Acquired Searail Cargo Surveys, a Vancouver-based vehicle transportation broker. 2006 Acquired its largest competitor, PBB Global Logistics, a Canadian-based customs broker and third-party logistics company operating in North America; also included in this agreement were M&C International Trade, Unicity Customs Services and Unicity Integrated Logistics. 2010 Livingston was purchased by a consortium of Sterling Partners, a private equity firm based in Chicago and Baltimore, and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. 2010 Sold its North American domestic warehousing and ground transportation businesses, operated under Livingston Integrated Logistics, to DB Schenker. 2010 Sold its event logistics business, operated as Livingston Event Logistics, to ICECORP Logistics. 2010 to present 2010 Acquired Maquilogistics, a customs broker and warehousing business focused on companies importing into the United States from Mexico, including those taking advantage of the Mexican maquiladora program. 2011 Acquired the Hipage Company of Norfolk Virginia, one of the oldest customs brokers in the United States. 2011 Was selected to participate in U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Simplified Entry Pilot. 2012 Acquired JPMorgan Chase Bank's customs and trade compliance operation formerly known as Vastera. 2012 Acquired Dell Will Customs Brokers Canada Inc. based in Windsor, Ontario. Did not acquire Dell Will Customs Brokers USA, they are still open and can be reached at www.dellwillusa.com 2012 Acquired M.G. Maher & Co. Inc. as well as the business of its affiliate MCLX Inc. 2012 Selected CGI Group Inc. to provide IT infrastructure and software support 2012 Acquired Houston, Texas-based Evans and Wood & Co., Inc. 2012 Transmitted first Simplified Entry to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) . 2012 Acquired U.S. northern-border broker Norman G. Jensen, Inc. ("NGJ"), including its Canadian brokerage company, Jensen Customs Brokers Canada ("JCBC") 2013 Acquired New Orleans-based MBLX to expand international freight forwarding in the U.S. 2013 Signed a purchase agreement to acquire the assets of Advantex Express Inc. as well as the shares of its two U.S. entities, Advantex Express, Inc. and Andina Group International, Inc. 2013 Steven C. Preston appointed as CEO 2013 Was selected to participate in U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Broker Importer Self-Assessment Pre-Certification pilot 2013 Acquired transportation and customs brokerage firm Advantex Express 2017 Dan McHugh appointed as CEO 2019 Livingston was acquired by private equity firm Platinum Equity for an undisclosed sum 2019 Tom Cronin appointed as CEO 2019 On June 21, 2019 the court approved a settlement of $19 million to be