Proterra Inc. has extended the bankruptcy auction dates for its three electrification business units while it continues in business.
Officials from Nexxiot and Deloitte talk with FreightWaves in this Q&A about how combining data on container movements and a container’s financial streams can help ward off illicit trade.
Automaker Tesla’s plan to build a factory in Mexico could be delayed past 2025, CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday.
Industry could see more freight brokerage closures amid a changing financial climate.
Truckload carrier Marten saw its earnings fall from a year ago and detailed how much of that was caused by higher fuel prices.
Volvo Group reported strong third-quarter results but reported slowing orders as trucking demand returns to normal.
FreightTech company Flock Freight’s chief revenue officer has departed after eight months. The company also is cutting positions on its social and creative teams.
Chemical distributor benefits from close relationships with its carrier partners.
Lingong Machinery Group is investing $5 billion to build a plant and industrial park in northern Mexico
J.B. Hunt’s overall financial performance in the third quarter was weak, but slight strengthening in intermodal volumes was celebrated.
United Airlines had a weak quarter for cargo revenue, but it’s on par with the rest of the industry.
Cosco earned more than $800 million in the third quarter, while one analyst expects Zim to lose more than $200 million.
Logistics warehouse owner Prologis on Tuesday noted some cracks in demand, which it attributed to interest-rate policy and geopolitical fears.
Anderson Economic Group says the auto industry is entering the “danger zone” as the United Auto Workers strike continues with economic losses reaching $7.7 billion.
Tuesday filings before a Delaware bankruptcy court are asking for the use of professional auction houses in the disposition of Yellow’s trucks and trailers.
The California Trucking Association has filed suit in federal court, seeking to block implementation of the California Advanced Clean Fleets rule.
Logistics warehouse landlord Prologis beat expectations for the third quarter on Tuesday.
Supply chain software provider e2open has a new shareholder in activist investor Elliott Management.
Despite a tumultuous year, the Flock Freight team is optimistic about how its technology is advancing and the future needs of the industry when it comes to its mode offering.
The logistics industry is collaborative by nature, and project44 regularly embraces partnerships to create and improve data-driven solutions for their customers. Over the past few years, Google Cloud has become one of the company’s most impactful partners.
With over two decades of experience in logistics, Regan Daniels’ evolution is a story of adaptability and a pursuit of efficiency.
The proliferation of freight brokerages is giving truckers a lifeline.
The shaky U.S. economy occupied the No. 1 spot for motor carriers in the latest American Transportation Research Institute survey of top trucking issues revealed by ATRI President Rebecca Brewster.
Flexport has elevated a new management team after getting rid of CEO Dave Clark last month.
Logistics provider Flexport is moving ahead with a second round of layoffs this year.
California says, once again, that the state’s trucking sector is holding up under AB5.
The integration of Blue Yonder and Doddle is designed to strengthen end-to-end returns management services primarily in the U.S. market.
The International Trade Commission terminated a patent infringement claim by lidar maker Ouster against Chinese competitor Hesai.
Delta Air Lines cargo revenue fell by more than a third in the third quarter, reflecting weak market conditions.
“There is no good lane or bad lane or good deadhead or bad deadhead. There is only a focus on what is a good route for the driver to maximize their profitability,” says aifleet co-founder and CEO Marc El Khoury.
A 40-year-old Montana trucking company and freight brokerage has shuttered operations, leaving nearly 275 truck drivers and office personnel without jobs.
Owner-operators say Titan Transportation Services Inc., doing business as Sunset Logistics, still hasn’t refunded their $1,000 in escrow or maintenance account funds that were withheld from their paychecks after the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based company abruptly ceased operations on Sept. 29.
Uber Freight has rolled out new technology solutions for its TMS, procurement and use of generative AI.
“AI-powered insights help customers take informed action, like seeking alternative suppliers, tracing their raw materials, identifying potential geographic concentrations and targeting risky supplier networks,” says Altana Technologies’ Amy Morgan.
