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The dry ice shortage that many feared would crimp the ability to ship COVID-19 vaccines turned out to be a Y2K event.

CSX is looking for customers interested in developing facilities at the 225-acre Columbia Tennessee Rail Site.

Strong nor’easter could delay shipments of COVID-19 vaccines as well as other freight.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, supply chain resiliency, digitization and trends were among the focus of the North American Supply Chain Summit on Tuesday. Plus, TravelCenters of America takes out a loan and more drivers might be failing drug and alcohol tests.

Heavy-duty trucks with collision avoidance, emergency braking and other safety technologies are beginning to enter the used truck market, potentially making the roads safer as older trucks are retired.

FedEx is renewing its regional fleet with a cargo-friendly turboprop from ATR.

Happy holidays from WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

Do you care about Uber Connect, Amazon custom fashion, Flock Freight or the Tesla Semi? Andrew Cox and Seth Holm do!

“In November, 50 of the 88 vessels coming to Los Angeles first went to anchor and averaged two and a half days there.”

A report released by environmental nonprofit Oceana states Amazon produced enough plastic waste last year to encircle the globe 500 times.

Dooner and The Dude bring on Shannon Curier to talk Christmas philanthropy, Bob Farrell CEO of Global Tranz, and CEO of Transfix to discuss why data is king.

FreightWaves’ JT Engstrom and SourceDay’s Tom Kieley discussed “Managing Buyer and Supplier Relationships” during FreightWaves’ North American Supply Chain Summit on Tuesday.

FreightWaves chats with CEVA Logistics on what it takes for retail customers to transition successfully to e-commerce. What’s the answer? Flexibility.

In 2019, Bestpass processed over $1 billion of toll volume ⁠— one-25th of the tolling industry’s entire revenue.

Distribution of coronavirus vaccines isn’t limited to FedEx and UPS. Many freight transportation and logistics companies are already playing a large role in the global immunization campaign.

Samsara announced the Workflow Builder and App Designer features for the Driver App are available for all Samsara customers starting Tuesday.

Heather Kettelhohn told the North American Supply Chain Summit she arrived at Cummins Inc. just four days before the pandemic began to shut down the company’s global operations. She had to learn on the fly while applying her decades of planning expertise.

Third-party logistics provider FitzMark announces its third brokerage acquisition of the year and fourth in the past two years.

Walmart pilot to remove safety drivers from behind the wheel of trucks manufactured by Gatik, the autonomous box truck company.

Vaccine distribution won’t delay deliveries of your Honey Baked Ham and toilet paper, says CNBC’s Lori Ann LaRocco.

President-elect Joe Biden has nominated former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg, who dropped out of 2020 presidential campaign earlier this year and endorsed Biden, as secretary of transportation. “I […]

All 50 states plus the District of Columbia must now develop and implement safety measures for high-risk highway-rail grade crossings.

The Port of Los Angeles is still working to get toys to retailers’ shelves in time for Christmas.

Executives from J.B. Hunt, MoLo Solutions, United States Cold Storage, K-Ratio dig into the tricky nature of freight contracts for brokers and 3PLs in an uncertain freight market during FreightWaves’ North American Supply Chain Summit.

USA Truck will deploy Trucker Tools’ Smart Capacity solution, while Penske adds tracking solution as Trucker Tools continues to add large transportation partners to its platform.

Uber’s (NYSE: UBER) acquisition of Mexican grocery delivery startup Cornershop was approved on Monday by Mexico’s Federal Commission of Economic Competition (COFECE). The approval from COFECE was the last part […]

AB InBev is on track to reach its 2025 100% renewable energy goal in 2021. This Ffireside chat from the North American Supply Chain Summit covers the company’s sustainability efforts across the entire supply chain.

The chief customer officer looks to be the bridge between logistics departments and C-suites.

The latest ACTION TRAC® innovation supplies customers insight into the nebulous period of the
LTL shipment life cycle, the time the pickup is requested through the time the shipment is picked up.

Laggards “didn’t wake up and smell the pandemic until February-March,” according to Bolstorff.

