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Severe storms are heading to the Deep South after doing extensive damage Monday in the Plains.

The founder of the fundraising arm of the People’s Convoy says trucking organizers may “wrap up the federal convoy this week” amid dwindling donations to protest government mandates regarding COVID-19 and other political issues.

The shutdown of Canadian Pacific’s rail network is putting additional strain on the supply chain as shipments grind to a halt with backups looming at ports.

The lag in retail prices led to the biggest drop in the DOE number in seven years, but the futures price is surging.

A separate bill keeps all of the state’s 47 rest areas open to allow for truck driver stops.

Federal regulators will begin to assess how container lines are serving U.S. exporters.

Fake timestamps helped UPS collect full payment for U.S. Postal Service deliveries, federal authorities say.

“With every SAF deal, we are increasingly aware of the huge task that lies ahead in utilizing more sustainable solutions to help our customers,” said John Pearson, CEO of DHL Express.

Gatik’s Gautam Narang will be an industry keynoter at The Future of Supply Chain event.

Ship-position data shows a fleet of LNG carriers en route to Europe amid scramble to bolster energy supply.

Building geographic scale and expanding a book of business is not the main driver, Muessig says. Instead, it’s access to scarce assets.

At the press conference announcing the deal, the first user of the Locomation technology, Wilson Logistics, gave an update on what it is doing in the autonomous space.

Spot market continues to slide while contract reaches new heights; East Coast ports are getting slammed as shippers shift cargo from the West Coast; Google enters the FreightTech scene.

Rising inflation is driving up the revenue numbers of e-commerce sellers, research finds, but consumers are still shopping.

Swoop Aero, Skyports and BD Rowa are joining forces to integrate drones into pharmaceutical and health care supply chains.

Philadelphia’s OTVI has risen 3.5% since start of march, J.B. Hunt to expand intermodal fleet by 40%

AirBridgeCargo has stopped flying its large Boeing 747 cargo jets because of U.S. and European sanctions on Russia.

The multiple testing hurdles and current stay-at-home orders in China are slowing down this critical movement of trade and increasing prices.

The U.S. DOT found that the truck parking shortage exists in every state and region, but it did not include dedicated funding for truck parking in the recent infrastructure bill.

Aircon is “building technology to achieve operational efficiencies that will change what air cargo means to the global supply chain.”

“The Biden DOL will have little choice but to apply the Trump rule or face opposition,” says attorney Greg Feary.

Experts discuss how environmental impacts and supply chain resilience are becoming increasingly important.

Wind-driven wildfires continue across Texas during elevated drought conditions (video forecast included).

Higher diesel prices also mean higher costs for empty miles.

Supply chains are at risk after Canadian Pacific shut down its rail service amid a contract battle with the Teamsters.

This AskWaves considers whether the federal government is needed to launch a supply chain portal – and whether it can succeed.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: A Texas highway expansion is a “boon” for the trade economy; a Texas port announces plans for a regional logistics hub; GrubMarket acquires an Arizona produce supplier; and a Japanese auto supplier opens a plant in Ramos Arizpe.

Inventory levels grew at an astonishing pace in February. Is the supply chain crisis ending?

This week: Trucking Cares donates to Ukraine relief funds, Bendix supports hospice Pappus House and the UPS Foundation celebrates Women’s History Month.

ndicted Nikola Corp. founder dropped his attempt to move his criminal trial out of New York and sold more stock as trial date was reset to July.

The refloating of the container ship stuck in Cheseapeake Bay could be a “long, laborious operation.”

Traton Group is still focused on battery power for trucks but tossed a bone to hydrogen in raising its electrification spending to about $3 billion by 2026.

Both tender volumes and tender rejection rates take a breather over the past week. It’s too early to be called a trend but definitely…

Congestion could go from bad to worse as liners steer a record number of container ships toward East Coast ports.

American Made Chassis, an alliance of LB Steel and Integrated Industries, will build the chassis at an Illinois facility.

