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U.S. Customs and Border Protection marks the 230th anniversary of the first customs processing of a ship in the new United States.

For the first time, Workhorse Group is tying the possibility of a huge contract with the U.S. Postal Service to the acquisition of General Motors Lordstown, Ohio assembly complex.

North Asia revenues were down 8.5 percent, but EXPD improved productivity.

Jim Blaze writes about the recent history of intermodal rail service and what may happen in the next few years.

If you see a truck driver in Texas without his hands on the wheel, the chances are good you’re seeing an autonomous truck from Kodiak Robotics.

Delta Cargo has chosen FreightWaves SONAR for global freight intelligence and data analytics.

While the passenger side has been experiencing growing demand, the industry’s overall profitability is still being dragged down by the smaller cargo side.

Whether the shale boom can keep going has recently been called into question.

A lot of things have to go right for DFBs to build a market large enough to justify their valuations.

CARB is making $40 million available in the form of vouchers to reduce emissions. Eligible equipment includes everything from rubber-tired gantry cranes, to airport cargo loaders to truck and trailer refrigeration units.

Top 10 intermodal company in the U.S. looks to broker to for drayage supply.

Escalations in trade tensions between the U.S. and China could discourage containership owners from ordering new ships.

Operating performance bolstered by contracts with Amazon and U.S. government, said company CEO.

Christopher Lemaire, a professional truck driver for Revere Transportation, has once again been named a Highway Angel by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA).

After a nine-year absence, Japan Air Lines resumes scheduled air cargo service in deal with Kalitta Air Photo: Flickr/Bill Wilt)

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ISM data in both the service sector and manufacturing sector suggest the economy is slowing and recent tariffs could make things worse

This is AIT’s third acquisition in the past year.

Cargo activity through the Jacksonville, Fla., seaport had a nearly $31.1 billion economic impact on the region and state in 2018.

Christopher Lemaire, a professional truck driver for Revere Transportation, has once again been named a Highway Angel by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA). He is being recognized for his willingness […]

Government audit finds no evidence that Volvo influenced EPA emissions study.

The State, Treasury and Commerce departments are ramping up to implement an Aug. 1 executive order from President Donald Trump that imposes a second round of sanctions against Russia.

Didi Chuxing has spun off its autonomous driving unit as an independent company following discussion of raising fresh capital with its existing shareholders and potential investors.

Drewry says it expects a brief spike in transpacific freight rates to the U.S. West Coast following President Trumps threat to impose a new round of tariffs on imports from China.

A major accident in 2018 led to a spike in insurance premiums for Carney Trucking, an increase the company just couldn’t absorb.

Two mega-retailers partnerships signal an inflection point in the visibility market.

Get ready for the goodies coming from federal transport spending legislation. Money for inland waterway network will be funds well spent.

Second quarter revenue for BNSF rose 0.3 percent despite lower volumes for agricultural products, consumer products and industrial products.

The United States and Mexico are on the brink of yet another trade war – this time pitting U.S. farmers against Mexican tomato growers and importers.  The debate centers around […]

Travel Centers of America became a Maryland corporation instead of a Delaware limited liability corporation to attracted stock funds prohibited from investing in LLCs. Its slightly improved second-quarter sales and earnings did not help its stock price in early trading on Monday August 5).

Daseke lowers its full-year 2019 outlook citing worse than expected results in its flatbed division.

Logistics startup Rivigo has introduced the National Freight Index in India, which will allow users to access individual lane level information in 1,500 locations across the country.

The Port Report focuses on another vessel being seized in the Strait of Hormuz.

The USDOT and USDA are seeking comments on a revision to hours-of-service and electronic logging device regulations for the agriculture and livestock industries.

There are reasons to expect a healthy pop in outbound Los Angeles spot rates.

Transplace finds a disparity in consumer goods trade leads to large spread between north and southbound traffic – and a Canada backhaul “tax.”

The rise and fall of interest in natural gas trucks typically depends on the price of oil. Now, the availability of clean energy credits in California and tougher NOx rules expected from the California Air Resources Board are additional reasons for purchase.

In Australia this week… new tunnels and roads to eliminate trucks; cattle and driver nearly burned alive; human remains found after truck explodes; controversial logistics software company vows to fight class action and the regulator; I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow… you off the road!

How high will rates out of Los Angeles go in October and November?

“If a shipper can share some of its production forecast information to railroads, railroads can plan better to meet that capacity. Conversely, if railroads can open up and show where their empty railcars are to the shipper so that the shipper has a bit more confidence that the right number of railcars are going to show up, then the shipper can more confidently choose rail.”

July heavy-duty truck orders were the lowest since 2010, more evidence of a trucking sector recession taking hold.

XPO second-quarter results allays analyst concerns as it navigates through a tough top-line

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has been in high gear in recent weeks. The Agency has several pending regulations which are currently open for public comment and which could dramatically impact the truckload segment of the trucking industry.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the U.S. plans to drop trade sanctions against Venezuela once embattled President Nicolás Maduro is out of office.

Schneider’s move to shut final-mile unit leaves furniture retailers seeking last-mile delivery options

A pair of enormous crates carrying parts of a South Korea-bound drilling ship will be transported along highways through the Houston area over the next four days. According to Ronnie […]

The FreightWaves basket of top freight markets all posted positive numbers this week.