Bodor: Efficiency in existing supply chain actually proved to be a hurdle when changes needed to be made

Tive Inc., a supply chain visibility platform, announced on Tuesday that it secured a $12 million Series A funding round.  Leading the round was  RRE Ventures, followed by Two Sigma […]

QuantumScape, a producer of solid-state lithium batteries, has announced a major breakthrough that enables batteries to get an 80% charge in as little as 15 minutes.

FreightTech innovators showcased their platforms in 7 minutes or less.

Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine could begin rolling out next week in much the same pattern as the Pfizer vaccine this week, but there are some operational differences.

Superior market intel can be a game changer.

FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller talks supply chain tech with Kendra Phillips, CTO, VP of New Products, Ryder System, at the North American Supply Chain Summit

Speaking during the North American Supply Chain Summit, Dollar General’s Meghan Nicholas says organizations need to map out a digitization plan — and be prepared to pivot.

More than 45 trucking companies are collectively owed hundreds of thousands of dollars after a Texas-based logistics files Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Plus will sell trucks powered by its automated driving system on Full Truck Alliance, the Google-backed Chinese digital freight-matching platform.

Impending nor’easter could delay COVID-19 vaccine shipments in several big cities.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, Boyle Transportation’s pharma expertise leveraged in vaccine delivery. Plus, Frozen Food Express boosts driver pay and Forward Air adds California LTL terminals.

Ocean carriers toed the line on capacity control in 2020. What does this new normal mean to shippers, yards and leasing companies?

TravelCenters of America caps its first year under new CEO Jonathan Pertchik by posting practically all its assets to secure a $200 million loan to carry out the turnaround expert’s business makeover.

Officers at the Laredo Port of Entry seized narcotics valued at more than $2.8 million in two recent unrelated cases at the World Trade and Colombia-Solidarity bridges.

COVID vaccines take priority, straining already ultra-tight delivery capacity.

Diesel market has strength not seen since April

It’s the most wonderful episode of the year as Dooner and The Dude reflect on 2020 with the whole FreightWaves crew. 2020 has put us through the wringer, but it […]

Drivers testing positive for drugs fell 12.7% in November.

American Airlines is moving a Pfizer vaccine shipment from Chicago to a Caribbean island via Miami.

1961: The first of a complete line of lightweight, compact, heavy-duty diesels for the over-highway trucking industry by Caterpillar, the 1673 has been tested on some 200 trucks throughout the nation.

As states prepare to administer COVID-19 vaccines, it is still unclear who will be deemed “essential”.

The railroad has named three locations to be part of its site-ready industrial development program.

Daimler Trucks North America says its Portland, Oregon, manufacturing plant has no carbon dioxide emissions and is the first facility to achieve carbon neutrality in Daimler’s global network.

J.B. Hunt announces temperature-controlled transportation options have been added to digital freight-matching platform J.B. Hunt 360. Shipper 360 now has more than 10,000 carriers that can transport temperature-sensitive goods.

The new rule takes into account recent technological advancements and harmonizes U.S. regulations with Canada’s.

Any idea that cargo theft may have waned because of the COVID pandemic is unfounded, as data shows reported thefts have increased throughout 2020.

Preliminary results of a new survey have found that logistics companies are losing hundreds of thousands, and even millions of dollars, due to the use of low-quality technology integration tools.

Everyone has been in a company-wide Zoom meeting where not a soul has a question to ask at the end.

The distribution of COVID-19 vaccines is finally a reality, but it’s a carefully orchestrated process among the federal government, the manufacturer, a major health care distributor and FedEx and UPS.

Onfleet hires Scott Cross as CFO, and Stephanie Riffell joins Perishable Shipping Solutions as COO.

Mexican drivers were protesting having to return empty tractor-trailers through the Colombia-Solidarity bridge

Impending nor’easter could delay some COVID-19 vaccine shipments.

Forward Air is growing its traditional less-than-truckload terminal count. This time it is adding California’s Inland Empire to the roster.

Frozen Food Express is raising linehaul driver pay by 25% for new solo drivers and 20% for team drivers.

Membership is 20+ and will tackle digital initiatives for an industry mostly still operating on paper

A UPS plane delivers Canada’s first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines as national rollout begins.

Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan, could play an active role in the U.S. and worldwide distribution of COVID-19 vaccine because it is the closest commercial airport […]

With federal defense clearances and experience in transporting vaccines,, Boyle Transportation assumes niche role in moving COVID vaccine from Pfizer plant in Michigan to airports and UPS hub.