Getting Russian aircraft in the air to fly home is like aiding and abetting a criminal, the U.S. says. Penalties will apply.

Lives are changing for the people of Ukraine due to Russia’s invasion. Here are three examples from the freight community.

Despite the problems in the U.S. and around the world, there are some encouraging signs.

Issues mount for supply chains; scaling a FreightTech company; cannabis logistics; employee retention; developing talent; news

The board held a two-day hearing on reciprocal switching to help it determine how it should move forward.

Nashville to Elizabeth rejections are likely to increase further, In the Chicago to Atlanta lane, domestic intermodal volume hit its highest level in the past year, more

Google builds on its mobility solutions offering with the launch of two products, Last Mile Fleet Solution and Cloud Fleet Routing API.

Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels and Robert Kaferle discuss ways to avoid unnecessary stresses with proper planning.

Truck Tech is a weekly newsletter providing perspective and context on autonomy, electrification and other technologies impacting the fleet ecosystem.

As fuel prices rise, the ability of last-mile delivery firms to either absorb those costs or pass them along to customers could be key to their survival.

Trucking companies and logistics firms are among hundreds of creditors collectively owed millions of dollars after a California-based organic products manufacturer recently filed Chapter 7.

Host John Kingston also discusses why retail diesel prices haven’t plummeted with the fall in futures prices.

A recent court decision serves as notice to all employers that OSHA violations, even when wrongfully and willfully encouraged by a supervisor, can still result in liability to the employer.

Are you involved in the actual goods movement to other states or countries if you load the plane instead of fly it? Tune into SCOTUS this month to find out.

Truckers could hit an elevated risk of severe storms and tornadoes in the South over the next several days (video forecast included).

Snowplow drivers across the country have been flocking to higher-paying private sector jobs in recent years, according to a survey of transportation officials.

EPS comes in below estimates as FedEx Ground’s operating income declines.

TravelCenters of America is leaving the Canadian market after agreeing to sell the site of its truck stop in southwestern Ontario.

Maritime authority Lars Jensen says the “reality is that vessels do at times get stuck and this is not an event with major global ramifications.”

Drivers will face fines of up to $250 in Colorado if they use Interstate 70’s mountain express lanes at the wrong times.

While the early days of fuel surcharges were straightforward to calculate – although wholly unfair to shippers in many cases – that is no longer true. Many carriers struggle with explaining their fuel surcharge program to shippers, and more importantly, struggle with the budgeting aspect of a program that is historical in nature.

The quarterly report of the brokerage industry’s leading trade group shows that 3PLs did only slightly better in the rip-roaring freight market of the fourth quarter.

A fire that started at a Walmart distribution center in Plainfield, Indiana, just before noon on Wednesday continued to burn into the following morning.

Consumers are becoming more aware of both the urgency of climate change and the complexities of the supply chain. Companies should be prepared for consumers to start calculating supply chain sustainability into their purchasing decisions.

In partnership, FreightWaves and Convoy recently released a report on the awareness and impact of empty miles.

Dallas to Lakeland rejections fall but rates remain sticky; outbound tender rejections in Toledo increase; and more.

A report from an FAA committee on line-of-sight rules may push drone delivery to new heights.

Suspect Miguel Ibarguren and Aristide Garcia were drivers for an Iowa trucking company, Indiana State Police said.

“50% of our ocean freight out of these two ports are non-electronic products,” explained Terry Unrein, COO of the Americas for Seko Logistics.

Truckers face an elevated risk of rollovers Thursday from Texas and Oklahoma into New Mexico (video forecast included).

Last-mile delivery firm Veho is adding reverse logistics to its portfolio with the acquisition of returns specialist QuikReturn.

Racing a car at 223 mph is insane and so is the logistics that makes it possible. Get ready for the F1 season.

FreightWaves photo gallery: When it comes to wearing green, these tractor-trailers are hard to beat.

The railway has issued a 72-hour notice to the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference that it would lock out its members from working starting Sunday should labor agreement negotiations fail.

