GlobalTranz prefers the Supreme Court not review its appellate court victory in a case involving a fatal accident.
Every time data has to be copied or rekeyed, the process slows down the supply chain and increases the risk of introducing errors.
Florida International University College of Business’s Dr. Maloney argues for a holistic, but not purely academic, understanding of supply chains.
Freight brokerage Convoy shut down in October. Carriers say the brokerage didn’t pay them for loads they completed.
XPO founder turns away from logistics to “highly fragmented” industry.
Nikola is offering 133.3 million new shares at 75 cents each and issuing $175 million in new debt to scale its fuel cell truck business.
The financial freezeout of startups by investors may be thawing as FOMU — the fear of messing up — begins to subside.
Big and bulky items sold online need more finance in logistics. Luckily today, there’s a growing number of new technologies to help.
Two of the most significant plotters in the Louisiana staged accident scheme were to be sentenced Thursday but it’s been delayed.
TriumphPay’s chief partnership officer, Josh Bouk, predicts a 12-month time frame for a substantial rebound.
Postal Service contractor Matheson Trucking and wholly owned subsidiaries Matheson Flight Extenders and Matheson Postal Services of Sacramento are winding down operations after six decades in business.
Yellow Corp. has reportedly rejected a bid that would resurrect the company from bankruptcy.
Reliable Robotics successfully tested its autopilot system with no one on board the Cessna cargo plane.
The first deadline for a little-noticed environmental rule affecting all trucks traveling in California is Dec. 31.
A federal judge has sentenced Amy Shepherd, 44, of Wichita, Kansas, to 18 months in prison for stealing nearly $113,000 from the trucking company where she worked for nearly three years.
Solvento Audita streamlines payment processes for Mexican trucking entities, offering transparency through API integration and addressing tax regulations.
Hydrogen as a fuel is being used in a San Francisco ferry and now it has money to go farther.
Less-than-truckload carrier Old Dominion Freight Line reports muted volume trends for November.
Software-as-a-service provider Descartes reported record quarterly results Tuesday and said the market is ripe for M&A.
Yard automation will bring about significant improvements in how companies manage their transportation hubs, leading to streamlined operations, reduced costs and enhanced visibility.
ArcBest said tonnage declines in November were tied to efforts to unwind dynamic pricing initiatives.
Reelables says technology will eliminate the need for manual label scanning across the supply chain.
TuSimple Holdings is following through on winding down its U.S. autonomous trucking business, laying off 150 more employees.
A Berkshire lawsuit against Pilot’s founding family over payments made to company executives won’t be heard alongside another case.
CloudTrucks CEO Tobenna Arodiogbu has announced that his company is exiting the factoring business and will be transitioning its current customers to RTS Financial in the coming weeks to focus on its core business offerings, Virtual Carrier and Flex.
Working under a U.S. Army contract, Kodiak Robotics showed a prototype of its light-duty autonomous application in a Ford F-150 pickup.
Saia’s fourth-quarter update shows it is retaining the freight it onboarded as a result of Yellow’s collapse.
XPO founder Brad Jacobs is acquiring SilverSun Technologies as a platform to make acquisitions in a yet-to-be-announced industry.
Cargo airline Amerijet is operating fewer aircraft to conserve money as shipping demand from major customers shrinks.
A filing in a Delaware bankruptcy court said the auction for Yellow’s terminals is ongoing and that winning bids may not be revealed until Tuesday.
DAT advises users who suspect they have received a phishing email impersonating the load board to promptly contact the customer service department.
The electric grid holds more potential for electric truck charging than utilities currently allow. A big rethink is under way.
The numbers out of BMO’s transportation sector, which are heavily loans to trucking companies, showed deterioration in credit metrics.
The White House’s new Supply Chain Resilience Council is meant to strengthen the supply chain, but supply chain stakeholders are not included.
Forum Mobility joins a growing number of startups planning multiple megawatt charging facilities serving California drayage.
The Pilot vs. Berkshire lawsuit in Delaware has gotten personal, with the recent Pilot chairman accused of secret payments to benefit a sales price.
