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Enter Uber Works – an app that connects shift-workers with shift jobs. The app officially launched in Chicago on October 2.

The transfer of production out of China to avoid U.S. tariffs of up to 25% is having a tangible impact on global trade flows.

Spain’s road transport sector faces a “profound” shortfall in drivers, says IRU

The forward curve inches lower.

Gur Kimchi talks about Amazon’s approach to delivering packages to your doorstep via drone.

Preliminary September orders for Class 8 trucks improved over August but remained stagnant as fleets delayed booking new equipment in the face of ongoing trade tensions slowing swaths of the manufacturing economy.

FreightWaves’ Chief Analytics Officer Dean Croke (who also has been a professional truck driver), reviews the newest Freightliner Cascadia.

Deepscale’s focus on computer vision to give cars “sight” is different from light detection and ranging (LIDAR).

Freight Futures mostly unchanged in quiet trading session on Wednesday.

High driver turnover rates have been common in the trucking industry for several decades. Improving the quality of discussions between fleet management and drivers might help reduce the churn.

Energy markets appear to believe that capacity constraints will raise diesel prices next year.

Postmates just announced a partnership with Walgreens and Duane Read stores – all 174 of them – in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Truck subsidiary of Volkswagen AG will split investment into electric vehicle and software development to speed introduction of alternative fuel and self-driving commercial vehicle options

Officials with the McAllen Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) will soon take a second tour of China to look for new partnership opportunities in that country. Keith Patridge, president and chief […]

After a lower contract roll, Freight Futures start looking to fundamentals.

The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America will work with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to develop the education program.

The civil equipment industry is thriving in the face of an overall manufacturing and industrial slowdown with demand for 5G fiber-optic cable installations and state-funded infrastructure projects among the main reasons.

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said three GE subsidiaries failed to use “reasonable care” by accepting payments from a Cuban entity associated with a Canadian customer.

Salesforce drew on three years of data from 4,500 e-commerce sites to generate its forecast.

ChemDirect, an online marketplace serving the chemical industry, announces it has joined the Blockchain in Transportation Alliance (BiTA), an organization dedicated to determining best practices and standards for blockchain in the transportation industry.

TruckPark offers drivers the chance to reserve a parking space at dozens of locations throughout the country. A new partnership with Storemytruck.com will expand those locations to eventually include more than 10,000 available spaces at more than 140 locations.

From Oct. 1 new low-sulfur fuel charges are being levied by some container lines with more to follow through Q4. Use of the fuels is not mandatory until January 1, 2020.

Meritor, Inc. announced that it is laying off employees across the entire company in response to declining global truck and trailer demand.

Less-than-truckload volumes to continue to be pressured by weak September ISM report

U.S. sanctions targeting Iranian crude aboard Chinese ships ensnare Canadian-headquartered, New York-listed owner of Bahamas-flagged vessels carrying Russian cargoes via Arctic Sea.

Like Lyft, Uber is also decentralizing car-sharing in an effort to defy categories and shift user perception.

Export and import volumes falling well below earlier estimates as economy slows and trade tensions rise.

Tech fulfillment companies thrive as demand for speedy delivery surges.

Large swings in futures front month prices as spot month “rolls” to October.

Customs and Border Protection issued holds on five products from five countries, requiring U.S. importers to re-export those products or provide additional information that they were not made with forced labor.

Market voice Brian Aoaeh writes about how a company’s supply chain can help or hurt its image with its customers, the media and investors.

DHL Group announced its Strategy 2025 where it expects digitalization to help power its EBIT to at least €5.3 billion by 2022.

A newly published ag-sector report suggests that the lab-grown meat segment will shrink the industrial animal farming market by 50% by 2030.

Jim Blaze writes about the decisions that will go into determining 2020 capital expenditures by the freight railroads.

In 2020, growth is expected to slow further in nearly every global region, except Latin America and emerging Asian economies.

With 7,000-10,000 trucks using the Calais-Dover route between France and England every day, a no-deal Brexit will hit haulage companies hard, says the IRU.

Japanese shipping giant NYK has taken a big step into the future as it has revealed the successful trial of a “Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship”, which it claims as a world-first.

Rod Sims, the chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, has barked at the many monopolists inhabiting Australia, including the world’s biggest coal export port, the Port of Newcastle.

U.S. sanctions targeting a subsidiary of China’s COSCO Shipping could have far-reaching consequences.

U.S. Xpress announced that it has amended its credit facility to provide the company with a little more flexibility on its financial covenants as an act of prudence.

Imagine if Uber and public transit had a baby.

The system of internal waterways vital to the nation’s shipment of agricultural commodities is rapidly diminishing in its capabilities to handle bulk shipping.

Last week in Trucking Freight Futures: A tale of three regions!

Hong Kong-based 300cubits is suspending its platform after it failed to generate sustained interest within the maritime logistics space due to issues with interoperability and government regulations.

For 235 years China and the U.S. have sought out each other’s markets by utilizing their fleets of merchant ships.

Connected vehicles usher in high levels of complexity due to increasing functionalities, and it is vital for software security to take stock of the situation and update firewalls constantly.

Peter Voorhoeve recently passed his first anniversary as president of Volvo Trucks North America after five years running Volvo Group’s (OTC: VLVLY) Australian operations. During his brief tenure, Volvo’s market […]

Northern Asia is again in the cross-hairs of an extreme weather event as Typhoon Mitag bears down on some of the busiest box ports in the world.

John “JT” Engstrom has spent 10 years studying the freight world. Here’s what he learned:

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Harvest Sherwood selects Fr8Hub as broker; Arizona-Mexico Town Hall focuses on cross-border trade; […]

Ride-hailing and peer-to-peer models cut into traditional car-sharing market.