California ports make progress on bottlenecks, but Chinese lockdowns could spur “hockey stick” import rise.

The unrelenting rise of used truck prices in auctions and at retail appears to be immune even to the threat of an economic slowdown.

FreightWaves’ Kevin Hill joins author and sales guru David Hoffeld to chat winning sales strategies at FreightWaves’ 3PL Summit.

Spreads between retail and wholesale prices have been at a record low and a record high in just one week.

Transfix’s Scott Sokoloff discusses how data is keeping supply chains resilient in the wake of recent shake-ups.

FreightWaves’ Mary O’Connell discusses tips for freight brokers with Freight 360’s
Benjamin Kowalski.

he market cries out for all-risk, shippers’ interest policies to cover high-risk, high-value goods, Reliance Partners’ Mark Vickers says.

“FreightTech is only as good as the relationships that FreightTech enables and the data feeding into freight technology,” said Michael Johnson, EVP of strategy at Redwood Logistics.

TuSimple’s stock price has tanked in recent weeks, and a published report says the autonomous truck developer may sell its China business unit.

The CEO of Sunset Transportation highlights the importance of flexibility and work-life balance in her corporate culture.

Grocery prices rose 8.6% year-over-year in February. As miserable as the overall 7.9% inflation rate was for most consumers in February, grocery inflation outpaced it, with its highest rate of […]

WTT is live from FreightWaves 3PL Summit with guests froms Parade, Transforce, Zuum, TriumphPay, Trucker Tools and Turvo

“We realized we don’t need to make the carrier give us that information to let them see our loads. Instead, let’s give the carriers a platform where they can search loads, even bid on them, without having to provide us all of that info,” Zuum’s product manager told FreightWaves.

J.B. Hunt announced plans to expand its intermodal container count to 150,000 units in efforts “to substantially improve capacity” as part of a joint initiative with BNSF Railway.

Spot and rejection rates fall rapidly in the well-supplied Charlotte to Atlanta lane, Intermodal volume rises in the Seattle to Chicago lane, prompting carriers to increase spot rates to protect capacity for contracted shippers, MORE

Many industries are differentiating between all-in providers and specialists.

Wiliot’s Steve Statler breaks down the company’s V2 pixel and Universal Automation Platform for Modern Shipper.

Trucking stakeholders have called for creating more parking across the United States.

Chris Arredondo, co-founder of Cargo Chief, spoke with FreightWaves’ Travis Rhyan about how freight brokerages can create new recurring revenue opportunities using its technology platform.

Newer generations of sales reps are not solely motivated by money, said Cassie Pless, director of commercial sales at Outreach.

CP and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference are still in talks over a new labor agreement. The union had said earlier this month that a strike could occur as early as Wednesday.

MVMNT’s complete freight management platform gives you control over your freight without the disproportionate cost of a traditional TMS.

Capacity constraints, wars and more are putting pressure on logistics operators to innovate like never before.

Paul-Bernard Jaroslawski, founder and president of Freight Caviar, explains how the war in Ukraine is affecting the large trucking and logistics outsourcing industry in a fireside chat during the FreightWaves’ 3PL Summit.

After about a year on the job, the president and CEO of the brokerage industry’s leading trade group touts the value of relationships.

An Alberta trucking company serving the energy sector is seeking creditor protection amid large debts to fuel suppliers, a truck repair shop and Canada’s tax agency.

The $12 million from Level Equity draws the previous biggest investment in WorkHound, which was just over $2 million.

Truckers should be on alert for potential severe storms and tornadoes this week from Texas to South Carolina (video forecast included).

Estimates are for increases in supply of several hundred percent, raising the question of whether there are enough raw materials to reach those renewable diesel goals.

Kevin welcomes Jim Becker, the CEO of Becker Logistics, to discuss what he’s learned in sales and why it’s important to always develop a system for sales. 

Federal overseers have not set a specific time frame to further evaluate states’ ability to provide adequate truck parking.