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.

Building a Resilient Supply Chain with Advanced Predictive Analytics

Global supply chains have made front-page news for all the wrong reasons in recent years. The pandemic shook the foundation… Read More

Transportation Intermediaries Association Enters Partnership With Humanitarian Logistics Organization

Peter Buxbaum 4:00 AM  12/16/2015

The American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) and the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) have entered into a formal partnership. Through this… Read More

Big Freight, Big Reach

Peter Buxbaum 12:10 PM  12/15/2015

Third-party logistics providers (3PLs) that specialize in project cargo receive requests heard nowhere else in the industry. “Can you move… Read More

Panalpina to Acquire Kenya-based Airflo From Dutch Flower Group

Haylle Sok 8:00 AM  12/15/2015

Panalpina is set to acquire a majority stake in Airflo, a company based in Kenya and the Netherlands specializing in… Read More

Panalpina flies UNICEF relief to Burundi

Peter Buxbaum 8:00 AM  12/14/2015

For the third consecutive year, UNICEF and Panalpina have joined forces to fly much-needed relief goods to an African country… Read More

Oil and Gas: Adapting to the New Normal

Juerg Rohrer 5:00 AM  12/14/2015

Tougher fuel economy regulations, more viable forms of alternative energy and new technologies in oil and gas production, are just… Read More

Direct CaroTrans Miami-Manaus LCL Service Supports Growing FTZ

Haylle Sok 6:00 AM  12/11/2015

CaroTrans, a leading global non-vessel operating common carrier (NVOCC) and ocean freight consolidator started a new, direct, biweekly less-than-containerload (LCL)… Read More

Chapman Freeborn Announces Launch of New Operation in Poland

Peter Buxbaum 4:00 AM  12/11/2015

Chapman Freeborn Airchartering is increasing its investment in Poland with the launch of a new office in Katowice to meet… Read More

Merck Sharp & Dohme Extends Contract with Kuehne + Nagel

Haylle Sok 7:00 AM  12/9/2015

Schindellegi / CH – Merck Sharp & Dohme, (MSD) one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, has extended its contract… Read More

New DHL App Increases Cold Chain Visibility

Peter Buxbaum 8:00 AM  12/8/2015

DHL Global Forwarding has introduced its new LifeTrack mobile app, a free application that provides users on-the-go access to DHL’s… Read More

True Value Shifts to Dedicated Transportation Solution

Haylle Sok 6:00 AM  12/8/2015

True Value Company, one of the world’s largest retailer-owned wholesale hardware cooperatives, is in the process of converting its fleet… Read More

Logistics Plus Dallas/Fort Worth Warehouse Receives Foreign Trade Zone Activation

Haylle Sok 1:01 PM  12/7/2015

Logistics Plus Inc., a worldwide provider of transportation, logistics and supply chain solutions has  secured activated status from U.S. Customs… Read More