Manhattan Beach, California-based MerQbiz, an online trading platform for the recovered fiber market, has signed a partnership agreement with Minnesota-based third-party logistics firm C.H. Robinson to provide transportation services to users of the marketplace.
MerQbiz, a joint venture between German equipment company Voith Gmbh and Boston Consulting Group Digital Ventures, also based in Manhattan Beach, states the arrangement will allow buyers and sellers to contract transportation directly from the MerQbiz platform at the same time as placing an order. John Fox, CEO of MerQbiz, says the service will allow customers to receive pricing, arrange pick up days and times, receive a “guaranteed pickup” of the material and then track shipments.
Fox says C.H. Robinson already serves 2,600 customers in the paper and packaging sector, and that the paper industry makes up around 7 percent of C.H. Robinson’s business. “They have a huge amount of business in the paper and packaging sector,” Fox comments.
MerQbiz linking up with C.H. Robinson “can provide transportation services, which helps solve a customer’s pain point,” adds Fox.
The service will be available for trucking services throughout North America, with Fox adding there are opportunities to expand the service to include rail and ocean shipping.
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