BlueGrace Logistics (BlueGrace), one of the largest Third-Party Logistics (3PL) providers in North America, today announced the hiring of logistics veteran Carly Bly to a new company role, Sr. Director of Carrier Relations.

“As a 3PL, the relationships we build with our carriers are vital to the success of our shippers,” said Adam Blankenship, Chief Operating Officer at BlueGrace Logistics. “Making connections and responsiveness to new opportunities makes professionals like Carly indispensable to the continued growth of our organization.”

Bly’s role brings strategic innovation to how BlueGrace manages, cultivates, and optimizes LTL carrier relationships and networks by defining and establishing LTL standard procedures to promote both continuity and growth in 3PL and Managed Logistics sales and operations.

Bly began her logistics career in freight forwarding with Expeditors International as part of their Import Customs Brokerage based in Tampa. She moved to Coyote Logistics in Chicago as part of the Intermodal Pricing team and then transitioned into LTL operations and pricing as the LTL Pricing and Analytics Manager. Following that role, she managed BlueGrace's portfolio as a Strategic Account Manager at YRC Worldwide (now “Yellow”) in the 3PL channel. Most recently, Carly worked at Kenco Logistics as the Senior Manager of Customer Development with a focus on LTL.