Freight Specialist

Nolan Transportation Group | January 22, 2020

Nolan Transportation Group (NTG), the 15th largest freight brokerage firm in the U.S. by net revenue, acquired Eagle Transportation, a Mississippi-based temperature-controlled freight brokerage and logistics company, according to a press release Jan. 17. The value of the deal was not disclosed. The move is part of Nolan Transportation Group's expansion into cold chain operations and bolsters its supply chain management, transparency and audit capabilities, according to the release. NTG offer...

Supply Chain Dive | March 25, 2020

The challenges in the coronavirus medical supply chain are now so familiar that the general public knows about personal protective equipment (PPE), N95 respirators and testing kits logistics. Consumers are even asked to fill supply gaps – with some hospitals requesting donations of spare N95 respirators from consumers' attics and garages, or donations of homemade masks. Executive Director of Logistics at Indiana University Health (IU Health) Derrick L. Williams said his team jumped int...

LOGISTICS

PS Logistics | March 02, 2021

A Birmingham 100 firm has another acquisition under its belt. Flatbed transportation organization PS Holdco LLC, otherwise called PS Logistics, has purchased all substantial transportation resources of Shoals, Indiana-based Jason Jones Trucking Inc. (JJT). JJT will keep on working under the Jason Jones Trucking brand name. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “JJT brings great freight synergies to both our companies as well as our cus...

SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scanco | October 05, 2021

Scanco Software, the leader in warehouse, manufacturing and supply-chain management solutions for Sage, and CoreChain Technologies, the digital B2B payments network built on blockchain, today announce that they are partnering to co-develop an integration of the CoreChain payments network with Scanco’s software products. The co-developed solutions, including an enhanced version of Scanco Purchase Agent, will enable Scanco customers to streamline their B2B payments process and...