Most of the styling and design ideas from Volvo’s SuperTruck 2 freight efficiency exercise probably won’t ever see production, but some might.
Not everyone will agree with the results of project44’s on-time parcel-delivery performance survey, the survey’s leader says.
Jeremy Daily, a cybersecurity expert and presenter at an upcoming conference on the issue, discusses the Estes hack in a Q&A.
The incumbent TMS provider is unifying its carrier and shipper platforms to generate network effects.
Barge rates on the Mississippi stabilized in the past week and are still well below where they were a year ago.
About 90 truck drivers and office personnel who worked for Titan Transportation Services Inc., doing business as Sunset Logistics of Grand Rapids, Michigan, say they are owed their final paychecks and escrow after receiving a string of emails from company executives notifying them that the trucking company was closing its doors.
Even as a Wall Street bank counts up the possible losses at Estes, the LTL carrier tells customers things are looking up.
International freight forwarder Flexport is undertaking a second round of mass layoffs this year.
Can Outrider hold onto its healthy lead in distribution yard autonomy as competition begins to form?
Practically every retail chain in the U.S. has been sounding the alarms on external theft. It’s not as simple as it seems.
A federal judge has ruled that Total Quality Logistics — the second-largest freight brokerage in the U.S. — violated federal law and owes overtime pay to thousands of former employees who worked more than 40 hours a week.
Equity research analysts are taking less-than-truckload earnings forecasts higher following the industry’s successful absorption of defunct Yellow’s freight.
Uber Freight Exchange is designed to unlock operational efficiencies and compress the time it takes to procure, eliminating the back-and-forth of traditional mini-bids by bringing the process onto one single tool.
The TJX Cos., headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, is a global leader in off-price apparel and home fashions, including its T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods stores, has been named a Shipper of Choice.
Battery-electric trucks and the infrastructure to charge them require joint development, a lesson fleets are learning from early adopters.
Radiant Logistics has acquired a Florida-based logistics partner that provides forwarding services to the cruise lines.
A new report from the Anderson Economic Group says the UAW strike against the Detroit Three resulted in $3.95 billion in losses in the first two weeks.
There’s been a major technology failure at Estes Express, but it’s unclear whether it is a cyberattack.
A new report is offering more details about what led investigators to file murder charges against a New Jersey truck driver after a woman was found dead on the floorboard of his tractor-trailer in Maryland.
The NMFTA’s Digital Solutions Conference on Cybersecurity attendees will hear from professionals on the leading edge of the cybersecurity industry, ranging from industry practitioners to representatives from government entities and thought leaders in academia.
The SSC’s newly released API technical standard is available on GitHub.
Startup Flipturn really was named for the swimming maneuver. Now it wants to make trucking electrification just as smooth.
Ditat TMS carriers and Blue Yonder shippers can enjoy the benefits of a contract model within a spot market-like scenario thanks to their recent integration.
A broker that hired a carrier whose truck struck a teenager is not liable, according to an Illinois appellate court.
While AI has the potential to prevent accidents, it can only deliver on its potential if it’s consistent and accurate.
FLS Transportation builds out a North American footprint with the acquisition of AMAC Logistics.
Hyzon Motors agreed to pay a $25 million fine to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission fraud case.
Loadsmart CEO Felipe Capella said there’s “massive value potential for the whole freight industry” by applying computer vision technology.
Seattle-based logistics provider Flexe has laid off a third of its workforce.
Zerobroker’s fundraising round saw participation from freight forwarder Flexport, FundersClub and Streamlined Ventures.
The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general filed suit against Amazon.com on Tuesday, alleging the e-commerce giant used its monopoly power to “inflate prices, degrade quality and stifle innovation for consumers and businesses.”
FedEx partners with an AI-powered robotics firm to load FedEx Ground trailers.
The most widely used IRS rate for per diem payments will be held steady in 2023-24.
Two subsidiaries of trucking conglomerate TFI International have been sued by the EEOC over alleged discrimination against two gay employees who ultimately were fired.
