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While the Port of Long Beach is still dealing with a lineup of container ships waiting to berth, it is looking ahead to providing more cargo visibility.

Volume and yield gains powered the Express and LTL units, while staffing shortages and operating inefficiencies continued to hurt the Ground unit.

In its third pay hike of 2021, Forward Air rolls out its biggest pay package for independent contractors ever.

Among Thursday’s notes: St. Louis displaying strong movement; Seattle market becoming attractive, and more.

New York City has released several blueprints on its freight future during the de Blasio administration.

Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels reacts to Central Freight’s closure and shares his thoughts on the drivers’ next steps on FreightWaves’ WHAT THE TRUCK?!?.

CCO Sean Burke shares results from Echo’s recent survey on shipper sentiment for the RFP season.

Old Dominion Freight Line was the latest less-than-truckload carrier to implement a general rate increase ahead of schedule. The 4.9% adjustment is in line with the rate hike it announced earlier in the year.

On this episode of FreightWaves Insiders, Dooner catches up with Flexe vp of product and engineering Anthony Girolamo.

The Biden administration is taking a series of actions aimed at bolstering the truck driver workforce that includes assessing compensation.

“The trucking insurance industry hasn’t innovated anything for the last few decades, so we thought with our insights and the right person we could change that,” said CEO Mats Holmback.

Cylus raised $30 million in a recent funding round, bringing the company’s total funding to over $57 million.

Launched in April 2020, Uber Connect is now offering same-day local delivery to 6,000 cities across the country.

Alan Adler has spent his life inventing products, but it his AeroPress coffee brewer that is his most famous. It is also a direct-to-consumer product success story.

An initiative to transport a type of heavy Canadian crude oil to the Gulf Coast via Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern has begun operations.

Truckers will face high winds Thursday in much of the Great Lakes region, with blowing snow in some areas (video forecast included).

Technology platform Deliveright is expanding its services to include heavy-goods delivery in Canada.

German shipper and delivery service DHL reserves 100 TuSimple autonomous trucks six weeks after joining Embark Trucks’ partner program.

It has been a wild ride for GlobalTranz, with ownership shifting multiple times in just a few years.

Import demand remains exceptionally strong but volumes through America’s largest port are falling.

Ryder and Blume Global demo their Rydershare and ConnectGo Live freight technologies during FreightWaves’ Domestic Supply Chain Summit.

Kodiak Robotics CEO Don Burnette says asset utilization is the big promise of autonomous trucks now testing mostly in the southwest U.S.

Walmart announced two new fulfillment centers to help it meet growing e-commerce demand.

Shipware will deepen SIB’s shipping analysis portfolio, while Shipware clients can get spending needs addressed beyond parcel delivery, Shipware’s co-CEO said.

Federal regulators have once again denied a request to exempt small truck brokers from bond requirements.

“This is not optional. This is going to be a core part of how we think about our investments going forward,” Jon Bradford, a partner at Dynamo Ventures, said.

WTT live from Domestic Supply Chain Summit talking all things disruption and solutions for ’22.

The Internet of Things fleet management and software company sold 35 million shares and raised $805 million in its IPO Wednesday.

Project44’s Mike Edwards and Hannah Moore demonstrate how two of its pharmaceutical customers used its real-time visibility platform to improve a strategic partnership and supply chain operations at FreightWaves Domestic Supply Chain Summit on Wednesday.

Volume levels are following a similar trend to 2019, just 40% higher. Tender rejection rates are trending sideways, likely to move higher over the next week.

SoCal port crunch “has really become as bad as it’s ever been,” reports industry veteran Jon Monroe.

The COVID-19 response, labor shortages and strained capacity will continue into the New Year, but there is hope. Jim Monkmeyer, President of Transportation & LLP, DHL Supply Chain, shares some advice on how to retain talent, where to invest and how to stay positive during this unprecedented time.

“I think the biggest challenge that we face is all stakeholders working in their own silos,” said Trimble Maps’ Rishi Mehra at FreightWaves’ Domestic Supply Chain Summit.

The three companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to pursue the demonstration project to test the feasibility of hydrogen-powered locomotives.

Cummins has recalled X12 diesel engines used in off-highway and specialty vehicles because of potential cracking of fuel tubes that could lead to a fire.

Airbus appears to have placed a winning bet by introducing a new, big cargo jet — the A350.

The e-commerce shipping platform adds former Postmates and Pinterest executive Andreas Lieber to its leadership ranks.

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Aurora Innovation acquired Uber’s advanced technology group last year. Now it is piloting autonomous integration with Uber Freight.

CarrierDirect’s Ryan Schreiber and Nolan Transportation Group’s Drew Herpich discuss optimizing capacity during FreightWaves’ Domestic Supply Chain Summit.

With spot rates soaring, Edge Logistics President Will Kerr gives his take on where the freight market is going in 2022 during a fireside chat at the FreightWaves Domestic Supply Chain Summit.

A new report by Shifl shows the impact the massive congestion off the coast of Los Angeles and Long Beach has had on transit times from China.

It’s these kinds of advances that will push the industry toward complete visibility and decarbonization.

According to Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, the company’s delivery segment is poised for massive growth –– and massive profits.

FreightWaves’ Kevin Hill chats about changes in the ways less-than-truckload carriers do business since the onset of the pandemic with Old Dominion’s process and innovation leader Barry Craver.

Among Wednesday’s notes: Rejection rates rising in Chicago, Headhaul Index in Memphis up 13%, and more.

Autonomy will ripple strongly through multiple modes, Lee Klaskow said during FreightWaves’ Domestic Supply Chain Summit.

Zoomo wants to supplant gas mopeds and accelerate the move toward carbon-neutral cities.

