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Ports are assessing damage after Hurricane Helene roared into Florida as a Category 4 storm.

Its big deal with Platform Science announced, Trimble’s transportation segment is touting upgrades and new products.

Anne Reinke is leaving the Transportation Intermediaries Association to head the Intermodal Association of North America, and Chris Burroughs, already a VP at TIA, will fill her slot.

From the White House on down, everyone has different strategies and different expectations when it comes to the port labor dispute.

Digital freight broker Next Trucking and sister trucking company Next Freight Solutions may close after furloughing most of their remaining employees and drivers, according to sources familiar with the situation.

With a strike by East and Gulf Coast dockworkers just days away, port employers on Thursday asked the National Labor Relations Board to order the International Longshoremen’s Association to resume contract negotiations.

A Wednesday court filing showed bankrupt Yellow Corp. will begin accepting indications of interest for its remaining terminals next week with the hope of closing the property sales in January.

Most Florida ports were closed Thursday ahead of Hurricane Helene’s arrival in the Big Bend region, threatening what meteorologists called a deadly Category 2 storm expected to grow stronger before making landfall.

Here are a few tips to keep in mind for fleets considering to haul a load for FEMA or any other disaster relief project 

S&P gave a thumbs-up to the credit metrics at RXO after the company set two deals to fund the Coyote Logistics acquisition.

While a potential East and Gulf Coast port strike likely won’t hamper the holiday shopping season, industries such as automotive and food and beverage could be negatively affected, a transportation lawyer says.

Facing an Oct. 1 strike deadline by the International Longshoremen’s Association, ports and other waterside logistics providers along the East and Gulf coasts are advising customers to brace for a shutdown of the container business.

Florida ports are preparing for Hurricane Helene, which is expected to make landfall in Florida on Thursday and bring life-threatening conditions with it.

Data released by CVSA on International Roadcheck supports earlier numbers that suggest plenty of drivers stayed home.

A deal between Relay Payments and Love’s Travel Stops means the payments provider will cover about 75% of the diesel market.

Presidential nominee Donald Trump calls for 200% tariffs on John Deere tractors if the company moves more jobs to Mexico.

A Delaware bankruptcy court denied a request to stay the deposition of Teamsters union leader Sean O’Brien regarding his involvement in failed negotiations with Yellow Corp. last year.

The families of those who died in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore have filed wrongful death claims in federal court against the owner and operator of the container ship Dali.

A decertification effort by a small group of unionized workers at a Werner unit in New Jersey has ousted the United Food & Commercial Workers union a year after it was certified.

The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges rose for the first time Monday after 10 weeks of declines.

Alaska Airlines has brought in high-powered executives to manage the cargo division, which has become more complex with the addition of international cargo and Amazon shipping business coming from the takeover of Hawaiian Airlines.

Typhoons this year have ravaged areas in Asia, home to some of the busiest ports for global supply chains. Billions of dollars in damage has occurred across industries, especially agriculture.

The basic per diem rate allowed by the IRS for payments to transportation workers is rising by $11 in fiscal year 2025.

FreightWaves has unveiled its 2025 FreightTech 100 list, spotlighting tech-forward companies that have best navigated a turbulent year.

A new White House effort to reduce the amount of online orders from China that enter the country duty free isn’t likely to interrupt the Shein and Temu business, but could have ramifications for U.S. consumers and retailers.

Cargado CEO and cofounder Matt Silver announced Monday a first-of-its-kind invite-only load board for cross-border Mexico freight.

A Transportation Intermediaries Association report says the freight industry is “under siege” from fraud and must evolve to fight the ballooning problem.

As BNSF Railway, CSX and Norfolk Southern continue to sign tentative contract agreements with their labor unions well in advance of the start of national negotiations, one U.S. Class I railroad has been conspicuously absent: Union Pacific.

With his legacy assured, Daimler Truck Chair and CEO Martin Daum will retire as CEO on Sept. 30, making way for Karin Rådström.

Marten Transport cited the weak freight market in reducing the salaries of six top executives. The executives’ 2023 salaries ranged from $267,000 to about $811,000.

