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Security firm Sansec is urging e-commerce users of Adobe platforms to download an emergency patch following reports of hackers gaining access to customer payment information.

The Cass Freight Index sags in January on a rise in COVID cases, but the dataset appears poised again for strong growth in 2022.

Among Monday’s notes: Headhaul Index in Toledo up 22%, carriers flocking to the West Coast, and more.

Project44’s Adam Compain explains during a fireside chat at the Global Supply Chain Week virtual conference how the company’s ocean shipping data will help FreightWaves SONAR customers make better, proactive decisions.

Lars Jensen talks about headwinds facing global shipping in 2022 with FreightWaves’ Kevin Hill at Global Supply Chain Week.

Schneider National is blaming a “firmware defect” tied to an external vendor’s equipment for a massive network outage that knocked the trucking giant offline on Thursday.

Ryder CTO Kendra Phillips discusses the company’s new warehouse platform for end-to-end visibility.

Trucks begin moving across the Ambassador Bridge again, but protests continue to block traffic at two additional U.S.-Canada border crossings and disrupt traffic near a third.

Intermittent delays are possible late-week as the next winter storm heads to the Midwest (video forecast included).

Long-term contract rates are at record highs. Shipping lines hold all the cards at the negotiating table.

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The Ambassador Bridge has been cleared of protesters.

The North American railroads engage in cross-border movements too. So why hasn’t the vaccine mandate erupted into protests over cross-border rail operations in the same way trucking has? This AskWaves article explores that question.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Avocado prices soar 59% ahead of the Super Bowl; Mexican court halts $1B expansion plans for Port of Veracruz; Tesla is expanding its factory in Austin; and Gebrüder Weiss expands into Texas for nearshoring opportunities.

On-demand air charter companies are providing emergency parts deliveries for automakers trying to cope with demonstrations blocking a key U.S.-Canada border bridge.

This week: Russia-based Aviacon brings animals of U.S. troops and contractors from Kabul to Canada; Averitt Express raises over $1 million for St. Jude; and FedEx launches its HBCU student ambassador program.

Canadian police officers begin operation to remove protesters blocking access to the Ambassador Bridge, the busiest commercial U.S-Canada border crossing.

The ripple effect of the anti-COVID truck protests in Canada is spreading to aviation.

West Coast terminal operators could be taking advantage of supply chain disruptions by overcharging shippers for using night gates.

Trucking giant Schneider National confirmed on Friday that a “temporary systems issue” is to blame for a massive outage that has knocked out the company’s network since Thursday.

Nikola hydrogen-powered fuel cell trucks and BYD battery-electrics conducted beer runs to Los Angeles-area bars before Sunday’s Super Bowl.

A compilation of the past week in social media images includes a Midwest blizzard, a Plains dust storm and a California brush fire.

Automotive supply chain drivers express their frustrations with border closures.

The European Union announced this month that it will begin to label some nuclear power and natural gas plants, under certain conditions, as sustainable investments or “transitional green energy sources.”

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Warehouse workers and supervisors worry about automation’s potential to replace jobs, but they show optimism when it comes to boosting productivity.

Universal Logistics inks a record year despite challenges. Implied 2022 earnings guidance surprises to the upside by 20%.

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The premier of Ontario said protesters who remain at the Ambassador Bridge and in Ottawa face “severe consequences” as the border disruption grips the supply chain.

Dysfunction at the nation’s largest port helps explain why the U.S. is losing the trade war to China.

Among Friday’s notes: Atlanta’s freight market loosening, Chicago a solid destination for carriers, and more.

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Consumers are demanding more, and retailers that employ a multinode strategy across their supply chain are better equipped to meet those needs.

They can take my gravy when they pry it from my cold, greasy skillet.

Potential record highs continue Super Bowl weekend from Los Angeles, the host city, to San Diego (video forecast included).

Besides the daily challenges drayage truckers face to keep their small businesses afloat at the Port of Oakland, some are questioning whether they will be operating this time next year.

The organizers of The People’s Convoy released a statement late Thursday that their group “has no intention or plans” to protest the Super Bowl in Los Angeles on Sunday.

The American Trucking Associations warned that supply chain disruptions caused by protesters in Canada will affect the U.S. economy.

Korean Air’s cargo division is propping up the entire airline with passenger traffic still underwater.

Kendra Tucker joined Truckstop.com as the chief revenue officer in 2020 and became chief operating officer last September.

A Thursday report from logistics real estate investment trust Prologis shows market rents grew at the fastest pace recorded during 2021.

Although attorney involvement is alleged in the indictments, only one lawyer has been indicted in the scheme to crash cars into trucks and collect insurance payouts.

A carbon price is an “essential element in any decarbonization plan,” John Butler, president and CEO of WSC, said during a press conference Thursday.

High winds helped spread a Southern California brush fire, leading to evacuations and school closings.

In the absence of shipper’s interest cargo insurance to protect the cargo owner against financial loss, carrier’s liability is all that remains, and cargo owners are often disappointed by the all-too-common misconception that the carrier will fully cover their loss.

A BNSF employee was fatally injured at the Globeville rail yard on Wednesday.

Azul welcomes its first quasi-freighter, an Embraer regional jet with a stripped-down cabin.

Teamsters Canada Rail Conference is polling members on whether it should call a strike at Canadian Pacific.