A big drop in the East region drives the National freight futures index lower on Thursday.

Delta is making a big play for Latin America, a region that is close to its base and where it sees the most growth potential and return on investment.

Ben Thrower writes about the coming IMO 2020 regulations and its impact on the shipping industry.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control identified Moscow-based Maritime Assistance LLC as the head of a “sanctions evasion scheme” to deliver jet fuel to Syria.

The Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) for new Class 8 truck orders in 2019 is trending at approximately 150,000. Note that this number includes orders for interstate, intrastate and private fleets. […]

The outlook for intermodal freight transportation and what’s going on with driver cash flow and factoring issues will be two of the key topics of discussion on the September 28-29 […]

U.S. trucking operators, heed this warning from Asia. Maritime experts say that after the IMO 2020 deadline, fuel availability will be uncertain, scrubbers won’t work, stockpiles will “evaporate” and fuel prices will “go through the roof”.

More scooters are hitting the streets, but investor sentiment is still mixed.

Lyft wants to be a one-stop-shop for all urban transit options, which might turn Google Maps into more of a competitor than Uber.

Amazon.com recently acquired cloud-based startup INLT, a move designed to simplify importing goods into the United States for Amazon’s online merchants, according to Reuters. INLT, which the company said stands for IN:LET, […]

Allcargo Logistics is in talks to acquire Indian express logistics firm Gati to increase its share of the Indian warehousing market.

Freight Futures quiet on Wednesday with a focus on PHI.

Fatigue symptoms can be gathered by measuring the brain waves of truckers, which can be used to sound early warnings before drivers show visible signs of fatigue.

The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control said the sanctions do not apply to parent company COSCO Shipping Corp. and other affiliates not involved in the transport of Iranian oil.

Carriers face prospect of hiring more company drivers should they fail the ABC test.

Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing is no longer a fad in truck making. Companies are making greater use of the technology to save time and money although the technology itself is still expensive.

Autonomous trucking outfit Embark Trucks has raised $70 million in a series C funding round led by Tiger Global Management, with participation from seven other firms, Forbes has reported. The […]

Satellite-based data and analytics provider, Spire Global, announced that it has received over $40 million in a new round of funding.

The new Supply Chain Hall of Fame will be located at the University of Arkansas.

But batteries have a better future in more regional hauls.

BlaBlaCar sees this acquisition as a unifying opportunity for Eastern Europe’s fragmented market under a single platform to meet a greater diversity of rider needs.

Freight Futures forward curves on Tuesday point to a mixed to lower rate environment.

Customs and Border Protection officers in the Kentucky port of entry seized counterfeit Cartier bracelets and other jewelry between July and September, resulting in an importer’s arrest.

Four ocean shipping firms and four tankers are added to the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s Specially Designated Nationals List for their roles in supporting Maduro regime.

The new platform focuses on collaboration, workflow automation, and allows users to define business priorities.

Shipping equities have suffered through a rough couple of years, but hope persists that market capitalizations and trading volumes can be resuscitated.

TTN Fleet Solutions will provide emergency roadside services to Mckinney Trailer Rentals.

Countries around the world are aligning their corporate insolvency regimes with the U.S. system. Lawyers say alignment will benefit the international ocean shipping industry.

The aerospace and defense company Harris Corp. failed to stop repeated violations of the Arms Export Control Act for several years following notification by the Defense Department of wrongdoing.

At 400 meters in length, the CMA CGM Jacques Saade has capacity for over 23,000 containers.

Revenue growth on negative unit economics is dead as a business model.

Flexport’s head of airfreight believes a small bump in demand out of Asia could result from new U.S. tariffs, while higher fuel prices will push up air cargo costs.

CEO Chris Spear leading a behind-the-scenes approach to influencing White House.

The Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo should “bet more on logistics and foreign trade” than on attracting more maquiladoras, according to trade experts. “Nuevo Laredo no longer needs to […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee’s Democratic members are expected to reject proposed Department of Homeland Security fiscal year 2020 funding bill if $5 billion for southern border wall stays.

Companies building supply chain software need to ease — not force — customers into adopting new technologies.

AirMap, an airspace intelligence platform for the drone economy, has acquired Hangar Technology, an automated drone operations business.  The acquisition, announced on September 23, continues AirMap’s strategy of extending airspace […]

Freight Futures began this week where they left off last week.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture agency looks forward to receiving import documentation through Customs and Border Protection’s International Trade Data System.

Germany has unveiled a climate package which experts believe is not ambitious enough, coinciding with the time Germany inches closer to an economic recession.

Mexico’s national association of heavy duty truck and bus manufacturers (ANPACT), reported the manufacture of commercial trucks grew 6% in July, producing 20,006 units, when compared against 18,863 units in […]

The shipping giant has teamed up with JDA to boost warehouse and supply chain visibility

Smart factory owners are turning to advanced technology like artificial intelligence and big data to gain an edge in the digital industrial revolution.

Container ships are setting new records, but for all the wrong reasons, as the vessels become an increasingly popular way to smuggle drugs.   As FreightWaves’ Mike King reported, the Maersk […]

Larger fleets positioned to reap benefits from carrier bankruptcies

But a lot depends on stabilizing global growth and an industrial recovery in the United States.

Parade helps freight brokers automate workflows, scale relationship management and grow digital bookings.

Several governments, organizations and transportation companies have worked together to patch a badly disrupted supply chain in efforts to improve the flow of supplies in the Bahamas.

Getting to Zero Coalition, which includes Maersk Line, calls for “commercially viable zero-emission vessels” to be deployed on deep sea trade by 2030.