A challenging parcel environment led to disappointing first-quarter results for FedEx.

Here are five takeaways from FreightWaves’ State of Freight webinar for September.

Technology alone is not enough to retain drivers, according to a panel at Trimble’s technology conference Insight. Human intervention still matters.

While there is debate over whether Section 321 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act helps the U.S. or gives foreign companies an unfair advantage, the provision will likely come out changed on the other side of the election.

For the first time in its history, the Teamsters union has announced it will make no endorsement for president this election year.

Continued robust demand for container shipping services could help balance supply and demand, the world’s second-largest vessel operator said, easing strains despite disruptions across the global supply chain.

The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday filed a federal suit against the owner and operator of the Dali, the container ship that struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse.

Two days after announcing a hiring freeze, Boeing has notified employees it will be moving forward with furloughs over the coming days due to the aerospace workers strike.

U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce is spearheading an effort to have the Department of Homeland Security do more to combat organized retail crime in America.

A shippers’ coalition on Tuesday asked the White House to help restart stalled contract negotiations and said President Biden should be prepared to intervene to prevent a strike.

A Virginia-based road construction company illegally fired one of its drivers, according to OSHA.

Alaska Airlines will become a major cargo airline with the integration of Hawaiian Airlines’ freighter fleet that services Amazon.

Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic threw the entire world and daily life into turmoil, its effects still ripple through the global supply chain long after shutdown laws have been lifted.

Trimble customers who gathered in Las Vegas got the big news that Platform Science is acquiring Trimble’s telematics business.

The retail diesel price used as the basis for most fuel surcharges has fallen for a 10th straight week.

A shuttered California-based trucking company that once pulled intermodal containers out of the Port of Oakland has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation.

Boeing has notified employees of a hiring freeze and is considering furloughs in the coming weeks as experts predict significant cash loss for the company this quarter due to an ongoing machinist strike.

RXO announced Monday that it has completed the acquisition of freight broker Coyote Logistics.

Cass Information Systems’ August update shows a freight market that is still awaiting a recovery.

Tender volumes have continued to show strength, but the market remains oversupplied. Hurricane Francine had little impact on the market

Air Canada and its pilots resolved their contract dispute at the last minute on Saturday, preventing a strike.

Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) and Platform Science have announced an agreement for Platform Science to acquire Trimble’s global transportation telematics business units.

Intermodal providers are taking share with grace, but is it counterproductive to pricing gains?

A Delaware bankruptcy judge said Friday that Yellow is on the hook for withdrawal liabilities but that the amounts will be capped.

Internal email reveals $105 million in maintenance cutbacks at BNSF that could lead to service disruptions.

A former employee of Midwest Transport Inc. has filed a WARN Act lawsuit, alleging the trucking company failed to give a 60-day notice of a planned shutdown before laying off 650 employees, including 480 truck drivers.

Hurricane Francine, which made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 storm, did not cause widespread disruptions to local ports.

A potential longshoremen strike could severely hamper operations at ports in Savannah, Georgia, and Wilmington, North Carolina, that have nonunion as well as union workers, experts say.

German railway Deutsche Bahn is selling its Schenker logistics unit to DSV of Denmark in a deal that will create the world’s largest forwarder.

Daimler Truck North America is the latest trucking-related company to get hit with a nuclear verdict.

Workers who build Boeing aircraft will go on strike Friday after spurning a deal recommended by their union.

Air Canada and Canadian businesses are imploring the Canadian government to take action as the airline’s standoff with pilots over a new contract nears a tipping point.

The Biden administration could face either the wrath of unions or public perceptions of a faltering economy, depending on whether it intervenes in East and Gulf Coast dockworkers’ labor dispute with port employers.

Ancora placed a few of its people on the Norfolk Southern board in May, and that likely led to CEO Shaw’s ouster.

WestJet Cargo is trying to find an alternative revenue stream after a new investment in four freighter aircraft didn’t meet revenue expectations.