Data capture firm Scandit has raised $150 million in a series D investment round as it looks to expand the customer base for its retail technologies.

TuSimple says its autonomous trucking software is “feature complete” and it will expand driverless trucking beyond a pilot program.

The protest at the Ambassador Bridge is continuing to block traffic, and anger grows over impacts to cross-border trucking and the supply chain.

With Transplace now in the fold, Uber Freight’s revenue topped $1 billion for the last three months of 2021.

Among Thursday’s notes: Capacity likely to tighten in Dallas, Boston’s outbound rejection rate on the rise, and more.

Covenant Logistics Group adopts a $30 million stock buyback plan and acquires AAT Carriers.

Last-mile logistics cloud provider Bringg is adding Zenkraft, the No. 1 company handling parcel deliveries and returns for Salesforce, to its arsenal.

Descartes has acquired NetCHB, a customs filing technology provider that specializes in e-commerce border trade.

Forward Air head Tom Schmitt was bullish about the company’s prospects on a call with analysts Thursday. Forward is already on track to achieve recently issued 2023 targets ahead of schedule.

Amazon Air is expanding further in the Great Plains.

BigCommerce is enhancing its B2B e-commerce solutions through the acquisition of price-quoting technology provider B2B Ninja.

Truckers in parts of the Midwest will run into heavy snow Thursday (video forecast included).

A Coast Guard commanding officer says the main goal of icebreaking is to “keep industry afloat and keep people employed.”

The Biden administration wants the Canadian government to step in to end the increasingly costly blockade of the Ambassador Bridge.

Outrider is adding autonomously precise backing of trailers to the dock to its range of driverless services in distribution yards.

The Variant initiative is not yet showing signs of turning the company around.

The LTL segment remains a work in progress, but analysts are confident that Jacobs & Co. can turn it around.

Natilus is developing robot cargo jets in four sizes and has orders from five customers.

In its earnings report for Q4 2021 and FY2021, Uber revealed that its delivery segment once again brought in more revenue than its core mobility business.

“What Leaf is doing — building a highly connected and forward-looking view of the industry from the ground up — just can’t be done by incumbents operating within the existing constructs of the industry,” says partner at Sozo Ventures.

COVID container boom continues: Maersk may earn even more this year than in record-trouncing 2021.

The Port of Savannah has seen monthly port records for the past 18 months.

Nearly 420 trucking and logistics companies are collectively owed millions of dollars after a California oil distributor ceased operations and filed Chapter 7.

Trimble expects organic revenue growth in 2022, despite the ongoing impact of constrained supply chains across the global economy.

Near-space vehicle producer Destinus just secured $29 million to build out its autonomous, hydrogen-powered hypersonic cargo plane.

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The intersection of Interstate 95 and New Jersey Route 4 is the worst bottleneck for the third year in a row.

Engine braking technology invented by Clessie Cummins is part of the $325 million Cummins acquisition of Jacobs Vehicle Systems.

Truckload capacity management platform Parade plans to grow its team, expand its capabilities and add third-party partners to increase its value to customers.

Record earnings per share of $2.48 beat analysts’ estimates.

A.P. Moller – Maersk announced the $1.8 billion acquisition of U.S. forwarder Pilot Freight Services. The deal is the company’s latest move in building out a land-based logistics network.

Parsyl closes on $25 million series B while currently monitoring vaccine shipments for 200 million people across 80 countries.

Among Wednesday’s notes: SoCal capacity continues to ease, Memphis hits six-month low in outbound rejection rate, and more.

January marks the 11th consecutive month of year-over-year container records, according to SC Ports.

Imaginnovate will spin off Fleet Enable, its last-mile technology business, as it looks to grow market share in the final mile.

Donald Trump claimed his trade war got the Chinese to bend to U.S. will. But the “historic” trade deal he negotiated didn’t turn out so well.

An unusual winter heat wave will hit truckers in Southern California the rest of the week (video forecast included).

The current roster of FreightTech unicorns is made up of established companies run by veterans and backed by smart money.

Ongoing supply chain constraints and the need to get a handle on e-commerce fulfillment is driving interest in logistics companies among retailers.

Self-driving technology startup Waabi has introduced its Waabi World simulator, a technology that company founder Raquel Urtasun said is able to “teach” autonomous vehicles how to drive in a safer manner.

The CEO of Canada’s largest trucking company, TFI International, says the cross-border COVID-19 vaccine mandate affected a small number of its Canadian drivers.

High scrapping rates and aging fleets provide support for railcar manufacturing as the company anticipates 2022 financial results that won’t be “obscured by restructuring activities.”

The ride-hailing giant has struggled to turn a profit over the years, but that finally changed in 2021.

The number of ships waiting off Los Angeles/Long Beach fell 23% over the past week.

“Across the board, our businesses showed momentum and ended the year on a strong note,” said Charles Freund, CFO at Fleetcor.

A Postal Service reform package passed by the House on Tuesday would eliminate massive financial burdens at the agency while maintaining a unified package and mail network.

Cummins takes sole ownership of the natural gas joint venture as it moves to a new onboard storage partnership with Rush Enterprises’ Momentum Fuels.

Less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp. adds two driver academies as part of a plan to train 1,000 drivers in 2022.