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Canter’s Deli is one of the most famous delicatessens in the world, but outside Los Angeles it was hard to get one of its famous sandwiches. DoorDash Kitchens Full Service is making that possible.

Truckers will have to deal with another Northwest heat wave as triple digits return the next few days (forecast video included).

One aspect of the decision that may stick is a clear ruling that owner-operators on a lease are independent contractors, not employees.

Senate lawmakers find more money for highways and ports in a bipartisan infrastructure package.

The port told customers the hardware failure wasn’t related to a cyberattack.

The company posts solid numbers for its transport and logistics units as the logistics business prepares for trading on Monday as a spun-off entity.

The online payment platform boosted its outlook for total payment volume, but guidance was largely unchanged.

Supply chain congestion is more about issues with throughput among various stakeholders and less about Norfolk Southern’s ability to handle volumes, executives said during NS’ second-quarter 2021 earnings call Wednesday.

CP’s second-quarter 2021 revenue totaled $1.64 billion in U.S. dollars.

Management has raised full-year revenue guidance to $3.45 billion-$3.55 billion.

A Mack Trucks facility was the backdrop Wednesday for President Biden to highlight his plan to require that 75% of the value of a product’s components be made in the U.S.

Truckload carriers’ “spillover” freight ties up LTL capacity during unprecedented times, Old Dominion executives said.

The acquisition is a part of a five-year strategic plan to innovate and create disruption in the bulk trucking space.

XGS hopes the merger of the two companies will strengthen its overall operational footprint.

Trucker’s daughter dives for Team USA and Tokyo Olympics; deep dive on LTL tech; challenging DataQ

The recent chip shortage crisis isn’t helping matters.

Historically, the cultural fit between a brokerage and technology partner has been glossed over in partnership discussions. As these relationships become more collaborative and dynamic, however, the importance of culture is becoming more pronounced.

A recent SEC filing shows the company has already raised $44.7 million from four investors.

U.S. shippers this holiday season will need more than Rudolph’s red nose to guide them through the whiteout of congestion.

Based on a FreightWaves survey, these are the mobile weather apps that truckers like the best while on the job.

The one-stop income verification provider is meeting the needs of a swelling independent workforce.

The key profitability metric comes in 550 basis points below the company’s 2020 results.

A 24% increase in operating revenue contributed to record second-quarter net income of $819 million for Norfolk Southern.

Nearly 80% of the nation’s freight moves through Chattanooga, due to the convergence of three major internates: I-75, I-24 and I-59.

A trucking company mishandled an employee’s harassment complaint, leading to a termination and ultimately a large jury award against the company.

E-commerce platform Shopify posted 57% growth in revenue in the second quarter as online shopping remained strong.

“I’ve coined it the ‘superpower of check calls,’” said TextLocate founder Ryan Rogers.

High demand for jet fuel out West from firefighting crews and airlines is affecting commercial flights and cargo (forecast video included).

Freight360’s Nate Cross talks about what it takes to launch a brokerage.

The Tuesday deadline imposed by K-Ratio to sign its universal settlement agreement or face legal ramifications passed without a consensus for the 34 trucking companies that participated in its fuel hedging program. The Chicago-based company abruptly shut down its fuel futures program in late June.

Craig Fuller, the founder and CEO of FreightWaves, acquired Flying, the world’s most widely read aviation publication from Bonnier Corporation. The American enthusiast publisher has owned Flying for over a […]

Ryder supply chain president lays out goals of partnership with Bed, Bath and Beyond.

Federal prosecutors filed a motion Tuesday requesting the court dismiss all charges against ex-Pilot President Mark Hazelwood and two former sales team executives, Scott Wombold and Heather Jones. In October, a federal appellate court overturned Hazelwood’s conviction.

“Bill started reimagining email where it was most broken and therefore hardest to fix — large teams managing huge volumes and complicated processes,” said principal at Insight Partners Rebecca Liu Doyle of SEDNA’s CEO Bill Dobie.

The union representing thousands of Canada Border Services Agency personnel warns of “significant disruption to the flow of goods” if its members go on strike.

School supply shortages; Bed Bath & Beyond teams with Ryder; how to stop gas pump ads; more

Robinson CEO Bob Biesterfeld said the truckload market will stay hot through 2021.

After years of negotiations, several major drug distributors have proposed a settlement to resolve claims they contributed to the opioid crisis.

Despite all-time-high container production, demand continues to outpace supply and new box prices keep rising.

Both Union Pacific and BNSF have taken to rerouting trains because large wildfires have temporarily closed portions of their networks in Northern California.

Peterbilt, Kenworth and DAF Trucks are sold out globally for 2021 as the global semiconductor shortage leaves 6,500 trucks awaiting parts.

TFI International’s hard line on unprofitable UPS Freight legacy business is helping accelerate the LTL carrier’s turnaround – and it’s just getting started

Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., doesn’t want federal regulators to approve a voting trust that Canadian railway CN would establish as part of the process to acquire Kansas City Southern.

The Port of New Orleans recently discharged an international shipment of steel coils from Taiwan to the Port of Caddo-Bossier in Shreveport.

Package theft is one reason interest in smart parcel lockers is growing among Americans, and as a result, more businesses are looking at installing them.

White-label platform raises $2.5 million to bring real-time, guaranteed container rates to global shippers of all sizes.

Employment levels in June for the U.S. operations of the Class I railroads held steady from May, although U.S. rail volumes grew by one-fifth over the same period.

Cart.com’s end-to-end solution is now integrated with Sauceda’s fulfillment services.

Tesla is delaying production of its battery-powered electric Semi until 2022 because of a shortage of batteries, threatening its first-mover advantage.

Dismantling highways to repair social damage may have consequences for the supply chain.