Norfolk Southern on Wednesday terminated the contracts of embattled CEO Alan Shaw and the railroad’s chief legal officer, Nabanita Nag, for having a consensual relationship in violation of company policy.

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A driver who lost his job after taking a CBD product he thought didn’t have THC is about to argue before the Supreme Court that he should be able to sue the manufacturers under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

Truckstop.com’s Brent Hutto discusses the company’s zero-tolerance policy toward fraud and its recent work with the FBI.

At Uber Freight’s Deliver conference, its founder and CEO announced same day and scheduled deliveries offerings, advanced tech features and said the company has reached $20 billion in freight under management.

Shortly after testifying about the days leading up to Yellow’s 2023 bankruptcy, its former head, Darren Hawkins, has taken on a new role leading the North American Chassis Pool Cooperative.

In the middle of an overarching downward trend in the price of oil, the benchmark diesel price fell for the ninth straight week.

Regulators may consider more oversight as a way to improve rail volumes.

Air Canada’s failure to reach a collective bargaining agreement with pilots could jeopardize freight customers as soon as Sept. 18.

Universal Logistics is cutting more than 90 workers at its facility in Detroit.

The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Francine in the Gulf of Mexico could develop into a hurricane threatening coastal Louisiana and northern coastal Texas on Wednesday.

The Norfolk Southern board of directors is investigating allegations that CEO Alan Shaw had an inappropriate workplace relationship.

Tender rejection rates suffered the largest weekly decline in the past 6 weeks while tender volumes are being impacted by the holiday weekend

This week in Borderlands: Wiliot chatbot would like a word about food supply chain safety; Maersk opens logistics warehouse in El Paso; Stotland Trucking expands operations in Texas; and Continental Tire plans $87M Fort Worth production facility.

A St. Louis jury award in favor of crash-victim families could stir public awareness for truck trailer safety regulations.

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An Illinois-based trucking and logistics company that contracted with the U.S. Postal Service to haul mail and had more than 480 drivers ceased operations abruptly Thursday, according to sources familiar with the closure.

International Longshoremen’s Association representatives unanimously backed President Harold J. Daggett’s call for a coastwide strike at ports from Maine to Texas on Oct. 1.

The BLS report for August showed another decline in truck transportation jobs and another increase in warehouse employment.

ChargePoint cuts 200-plus jobs in second downsizing of 2024 after tough second quarter earnings report,

In the latest move to strengthen the largest U.S. container gateway, a key Port of Los Angeles terminal will receive $52 million to upgrade its on-dock rail capacity.

Portex founder Brittany Ennix explains how logistics technology should be built for SMB shippers.

Some less-than-truckload carriers reported weaker tonnage trends in August but continued to capture increases in yields.

Opponents of a bill transferring significant authority over California warehouses from local governments to the state are waiting to see whether Gov. Gavin Newsom will sign it.

Teamsters union leader Sean O’Brien will have to appear at an in-person deposition that could determine the fate of up to $244 million in WARN Act claims against Yellow’s estate.

The Texas Supreme Court will hear an appeal by Werner Enterprises in a long-running, $100 million nuclear verdict case.

Less-than-truckload booking platform MyCarrier announced Wednesday it has acquired supply chain payments platform Curant.

Less-than-truckload carrier Saia is still recording volume growth even though a year has passed since Yellow Corp. closed and the comparisons have gotten tougher.

A soft macroeconomic environment has resulted in lighter shipments for ArcBest and a delay in the company’s freight swap.

The drop in the benchmark retail diesel price is a lot smaller than what is going on in futures markets.

A shareholder-backed bankruptcy plan for Yellow Corp. would satisfy all allowed unsecured claims and leave shareholders with a real estate investment trust to manage the remaining properties.

Moody’s reduced truck parts retailer FleetPride’s outlook to negative.

The August Logistics Managers’ Index showed transportation capacity increased notably while pricing growth slowed.

Ford plans to invest $273 million at its plant in Irapuato, Mexico, to produce EV drive units for the Mustang Mach-E.

Tender volumes closed August higher, up 3.13% year over year. A slight rise in rejection rates before Labor Day was still below July peaks.