NOTED: Supply Chain Highlights

SHOVEL READY: Savage Tooele Railroad began construction on Utah’s first new railroad in decades. The new short-line railroad will serve tenants of the Lakeview Business Park.
Milestones
• WARP, a technology driven middle-mile logistics company, marks its third anniversary. The company provides leading brands with innovative, cost-saving solutions that redefine the middle mile.
↑ From humble beginnings in Louisiana in 1924, Saia LTL Freight is now celebrating its 100th anniversary. This milestone is a testament to the company’s legacy of innovation, resilience, and commitment to excellence.
Green Seeds
↑ Anacostia Rail Holdings’ Pacific Harbor Line received partial funding—together with the California Air Resources Board—for five ZE locomotives. The funding will be provided through a U.S. Department of Transportation Consolidated Rail Infrastructure & Safety Improvements Program grant.
• By conducting its logistics through DHL’s GoGreen Plus service, Swiss chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprüngli is reducing greenhouse gas emissions from its ocean freight transportation. Since beginning the partnership with DHL Global Forwarding, Lindt & Sprüngli has removed approximately 514.86 metric tons of CO2e emissions within three months.
↑ Maersk has entered into a long-term bio-methanol offtake agreement with LONGi Green Energy Technology Co. The agreement will contribute to lowering greenhouse gas emissions from Maersk’s growing fleet of dual-fuel methanol container vessels.
GOOD WORKS
↑ SC Ports, the International Longshoreman’s Association, Coalition 18, and the Maritime Association of South Carolina encouraged its partners, businesses, and area residents to donate to the Maritime Toy Drive with the goal of filling a 40-foot ONE shipping container with toys. The S.C. Department of Social Services distributes the donations to foster children in South Carolina.
• At the grand opening of its new Komar Distribution Services facility in Ellabell, Georgia, the Komar Family Foundation donated $50,000 in scholarships to the Frank Callen Boys and Girls Club in Savannah, and $50,000 to United Way of the Coastal Empire to assist Hurricane Helene flooding victims.
RECOGNITION
↑ Southeastern Freight Lines was recognized as a 2024 Top Company for Women to Work in Transportation by Redefining the Road, the official magazine of the Women in Trucking Association.
• Vector Global Logistics was named a winner of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s 25th Annual Citizen Awards. Vector was recognized in the Best Corporate Steward—Small and Middle Market Business category.
← Carrier Logistics Inc. (CLI) received the SaaS Growth Award from Progress, a provider of AI-powered infrastructure software, for the second year in a row. The recognition reflects CLI’s product innovation, financial growth, and SaaS sales success and market expansion.
SEALED DEALS
→ Aroma Retail, an environmental scenting company, is using Descartes Systems Group’s cloud-based, multi-carrier parcel shipping solution to scale ecommerce order fulfillment in support of escalating sales growth.
← Generac, a manufacturer of home backup generators, expanded its partnership with John Galt Solutions to power global end-to-end supply chain planning across all of its business units.
↑ Royal Mail is the first delivery company to use Wiliot’s tracking solution to modernize its network. The company has tagged its 850,000 wheeled containers with Wiliot’s tiny computers that look like stickers, which allow them to transmit live data on location, as well as humidity and temperature, as they are transported around the country.
M&A
↑ PS Logistics subsidiary Blair Logistics acquired Fluker Transportation, a founder-owned trucking company that specializes in flatbed and heavy-haul shipping.
• Aptean acquired Indigo Software Limited, a provider of purpose-built warehouse management and logistics software solutions.
• Cold Chain Technologies purchased Tower Cold Chain, a global provider of advanced passive reusable cold chain solutions.
→ ORBIS Corporation acquired substantially all the assets of Creative Techniques, Inc. (CTI), which designs and manufactures custom packaging. ORBIS also acquired CTI’s facilities, including 60,000 square feet of manufacturing space and 22,000 square feet of warehousing space.
UP THE CHAIN

Veli-Matti Hakala
← Logistics automation company Cimcorp named Veli-Matti Hakala as its new CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2025. He replaces current CEO Tero Peltomäki, who will retire and continue as a member of Cimcorp’s board of directors.

Tony Barnes
→ Tony Barnes was appointed to the newly created position of global chief commercial and growth officer at freight forwarding and logistics company Accelerated Global Solutions.

Xavier Duchemin
← Automaker Stellantis appointed Xavier Duchemin as its vice president of global supply chain, replacing Yves Caracatzanis.
• Michelle Shi-Verdaasdonk joins Electrolux Group as chief procurement officer, responsible for the procurement strategy for direct and indirect materials, logistics services, and product sourcing.