Money flowing from the bipartisan infrastructure bill will soon kick-start major freight projects, CAGTC’s Elaine Nessle says during FreightWaves’ Domestic Supply Chain Summit.

A strong freight market and manufacturer backlogs have ignited demand for leased equipment from fleets far surpassing supply. This extraordinary demand could continue to outstrip supply well into 2022.

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Truckers are likely to run into severe storms and tornadoes Wednesday in several Midwest states (video forecast included).

Analysts, industry insiders and some of Central Freight Lines’ executives and drivers liken the LTL carrier’s demise to a “five-year death spiral” after the company lost a major customer, then acquired two failing companies.

FedEx Express has upgraded its largest gateway to Latin America.

A group of 14 senators is asking President Joe Biden to exempt truckers who cross the U.S.-Canada border from an upcoming mandate to avoid putting more strain on the supply chain.

The eastern U.S. railroad is aggressively courting new employees as well as seeking to retain current ones to improve traffic flow and reduce delays.

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It’s important for LSPs, cargo owners, warehouse operators and other stakeholders in the supply chain to understand their insurance programs, contractual agreements and best practices to properly protect their businesses.

United Airlines is getting lots of attention with bold statements that it hopes to fly hydrogen jets in seven years and supersonic jets by the end of the decade.

Central Freight Lines says rival LTL carrier Estes Express, based out of Richmond, Virginia, is interested in scooping up some of the Waco, Texas-based 2,100 drivers and employees, after FreightWaves broke the news Saturday that the LTL carrier was ceasing operations.

TMS and flexible drop solution allow workers to easily find and manage capacity so they can focus on running the business

Viaduct’s services — Smart Service and Smart Quality — can help the company begin to make recall predictions to avoid unexpected maintenance for fleets.

Avatour is turning the boring Zoom business call into an immersive and interactive experience for logistics professionals.

Freight costs reach a record, according to November data from Cass Information Systems.

Dozens are confirmed dead, but the search continues for survivors of Friday’s tornado outbreak across the South.

Among Tuesday’s notes: Allentown Headhaul Index up 25%, St. Louis outbound rejection rates increasing, and more.

“Technology companies are starting to come to TruckerCloud as their ELD aggregator,” says TruckerCloud’s new CEO, Spencer Mitchell.

“This additional investment accelerates our organization’s strategic growth plan, all while retaining and underscoring our core values, unique Redwood culture and winning team,” said Mark Yeager, CEO, Redwood Logistics.

Canadian Pacific has formally completed its acquisition of Kansas City Southern, and now both companies are waiting for the Surface Transportation Board to approve the merger.

In this issue, jobs for former CFL employees and what’s ahead on WTT.

Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos was sentenced to 110 years in prison for causing a fiery 28-car pileup that killed four people and wounded six others.

The white paper tests a hypothesis that shippers struggle to move beyond green initiatives that coincide with what is also financially beneficial.

November volumes rose nearly 4% year-over-year, although on a sequential basis, volumes fell nearly 9% from October.

FedEx to join UPS in imposing special-handling delivery surcharges based on a shipment’s length-of-haul.

The exemption covers commercial vehicles aiding in the cleanup from Kentucky’s killer tornadoes over the weekend.

The drone delivery company gets a big boost in North Carolina, where it now covers about 10,000 households with its delivery service.

Efforts to codify regulatory flexibility should be applauded, and the FREIGHT Act is no different.

Christmas is just around the corner, but the supply chain remains snarled, says a C.H. Robinson exec.

Truckers could hit long-term road closures this week due to snowstorms in the Sierra Nevada (video forecast included).

“I think the ability for us to pivot and be nimble to what the market is asking from us has become a huge piece to our success,” says Transflo’s CEO.

The effects of port congestion on independent contractors may be underplayed in a recent driver satisfaction survey.

The four, 100-foot tall gantry cranes are scheduled to begin work at the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal early next year.

Daimler Trucks North America is recalling Freightliner Custom Chassis products a second time because of faulty valve stems.

Commodity markets have calmed down for now at least, and retail is catching up to earlier declines in the wholesale market.

A source familiar with the 96-year-old company said he is unsure whether CFL will file Chapter 7 or “liquidate outside of bankruptcy,” but that the LTL carrier has no plans to reorganize.

After brief reprieve, trans-Pacific shipping rates head back up, pointing to ongoing supply chain pressure.

Ryder appears to have paid a sum in line with current Whiplash revenue, a provider of final-mile services.

A sampling of reactions and analysis on the various FreightWaves channels, as well as the rest of the freight world.

Supply chain disruptions are far from over for trailer manufacturers, meaning November’s order rebound is probably not sustainable.

If you fly on United Express or American Eagle, you may have actually been on a plane operated by Mesa Airlines. Now it has an all-cargo option too.

On WTT we’re talking about Central Freight Lines shutdown; fast food logistics; automating the back office and more

Some of the larger TMS providers cost four times what EKA charges and without as many features.

These are some tips to make chaining tires safe and efficient for truckers in winter.

Reports say Amazon is rolling out an Instacart-like grocery delivery service in Europe and the U.S.

Cameron Ramsdell had only been with the company since the spring of 2020 after being brought in from Coyote.

The Mexico-based startup aims to provide working capital to small and midsized trucking companies across Latin America.

Merchants Fleet is continuing its electrification efforts, announcing it will order EV step vans from Xos.

Among Monday’s notes: Spot rates high from Columbus to Atlanta, Chicago a solid destination for carriers, and more.

“In the longer term beyond the mid-2030s, EVs are the biggest factor, but the 2030s are a long time away,” said Aaron Terrazas, director of economic research at Convoy.

Two bills in the Michigan Legislature are calling for freight train crews to consist of at least two people.