U.S. and China face last chance to avoid Jan. 1 tariff hikes, but don’t get your hopes up
Upcoming summit could provide surprise deal, but acrimony and lack of consensus puts deal in doubt.
Upcoming summit could provide surprise deal, but acrimony and lack of consensus puts deal in doubt.
BIMCO projects with capacity growing at half of this year’s levels, “the fundamental balance can only improve.”
The Commerce Department agency is tasked with figuring out which new technologies should receive additional export oversight for national security purposes.
The Trump administration will collect comments through Jan. 15 and will hold a hearing Jan. 29 as it develops negotiating positions.
The ITC reversed its decision to slap a limited exclusion order on imports and a cease-and-desist order on sales after Toshiba and the petitioner reached a settlement.
Cordero talked about record container volumes, tariffs and the status of billions of dollars in Port modernization projects.
The decision in favor of Horizon turned on a narrow question of where one of the employees’ case should be heard.
Shippers seeking visibility into their freight will find APIs provide an easier solution than legacy data interchange systems.
Emerge, a startup providing Private Freight Marketplace (PFM) and TMS, and striving to increase visibility into freight supply chains, has raised $20 million in a seed round led by Greycroft Partners.
There are no filings with the SEC that indicate the company purchased an actual trucking company, just some tweets and statements to Bloomberg.
Uber and Lyft saw a steady growth in revenue this quarter, as they continue to invest heavily in mobility sharing segments, with Uber forking out into food delivery and truck hauling segments as well.
The International Trade Commission held a hearing Thursday and Friday to inform its report on the likely economic impacts of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
By joining BiTA, Orange Business Services confirms its co-innovation approach with customers and partners to help enable the wide adoption of blockchain applications in digital supply chain solutions by standardizing developed use cases.
European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said the list has U.S. products targeted for retaliation should the Trump administration impose automotive tariffs on Europe.
dexFreight founders Hector Hernandez and Rajat Rajbhandari want the supply chain community to realize that blockchain is for them.
The year 2018 has been a big one for Nikola Corporation, and investors continue to line up to support the hydrogen-electric truck startup. Next year might be even bigger.
SwanLeap tops another prestigious list recognizing the fastest-growing North American companies in technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, and energy tech sectors based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2014 to 2017.
Retail activity posted the strongest gain in five months, as big gains in auto sales and rising gasoline prices helped to drive overall activity. Core spending grew at a more moderate pace, but the broad-based nature of the gains is encouraging headed into the holiday season.
Omnitracs would be leveraging Rubrik’s APIs to accelerate its journey towards digital transformation, with a reported 90% saving in time spent working on legacy solutions.
Hublock, a software solution based on data-sharing layer has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), an organization dedicated to determining best practices and standards relating to blockchain in the transportation/logistics/supply chain marketplace.
On Wednesday at the Texan Gaylord Resort and Convention Center, following MarketWaves18, members of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA) met to receive updates on the organization’s progress toward data standards, hear announcements, share feedback, and learn about the work being done by BiTA’s think thanks.
Amazon came out on top according to the judges in FreightWaves’ Research Institute’s inaugural Freight.Tech 25, which identified the most disruptive and innovative companies in the freight space.
World’s largest container lines plan to look at emerging technologies as new options come to the market.
If you are a small fleet or an owner-operator, discounted products are often just a dream. J.B. Hunt is looking to change that.
Daniel Maffei could return to the agency and could be joined by Florida maritime industry veteran L. E. Sola.
The Trump administration will block U.S. business transactions involving Saudi officials who allegedly took part in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.
Training app for mobile devices also added to portfolio of products.
It’s a tricky balance between risk and safety, but in the trucking world, before freight futures, there was no way to protect a company’x exposure.
BiTA member, Filament, demonstrated an important new product, and announced a major partnership this week.
Representing some of the most dynamic and disruptive technologies in the market today, demos from Shipwell, J.B. Hunt, Redwood Logistics, and Platform Science took top honors as they were voted Best in Show by MarketWaves18 attendees.
Good times at U.S. ports not expected to last as world’s largest shipping line warns trade war will rear up at start of next year.
