There are 32 article(s) tagged Logistics:

• November 2024

  • West Canada port strikes create worries for Memphis

    The United States is Canada’s largest trade partner. Ships loaded with containers for now are waiting offshore. 

    By Jane Roberts November 07, 2024

• October 2024

  • In the nation’s No. 2 city for cargo theft, experts seek answers

    The city is positioned to be a transportation powerhouse, but crime is a problem. Cargo thefts in Memphis were up nearly 60% in the first six months of 2024 over all of 2023, said Memphis Logistics Summit panelist Melzie Wilson.

    By Jane Roberts October 03, 2024

• April 2024

  • FedEx out, UPS in for ‘significant air cargo contract’

    FedEx’s pilots union said the change will diminish FedEx’s competitive advantage, but the logistics giant said it will improve profitability as soon as the 2025 fiscal year.

    By Aisling Mäki April 02, 2024

• November 2022

  • Is UPS managing costs better than FedEx?

    After Memphis-based FedEx shocked investors and said global trends had weakened profit and revenue, the company’s primary competitor still managed to beat financial analysts’ expectations. But how? 

    By Rob Moore November 27, 2022

• February 2022

  • Dunavant Enterprises expands operations to Mexico

    To help alleviate a supply-chain hardship that could last well into 2023, the Memphis-based logistics company pursues Mexico operations, something it hasn’t had since 2010.

    By Rob Moore February 14, 2022

• October 2021

  • Logistics robots steal show at conference sponsored by FedEx

    About 25 logistics robots showed up in the Autonomous Mobile Robots & Logistics Conference at the Renasant Convention Center on Tuesday, Oct. 12.

    By Frida Qi October 12, 2021

• August 2021

  • Bartlett maker of vinyl records plans expansion, including into Memphis

    Memphis Record Pressing LLC credits the resurgent popularity of vinyl records for its plans to expand in Bartlett and Memphis.

    By Tom Bailey August 13, 2021

• June 2021

  • Parcel carrier LaserShip comes to Memphis, opens Cordova facility

    A regional, parcel-delivery service, LaserShip has opened a 42,000-square-foot facility at 1590 Century Center Parkway to start last-mile deliveries in the Memphis region.

    By Tom Bailey June 03, 2021

• May 2021

  • Big projects from Capleville to Downtown seek planning board approval

    The new planning board applications for the June meeting include a 500-plus door truck terminal, a $75 million warehouse park and a proposal for 15-lot subdivision in East Memphis that would use a public street but be gated.

    By Tom Bailey May 09, 2021

• March 2021

  • Building housing Hunter Fan’s logistics HQ is sold

    The distribution building that changed hands has been Hunter Fan’s logistics headquarters since 1996.

    By Tom Bailey March 25, 2021

• November 2020

  • Memphis invention — chopstick robot — may halve time to unload trailers

    A new company based in Crosstown Concourse believes it has invented a robot that will solve a stubborn problem for the logistics industry: Unloading boxes from trailers and shipping containers in a speedy way.

    By Tom Bailey November 10, 2020

• May 2020

  • Demand grows for Southwest Memphis industrial space

    Southwest Memphis' warehouses may be older and shorter, but a lot of logistics companies like their quick access to interstates and their affordability.

    By Tom Bailey May 29, 2020

  • Bamboozled? Not Memphis Zoo, easily feeding pandas during pandemic

    The Calgary Zoo is having to return its two giant pandas to China because of pandemic-caused logistics problems in getting enough bamboo. But the Memphis Zoo has its own bamboo farm as well as bamboo donors. 

    By Tom Bailey May 20, 2020

• April 2020

  • RDX grew from house in Bartlett to turning Mall of Memphis into HQ

    A trucking firm's co-owner realized his new business was no longer an experiment when employees started feeling secure enough to buy bigger and better houses. That's when RDX started looking for a place to build a bigger headquarters.

    By Tom Bailey April 10, 2020

• January 2020

  • The robots are coming!

    A suspected Amazon facility in Frayser/Raleigh will include 787,000 square feet for "robot storage" platforms.

    By Tom Bailey January 06, 2020

• December 2019

  • The Early Word: A big win for Memphis, Nashville problems and Kafka

    Good morning; it’s Monday, Dec. 30, and welcome back to The Early Word. In the final 48 of the year, we're focused on FedEx, football and Three 6. 

    By Mary Cashiola December 30, 2019

• November 2019

  • Amazon still silent as site work churns

    Despite mounting evidence Amazon plans to build and operate another big facility in Memphis, the company won't elaborate on its plans.

    By Tom Bailey November 14, 2019

• September 2019

  • Board OKs exceptions for giant warehouse

    The Board of Adjustment approved variances for a proposed 3.8 million-square-foot warehouse in Frayser/Raleigh, but asked St. Jude to compromise on the design of a building the research hospital plans in the Pinch District. 

    By Tom Bailey September 26, 2019

• August 2019

  • Amazon footprints elsewhere match that of ‘Project Iris’

    Plans for three proposed fulfillment centers -- in Memphis, Mt. Juliet, Tenn., and Prince George's County, Md. -- are strikingly similar. And Amazon has linked itself to the Maryland proposal. 

    By Tom Bailey August 30, 2019

• July 2019

  • Logistics startup considers Memphis for development, manufacturing headquarters

    A startup working to improve efficiency and reduce costs related to warehousing and logistics is considering Memphis as the location for its development and manufacturing headquarters. 

    By Michelle Corbet July 15, 2019

• March 2019

  • Building permit sought for Franklin Sports expansion project

    A construction project to expand a warehouse for Franklin Sports has received an environmental permit from state regulators.

    By Tom Bailey March 29, 2019

  • CTSI Global moves its East Memphis headquarters

    CTSI Global, which provides services to the logistics industry, has moved its Memphis office into a two-story building at 1 S. Prescott, near Walnut Grove.

    By Tom Bailey March 27, 2019

  • ‘Doing the math’ fuels growth of Green Mountain Technology

    The Memphis-grown, high-tech Green Mountain Technology is expanding quickly by showing package shippers how to save millions of dollars, one penny at a time.

    By Tom Bailey March 21, 2019

• February 2019

  • JNJ Logistics to start building new Memphis headquarters

    JNJ Logistics will break ground on a new headquarters and employ more than 500 near the old Mall of Memphis, but the headcount will eventually exceed 1,000, a consultant says.

    By Tom Bailey, Michelle Corbet February 25, 2019

• January 2019

  • FedEx pulls back curtain for peek at business relationship with Amazon

    Memphis-based FedEx on Tuesday reiterated that Amazon.com is not its biggest customer and said for the first time that Amazon contributed less than 1.3 percent of total revenues in 2018.

    By Wayne Risher January 30, 2019