Investments in visibility and collaboration among bottling partners earns Coca-Cola a spot on the FreightWaves Shipper of Choice top 25.

Truckers will face triple-digit temperatures and heat index readings this week from the northern Plains to the Deep South (forecast video included).

Strong second-quarter results give way to second-half volume growth concerns. An analyst calls the share sell-off “overdone.”

Matson is adding a seasonal express service to help deal with the upcoming peak shipping season from China. But will it help with freight transportation delays?

Pollution credit sales are less of a factor as vehicle profitability at Tesla shifts to overdrive in Q2.

The 12-week run of increases added 31 cents to benchmark price from its starting point.

TFI International beats analysts in the second quarter as its U.S. LTL division left its days as UPS Freight in the dust.

JAXPORT saw a 15% increase in container volume and a 20% growth in vehicle volumes for the first three quarters of its 2021 fiscal year, the Florida port said Monday.

Good news for dry bulk shipping stocks, bad news for decarbonization: The global coal trade is thriving.

The Truckload Carriers Association has partnered with LaunchIt Public Relations to promote the trucking industry.

Griff Lynch, the Georgia Ports Authority’s executive director, doesn’t expect another growth spike and says he’ll be happy to maintain current volume levels.

Uber Freight’s Bill Driegert joins the show to give us the inside scoop on the deal with Transplace. Plus, Refraction AI, NTG, more

Cummins is working with Air Products to convert about 2,000 trucks fore the world’s largest maker of hydrogen. gas

APM Terminals on the U.S. Gulf Coast wants potential importing customers to know it has access to the Midwest via five Class I railroads.

Shanghai, the largest container port in the world, has stopped operations because of a big storm.

Exports of liquefied natural gas, agricultural commodities and crude oil led the way during first half of 2021.

Commtrex founder and CEO Martin Lew joins Danny Gomez to talk about the importance of using rail to reduce emissions on this episode of Net Zero Carbon.

On this episode of The Stockout,Mike Baudendistellooks at how Ben & Jerry’s is making its stance on the Middle East known.

The new law has some changes for smaller trucks but larger trucks are facing tight restrictions.

Two groups announced this month their separate efforts to increase supply chain visibility. One technology tool focuses on locating railcars and another aims to forecast volumes at the Port of Los Angeles.

Bed Bath & Beyond has tapped Ryder to develop and operate regional fulfillment centers for the retailer as it continues to transform its supply chain.

Now TransImpact, the former Transportation Impact remains dedicated to the development and application of end-to-end technology-based supply chain solutions.

The next step is making deliveries to paying customers.

Truckers will run into areas of low visibility, poor air quality and potential road closures due to dozens of Western wildfires (forecast video included).

Experiencing the view from the passenger seat of a PlusDrive-equipped truck navigating a northern California rush hour.

Americans were expected to divert disposable income away from goods as the economy reopened to travel, lodging and entertainment. It isn’t happening, most observers say, and the supply chain implications are profound.

With two significant acquisitions in the last year, the major force in factoring embarks on a new path.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: US agricultural exporters experiencing shipping container crunch; TForce Logistics expands last-mile delivery in Texas; Dachser expands operations in Arizona; and TexAmericas Center to expand rail service.

Reefer capacity appears to be easing in the contracted space, but spot rates appear to be as touchy as ever.

FMCSA urges truck drivers affected by the Philips recall of nearly 4 million CPAP or BiPAP machines “to work with their medical providers to find alternatives wherever possible — and for CPAP manufacturers to provide all available assistance to drivers impacted by recalls.”

This week: Bestpass employees raise funds for diabetes research and DriverReach partners with behavioral software to reach nontraditional driver candidates.

FreightWaves examines the challenges of drayage logistics and the technology companies that are overcoming them.

A source says up to 35% of the workforce is being let go by parent company Solera in a massive restructuring plan to relocate positions to India.

Interstate Personnel Services announced the acquisition of Missouri-based dry van truckload carrier Transport Distribution Co.

Cargo was the good news for Air Canada in the second quarter as the company still struggles out of a pandemic hole.

A new research project from Bloomberg Second Measure found that Walmart is barely holding on to its lead in the grocery delivery wars as Instacart and others are quickly making inroads.

Also on the podcast: the current roller coaster in diesel prices.

Dooner takes a look inside the world of routing guides with FreightPlus CEO Steven Aborn.

Truck Talk is a weekly newsletter offering perspective and context behind news in the trucking industry.

Two leading drone associations agree with the NTSB regarding investigation of drone accidents, but they differ on what should trigger those investigations.

The past week in images features huge Western wildfires, devastating floods in Colorado, a successful emergency airplane landing and more.

STB Chairman Marty Oberman has sent letters to all the Class I railroads asking them how the railroads are applying storage fees at key container terminals while the supply chain is congested.

Truckers will keep hitting areas of low visibility, poor air quality and potential road closures due to dozens of Western wildfires (forecast video included).

Vietnam is the newest epicenter for supply chain chaos. Manufacturing and port activity have been cut by new COVID precautions.

Supply chain disruptions for international intermodal are likely to last through the end of the year, Union Pacific President and CEO Lance Fritz said during the second-quarter earnings call on Thursday.

USX’s CEO Fuller says Variant division is near the ‘inflection point’ for the new initiative having a bigger impact on profitability.

On this episode of Medically Necessary, Matt Blois looks at how the pandemic shifted the way researchers conduct clinical trials.

Covenant Logistics Group beat second-quarter earnings expectations and said the second half of the year is likely to produce stronger results.

Small businesses, schools and enthusiasts used 3D printers to make millions of PPE products last year, but the technology may be too slow to make a big difference going forward.

On this episode of Freightonomics, Anthony Smith and Zach Strickland look at the implications of Uber Freight’s acquisition of Transplace.