A new 160,000-square-foot logistics facility is set to open next month in Whitestown, Indiana, as Nevada-based Novo Logistics is set to expand its presence in the Midwest with its newest location. Jobs will be created as the company’s services include: “warehousing, multi-client warehousing, on-site logistics, contingent labor solutions, and delivery transportation for local, regional and national clients.” Read more…

Through its new Rural Surface Transportation Grant program, the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $273.9 million to 12 projects that aim “to assist communities around the U.S. complete transportation projects that increase connectivity, improve safety and reliability, support regional economic growth and improve the quality of life for people living in rural areas.”  Read more… 

Though Harley Davidson has announced that Florida-based Comprehensive Logistics will replace their current Logistics company Syncreon, the roughly 600 employees who had handled third-party logistics for Syncreon in New York will remain in their jobs nonetheless. Paul Forberg, Comprehensive Logistics’ vice president of sales and marketing, claims: “we expect to transition 100% of them… I would say it’s more of an administrative function just to get them converted over to Comprehensive Logistics.”    Read more…

Logistics companies, such as C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc., have recently laid off countless workers, as there is a slower demand for freight transportation. The layoffs “come amid signs of slowdown in consumer spending and other activity after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates to combat inflation. CNBC reported last month of big declines in warehouse shipments and ocean freight orders.”  Read more

Harry G. Broadman, a leading consultant in the logistics industry, exclaims that workers should not fear the rise of digitization in the global logistics and supply chain operations. He insists that “there can be harmony between logistics technology and job creation,” and that while the jobs in a digital-logistics world may not be the same positions workers are used to, there will be jobs nonetheless.  Read more…

Arcadia Cold Storage & Logistics, a leader in modern cold storage solutions, recently announced plans to invest more than $70 million dollars into its new operations in Dorchester County. The investment will create 69 new jobs as the company “works to bridge supply gaps within the cold chain industry through modern cold storage warehouse development and services.”  Read more…