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Cold Chain Basics with Andy Bahr

The Logistics of Logistics

Andy is the Founder and CEO of Bahr Transportation , a FTL brokerage, focused primarily on serving the food & beverage industry, in the USA & Canada. Andy Bahr is the Founder and President of Bahr Transportation , a FTL brokerage focused primarily on serving the food & beverage industry, in refrigerated freight.

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Do you have a Model Year 2012 Engine? Learn what you need to comply in California

United World Transporation

TRUs (Transport Refrigeration Units) are refrigeration systems powered by integral internal combustion engines designed to control the environment of temperature sensitive products that are transported in trucks, trailers, shipping containers and railcars. Model year (MY) 2012 engines must meet ULETRU. What are TRU’s.

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Walmart: 3 Keys to Successful Supply Chain Management any Business Can Follow

GlobalTranz

And on the subject of sustainability, SCDigest.com covered Walmart’s 2015 Sustainability report : Walmart, the world’s largest corporation, is fresh out with its 2015 sustainability report, the eighth such document it has produced. Arkansas Business Limited Partnership, July 2, 2012. Supply Chain Digest, July 26, 2012.

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Penske Truck Leasing Digitizes Truck Fleet Preventive Maintenance Processes

Penske Move Ahead

Penske’s innovative digital preventive maintenance approach improves accuracy and consistency while also reducing and eliminating paperwork, and ensuring documentation and compliance with regulations. Penske’s transportation expertise and Honeywell’s software and hardware are delivering gains in compliance, quality and productivity.”.

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ILA, USMX come to tentative terms on new six-year deal

247 Customs Broker

Supply chain disruptions arising out of previous contract negotiations are well documented. As was the case in 2012, they noted that some industries would begin implementing contingency planning as early as this spring to ensure that cargo is not disrupted during peak shipping season in the fall. Contact Jeff Berman.

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Freeports and Logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

For instance, rather than paying tariffs on separate components required to be imported from elsewhere, all parts could be transported tariff-free to a free port zone and then assembled within it. Customs measures include allowing imports to enter the free port custom sites with simplified customs documentation and a delay in paying tariffs.

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Chicago ? not just a hub, a high-tech logistics magnet

Blue Grace Logistics

He’s talking about the tight-capacity, high-priced, surface transportation market, which he expects will continue until late 2019. Previously, he was a franchisee with freight forwarder United Shipping Solutions and worked at LTL trucking companies Southeastern Freight Lines and Yellow Transportation. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com.