An 85-year-old Indiana-based trucking and logistics company and its affiliates recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection less than nine months after it was acquired by private-equity firm Transport Acquisitions.
As many organizations still have functional silos, it is becoming paramount to the success of broader supply chain technologies that those functions collaborate across the organizations.
During the NMFTA’s cybersecurity webinar, Guidacent CISO Drew Williams discussed ransomware’s toll on the trucking industry — and what carriers can do to protect themselves.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom sided with autonomous technology developers over organized labor and his own party in vetoing AB 316.
Barge rates for moving grain on the Mississippi have continued to rise as water levels remain low.
According to a recent study by SkyQuest Technology, every year more than $750 billion worth of losses occur worldwide due to poor cold chain logistics and facilities and improper handling procedures.
FleetPride, a privately held supplier of truck parts, held on to its debt rating from two key ratings agencies.
Stack AV founder Bryan Selesky is keeping most of the details of his autonomous trucking startup to himself for now.
“One of the key requests that we hear from our customers is an ability to reduce charging times, and that requires both improvement of vehicle technology as well as charging technology,” Prologis’ Henrik Holland said at FreightWaves’ Net-Zero Carbon Summit.
What’s next for the three-headed beast of AB5 litigation in California? It might be whether the state’s Supreme Court takes up the so-called Olson case.
Swedish startup Einride reduces the carbon footprint of its trucking customers by matching electric trucks with available chargers.
ACT Research, a leading transportation research firm, is on the side of the debate that sees significant penetration of alternative fuels for trucking.
Startup software developer Waabi, a late entry to autonomous trucking, has a 10-year deal to haul on the Uber Freight network.
FedEx’s fiscal first-quarter results give efficiency the nod over growth. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg faced partisan attacks over EV policy during a House oversight hearing.
FedEx beat analysts’ estimates despite downgrading its full-year revenue outlook.
A federal judge has ordered a Mississippi trucking company and its owner, Xavier Bailey, to pay more than $482,000 after finding Bailey made false statements in order to obtain funds through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
BNSF has reached a settlement in a lawsuit it lost earlier that threatened it with a payout of $228 million.
Kraft Heinz is moving forward with several initiatives to create an autonomous supply chain operation that have carriers calling it a choice shipper for a fifth straight year.
The former Emerge senior vice president of customer success plans to leverage customer voices in his new role leading Princeton TMX.
Logistics and supply chain experts are warning that an extended United Auto Workers strike could have major impacts on the trucking industry.
BNSF is a multibillion dollar freight railroad. Northern Pacific Airways is a tiny airline that has been in business for less than three months. BNSF says the airline is infringing on a trademark it owns.
FreightWaves has unveiled its 2024 FreightTech 100 list, spotlighting tech-forward companies that have best navigated a turbulent year.
A U.S. bankruptcy judge approved several orders Friday, paving the way for Yellow to unload assets and repay creditors.
Two debt rating agencies, Fitch and S&P, rated Forward Air’s newly issued debt from its Omni deal and were mostly positive.
DeliveryDefense assesses delivery risk levels in shipping to certain addresses in various regions.
Amid the historic UAW strike, we’re seeing more militant labor leadership than ever. It’s a sign that the American economy is healthy.
With this rise of AI, we take a look at how it can be used by the logistics industry.
Lisa Celli was excited to start her first day on Jan. 5 as a contractor delivering mail for the U.S. Postal Service in the small unincorporated town in California where she and her husband live. However, less than 24 hours after finishing her first route for Ameritrans Express, she received an alarming email stating the contract delivery company was taking “drastic action.”
J.B. Hunt Transport Services said Thursday after the market closed it has entered an agreement to acquire the brokerage arm of BNSF Logistics.
Orbcomm, a major provider of ELDs, has been hit by a ransomware attack, impacting its key product offering.
Project44’s Jett McCandless comments on the state of technology as the company completes a round of layoffs on Thursday.
