The online retailer said it will open a new warehouse in Jeffersonville and create up to 1,050 jobs by 2015 as part of a $150 million investment. The distribution facility would be the company’s fifth in Indiana.
Trucking companies, including Indianapolis-based Celadon Group Inc., are struggling to find qualified drivers even as the U.S. unemployment rate remains at the highest level in almost 30 years.
The agency claims the Indianapolis trucking firm subjected job applicants to medical exams and failed to hire qualified driving candidates because of disabilities. Celadon CEO Steve Russell denies wrongdoing.
Wheaton World Wide Moving is buying the nation’s oldest and one of its largest household movers, Bekins Van Lines. The deal is expected to bring 38 jobs to Wheaton’s northeast-side headquarters.
New shipments of ethanol and dried distillers grains combined with gains in limestone, salt and steel cargoes to drive the 5 percent increase in total tonnage shipped through the three ports last year.
International flights for Roche Diagnostics from Indianapolis International Airport expand city’s export capacity, bolster airport’s cargo ambitions.
Government OKs cargo flights to Guadalajara industrial hub.
Two-year-old Spot Freight says it expects to reach $30 million in revenue next year.
Celadon Group has swallowed, whole or in part, nine trucking firms in as many years. But the acquisition momentum lurched to a halt late this month like a semi stopped by a runaway-truck ramp when it was rebuffed by Arkansas-based USA Truck. Since then, Celadon hasn’t signaled its next move.
Celadon Group Inc.’s first-quarter profit grew nearly 23 percent, to $5.4 million, or 24 cents a share, on revenue of $141.5 million.
USA Truck Inc. has turned down a meeting with Indianapolis-based trucking rival and investor Celadon Group Inc. to discuss a possible merger.
Indianapolis-based Celadon has become USA Truck’s seventh-largest investor with a $4.7 million purchase of shares. In a regulatory filing, the truckload carrier reported its interest in combining with its rival.
Thomasville, N.C.-based Old Dominion Freight Line said a $22 million investment will be used to upgrade its existing 122,340-square-foot facility on the southwest side.
Celadon Group Inc. put together its best fourth fiscal quarter since 2006, with earnings doubling over the same period a year ago, to $5.5 million.
Amazon.com plans to open a third large distribution center in central Indiana this summer that will employ hundreds of workers, the company said Monday morning.
Indianapolis logistics firm Blue Ribbon Transport Inc. will invest $1 million to move into a larger headquarters, adding as many as 75 jobs over the next three years, economic development officials said Thursday morning.
Regulations aimed at stopping invasive species are too stiff.
The state nicknamed the "Crossroads of America" wants to become a preferred landing spot for cargo planes, but industry leaders say Indiana could have a tough time attracting flights from neighboring states because many airports are competing for the same business and freight companies are resistant to change.
Cincinnati-based Total Quality Logistics Inc., a national freight brokerage firm, plans to open a satellite office in Indianapolis in April.
Companies that act as brokers for trucking services are gaining favor with investors as the 20-month-old rebound shifts into a new phase that’s less dependent on inventory restocking.
