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Ditat helps Artur Express grow revenue by bringing its detention-monitoring and management capabilities into real time.

The voluntary structure of NHTSA’s automated vehicle testing initiative will hinder the agency’s ability to modify AV safety regulations down the road, OOIDA contends.

People remain invaluable in solving the unanticipated problems that arise in the course of everyday operations.

By focusing on customer change management, FreightTech providers see real results with AI-driven technology.

California’s Supreme Court will review a lower court and appellate court decision to settle the question of Prop 22’s constitutionality.

Yellow has suffered from financial mediocrity that has led to the inevitable outcome. 

Uber Freight’s Market Access is an AI-powered algorithm that gives shippers transparent freight pricing and greater control over their procurement stipulations.

Amid waning revenue, Amerijet is laying off 15 workers after signing an expensive contract with its pilots.

Speedcargo seeks out hidden cargo space among airfreight providers.

After months of turmoil and an inability to regain meaningful momentum, TuSimple looks at selling its U.S. operations.

Government sponsors are finding ways to add capacity for truck parking through long-standing federal grant programs.

With offerings like its Clean Advantage Card and Fuelman Mastercard with EV payment capabilities, Fuelman is anticipating the current and upcoming expense management needs of fleet managers as they begin their electrification transition.

More than 60 small trucking companies are collectively owed millions of dollars after a Mississippi-based logistics firm folds, files for bankruptcy liquidation.

XPO’s Miami-area facility had a contract between the Teamsters and the company, but the union has been voted out.

Western Global Airlines appears to be winding down operations for a potential bankruptcy.

Supply chain-focused startups Cart.com, Nuvocargo and CargoBot recently secured a combined $102 million in venture capital.

Electric pickup truck maker Lordstown Motors has filed for bankruptcy while alleging fraud against Foxconn, its former partner.

Tomorrow.io’s satellite constellation will transmit near-real-time scans of precipitation, ocean and atmospheric profiles for any point on Earth.

Days after Grant Goodale, Convoy’s co-founder and chief experience officer, announced he is stepping down, the department he led is reducing head count.

FreightWaves’ Innovation Alley at the Future of Supply Chain event featured FreightTech demos from Ezlogz and Bridgestone Mobility Solutions/Azuga.

The owner of Florida-based Royal Bengal Logistics has been arrested on fraud charges in connection with a $100 million Ponzi scheme.

During NMFTA’s June webinar, IT professional Chloe Callahan shares how industrial control systems are applicable to the trucking industry.

Companies and governments are moving to de-risk their supply chains, says CNN and Financial Times economics expert Rana Foroohar.

California has made its case in the latest round of AB5 legal proceedings, and it can cite the past trucking year in its arguments.

More than half of winners earn distinction for 1st time, 2 add 5th straight

After originally working with TuSimple, Loadsmith picks Kodiak Robotics for autonomous driving systems.

At the Future of Supply Chain event, the Cato Institute’s Marian Tupy lays out the case for measuring wealth in terms of hours of labor needed to buy goods and services.

The collaboration among Convoy, J.B. Hunt, Uber Freight and others to use technology to streamline scheduling at the dock level is proceeding as planned, according to company leaders at FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain conference in Cleveland.

The end of a 40-year economic boom cycle and America military strategy are combining to make China less fearsome than global impressions.

Vizion’s solution allows users to receive tracking updates for all containers across both ocean and rail without a letter of authorization.

Year-on-year revenue at FedEx was down $2.7 billion, while diluted earnings per share beat estimates slightly; CFO Michael Lenz plans to retire at the end of July.

Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Justin Bailie told FreightWaves that Rose Rocket has seen 47x growth since its last raise in 2021 by focusing on product-led expansion.

Conceding digital brokerage got a “bad name” early on, Uber Freight’s Souder looks to add human element to the experience.

The company plans to leverage RetailOps’ technical talent to accelerate product development and provide brands with omnichannel solutions.

