ‬comfortable behind our screens.‭ ‬For consumers,‭ ‬ecommerce‭ ‬has become our baseline service expectation‭ –… Read More