Customer Newsletter
IMC and K+N Enter into Strategic Partnership
IMC Logistics, the largest marine drayage provider in the nation, has announced a strategic partnership with one of its longtime customers, Kuehne+Nagel, who will acquire 51% of the company. This strategic partnership will directly address growing demand for end-to-end transportation of cargo to or from seaports or rail hubs, customer facilities and inland in the […]
IMC CCO Donna Lemm Weighs in on Chassis Enforcement
IMC’s CCO, Donna Lemm, discusses Chassis enforcement with Transport Topics recently. “The study references a goal of meeting the beneficial cargo owners’ objectives, but loses sight of the ultimate goal that best chassis practices enhance the success of the flow for all supply chain stakeholders, including motor carriers, railroads, ocean carriers and our import/export shippers…” […]
Port Strike Has Stranglehold on International Trade
Donna Lemm, IMC Logistics CMO, discusses the Port Strike with the Economist saying, “It was a huge rush for all truckers to move as much freight on and off as they could,” says Donna Lemm of IMC Logistics, a company with 2,200 trucks moving cargo in and out of terminals. In a single day, “We have hundreds […]
Work Stoppage Concludes, Port Operations Resume
As of late yesterday afternoon, the International Long Shoremen Association and the United States Maritime Alliance have reached a tentative agreement to extend the Master Contract and are returning to work. IMC Logistics is relieved the two parties will resume operations at the ports, and our drivers will be able to begin serving our customers. What […]
Work Stoppage Disrupts the East Coast Ports
The Economist quotes Donna Lemm, IMC CCO, saying “You can feel the anxiety in the air,” says Donna Lemm of IMC, which transports goods to and from ports. Shippers, she says, “fought for space for months before we even began talking about a strike out loud”. Some exporters cannot afford to divert to the west coast. […]
Potential Work Stoppage Sends Ripples
Fox Business writes, “The threat of port strikes on the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico is sending shockwaves through the supply chain, and raising concerns that there will be an uptick in inflation.” Quoting Jim Gillis, Pacific region president of IMC, “a nationwide trucking company that operates at ports, said he’s seeing a “litany of […]
US Importers Pulling Goods Ahead of Possible Strike
IMC’s Brian Kobza, EVP Commercial and Strategic Services, shares with the Wall Street Journal the preparations shippers are taking with a potential ILA strike looming. To read the full article click HERE.
When the Unpredictable Happens, IMC is Ready
Managing your supply chain means you are used to navigating change. This week, your challenges may be different depending on where in the United States you are moving freight. You may be spending your week dealing with port congestion, equipment issues or a potential work stoppage on the rails or ports. Time after time, we […]
Watch: ‘The Bentley of Trucks,’ IMC’s Nikola ZEVs
IMC Pacific Region President Jim Gillis and Driver Trainer Khari Burton, share with Forbes about our blended approach to zero-emission vehicles, including a fleet of Nikola hydrogen fuel cell trucks, watch the video HERE.