Samskip

transportjournal | January 19, 2018

Samskip Logistics and the freight forwarder, DC Logistics Brasil, recently signed a national representation agreement. The pact creates a new partnership that wants to grow the containerised business in Brazil. With immediate effect, the DC Logistics Brasil office in Salvador is integrating the existing local Samskip technical team, taking over all business previously undertaken by Samskip Salvador. DC Logistics will support all future Samskip Logistics activities in Brazil via its eleven office...

The Loadstar | January 15, 2019

European shortsea shipping line and multimodal operator Samskip is planning a pre-Brexit peak volume surcharge on shipments to the UK. The company told customers it was already seeing increased demand for container services to the UK as an alternative to using ro-ro services through the ferry ports. It added that demand was likely to outstrip available vessel capacity in the run-up to 29 March when the UK will leave the EU. Chief commercial officer Jerome Feuvrier said: “We foresee that de...

Visible Supply Chain Management | January 14, 2020

Salt Lake City-based Visible Supply Chain Management, a provider of shipping and fulfillment services for small- to mid-sized businesses, announced December 19 that it acquired Kansas Continental Express (KCX). Based in Emporia, Kansas, KCX is a provider of shipping logistics and freight transportation throughout North America. It will join Visible’s family of companies and will be known by the parent company name. “Most important to Visible is our customers’ continued success,...

SacRT | January 13, 2020

Uber and Lyft are about to get some competition from an on-demand public transit system in Sacramento, California. Via has teamed up with the Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) to create what they call the largest “microtransit system” in America. That’s heartening to hear for me, as I grew up in Sacramento and used to ride buses all over town in my youth. It means that the public will be able to hail rides from apps and the city’s public transportation departme...