Some brands are looking to their supply chain to gain a competitive advantage.

Kroger management reaffirmed the “low end” of 1-2% identical sales growth guidance.

New details have emerged about Tiger Cool Express’ financial health leading up to the company’s abrupt closure on Tuesday.

Nikola Corp. is laying off 270 employees as its cash condition worsens and company founder Trevor Milton takes shots at leadership.

Battery chemistry will play a critical role in advancing electric trucking beyond regional and drayage hauling.

Autonomous trucking software developer TuSimple completed a driverless truck pilot on a U.S. highway in 2021. Now it has done it in China.

A request by the Department of Labor in an ongoing legal appeal suggests its independent contractor rule won’t be made until August or September.

Cargo airlines and third-party logistics providers are crossing their fingers for a resurgence of air shipments by October. But indications are increasing that the peak season may go out with a whimper.

Hyzon Motors is not out of the woods yet, but it is current on required financial filings and has streamlined its fuel cell business.

Demand for global supply chain visibility tools is forecast to hit $39B by 2028.

In the so-called Atlanta Opera case, the National Labor Relations Board overturned an earlier precedent that made it easier to define workers as independent contractors.

Goods demand has dried up, specifically purchases of big-ticket discretionary items such as furniture and appliances.

C.H. Robinson avoided a debt downgrade at S&P but the outlook was changed to negative, mostly on the size of its share buybacks.

Lightning eMotors identifies electrifying small school buses and shuttle vans as its niche. Scaling depends on finding new capital.

Toyota announced an investment of $328 million to build its new hybrid Tacoma pickup trucks in Mexico.

Descartes MacroPoint’s ocean visibility product brings data together in an accessible way that previously was not possible, providing transparency into data and locations during the whole ocean shipping process.

Aludyne’s Alan Shevela shares his observations about what he and his company went through during the supply chain squeeze of the past few years and what he learned from it.

Less-than-truckload carrier Yellow reported another large drop in volumes Friday after the market closed.

ArcBest holds on to tonnage growth in the April-May period but yields take a notable step lower.

Megawatt charging is too much for pretty much every electric truck save for the purpose-built Tesla Semi. But that is slowly changing.

FreightWaves calculated about $80 billion of supply chain financing among S&P 500 companies as of Q1, with more companies yet to provide disclosures.

Jake Medwell sits down with Loren Smith to discuss policy items, including fleet electrification, rail safety and the debt ceiling.

Nineteen states want an appellate court review of an EPA waiver that allows California’s Advanced Clean Trucks rule to proceed.

The outcome of Nikola’s bid to double the number of authorized shares in the company could determine its ability to survive.

Jim Waters, Frayt’s vice president of marketing, said the company’s survey highlighted the growing need for last-mile services; 37% of respondents said 50% of their logistics operations fell into the last-mile category.

A federal grand jury recently indicted two former trucking employees of MH Group, alleging the pair orchestrated an elaborate wire fraud scheme to defraud the Texas-based carrier out of $1.4 million.

Yesterday’s emerging technology is today’s table stakes for supply chain participants.

Less-than-truckload provider Forward Air said Tuesday that demand momentum has improved as the second quarter has progressed.

Sticking to earlier forecasts, RXO’s chief strategy officer sees the 3PL’s market share growing and increased volume year on year.

Digital freight marketplace NEXT Trucking is on the prowl for either additional capital or an exit.

PalletTrader’s founder discusses the success of the newest online pallet marketplace that is changing the way pallets are bought and sold.

Less-than-truckload carrier Old Dominion reported no seasonal inflection in volumes during May but continued to push yields higher.

Northeast LTL carrier A. Duie Pyle has been growing but is hewing primarily to its existing geographic base.

As the transportation industry continues to adopt more vehicle and internal technologies considered hackable, the importance of penetration testing takes center stage.

Class 5 electric trucks have a broad customer base and a lot of manufacturers chasing the space where regulation comes soon.

