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As The Shippers Group reintroduces Shippers Express as a transportation brokerage company, Laina Grimland has been appointed to serve as Director of Transportation Management. The Shippers Group is proud to announce that Shippers Express is going back to its roots of providing brokerage and transportation management services, and Laina will oversee daily operations. Part of the Shippers family for 23 years, Laina has been a steady hand in our transportation operations and has guided us skillfully as we discontinued our asset based transportation operations.

Our very own Hugh Tait, Snr. Vice-President of Customer Solutions, was a guest recently on Supply Chain Now Radio for the second installment of the #LeadershipMatters series. A dynamic group of supply chain leaders weighed in on the impact and importance of successful leaders.   

Shout out to The Shippers Group teams who have improved container unload performance! Their hard work has resulted in a 65% reduction in time to unload containers and has enabled them to exceed the customer’s goal for unloading time by more than 20%. 

Several factors have contributed to increased demand for 3PL warehousing services in 2018. Providers of these services are overall experiencing double digit growth. Three events stand out as having the most significant impact: