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Shipping Costs are Surging Globally, Squeezing Grain Traders

TQL has its eyes on expansion, adding a second building at its Cincinnati headquarters to accommodate nearly 600 anticipated hires over the next five years as it grows in the third-party logistics industry.

A shortage of trucks was reported in Midwest shipping regions in on July 24, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s truck rate report noted mostly stable rates for other regions.

Truck rates were mostly steady in mid-July.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended the comment period for a possible pilot program that would allow drivers under age 21 to operate trucks over interstate highways.

Global food supply chain magazine Food Logistics has named TransKool Solutions to its 2019 Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers list.

There continues to be a lot of conversation about driver detention times, and the U.S. Department of Transportation was still taking input on the issue until Sept. 9.

Total Quality Logistics, Cincinnati, has been selected for the sixth year in a row as a Great Supply Chain Partner by SupplyChainBrain.

Despite globalization of e-commerce, many shipping lines still rely on the “paper trail” to track cargoes.

Holt Logistics Corp. is conducting a pilot based on blockchain-based global trade solution developed by Maersk and IBM at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal in South Philadelphia.