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FedEx Increases Fuel Efficiency

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FedEx Express, a unit of FedEx Corp., has made significant progress towards its goal to make its vehicle fleet 20 percent more fuel efficient by 2020, announcing today that the FedEx Express vehicle fleet is … Read more

Meritor’s WABCO Electronic Stability Control System

Meritor WABCO Vehicle Control Systems has confirmed that its SmarTrac™ Electronic Stability Control (ESC) product has the technology to help ensure that truck tractors and motorcoaches are able to meet the U.S. Department of Transportation’s … Read more

JLR Commits Extra £1 Billion To UK Suppliers

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is to spend an additional £1 billion with UK suppliers over the next four years amid continued global demand for the Range Rover Evoque. JLR has increased the value of UK supply … Read more

LeanLogistics Introduces On-Demand TMS® SuiteApp

LeanLogistics, a leading global solutions provider of transportation management system (TMS) applications, announced that it has partnered with NetSuite, the industry's leading provider of cloud-based financials/ERP software suites, to build the On-Demand TMS® SuiteApp on … Read more

Ford 2012 F-150 FX2 Wins ‘Truck of the Year’ Award

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Truckin' Magazine has bestowed upon the 2012 F-150 FX2 SuperCrew its highest honor, Truck of the Year. It's no wonder the 2012 F-150 took top honors from Truckin’ Magazine. The F-150 offers everything a truck owner … Read more

Accuride Corporation Holds Global Supplier Summit

Accuride Corporation, a leading supplier of components to the commercial vehicle industry, recently held its annual Global Supplier Summit in Newburgh, Ind., as part its renewed efforts to build a world-class, collaborative Supply Chain and increase … Read more

AFN Is Growing

AFN, a rapidly expanding logistics and supply chain company, is actively hiring to fill more than 70 positions at its headquarters in Niles, just outside of Chicago. The positions to be filled include entry-level openings … Read more

DHL Develops Logistics Facility At Brucargo, Brussels

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DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist within Deutsche Post-DHL Group starts building a new logistics center at Brucargo. With a total ground territory of 54,000 m2 with 23,000 m2 warehouse space, this facility unites … Read more

DB Schenker Logistics And Khimji Ramdas JV In Oman Has Started Operations

Schenker Khimji’s LLC, the joint venture that DB Schenker Logistics has established with long-time partner Khimji Ramdas Group in the Sultanate of Oman, has started operations with the beginning of May. The new company provides … Read more

JetBlue Names Mary Neff Vice President Of Supply Chain

JetBlue Airways has announced on May 15, 2012 the appointment of Mary Margaret Neff to the position of vice president of supply chain, effective immediately. In her new role, Ms. Neff is responsible for the strategic planning … Read more