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

Performance Team Freight Systems Selects Softeon as a Strategic Supply Chain Technology Partner

Haylle Sok 8:00 AM  9/9/2015

Softeon, Inc., a software provider for the supply-chain industry, announced that Performance Team Freight Systems, Inc. has selected the company… Read More

CaroTrans’s New Cargo Service Links India and Charleston

Haylle Sok 4:00 AM  9/5/2015

Global NVOCC and ocean freight consolidator CaroTrans, is offering a new, direct LCL (less-than container load) import service from Nhava… Read More

Menlo Logistics to Open New Dutch Distribution Center

Haylle Sok 5:00 AM  9/4/2015

Menlo Logistics, the global logistics and supply chain management subsidiary of Con-way Inc., has inked a build-to-suit agreement with global industrial… Read More

Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport Starts Milk Run

Peter Buxbaum 7:00 AM  9/3/2015

An innovative partnership project between members of the Schiphol logistics community, organized by the forwarders of Air Cargo Netherlands, aims… Read More

Mohawk Global Logistics Using Descartes Solutions

Haylle Sok 4:00 AM  9/3/2015

Descartes Systems Group announced that Mohawk Global Logistics is using Descartes’ OneView Forwarder Enterprise and Customs House Brokerage solution to… Read More

EMO Trans Announces Expansion in Asia

Haylle Sok 4:00 AM  9/2/2015

EMO Trans Inc., a provider of international logistics and supply chain solutions, announced the opening of a new full-service office… Read More

UWL Moves 54,400 Tons of Gypsum for 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympiad

Haylle Sok 5:00 AM  8/31/2015

UWL Brazil moved 54,400 tons of gypsum, a raw material that is commonly used in the creation of hotels and… Read More

Volga-Dnepr Carries Cargo 1.2 Million Whitefish

Peter Buxbaum 4:00 AM  8/31/2015

Volga-Dnepr’s expertise was called into action to deliver a shipment of 1,236,000 Muksun fish to help repopulate the freshwater Ob… Read More

Yusen Logistics Russia Introduces New Customs Clearance Services

Haylle Sok 6:00 AM  8/27/2015

The Russian government has certified Yusen Logistics Russia (YLRU) as an official Federal Customs license holder. As a result, the… Read More

Chapman Freeborn Delivers 19 Rallycross Supercars to Norway

Haylle Sok 8:00 AM  8/26/2015

Chapman Freeborn Airchartering, along with logistics partner GAC, have successfully transported 19 Rallycross cars to Trondheim Airport, Norway on board… Read More

APL Logistics Opens New Container Freight Station in Vietnam

Haylle Sok 6:00 AM  8/19/2015

APL Logistics announced yesterday the opening of its latest consolidation center in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, the largest single-roof container… Read More