Logistics News

Cargo theft is more sophisticated than ever—and as a result, business leaders are increasingly concerned about the security of goods moving through supply chains, according to a recent report from technology provider SmartSense by Digi.The company surveyed 150 U.S.-based loss and organized retail crime (ORC) prevention leaders for its latest... Read more

Nearly half of professional service robots sold in 2025 were used for transportation and logistics, helping drive a total increase of 24% in global shipments of those robots to almost 250,000 units in 2025, according to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).Sorted by application, transportation and logistics stayed in the... Read more

Package and delivery giant UPS Inc. has launched a “secure commerce” service for end-to-end protection against fraud, revenue loss, and business disruption, the company said today.The “UPS Secure Commerce” offering fuels competitive advantage by supplying data-driven intelligence, actionable insights, and proactive risk management before fraud, delivery issues, shipment loss, or... Read more

Eight months after freight broker Echo Global Logistics Inc. agreed to acquire the third-party logistics provider (3PL) ITS Logistics, Chicago-based Echo said it has united ITS with another acquisition, the less-than-truckload (LTL) and cold-chain specialist Roadtex.Those combined operations will constitute Echo's North American Supply Chain Solutions Suite, an operation which... Read more

A new California law signed over the weekend sets demands for cold storage warehouses in a bid to hold them accountable for industrial disasters like the recent fire at a warehouse in Los Angeles, but some industry voices say they go too far.The June 17 fire at a nearly 500,000-square-foot... Read more

Workforce modernization software that uses AI to schedule workers’ shifts is beginning to deliver on two goals that had long been seen as competing priorities—helping organizations operate more efficiently while also giving employees greater flexibility—according to a study from California-based Legion Technologies, a workforce management platform vendor.The study also pointed... Read more

Freight management software provider Banyan Technology has launched an AI-powered tool designed to identify shipments likely to miss expected delivery timing before a service failure occurs.The tool expands Banyan’s predictive freight intelligence with the launch of Deliveries at Risk, the Cleveland-based company said.The new capability evaluates incoming shipment tracking updates... Read more

The container carrier A.P. Moller – Maersk today said it has completed the first ship-to-ship commercial ethanol bunkering of a deep-sea container vessel in the United States, marking progress toward its exploration of lower-emission logistics for shipping.According to Maersk, the operation provided insight into the operational, infrastructure, sourcing, and supply... Read more

It seems everyone in the shipping and supply chain communities has an opinion on the proposed merger of the Union Pacific (UP) and Norfolk Southern (NS) railroads. Whether it’s a shipper or industry organization, labor union, local community advocate, politician, or another Class 1 railroad, questions of competition, capacity, safety,... Read more

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 Lynn C. Fritz Medal for Excellence in Humanitarian Logistics, marking the first time the medal has been awarded to a UN organization.Presented annually by the Logistics Hall of Fame and sponsored by the U.S.-based... Read more

Uber Freight will expand its European fourth-party logistics (4PL) business, with new investment in operations, dedicated product, and engineering resources and a second European location in Krakow, Poland, the company said Thursday.According to the company, the new investment builds on momentum with Uber Freight's North American customers, many of which... Read more

DHL on Tuesday said it is expanding its global battery logistics networkDHL on Tuesday said it is expanding its global battery logistics network to support the rapid growth of the electrified value chain, spanning electric mobility, battery manufacturing, industrial equipment, and energy storage systems.According to DHL, demand for electric vehicles,... Read more

Investors continue to pour money into U.S. cold chain infrastructure for grocery, healthcare, and life sciences, as Copeland—a provider of compression technologies and controls solutions—said it has acquired Dickson, a Chicago-based provider of environmental monitoring and compliance technology solutions.More precisely, Copeland provides heating, cooling and refrigeration compression technologies and controls... Read more

The Port of Oakland saw the number of full export containers it handled rise 2.9% in August from the previous month, but that traffic was not enough to sustain total volume at the port, which saw combined loaded import and export cargo containers sink 9.0% from the same month last... Read more

As Saudi Arabia continues to pour resources into the massive logistics buildout described in its Saudi Vision 2030 plan, the middle eastern nation today announced it will purchase 780 railcars from a U.S. manufacturer to support freight transportation capacity and infrastructure development.Oregon-based freight transportation equipment provider The Greenbrier Companies said... Read more