TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS
* USA - Happy birthday, UPS; you wear 100 well
Seattle,WASH,USA -UPI News (PR)/Daily India -June 27, 2007: -- United Parcel Service, which began in a Seattle basement and grew to an international billion-package shipper, celebrates its 100th anniversary this summer...
* USA - C.H. Robinson Plans European Growth
Nantucket,Mass,USA -Associated Press/Forbes -28 June 2007: -- Trucking and logistics company C.H. Robinson Worldwide will focus on global expansion over the next few years as it sees tremendous growth opportunities outside North America, the company's top executive said at a conference Thursday... During a presentation at the Wachovia Securities 2007 Nantucket Equity Conference in Nantucket, Mass., Chairman and Chief Executive John P. Wiehoff said the Eden Prairie, Minn.-based company will attempt to replicate the strength of its North American business in Europe in the future...
* USA - Schneider Logistics hooks up with Canuck consultant
Green Bay,Wis,USA -Truckstop News -28 June 2007: -- Dan Goodwill and Associates Inc., a Canadian transportation consulting firm, and Schneider Logistics, one of the U.S.'s largest truckload carriers, have formed a strategic alliance to provide transportation advisory services to shippers throughout North America...
* Canada - Does purchase signal change in growth strategy for Bison Transport?
Winnipeg,Man,CAN -Fleet Owner (USA), by Lou Smyrlis -28 June 2007: -- The purchases of Glenncoe Transport and Winfield Motor Freight mark a change from past growth strategy for Bison Transport, which has chosen to fuel its considerable expansion over the past decade through organic growth... The acquisition follows on the heels of several recent expansions and new service launches, including the opening of a new terminal and maintenance facility in Calgary, a new Intermodal Division connecting Ontario with Western Canada, a Refrigerated Division serving US and Canada, and a rapid expansion of Bison’s turnpike double operations (twin 53’ trailers) in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta...
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