Chattanooga has a lengthy history of hosting swim competitions, biking events and road races, as well as triathlons, which combine the three sports. On Thursday, the Chattanooga Sports Committee landed the monstrous stamina test known as the Ironman, which starts with a 2.4-mile swim, continues with a 112-mile bike race and finishes with a 26.2-mile… Read more »

Kevin Fletcher is the new senior vice-president at Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Kenco Transportation Services, where he will focus on account management, business development and strategic planning.

We were listed in the 2014 Directory of Transportation, Volume 1 under warehousing.  The Directory is published by the JOC Group, 2 Penn Plaza East, 12th Floor, Newark, NJ  07105, Ph: 800-952-3839.

Sunland Logistics Solutions, Inc. is proud to announce it has been named the recipient of ScottsMiracle-Gro’s 2013 Business Partner Excellence Award for warehouse providers. The ScottsMiracle-Gro Company is the world’s largest marketer of branded consumer lawn and garden products. As a southeast regional distribution center for ScottsMiracle-Gro Company, Sunland processed over 62,000 deliveries and more… Read more »

Global supply chain services company UTi Worldwide received an Innovation Award from Sam’s Club’s import logistics team for optimizing the fixed racking storage profile in a Charleston, SC distribution center.  The solution eliminated the need for overflow storage during peak seasons.

The November/December issue of Global Trade Magazine recognizes leaders in Third Party Logistics. Evans Distribution Systems was named as a Top 10 3PL for small to mid-size companies. The article mentions our warehousing, transportation, value added and staffing services that create a great solution for a 3PL partnership. Global Trade Magazine points out that Evans… Read more »

The Sam’s Club Import Logistics team awarded UTi Worldwide Inc., a global supply chain services company, its “Innovation Award” for optimizing the fixed racking storage profile in the Sam’s Club Charleston, SC, distribution center. “UTi faced a challenge on how to increase the capacity utilization of the distribution center to eliminate the need for overflow… Read more »

UTi Worldwide Inc., a global supply chain services and solutions company, recently announced that its Transport Solutions group was named Niagara Bottling company’s “National Carrier Partner of the Year” in its first nationwide awards program. UTi was also recognized as the “Favorite Carrier” as voted on by Niagara’s customer service and transportation personnel.  UTi’s Transport… Read more »

Kenco’s Kristi Montgomery, Vice President of IT, will speak about business contingency planning at the upcoming Technology & Operations Solutions for Warehousing Conference Nov. 7–8, 2013 in Chicago. Montgomery is also chair of the conference, which is sponsored by the International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA). “Business Contingency—More Than Just Disaster Recovery” will be presented by… Read more »

  Verst Group Logistics is being honored for economic and civic contributions made to the Greater Cincinnati community as part of the 2013 Deloitte Cincinnati USA 100. This is the fourteenth year Verst has received this prestigious award which acknowledges the achievements of a select group of privately-held businesses.  Deloitte, Great American Insurance Group, the… Read more »