Less-than-truckload carrier Saia reported second-quarter volume metrics on Friday that imply a high-single-digit sequential increase in tonnage from the first quarter.

Like many FreightTech companies that have laid off workers in recent months, CloudTrucks blames the declining freight market for the job cuts.

RIST Transport acquired less-than-truckload peer AMA Transportation in a deal that creates a major regional player in the Northeast, according to an industry insider.

Ikea announced it has acquired cloud-based supply chain and warehouse management software provider Made4net.

Freight Ninja is positioning itself as an industry leader in combating the truck parking shortage across the United States.

Supply chain visibility provider Descartes beat first-quarter estimates, and management said they are optimistic about recent trends.

The California State Assembly voted 54-3 to ban autonomous trucks without safety drivers from the state’s roadways.

Alterna Equity Partners announced Wednesday the acquisition of waste and industrial materials carriers Attaway Hauling and Choice Bulk Carriers.

Worldwide Express is the latest and biggest customer of the integrated payments and audit network established by TriumphPay.

Peace Equipment LLC, a company headquartered in Edcouch, Texas, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection due to rising operating costs and reduced income in the trucking industry.

School buses qualify for a lot of incentives to go electric, but are the vouchers and grants enough to make a difference?

The two largest home improvement retailers cut their full-year sales guidance in Q1, a rarity; many other retailers also pointed to intensifying pressure on Americans’ ability to spend money as the year has progressed.

“Investors have shifted from a growth-at-all-costs mindset to focus on the path to profitability and scalable growth. No startup, not even the rocket ships of logistics technology, will be immune to these trends,” says project44 founder and CEO Jett McCandless.

Since leaving Total Quality Logistics in April 2021, ex-broker Jacob Patterson has been embroiled in a legal battle with the Cincinnati-based freight brokerage over claims that he has violated his noncompete agreement twice in the past two years.

Embark Technology, an early leader in autonomous trucking software development, becomes part of Applied Intuition in a $71 million deal.

Nikola has a minimum of 180 days to get its share price above $1 or it could be delisted from the Nasdaq.

Freightos, an online reservation portal for freight shippers, is adding users, but heavy development costs and a weak shipping market make it difficult for the startup to reduce losses.

Gains in industrial real estate markets were reported in eastern and central Pennsylvania as well as greater Philadelphia.

The quarterly earnings report of major truck lender BMO finally reflected the deterioration in the trucking market.

Freight broker Landstar cut its second-quarter revenue and earnings guidance as volumes and revenue per load were worse than expected halfway through the period.

More signs are surfacing that the second half of the year won’t be a panacea to the international freight recession. Seko Logistics says there won’t be a surge in orders that fuels transportation spending.

Lordstown Motors dodged delisting from the Nasdaq by a reverse stock split, but its future remains murky.

“We want [global shipping] to be self-explanatory, easy to navigate and easy for you to find the answer you are looking for,” says Maja Bernstein, vice president of industry relations at Fluent Cargo.

Trimac Transportation completes the acquisition of propane and butane carrier Transport Sylvain Lasalle.

Convoy’s co-founder and CEO suggests that FreightTech offerings have paved the way to disrupt fragmentation with a new model of shipping: the hybrid carrier model.

A 5-year-old judgment against Werner has been upheld on appeal by a Texas court, with the amount now standing at more than $100 million.

Transportation and logistics conglomerate R&R Express announced its second deal of the year on Monday.

The outsourced logistics arm of FedEx is opening up the way it shares data on electronic bookings for air cargo with a major customer.

DHL Supply Chain and GXO Logistics are laying off at least 185 workers in Texas as a result of losing customers.

Reliance Partners’ CFO, Thomas Albrecht, warns about the underestimated impact of the ongoing bank crisis on the freight community. Discover how loan activity, interest rates, and funding for truckers and carriers may be affected.

Freight brokerage firm Coyote Logistics is laying off another round of workers as the freight market continues to slide.