The 200,000-square-foot expansion, which includes the addition of temperature-controlled and ambient areas, comes in response to increases in customer demand and inventory moving through the 4PL’s Port of New York/New Jersey headquarters.

Article, which currently operates warehouses in Seattle, Los Angeles and New Jersey, will significantly expand its available space with the Jacksonville location.

The logistics provider will use the Daimler-built commercial vehicles for urban last-mile deliveries, Dascher said in a statement.

After several years of tepid global trade growth, the North American port sector is booming in 2017, bolstered by a strengthening U.S. and Canadian economy, which is reflected in higher demand for cargo imports, particularly from Asia.

The Canadian government told the U.S. International Trade Commission today that a petition by Boeing, which claims that it’s harmed by a Bombardier Commercial Aircraft deal with Delta Air Lines, is based on “speculation and conjecture.”

Terminals managed by the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) handled 163,592 TEUs during November 2017, a “moderate” number due to the season, according to SCPA CEO Jim Newsome.

The nation’s transportation and logistics sector added 10,500 jobs in November 2017, according to recent preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Labor.

The sudden passing of the former president and CEO of Canadian National and Canadian Pacific and current CEO of CSX E. Hunter Harrison leaves questions about the Class I railroad’s transition to Harrison’s precision scheduled railroading model.

With both Christmas Day and New Year’s Day occurring on Mondays this year, the two three-day weekends leave more opportunity for shipments to be left unattended or parked in unsecured locations for extended periods of time, according to Sensitech.

Truck trailer orders reached 42,600 units in November 2017, an increase of 34 percent over the previous month and 19 percent year-over-year, according to industry analyst FTR.