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Railcar orders rose more than 50% in the fourth quarter, according to the Railway Supply Institute.

Extra safety precautions, for cargo and crew, are needed when vaccines need ultra-cold transport by air. The FAA wants to fine-tune its safety guidance.

Computer glitches are being blamed for the delay of the Project Infinity rollout that some fear could break up long-standing relationships with carriers.

After investigators uncovered a variety of safety violations, Adversity Transport was issued a federal out-of-service order on Jan. 25 forbidding the company to operate.

Canadian trucking firm Pride Group Logistics dramatically expands its U.S. presence with the acquisition of Texas truckload carrier Arnold Transportation Systems.

RenoRun, a last-mile delivery provider of building and construction materials, has raised $142 million in a series B round and announced its expansion to Washington, D.C.

Glencore is selling its metals warehousing business to Malaysia-based Infinity Logistics and Transport Ventures.

ArcBest raised long-term expectations Tuesday in conjunction with its fourth-quarter results, which were better than expected. The company now eyes doubling its size by 2025.

Daimler Truck North America and two partners plan to spend $650 million to build public electric charging for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

Forager founder and CEO Matt Silver will continue to work closely with his team as Arrive’s vice president of cross-border solutions.

ANA is moving lots of goods across the Pacific and throughout Asia with its cargo and passenger jets.

As competition for truck drivers heats up, fleets need to take steps to improve their recruiting, hiring and onboarding processes to find candidates and get them into trucks.

WorkHound’s “feedback loop” is an anonymous way for quick driver comments to get into the hands of trucking companies.

Current economic metrics prove that something extremely bad is happening to our economy, which has the potential to destroy everything we’ve worked for. 

ArcBest on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter results, which once again outpaced analysts’ expectations.

Impending winter storm’s supply chain impacts could be far-reaching (video forecast included).

A lack of restroom access for drivers still plagues the trucking industry.

Chicago-based on-demand freight marketplace closes on $200 million series D round.

Among Tuesday’s notes: Spot rates peak from Augusta to Allentown, winter storm will impact Dallas to St. Louis, and more

A new export container subsidy at the Port of Oakland received a tepid response from lawmakers pushing for a major overhaul of shipping regulations.

Diesel is rising faster than the price of crude.

Here’s what it looked like in the middle of the “Freedom Convoy” protest In Canada.

Carrier profits are reaching previously unimaginable heights as supply chain disruptions supercharge gains.

Rene Garcia was arrested in May 2021 while attempting to drive a truck hiding 51 migrants through a Border Patrol checkpoint in Falfurrias, Texas.

One of the biggest issues is grid power supply and demand. How will it transform — and how will it grow?

E-commerce is becoming an increasing area of focus for some ocean carriers.

The investments rely on expectations that customers will want easy or green access to railroads’ intermodal offerings.

In affiliation with Ryder, FreightWaves’ data team recaps Q4 and highlights the trends that are likely to have an impact in the first half of this year.

Qatar Airways is renewing its freighter fleet with a big order for an all-new aircraft from Boeing.

Impacts of protest on border freight; state of retail fulfillment; sourcing from Mexico; noncompetes and more

Data collection is only part of the solution for e-commerce brands. It’s understanding what to do with that data and how much to share with customers that really matters.

Robomart, the company pioneering the store on wheels, is ready to shape the future of retail delivery with its store-hailing model.

Legislation affecting the world’s largest gantry crane manufacturer brings supply chain risks along with it, according to a port security expert.

Among Monday’s notes: Winter storm impacting spot rates, Headhaul Index up 30% in Cincinnati, and more.

J.B. Hunt Transport acquires less-than-truckload furniture carrier Zenith Freight Lines from Bassett Furniture.

UP will examine the locomotives’ performance at its yards and in California and Nebraska and see how the locomotives can be deployed for long-haul service.

“I do believe that companies can make this profitable for themselves,” said Zsofia Agnes Nagy, supply chain adviser at BZLW Consulting.

The FTC wants to know if large corporations are engaging in anticompetitive supply chain practices.

Impending winter storm could cause major supply chain disruptions from Plains to Midwest (video forecast included).

Nominate industry-leading shippers for FreightWaves’ annual Shipper of Choice award before Saturday, April 2.

The two rules are designed to work together, one aimed at OEMs and the other at buyers of their products.

Truckload operator Werner Enterprises is an early evaluator of the latest powertrain technologies, including a hydrogen-powered Cummins engine.

Class 8 equipment orders are impacted by customer cancellations and OEMs bound by the turning of calendar pages.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: KlearNow aims to solve cross-border customs challenges using AI; Link EV Electric Vehicles will build a $265 million factory in Mexico; Loup Logistics acquires a Phoenix transload facility; and a new cold storage facility is set for San Antonio.

China’s biggest holiday used to have a dramatic impact on U.S. transportation and the flow of goods. Now it seems more of an afterthought.

Truckers and supporters from the Freedom Convoy pack Ottawa in a morphing protest that originally focused on vaccine mandates at the US-Canada border.

While there are other factors in driving up supply chain costs, it cannot be refuted that maritime costs are adding to inflation.

This week: Werner launches its cookbook, Women in Trucking offers ideas for safer training programs and UPS donates $1.25 million to advance underrepresented entrepreneurs.

Airports in Asia have been in the news for cargo delays because of COVID cases, but infections are impacting cargo hubs around the world.

Decades of discord over employee benefit cuts at Navistar could end soon with a $742 million settlement.