CargoX Smart B/L platform would be the first open and neutral blockchain platform in the shipping industry for real-world commercial use.
EPA is looking to update pollution regulations for commercial trucks after 20 years; oil prices fall to one-year lows; U.S. import levels have declined slightly across all major retail container ports.
An investor and startup founder talked about the health of the automotive industry, and how autonomous vehicle trends differ in the car and freight markets.
Penske Truck Leasing has added a major upgrade to its Penske Driver app, giving drivers the ability to quickly and easily call for roadside assistance without the need for a phone call.
From A to X, a wide range of honored companies.
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission recommends the U.S. government consider bringing a type of WTO case scarcely used against China.
This morning at MarketWaves18 in Grapevine, Texas, FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller announced that freight futures will begin trading on March 29, 2018.
2018 may have seen tight capacity and the strongest economy on record since the Great Recession, but what will 2019 look like?
“We went through a period when growth of shipping was 2-3 times the growth in international economy. I don’t think those times are coming back.”
The author of Moneyball and other books expresses concern about the possible misuse or ignoring of data coming out of the federal government in his talk before Marketwaves18.
New York and Crystal City the big winners, of course, but Music City will house e-retailer’s operations center for the eastern U.S.
The Cass Truckload Linehaul Index reached another record high in October while the company’s Intermodal Price Index points to rising intermodal costs.
The webinar is planned for 2 p.m. EST or 11 a.m. PST on Thursday, Nov. 15.
Facilities with exposure to steel and aluminum trade likely will see the earliest impact.
CBP is closing several lanes at two California ports as it prepares for the arrival of the migrant caravan moving through Mexico.
China also joined other countries in opposing a transparency proposal sent to the WTO by the U.S. and four other members earlier this month.
The U.S.-China trade war has brought misery to the thriving U.S. lobster industry, which is now feeling the heat of an additional 25% tariff that Beijing slapped on its live and processed lobster exports to China.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control continues to extend the expiration dates of certain general licenses between U.S. firms and three Russian oil and gas companies.
With his signature candor, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro told Wall Street bankers and the extremely wealthy to spend their money at home.
Blockchain solutions, improved interfaces, artificial intelligence and a tool for the intermodal business.
DHL hopes plan will attract new recruits to industry as shortfall looms.
“It’s such a massive market. If you don’t stay focused, you’re going to die.”
Cutting-edge freight tech startups and innovators give an intimate live product demo on the latest technologies changing the industry in a second round of seven minute demonstrations.
The American Transportation Research Institute is asking fleets to contribute electronic logging device (ELD) data to the group so it can study how the data can assist the industry in terms of safety initiatives and regulatory focus.
Kirchner says Slync spent a lot of time learning the market and what their customers need before they built anything. Asking the questions first is critical.
Companies are increasingly being asked to pay for damages to equipment, even when they are not at fault, according to a national survey conducted by TCompanies.
XPO Logistics is rolling out four new LTL optimization technologies and has announced a fast-track and free process for military members and veterans to receive their CDL.
Marrying up an ELD with a video system isn’t the last step for bringing multiple technologies on to one platform.
Officials met in Washington for the fifth meeting of the bilateral Trade and Investment Working Group and held preparatory talks for a possible post-Brexit free trade agreement.
China’s imports record strong third quarter with October data also suggesting more goods on the way.
Virgin Hyperloop One has a new CEO and chairman in the space of a week, with it now looking forward to commercialize and implement the world’s first hyperloop system in India.
The paper calls for a stronger approach to requiring notifications by member governments on issues including customs valuation and subsidies.
The collaborative tech company announced more than 75% growth in the number of lane matches on its platform in the third quarter of 2018 while it also continues to onboard new companies.
Its financial metrics were not strong, but management sees recapitalization as key to its future.
Data on producer prices shows that overall inflation pressure jumped at the start of the 4th quarter, though core price gains were more modest. Industry detail showed that trucking rates posted another solid gain in October, with big gains in long-distance rates offsetting declines in LTL.
Lows water levels are seasonal, but this year has been record, impeding low-cost barges and favoring high-cost trucking.