With China knocked off its pedestal of reliable, cheap products, other countries have jumped in and seized on the weakness.
Echo Global Logistics’ EchoShip platform is transforming the partial truckload shipping landscape, offering unparalleled efficiency and cost-effectiveness for shippers and carriers.
Artificial intelligence will probably change everything about our lives. For truck drivers, it could wipe away their economic stability.
Franklin Ray was sentenced to 212 months in federal prison for his role in multiple fraud schemes, including bilking investors out of $40 million in a truck investment venture.
S&C Electric is one of the 25 freight-friendly businesses in this year’s Shipper of Choice awards.
Talon Logistics CEO Emmanuel Carrillo emphasizes shippers should diversify their logistics networks and explore intermodal shipping in the new year.
Cold storage and logistics provider Lineage Logistics is working on an initial public offering that will value the company at more than $30 billion, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.
Many fleet owners have become laser focused on moving away from diesel fuel, which accounts for the majority of greenhouse gas emissions in the sector. Heavy-duty electric trucks are poised to be one of the primary solutions to this issue.
Toll payment platform Bestpass has acquired Fleetworthy Solutions with the aim of creating a one-stop shop for fleets for tolling, compliance and safety needs.
United Petroleum is buying Patriot Transportation in a deal that is a solid win for Patriot shareholders.
Canada-based electric trucking startup Lion Electric cuts 10% of head count to reduce costs as it seeks profitability.
The founder of Isometric Technologies describes the company’s goal of building the FICO score for freight.
Here are a few compelling reasons why retailers should make supply chain visibility a top priority, especially during the holiday peak season.
Freight brokerages typically can stay afloat during trucking recessions. But the ongoing, severe downturn has slammed third-party logistics companies.
Israeli tech startups count on losing some employees to military reserve duty. Many more are called during wartime.
A request for the Supreme Court to review a lower-court ruling could bring clarity to conflicting decisions across multiple courts about broker liability.
With the U.S. mostly saturated with weigh station bypass technology, Drivewyze snagged a rare opportunity for new growth in Canada.
Israeli cargo reservation platform Freightos is struggling to make money in a bad freight market and now faces the extra challenge of operating in the middle of a war zone.
A Tennessee-based trucking and logistics company has agreed to pay $700,000 to settle allegations by the U.S. Department of Justice that it discriminated against noncitizen workers when checking their permission to work in the U.S.
Amid an ongoing financial dispute with the U.S. Postal Service, Matheson Flight Extenders plans to lay off more than 450 employees by Dec. 15 and close its mail sorting facilities in California.
A GXO location in Groveport, Ohio, outside Columbus, will shutter on Jan. 15.
Emtec Digital, a trusted technology partner for logistics companies, unveiled a groundbreaking platform that enhances productivity manifolds using RPA and AI tools.
At F3, Amazon Freight’s Rebecca Salt highlighted the company’s transition to a customer-focused, eco-efficient network.
In the rapidly evolving logistics industry, the integration of cutting-edge technologies into the TMS is proving to be a game-changing force. The trend is already revolutionizing productivity and reshaping freight logistics.
The executive churn at beleaguered Nikola Corp. continued with the resignation of CFO Stasy Pasterick after just six months.
The DAT phishing site is almost identical to the DAT ONE site.
FlockDirect uses real-time data to pool freight for multiple customers going in the same direction. The solution effectively dismantles the physical hub-and-spoke constraints that have defined the supply chain for more than a century.
Trucking and logistics companies are seeing a massive downturn. FreightWaves has reported on the biggest shutdowns and layoffs since 2022.
Former Elite Transit Solutions employees say when they raised concerns to CEO Michael D. Johnson about carriers not being paid or suddenly being blocked from posting freight on one of the country’s largest load boards, he “always had an answer for everything.”
Torc Robotics has the autonomous truck nearly ready. Now comes the hard work of making a business from it.