Officials for GoFundMe said organizers of the Freedom Convoy fundraiser have provided a distribution plan for covering participants’ fuel costs.

Tender volumes continue to outperform year-ago levels. Rejection rates have declined throughout the past week as carriers return to major…

“International collaboration is essential to decarbonize global supply chains. It’s time to get started on this important work,” said Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles.

New provisions approved by New York Mayor Eric Adams this week will transform working conditions for food delivery workers.

A “bomb cyclone” is expected to hit the Northeast and disrupt air traffic.

North Dakota, spurred by the closure of key delivery companies, is looking at several steps to increase the number of CDL holders in the state.

Mondelez sees logistics costs rising worldwide, but not at the same pace as in the U.S. The Chicago-based snack maker cited a severe imbalance between supply and demand for truck […]

Members of BLET and SMART-TD plan to continue pursuing legal action despite a federal judge’s temporary restraining order barring them from striking.

On this 400th episode of WTT: The interstellar food supply chain; building the freight payments network; state of autonomous trucks

A federal grand jury indicted two former trucking employees of Roadrunner Temperature Controlled, alleging the pair orchestrated a scheme to steal nearly $113,000.

Volvo Trucks pulled out the stops to deliver in Q4, but it cost extra for expedited shipping and to navigate parts shortages.

Renting a plane to move cargo is expensive but necessary in these days of supply chain turmoil.

A Mexican government crackdown has shifted volumes of refined products to truck instead of rail. But KCS hopes for that traffic to return to rail, according to executives.

Any concessions that CP would consider as it seeks federal approval to merge with Kansas City Southern must be “reasonable” and grounded in supporting competition, CP said during its fourth-quarter 2021 earnings call late Thursday.

A bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed just hours before President Biden was scheduled to visit the city to talk about infrastructure.

These days, seasonality has become nothing short of unpredictable. 

BigCommerce is focused on ramping up its B2B offerings as e-commerce continues to overtake traditional business buying practices.

Centerboard’s newest API solutions are designed to provide customizable integration for shippers and technology providers.

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

Among Friday’s notes: LA becoming a shippers’ market, Seattle market is loosening, and more.

Voie, the group’s founder, still plans to retire in July 2023.

Despite voluntary sustainability efforts and increasing regulations, shipping emissions are on the rise.

Reliance Partners’ Safety Team is set to roll out a Trucking 101 series to tackle the skills every trucker should know but hasn’t been taught.

Shippers are buoyed by the promise of falling rates in the coming months, but this optimistic outlook may put even more strain on rate negotiations in the meantime.

Impending weekend nor’easter could cause significant delays in ground and air freight.

A Florida trucker with U.S. and Canadian citizenship explains why he joined the Freedom Convoy despite being vaccinated against COVID-19.

Growers in the Rio Grande Valley are also having to contend with everything from labor shortages to higher fertilizer prices to rising transportation costs.

The move underscores the REIT titan’s commitment to logistics warehousing.

Covenant Logistics Group said revenue for the second half of 2022 could be impacted by wage pressures and higher equipment and over-the-road repair costs.

China Airlines has 21 freighter aircraft in its fleet and is adding capacity to meet trans-Pacific demand.

SoCal imports suffering multimonth slide, not because of falling demand, but because of supply chain bottlenecks.

Point Pickup is launching a gig economy app that rewards workers for making deliveries through the platform.

Volkswagen aims to support sustainability in shipbuilding and ship recycling through the initiative, said Simon Motter, head of Volkswagen Group Logistics.

Among Thursday’s notes: Tender rejection rates climbing out of Atlanta, spot market availability declining in Ontario, and more.

Merchants Fleet CEO Brendan Keegan discusses the company’s 2021 performance and his outlook for this year.

Transportation Secretary Buttigieg is unveiling a three-year strategy to work toward zero fatalities and serious injuries involving cars and heavy trucks.

In a time when many trucking companies struggle to retain and hire drivers, the U.S. Xpress recruiting team is achieving double-digit, quarter-over-quarter hiring growth.

Conversational analytics tool Athena received the 2021 Cool Vendor in Analytics and Data Science award from Gartner.

Freight transportation experts weigh in on Pete Buttigieg’s one-year mark as the secretary of transportation.

The Chattanooga, Tennessee-based truckload carrier said the outlook is for continued operational progress during 2022.

Freight broker Landstar closes 2021 with another beat-and-raise quarter. Demand has yet to buck normal seasonal trends, indicating the first quarter will be strong as well.

Nearly 80% of the U.S. commercial fleet has been deemed safe to operate around 5G antennas, but not some of the largest freighters in the FedEx and UPS fleets.

NS plans to roll out an operations program that will progress beyond precision scheduled railroading, according to executives speaking on NS’ fourth-quarter 2021 earnings call.

The DHL unit is the first commercial customer of Boston Dynamics’ Stretch robots.

Shipping analysts rethink outlooks on crude and product tanker rates: already grim market appears even grimmer.

In an appeals court filing, OOIDA defended its support for changes in federal work rules for truck drivers.

Difficulty in getting land zoned for trucking is an impediment to terminal expansion, Gantt says.

Report saying truckers prefer cocaine refuted by OOIDA, academic look at fast fulfillment; problem with noncompetes; women in trucking

A commercial cargo carrier is at the forefront of U.S. efforts to supply Ukraine with weapons ahead of a possible Russian invasion.

Judge Mark T. Pittmann agreed to BNSF’s request calling for a temporary restraining order that would prevent union employees from striking as both sides potentially negotiate over BNSF’s new attendance program.