As we prepare to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, we extend our heartfelt thanks to all of our valued customers, carrier partners and blog readers who count on Koch Logistics to deliver smarter supply chain connections. We are thankful for the trust you place in us and we look forward to meeting the challenges of the [...]

As this recent Journal of Commerce (JOC) article reports, TransCore, one of the world’s leading transportation solutions providers, said higher load volume made this past October the biggest month for the spot truckload market since 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Spot market volume on TransCore’s network of load board rose 39% year-over-year. Shippers [...]

Still struggling with sliding rates, several container lines are laying up vessels in a search for greater supply-demand equilibrium for the slack winter season. Capacity is tightening as we see carriers eliminating strings of 5-6 vessels and dry docking. Parked vessels means that cargo is being left on the terminal and rolled to the next [...]

A report just released Tuesday by ShopperTrak and published in Chain Store Age has identified the 10 shopping days projected to be the busiest this holiday season. ShopperTrak, the world’s largest counter and analyzer of retail foot traffic, analyzes more than 10 billion shopper visits a year with their managed video analytic devices. Tracking in-store [...]

Last month we shared that Darren Nelson was promoted to Director of Sales and Marketing at Koch Logistics. We have also expanded the roles of two additional team members, leveraging their level of expertise to enhance our customer service by delivering smarter supply chain connections. Carrie Torreson has been named Senior Business Systems Manager. A [...]