Amazon Freight Partner’s ascent from a small initiative to a global logistics force is a testament to innovative strategies and a commitment to diversity.
While bankruptcies and layoffs have abounded in the logistics industry in 2023, there has been much more to the year than meets the eye.
Two leading execs at Estes Express, including an Estes family member, have presented a recap of the hack that took the LTL carrier mostly offline.
Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton is seeking probation instead of prison on his federal fraud convictions.
Employees air frustrations with company management after being let go on Teams.
Global Crossing Airlines, a 2-year-old hybrid carrier that provides supplemental airlift to customers that rent the entire plane, is taking a long-term view toward cargo expansion at a time when freight demand is very soft.
Trucking company 10 Roads Express has laid off 66 workers at its facility in Fort Worth, Texas.
Zim’s headline loss looks ugly, but most of the decline was non-cash and it still has ample reserves to weather the downcycle.
Hyzon Motors is focused on launching its 200-kilowatt fuel cell for heavy trucks now that its legal problems are mostly resolved.
FourKites’ president is no longer with the company. He joined in April. The visibility platform announced other new leaders on Wednesday.
Shorr Packaging received its first Shipper of Choice award with brokerage partner Arrive Logistics singing its praises.
U.S. cargo airline Amerijet accuses Korean Air of protectionism. Korean Air says Amerijet is trying to cover up the true nature of its relationship with Maersk Air Cargo because it violates air transport rules.
Workhorse Group made progress toward scaling its electric truck business, but being shut out of California incentives dented revenue.
Coyote Logistics won a legal battle over liability, but the victory may have repercussions beyond this particular case.
Old Dominion Freight Line was the latest less-than-truckload carrier to announce an early general rate increase for the new year.
CMA CGM, like many other carriers, is reporting serious revenue loss. The North America president and CEO goes into detail with American Shipper and explains why the company is investing in more physical infrastructure.
Fillogic leverages what it has coined “channel-free logistics,” a competing fulfillment model to the traditional omnichannel experience.
FreightWaves’ Rachel Premack spoke with OTR Solutions’ EVP Clayton Griffin about the current state of freight brokerages and the risk they pose to carriers.
There’s no debate that the freight industry is hurting right now, but it’s not because volume is low. We have an oversupply of trucks.
FreightWaves’ F3: Future of Freight Festival was full of lively discussions of new technology in freight but also a movement to get back to the basics.
Former FBI negotiator Chris Voss tells listeners at the F3: Future of Freight Festival about using hostage negotiation tactics in business deals.
A Q3 increase in reported incidents of cargo theft was fueled by a triple-digit rise in “strategic” thefts like cargo misdirection, CargoNet says.
It’s back to the courtroom for the CTA and OOIDA as they continue their legal battle against California’s AB5.
Sweden’s Volvo Group was selected as the winning bidder for the battery and charging assets of bankrupt Proterra Inc.
Cargojet wants to dump eight aircraft that were part of of its growth strategy and postpone converting two more aircraft into cargo jets as the weak cargo market shrinks profit margins.
At the F3: Future of Freight Festival, strategic adviser Alan Gershenhorn explained how market changes are affecting different transport modes.
Flatbed carrier Daseke reported an in-line third-quarter result Thursday but reduced its full-year guidance.
Consumer spending is likely to decline in the coming months, adding to weak freight conditions.
A fireside chat with Emerge CEO Andrew Leto discussed leadership, planning and resilience at FreightWaves’ F3: Future of Freight Festival.
FreightWise has acquired Kuebix from Trimble with the aim of creating one of the top transportation management system platforms in the country.
This year’s list saw a sizable shake-up, with 17 newcomers and a high number of mainstays being left off the FreightTech 25.
Cargo volumes are holding up, but rising transport capacity is outpacing demand, pushing container shipping rates even lower.
Air Transport Services Group is slowing investment in converted freighters as a weak shipping market leads cargo airlines to pause fleet expansion.
Greater speed is a highlight of the new interface for FreightWaves SONAR introduced at the F3: Future of Freight Festival in Chattanooga.
