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On this episode of Put That Coffee Down, Kevin Hill and Richie Daigle explain the upper hand in pricing freight.

On this episode of Rising Tides, Matt McLelland hosts a discussion about building a successful startup from ground zero.

AIT Worldwide is expanding its final-mile capabilities, acquiring New York-based Select Express & Logistics, adding 400 employees and 47 cross-dock facilities.

Ensuring load accuracy at the shipper facility is key to on-time delivery.

Heyday, which acquires and scales brands by leveraging Amazon Marketplace and a team of experts, just raised half a billion dollars.

Ree Automotive has unveiled a blank-canvas autonomous vehicle design to last-mile delivery operations.

Green bonds are designed to help companies fund environmentally sustainable projects that often have higher upfront costs.

Truckers will hit dangerously high winds in the Plains for the fourth consecutive day (video forecast included).

Truck drivers who started in their 50s and 60s share how they got into the industry, along with their experiences on the road.

The Port of Vancouver warns of terminal disruptions and vessel delays after flooding in British Columbia cuts off CN and CP rails.

The firebrand leader holds a strong early advantage in an election in which about 15% of members cast ballots.

In this issue of the WTT newsletter, is the driver shortage a myth; are port fees a bluff; supply chain strikes heated seats and more.

The unit plans to add facilities in the Netherlands, Germany and Mira Loma, California.

Cargojet is the launch customer for Mammoth Freighters, which turns used passenger planes into full-time cargo haulers.

The Surface Transportation Board is advancing two rulemakings on small rate disputes concurrently to determine how best to address such disputes. The railroads prefer one rulemaking while shippers prefer another.

Truckload carrier U.S. Xpress expects a hot freight market to carry through the end of the year but cautions consumer headwinds are mounting.

The Nikola founder fails in the bid to get his fraud trial moved out of New York to Arizona or Utah, where his wife is ill.

Difficult application processes — including long forms and cluttered websites — tend to dissuade drivers from applying at all. In a field with more open positions than people to fill them, carriers cannot afford to lose a driver’s attention over an archaic application form.

Among Tuesday’s notes: Market conditions remain tight in LA, demand slowing in Jacksonville, carrier and shipper updates, and more.

Truckers will hit delays trying to get around flooded areas of the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia.

Cainiao is becoming a bigger logistics giant than Amazon in cross-border trade.

The Bay Area-based unicorn is investing in repairing America’s broken food supply chain.

Although customers may have pulled back from ordering in the third quarter, that pullback is temporary and customers will still need new railcars eventually, FreightCar America executives said during Monday’s third-quarter earnings call.

Volatile prices for steel and components lead trailer makers to make pricing a last-minute decision.

A drop in traffic because of the pandemic appears to have been a one-shot that made the market less difficult for underwriters.

Dangerous winds will slam areas of the Plains for the third consecutive day (video forecast included).

Pure-play e-commerce brands are often saddled with higher shipping costs, but Via.Delivery is hoping to change that by offering consumers the choice to have shipments sent to physical store locations.

Truckers would benefit from the nation’s official weather alert system upgrades proposed in a House bill.

Retail prices are rising even as commodity prices have turned downward.

The air cargo market is sizzling. Carriers need more planes and investments are pouring in for new and converted freighters.

Los Angeles and Long Beach hold off on charging highly controversial fee on import containers.

Federal regulators will soon begin analyzing how transportation data sharing can move more containers.

One of the three new investors, D1, already has significant investments in logistics.

FMCSA has approved 92,000 new motor carrier applications through October, smashing 2020’s full-year record.

President Biden signed an executive order Monday outlining his administration’s priorities for guiding implementation of his $1.2 trillion infrastructure package.

SCOTUS’ request for input on the CTA case suggests it is interested in the question of state versus federal preemption, and trucking attorneys are happy as a result.

We’re currently in the midst of the Uberization of everything, including … laundry? Meet SudShare, the company that washes, dries and folds on demand.

