Freight Transport/Logistics

The world’s largest freight forwarder by revenue has big plans for growth even as freight volumes and rates slump. Stefan Paul, chief executive of Switzerland-based Kuehne + Nagel International AG, is pushing…

Supply-chain snarls are fading from among the top challenges facing some U.S. companies as freight congestion eases, shipping costs fall and factories in Asia are freed from Covid-19 lockdowns. The…

More companies are exploring ways to staff warehouses with robots but may have to wait a few years for the technology to catch up.More than a fifth of warehouse operators have invested in automation to help address labor shortages,…

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. is standing its ground against an activist investor pushing for a quick and wide-ranging overhaul of the country’s biggest freight broker as the company battles declining freight…

The world’s two biggest shipping lines said they would end their vessel-sharing partnership in 2025, a move that will shuffle a lineup of global alliances as demand for trade is weakening. A.P. Moeller-Maersk…

Marie-Christine Lombard has faced many disruptions during her 10 years running France-based freight-forwarder Geodis SA. Rarely have they been as complex as what the company coped with in 2022, when Geodis…

The five-day holiday shopping period from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday generated a record 196.7 million shoppers across the U.S. and they each spent an average of $325.44, according to the National Retail Federation. That was a big…

Sharpie maker Newell Brands Inc. is opening distribution centers in Pennsylvania and North Carolina to lessen dependence on seaports in California. Abercrombie & Fitch Co.…

More retailers are packing up goods in stores for delivering e-commerce orders as they look to speed up shipments, streamline inventory and make more use of their bricks-and-mortar sites.  Beauty goods retailer Ulta…

Amazon has a ready audience for its new supply-chain software with a phalanx of small- and medium-size businesses in its…