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TRANSPORTATION

J.B. Hunt and BNSF | March 17, 2022

BNSF Railway Company and J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. have partnered to launch a joint effort aimed at substantially improving capacity in the intermodal marketplace in order to meet the expanding needs of their customers. Intermodal services have seen a considerable increase in demand in recent years as businesses seek to secure capacity while lowering prices and carbon emissions. J.B. Hunt plans to grow its intermodal fleet to 150,000 containers in the next three to five ye...

SUPPLY CHAIN

Blume Global | September 16, 2021

Blume Global, a leading provider of supply chain execution and visibility technology, today announced it has raised new equity from London-based Bridgepoint Group. This investment will further the company's effort to bring its truly innovative and transformational supply chain digitization to the industry. This latest funding values Blume Global at $500 million, and Bridgepoint joins funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management and EQT as equity investors in the company. Read More

SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY

Embark | October 28, 2021

Embark Trucks, Inc., a leading developer of autonomous technology for the trucking industry, today announced that DHL Supply Chain, the North American contract logistics leader within Deutsche Post DHL, is a member of the Partner Development Program (PDP) and is part of the initial cohort that participated in Embark’s ongoing reservation program, which counts over 14,200 reservations to date. DHL plans to deploy these autonomous trucks within its operations upon commercial launch of the Em...

MANAGEMENT

GXO Logistics | May 17, 2022

GXO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: GXO), the world’s largest pure-play contract logistics provider, announced a new partnership with Sente Foundry (“Sente”), a global startup investment and innovation platform that brings corporations, public institutions and investors together to discover high-potential technology startups with inventive ideas and scalable solutions that can help solve today’s greatest supply chain challenges. “Our partne...