Among Monday’s notes: Reefer market conditions soften in Harrisburg, spot rates high from LA to Dallas, shipper and carrier updates, and more.

TLDR: Summary of this week’s Transport Day announcements from the U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland (shipping, aviation and ZEVs, oh my!), and a nice, long list of all the acronyms […]

Five areas where hyperautomation can have an immediate impact

Passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act means the industry has a path forward on infrastructure investment, and several additional provisions will benefit trucking in the future.

Shipping crisis solutions with Staxxon and Locomation. Central States Manufacturing teams up with Wreaths Across America, more.

October data from Cass shows supply chain bottlenecks and capacity shortages continue to subdue shipment growth. However, the condition led to another jump in rates.

WeatherOptics has become the ninth contributor to the partnership, joining a list of visibility partners including Tive, project44, FourKites, TransVoyant, MarineTraffic, Everstream Analytics and Cloudleaf.

SCOTUS is calling on the Biden administration to weigh in on the legal issues.

As e-commerce goods move through the supply chain, many hands touch the shipments. Shippers that take the right steps can gain a level of control over this process.

Truckers will hit the first lake-effect snow of the season this week from Upstate New York to northern New England (video forecast included).

Robot trucks have to sense when trouble lurks, such as an impatient motorist passing on the left — or the right — when they are trying to turn.

Air transport is usually the mode of last resort because it is expensive. The pandemic has turned that thinking upside down.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico’s automotive production hits 9-year low; Amazon begins hiring for El Paso fulfillment center; Port Houston appoints first chief business equity officer; and new Arizona distribution center to support e-commerce growth.

This week: Central States Mfg. donates wreaths for veteran nonprofit, OOIDA kicks off “Truckers for Troops”, Love’s raises funds for veterans with specialty tumblers and XPO’s CEO challenges the company to hire more active and veteran military employees.

AskWaves: The behemoths ordinarily shouldn’t be concerned about a national delivery network forged out of the OnTrac-LaserShip merger. But these are not ordinary times.

The agency plans an array of parcel-delivery rate increases soon after the yuletide ends.

Rates expected to remain strong into 2022, fallout from new ship deliveries in 2023-2024 to be muted.

The two facilities will create up to 1,000 full-time jobs and will be among the largest high-tech distribution and fulfillment centers in the company’s supply chain.

Volume growth dissipates to kick off November while rejection rates remain well below year-ago levels.

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Georgia port officials are pulling every lever possible to reduce shipping delays that are having a national impact.

The board has said it plans to seek input on the environmental impacts of the CP-KCS merger; CSX’s planned acquisition of Pan Am Railways; Amtrak’s plan to restore its Gulf Coast service; and reciprocal switching.

On this episode of the show Dooner and The Dude focus on the early results from the Supply Chain Disruption Task Force’s recent moves

A federal appeals court has ruled that greenhouse gas emission standards do not apply to truck trailers.

The suspension would allow the July 2020 rule to be aligned with a separate and companion regulation currently being worked on by federal regulators.

Among Friday’s notes: Indy Headhaul Index up 26%, TRAC analysis on Savannah to Columbus, increase in domestic intermodal volumes and more.

FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller provides analysis regarding the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

To celebrate the debut of “Duel” 50 years ago, here are five things to know about Steven Spielberg’s first full-length movie.

DoorDash made a pair of big announcements late this week, upgrading its Self-Delivery service and adding same-day delivery from Dollar General.

A compilation of the past week in social media images includes a hefty freight haul, a “snownado” in the Rockies, a waterspout near an airport and more.

“You’re not only reducing empty miles to reduce carbon emission waste, but you can also reduce wasted dollars,” said Wong.

The food tech unicorn has now made over 30 acquisitions since 2019, but its purchase of Oakwood Transportation has a slightly different flavor.

Truck Talk brings perspective, context and commentary to the trucking industry ecosystem.

