By Brian Straight ·
September 11, 2023
C.H. Robinson is seeing increased trade with Mexico as nearshoring gains steam, so it is adding a new cross-dock logistics facility in Laredo to improve through-put times.
By Jeff Berman ·
June 7, 2023
C.H. Robinson surprised the markets on Tuesday, naming a Ford executive as CEO, bypassing the rumored in-house candidate for the position.
By Jeff Berman ·
March 9, 2023
A Reuters report published today indicated that Jim Barber, former chief operating officer for Atlanta-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider UPS, is next in line to become CEO of Minneapolis, Minn.-based global logistics services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson (CHR). Davis would replace former CHR president and CEO Bob Biesterfeld, who was released from his executive roles, as well as his CHR board of directors’ position, after a 3.5-year tenure, effective December 31, 2022. While CHR said at the time that Biesterfeld stepped down, the report said that a regulatory filing issued by the company described his exit as “an involuntary termination by the company.”
By Jeff Berman ·
January 3, 2023
The company said that, effective December 31, 2022, Bob Biesterfeld, president and CEO, stepped down from those roles, as well as a member of the company’s board of directors. For the time being, CHR Chair of the Board of Directors Scott Anderson was tabbed as Interim Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2023.
By Jeff Berman ·
October 6, 2022
Less than eight months after Minneapolis, Minn.-based global logistics services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson and Mountain View, Calif.-based Waymo Via, the trucking and local delivery unit of autonomous driving technology company Waymo, announced a long-term strategic partnership focused on mutually exploring the practical application of autonomous driving technology in both logistics and supply chains, the companies recently heralded examples of their partnership in action on a 222-mile Texas-based “beer run” lane, from Dallas to Houston, moving Corona and Modelo beer for Constellation Brands.
By Karen Thuermer, Contributing Editor ·
October 1, 2022
Schedule reliability remains a significant headache for carriers. Meanwhile, seaports remain flooded with containers, labor negotiations on the West Coast are ongoing, and issues regarding congestion are slow to be resolved as ports continue to look for answers.
By Jeff Berman ·
August 31, 2022
Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently spoke with Ben Bidwell, director of North American customs and compliance, for Minneapolis, Minn.-based global logistics services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson (CHR), about the trade landscape as it relates to tariffs on various fronts, including: the United State Trade Representative (USTR) recently updating its tariff policy and reinstating 352 previously expired tariff exclusions in May, opening more than $1 billion in refund potential for importers through the end of this year; the overall effectiveness of the Section 301 tariffs, and what CHR is doing to help shippers navigate through tariff-related issues and challenges, among others.
By John D. Schulz ·
July 2, 2022
Third Party Logistics (3PLs) march onward.
By Jeff Berman ·
June 21, 2022
The report said that DSV is looking to expand in North America, adding that CHR’s global forwarding business would provide DSV with what it called critical access to trans Pacific ocean trade lanes, with the global forwarding business potentially having a $9 billion price tag.
By Jeff Berman ·
June 16, 2022
Minneapolis, Minn.-based global logistics services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson (CHR) recently heralded significant progress it has made its delivery of digital quotes, for both over the past year and also the first quarter of 2022, at almost 2.7 million and 1 million, respectively, with the latter also marking a 54% annual gain.
By Karen E. Thuermer ·
June 1, 2022
Just like last year, 3PLs continue to face a host of critical and pressing issues that challenge their skills at managing a client’s supply chain. And while company financials for 2021 were staggering, the state of the market in 2022 depends on the pace of global recovery— which currently seems to be slowing.
By Jeff Berman ·
March 23, 2022
Mike Short, president of Global Forwarding at C.H. Robinson, provided Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman with a detailed overview of the many issues shippers are facing, including the labor shortage, inflation, and mode selection, among many others.
By Jeff Berman ·
February 16, 2022
C.H. Robinson and Waymo officials said that this partnership meshes the Waymo Driver, Waymo’s autonomous technology, with Navisphere, C.H. Robinson’s Navisphere, its connected logistics platform, which provides end-to-end visibility, consistent business processes, and strategy-driven business intelligence on a global basis.
By Bob Trebilcock ·
February 11, 2022
With the start of a new year, we asked two supply chain leaders how they’re organizations are responding to the ten supply chain trends that are top of mind of ASCM members.
By Bob Trebilcock ·
February 11, 2022
With the start of a new year, we asked two supply chain leaders how they’re organizations are responding to the ten supply chain trends that are top of mind of ASCM members.