Oil prices fall on the back of a possible supply glut; highly populated cities are fighting back to regulate traffic during peak hours; U.S. companies are finding it hard to continue working in Iran after the now-in-effect trade sanctions.
ZED Connect has announced that it is discontinuing its ZED-ELD product and offering current customers an opportunity to transition to the EZ-ELD from Stoneridge.
Threat of higher tariffs continues to push up transpacific rates.
More of the same. That was the consensus in a quick informal poll of listeners to FTR’s State of Freight webinar on Thursday when they were asked what the most likely outcome was for the U.S. economy in 2019.
San Francisco firm has developed real-time collaborative logistics platform that “keeps everyone on the same page across the supply chain ecosystem.”
Rail and truck demand a secondary casualty in trade dispute.
To say that Weston LeBar is enthusiastic about the Port of Los Angeles’s new online cargo tracking system is a bit of an understatement.
A surge in freight from Los Angeles has started to inflect the Dallas and Houston freight markets. Meanwhile, Harrisburg, PA’s strong headhaul score makes that Northeast market a diamond in the rough.
Founded in 2015, Avenger Logistics is growing so fast that, according to their estimates, they’ll crack Inc. 5000’s 2019 top ten in their first year of eligibility.
Since the launch of Ford Smart Mobility, Ford has been intent on gaining ground in alternate mobility with e-biking being an important segment. Apart from acquiring Spin, the company has also bought GoBike and has launched an e-bike service ‘Jelly’, across the Purdue University campus.
Also in the pickup: better tools for sleep apnea instruments in sleeper berths; does Buffet care about BNSF’ OR?
The next phase of the investigation is for the ITC to make its determination on whether imports of common alloy aluminum sheet from China injure U.S. industry.
The list continues: what will be shown at Demo Day in Dallas this year?
A decrease in coal volumes did not slow a revenue rise at BNSF Railway Company, which posted a 16% increase in operating revenues in the third quarter compared to Q3 2017.
The FreightWaves Research Institute will announce the winners of the Freight.Tech 25 next week at the MarketWaves18 conference at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas.
Computer vision startup Netradyne has recorded 100 million hours of driving data which would be analyzed by its AI deep learning tool to help drivers improve driving behavior and avoid incidents on the road.
The measure would have rolled back diesel fuel taxes from 36 to 16 cents a gallon.
The respondents in a U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty case on uncoated groundwood paper — newsprint — from Canada ask that a binational body look at a ruling in their […]
Commissioner Dye said field interviews regarding Fact Finding 28 investigation offer industry further clarity on Federal Maritime Commission report’s objectives.
Katie Gerard is hired in Washington; Matt Balzola is promoted in Wisconsin.
The company is not turning its back on acquisitions forever but thinks it needs to digest the heavy slate of companies it has bought since the middle of 2018.
New group floats alternative blockchain solution for container trade.
Under the partnership, My20 and GoLoad drivers with extra hours and capacity will receive critical Dock411 details before deciding to accept available loads.
A wide variety of solutions will be on display at DemoDay.
KeepTruckin has further expanded the utility of its fleet management platform with a new App Marketplace for customers to access solutions that easily integrate with KeepTruckin’s current platforms.
enVista, a leading global consulting and software solutions firm, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), an organization dedicated to determining best practices and standards for blockchain in the transportation/logistics/freight marketplace.
Many of the industry’s inefficiencies are the result of a lack of transparency between stakeholders, which creates an inability to plan operations in advance. The pilot program is breaking barriers.
Starting in January, carriers will be fined $5,000 for first offenses and $10,000 for subsequent violations.
Dogs trained in the third-party explosives detection program will assist Transportation Security Administration teams in screening shipments, including foreign cargo.
Process begins to choose individuals to serve on the U.S. roster used for the selection of panelists to review duty determinations made by NAFTA parties
McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, Stifel Nicolaus, and Susquehanna are all in agreement that technology and data are critical for driving productivity in transportation and logistics companies. We survey recent research by the firms.
The global snapshot survey is based on interview data from 450 transport companies across Europe, the GCC and Asia, and reveals a number of fascinating insights.
Tuesdays may not be good days to be on the road; transport firms need to boost analytics usage to match what customers are doing.