FedEx Express (NYSE: FDX)  and UPS (NYSE: UPS) trucks departed Pfizer Inc.’s (NYSE: PFE) sprawling manufacturing facility in Portage, Michigan, on Sunday morning loaded with COVID-19 vaccines packed in dry […]

Miss one of our live podcasts this week? Get caught up here!  You can conveniently find every FreightWaves podcast in one feed via the free FreightCasts channel on freightwaves.com/podcasts, iTunes, […]

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Automotive manufacturers are building in Mexico; FedEx Express expands in Querétaro; Dunavant Distribution expands in Houston; and agents stop over 200 people being smuggled in commercial trailers.

Airlines shed nearly 10% of their workforce in October.

Spot rates continued to increase after the holiday period ended even as capacity returned to the market according to the Outbound Tender Reject Index.

Pilots could have violated their medical authorizations to fly if they took the COVID-19 vaccine on their own without permission. The FAA removed that issue and gave them permission Saturday.

FedEx, UPS, AIT to get their delivery marching orders.

Soaring heights and crashing lows describe Nikola Corp.s first six months as a public company. Allegations of fraud and a stock price decline from the high $70s to the upper teens led Yahoo Finance users to vote the electric truck startup the worst company of the year.

Domestic express carriers spring into action, moving the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare facilities.

Former Louisiana trucker Alfred Bourgeois was put to death Friday, after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-minute bid by his attorneys for clemency.

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, C.R. England became the latest carrier to announce a large pay increase for its drivers. Plus, analysts debate the value of the Tesla Semi program and industry groups push for transportation workers to be among those with early access to a COVID vaccine.

Rejections ease again slightly.

Anticipation for the first COVID vaccine is about to be realized and with it a huge ground and air operation to immunize the world. ABI Research quantifies some of the transportation requirements.

The closure of the U.S. land borders with Canada and Mexico for nonessential travel will extend through Jan. 21, though commercial trucks remain exempt.

The European Commission has released its Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy. Massive investments and infrastructure are needed to meet the EU Commission’s sustainability milestones.

Southwest Airlines furloughing additional 827 workers; Texas auto parts supplier closes facility.

OneRail and project44 have announced a partnership that will lead to a unified solution to provide shippers detailed visibility of shipments from the manufacturing floor to the end customer.

Former Louisiana trucker Alfred Bourgeois is set to be executed Friday, barring a last-minute court stay for the brutal murder of his 2-year-old daughter.

LATAM Airlines is offering to move domestic shipments of vaccines for free.

Narrowing millions of data points to three main categories, it’s now much easier to find PPP recipients from the smallest to the biggest

Dooner and The Dude lay out what thieves are looking for in your freight Headlines The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index is slowly falling, finishing at 80 for this […]

Trucker Tools has integrated cargo insurance coverage from Loadsure into its app, allowing for easy one-click access to instant quotes.

Cardinal Logistics Management, a large North Carolina trucking company, acknowledges “data event” after ransomware gang leaks thousands of files.

Steve Ferreira and Gordon Trouncer Downes walk through the ins and outs of NYSHEX  The New York Shipping Exchange (NYSHEX) is a solution developed for the ocean freight industry by […]

To make the best possible match at the best price for everyone involved, shippers post their freight and take market feedback from carriers.

“It’s pretty attractive compared to factoring as an alternative,” said Wolfe. “There’s no chargebacks.

Nobody likes a line cutter, but when it comes to the rush delivery of COVID-19 vaccines, the Federal Aviation Administration is making an exception.

In an interview with FreightWaves, SSI Executive Director Andrew Stephens talks about zero-emission shipping fuel and sustainability challenges.

C.R. England is boosting driver pay an average of 15.5%, and when combined with a new bonus program, means some drivers could see a 25% pay increase.

The more dry ice used to cool a pharmaceutical shipment, the less product that can be carried on a plane. That’s because dry ice is poisonous when it turns to gas. The FAA issued guidelines to help airlines manage the dry ice risk.

Federal agents intercepted a shipment of 100,000 counterfeit surgical masks at the U.S.-Mexico border.