Beyond Meat sell-off further ignites debate about demand for plant-based protein. From my perspective, Beyond Meat’s earnings and the fallout have been the most interesting CPG-related news this week. The […]

Also on the podcast: Why banning oil exports would have no impact on prices.

The election still needs to be certified by the NLRB.

“While the front end of commerce has seen significant innovation over the past decade, much of the back end of the supply chain is built on disparate systems and manual processes,” says an Orderful investor.

Truckers heading into the Northwest will hit periods of flooding and whiteout conditions this weekend and beyond (video forecast included).

While a federal appeals court has halted enforcement of the Biden administration’s COVID vaccine mandate, companies should familiarize themselves with the requirements regardless.

Social, financial and government pressure has airlines making a big push to decarbonize.

“Our company vision is: ‘To create the ultimate freight shipping experience by operating at the optimal intersection of people and tech.’ This is our first step towards making that vision a reality for our customers,” says the founder and CEO of Ally Logistics.

The purveyor of wild-caught seafood avoids the use of airfreight, and relies on barge, truckload and parcel to hit its tight delivery commitments.

Crude and product tankers may be totally different markets, but 2021 proved how connected they are.

Ravi Shanker, Morgan Stanley executive director and lead transportation analyst, talks with Danny Gomez, FreightWaves managing director of financial and emerging markets, about how autonomous technology will continue to disrupt the freight transportation space.

“The shipping industry as a whole has become increasingly reliant on using AIS data for operational purposes,” says VesselsValue’s Charlotte Cook.

SONAR Supply Chain Intelligence (SCI) allows carriers to compare their lane rates with the market to see where they fall.

The two sat down with the hosts of FreightWaves’ Freightonomics as part of the F3 Virtual Experience.

After reaching unicorn status earlier this year, Misfits Market finally taps into the massive California market.

These are the top 25 companies considered “the most transformative and innovative companies in FreightTech,” said FreightWaves CEO and founder Craig Fuller.

WTT is live from F3 with Embark Trucks CEO/co-founder Alex Rodrigues plus guests from TriumphPay; SalesForce; Redwood; Trucker Tools and more

Even when everyone agrees, regulations take a year to get approved. And there are detractors to autonomous trucking rulemaking

Reliance Partners’ Robert Kaferle and Brian Runnels share what they’re thankful for this year, highlighting the many qualities that make the trucking industry great.

EZ Loader’s Brad Clark and Reliance Partners’ Jessie Merritt discuss how acquiring cargo and supplemental insurance in seconds rather than in days is leveling the carrier playing field.

A climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, hosted Transport Day on Wednesday, when global leaders signed on to create at least six green maritime routes by 2025.

Among Thursday’s notes: Capacity tight on reefer loads between Indy and Milwaukee, diesel truck stop prices and more.

Intertwining zero emissions with autonomous trucking in California overlooks the benefits of driverless operation, TuSimple’s Jim Mullen says.

“A lot of people will say an automation journey starts with having the right tools and right technology. Well it’s not. It actually starts with knowing what you want to automate and having processes very well defined before you start,” says Lean Solutions’ CTO.

SC Ports and the Virginia Port Authority are benefiting from customers seeking less congested ports, they said.

The shift to e-commerce in the COVID era has created a “new order” that requires new tools, according to project44’s supply chain SVP.

Insider transportation reporter Rachel Premack and FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller discuss the evolution of mainstream media coverage of the trucking industry.

Convoy co-founder and CEO Dan Lewis sat down with FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller for a fireside chat at Thursday’s F3 Virtual Experience.

At the F3 conference, Skybitz’ Sackman says recent developments in Bluetooth technology have significant aided the movement to make trailers a “smart” piece of equipment.

CSX defended its service record and its responsiveness to customer concerns to the Surface Transportation Board, which had sent CSX a letter in October saying that the board received complaints over the railroad’s recent performance.

The likely end date of a chaotic transportation market is being extended.