TCA Vice President of Government Affairs, Dave Heller and TCA Manager of Government Affairs, Kathryn Sanner The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has been in high gear in recent […]

Goods like clothes and toys are on the proposed tariff list.

Ports are asking that Chinese-made container cranes be excluded from the list of products on which President Trump has threatened a 10 tariff.

U.S. drug import plan would tax Canadian medication supplies, which already face shortages.

Japan’s Cabinet on Aug. 2 approved a measure that will allow the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to impose new licensing policies and procedures on exports and transfers of controlled items to South Korea.

Warehousing markets have just recovered from the last round of tariffs and there is not a lot of slack.

The beat comes after the company fell short of earnings expectations last quarter, coming in over 23 percent short of estimates.

The deal reached in Washington on Friday will allow the U.S. to nearly triple its beef exports to Europe.

A renewed focus on building western gran network capacity helped Canadian Pacific reach all-time records for grain hauls in the 2018-2019 crop year.

The U.S.-China trade war has dropped trade volumes between the two countries to date in 2019. One result – Mexico is now the #1 trade partner of the U.S.

U.S. production increased 21 percent year-over-year to 898,000 barrels/day.

Intense rainfall in the nation’s heartland Friday, with weekend tropical downpours in Florida.

A federal jury ordered Swift Transportation to pay long-haul trucking rival CRST Expedited more than $15 million for allegedly poaching drivers who were under contract to CRST, which is based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Automotive carrier Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K-Line) has been convicted of being in a criminal cartel and has been fined nearly US$23.4 million in Australia.

As with other industries. the transportation and logistics industry is undergoing a digital transformation. The advent of the cloud and the adoption of new mobile and digital technologies has us in uncharted digital territory.

East Coast ports saw better growth as trans-Pacific trade slows

Both men are being recognized for their willingness to stop and assistance a young family whose baby was accidentally locked in their vehicle.

Leaders of a farmers’ protest in Mexico said if negotiations don’t progress with the government of President Andres Manuel López Obrador, the “next blockade” will be twice as large as […]

As with product tanker rates, crude tanker rates show no sign yet of upside from IMO 2020 preparations.

Kenworth Truck Co. stayed with its approach to promoting general managers from the engineering ranks.

U.S. Xpress sees a tough second quarter, but expects industry fundamentals to firm as excess capacity exits the market.

“I think we’re at a critical juncture. Six months from now I think we’ll be able to take a closer pulse to where things are.”

XPO Logistics posts flat second-quarter revenue, exceeds estimates on EPS, cash flow

It’s hard to see a structural recovery in natty gas prices.

Cody Crisler and Kenneth Meekins, professional truck drivers with Henderson Trucking, have each been named Highway Angels by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA). Both men are being recognized for their […]

Canadian digital-freight matching platform seeks to list on TSX Venture Exchange with “conservative” C$34 million valuation.

The Energizing American Shipbuilding Act seeks to revive domestic shipbuilding and maritime industries.

Donald Broughton writes a thought-provoking commentary about how technology has killed inflation.

Ben Thrower examines the costs – in money, lost land and lost businesses – of the high-speed rail line in California.

The new tariffs, announced a day after the Fed cut rates, will affect mostly consumer goods.

With air cargo slowing, could there be any bump up in August?

The Fed cut interest rates for the first time in over a decade. Shippers and carriers should benefit as the economy looks to reaccelerate

Blackjewel’s bankruptcy reminds the broader industrial sector of the vulnerability of U.S. coal production overall, particularly so for western U.S. coal production.

Technology has helped smaller fleets band together to take advantage of discounts, real-time telematics and find loads through digital freight matching platforms.

Updated CPSC policies on stroller safety and refrigerator certificates are expected to be published in the Federal Register on Friday.

American Trucking Associations annual Trucking Trends report shows nearly $800 billion flowed into industry, 13.8 percent increase.

North American rail volumes are still lower year-over-year, but U.S. carloads recovered somewhat last week.

Freight revenue drops by 12.1 percent, led by a more than 20 percent plunge from airline’s Pacific routes.

Schneider is closing its First to Final Mile delivery operation due to poor performance.

Morgan Stanley, Susquehanna, and Deutsche Bank cut their price targets; Stifel maintained.

At 10:30 a.m., its price was down almost 16 percent.

Japans K-Line shipping company reported its fiscal first quarter earnings.

Amazon.com wants all SMB business, and will not be shy in squeezing the SMBs to get it

Flooding risk in the Plains, wildfire danger continues in western U.S.

Schneider National sees “less favorable” trends continuing into the back half of 2019. The company lowered guidance and announced the closure of its First to Final Mile business.

Chinese billionaire Liu Zhongtian, former president of China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd., was indicted by federal court in Los Angeles for allegedly evading $1.8 billion antidumping and countervailing duties on aluminum shipments.

Japanese shipping company NYK;s fiscal first quarter earnings are covered in this article.

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence is at the center of the country’s efforts to counter national security and terrorism financing threats.

An overview of Japanese shipping company MOLs fiscal first quarter earnings is covered in this article.

Oshkosh Corp. has a green light from the U.S. Army to enter full production of its Joint Tactical Light Vehicle that will replace the HUMVEE in war zones.