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Northwest Arkansas-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., alongside other members of the logistics industry – like BNSF Railway and Werner Enterprises – has joined a recent White House program to share freight data among major shippers to streamline supply chains…
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Forbes Lists Arkansas Children’s Hospital, UAMS, Bentonville School District, St. Bernards Healthcare Among Best Employers
Forbes has released another of its ubiquitous ranking lists, this time ranking the best employers by state after surveying 70,000 Americans who worked at businesses with at least 500 employees. Beyond basic considerations, such as fair pay, safe working conditions,…
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Newton Joins Transportation Industry Council
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffShannon Newton, president of the Arkansas Trucking Association in Little Rock, has been named to the Transportation Industry Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. In 2006, the St. Louis Fed created four District Industry Councils, to provide…
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ArcBest Reports Record-Breaking Second Quarter Earnings
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffArcBest, a multi-billion dollar logistics company based in Fort Smith, has released its earnings report for the second quarter of 2022. Highlights include: Second quarter 2022 revenue was 1.4 billion, up $444 million or 46.8% from second quarter 2021.…
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Holiday Season Retail Imports Near Record Pace Despite Port Congestion
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffImports at the nation’s congested container ports are expected to remain at near-record levels for the remainder of the year as retailers rush to move merchandise from docks to shelves in time to meet the expectations of holiday shoppers, according…
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The Current Global Supply Chain Crisis Explained in One Illustrative Video
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe World Shipping Council recently created a video that helps to explain the current global supply chain crisis. Global manufacturing and supply processes have been gravely affected since the beginning of the pandemic, but supply transport is experiencing some of…
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ArcBest to Acquire MoLo Solutions in $235M Cash Deal
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffArcBest, the supply chain logistics provider based in Fort Smith that operates ABF Freight, will acquire MoLo Solutions of Chicago, the company announced Wednesday. With the acquisition, ArcBest will become a top 15 U.S. truckload broker with access to more…
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District Export Council and AEDC Offer ‘ExporTech’ Program for Export Training
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Arkansas District Export Council (ARDEC) is partnering with the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) on a program called ExporTech™, which is a series of group workshops with individual coaching for businesses with the goal of developing a strategic exporting…
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ArcBest Wins Logistics Management Awards
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffSupply chain logistic company ArcBest® announced Wednesday that it has won the Quest for Quality Award in three separate categories, as selected by readers of Logistics Management.  These awards have been regarded as the gold standard for customer satisfaction and performance excellence in the transportation and logistics industry.     ArcBest…