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A 200,000-square-foot facility in China will have a sorting capacity of 500,000 parcels per day.

One of Asia’s largest shipbuilders will help develop “digital twins” for ocean vessels, part of an effort to provide better monitoring and performance analytics around ocean shipping. South Korea’s Daewoo […]

A former executive of a Florida-based trucking company pleaded guilty in federal court on two counts of wire fraud related to mail contracts it had with the U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday, June 12.

Step inside FreightWaves Market Expert/President of CarrierLists Kevin Hill’s world as we discuss CarrierLists, plus the anthropology behind tribal knowledge, freight, and trade wars. Also, Amazon and how the world’s […]

FreightWaves’ SONAR chart of the week (June 16, 2019 – June 22, 2019) Chart of the Week: Drewry World Container Index – Shanghai to Los Angeles and Shanghai to New […]

Dupré Logistics recently announced that Mike Weindel has assumed the new role of president of the Lafayette, Lousiana-based company.

While Ottawa’s rules are designed to conform with American devices, they will need to undergo a rigorous certification process.

Award winner is taking on new driver partnerships as it expands into last-mile delivery.

A Durham, North Carolina-based logistics company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on June 13.

BP imagines a scenario where a plastics ban crushes demand for petchem feedstocks.

Pilot Flying J has filed a civil lawsuit against Falcon Transport of Youngstown, Ohio, and its private equity owners, alleging the now-defunct carrier owes the truck stop chain nearly $800,000 in unpaid fuel bills.

There are enough molecules and enough preparation to get the maritime industry through the IMO2020 switchover. But how will trucking be impacted?

Notorious bridge claims victim; freight road upgrades; truck company director fined after trucker deaths; horror crashes in good driving conditions continue; drayage gets an over-mass exemption.

In June 2016, a leading group of Laredo carrier companies decided to band together and launch a new association focused on promoting and furthering Laredo as the “trucking capital” of […]

Area Development magazine has named trucking startup Nikola Motor one of its Gold & Silver Shovel 2019 projects of the year. The annual awards recognize states for their achievements in […]

CarrierDirect’s CEO Peter Rentschler stops by FreightWaves.

TCA Vice President of Government Affairs, Dave Heller and TCA Manager of Government Affairs, Kathryn Sanner Even though no one has officially designated June as “Detention Time Awareness Month,” the […]

India’s largest commercial port in potential path of Cyclone Vayu.

The US Postal Service expands its program June 23 levying rates based on a parcel’s dimensions instead of its actual weight. The fallout has yet to be determined

Witnesses offered the House Highway and Transit differing views on a wide array of trucking priorities as Congress faces reauthorization of surface transportation legislation.

Retail and industrial activity improved, providing some stability for freight Economic data from the goods side of the economy showed some signs of life in May, as growth in retail […]

AOTOS award winners are announced; earning honors are C.R. England’s vets, Easy, environmental champions, NYK, outstanding young professional and state DOTs.

Suppliers, traders and ship operators will need to increase credit lines and be more diligent about counterparty risk.

Zeljko Popovic, a leader within Tesla’s Autopilot team, is leaving for Embark, the autonomous trucking start-up in San Francisco, CNBC is reporting. The departure is a feather in the cap […]

We’ve heard reports that Vista is having trouble getting buyers at its $2 billion price tag for Omnitracs.

ndian startup Locus is helping logistics businesses automate truck routing to increase efficiency and consistency, while having more transparency into their operations.

White House receives guidelines but DOT, FMCSA still must sign off.

Arjun Infrastructure Partners and Fengate Asset Management buy chain of 23 facilities along Ontario’s 400-series highways.

Donald Broughton explains the harm that tariffs can do to the economies of the United States, the country(ies) that tariffs are imposed on and the global economy.

U.S. officials say video shows an unexploded limpet mine being removed from the Kokuka Courageous, but the president of the ship’s operator said the crew reported the vessel was hit […]

Tennessee court orders the technology company to pay a $500,000 fine for devices shipped in interstate commerce in 2014.

Armstrong & Associates has been calculating these Global Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Market estimates for over a decade.

Despite trade war, exports and imports were up year-over-year in May.

Small carrier profits are about to be pressured by a large government organization and it’s not the FMCSA, DOT, or CVSA.

Iran has denied responsibility for the attacks carried out early yesterday morning on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman, the sea immediately adjacent to the Strait of Hormuz. A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry slammed the U.S. accusations as “baseless”. Maritime security experts say commercial ships are impossible to defend.

Slow growth in intra-Asia volumes seen as a harbinger for long-distance container trades in peak season.

DHL Supply plans a 40% expansion of its US healthcare and life sciences footprint

Apart from creating visibility and transparency within coffee supply chains, blockchain can significantly improve livelihoods of coffee farmers by giving them a bigger share of the profit pie.

The letter, organized by Tariffs Hurt the Heartland, said additional tariffs would result in the loss of 2 million American jobs and reduce the value of the GDP by 1%.

The National Economic Council director said at an event in Washington Thursday that the ongoing bilateral tit for tat will have minimal economic impacts on U.S. consumers.

Working with over 100 outside carriers and brokers, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is likely to be a shipper of choice for many already. But even one of the U.S. freight industry’s […]

Severe storms in the Plains this weekend.

New chairman and vice chairman will lead The International Air Cargo Association and global corporate insurance carrier will make management changes.

Plus: Amazon-Whole Foods two year anniversary; Japan to build five bullet trains in India; Elaine Chao sells stock in highway company.

Volkswagen AG announced that it is offering up to 15 percent of TRATON for a range of 1.553 billion euros and 1.898 billion euros.

New Fortress Energy wants LNG transport efficiency using tank cars

The scale and growth of China’s domestic over-the-road trucking and international ocean container shipping trade has been revealed in new data from the country’s Ministry of Transport.

Federal levy set to take effect January 1 in response to province scrapping its own pricing system.

As a shipper of choice, Nestle wins plaudits for its willingness to partner and its fondness for innovation.

On the Backhaul weekend edition of what the truck we’re talking Target’s $9.99 same-day shipping, more…

Ashley Coker IMAGE: JIM ALLEN/FREIGHTWAVES Data across all modes of traffic is signaling a dramatic slowdown in the freight market, but U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) continues to come in […]

An independent valuation of DryShips’ fleet by VesselsValue puts the bid to take it private in context.

Relationships between OEMs and tech giants get complicated as the self-driving and mobility race heats up.

More than 48% of freight traveling to or from the German port is carried by railcar.

Achim Martinka is named vice president for Germany and Dan Byrne is promoted to chief revenue officer.

Ten regional haul fleets will participate in NACFE’s Run on Less Regional challenge to measure fuel efficiency and other metrics in real-world operation.

The Federal Railroad Administration is awarding more than $326 million in grants to help states and localities repair, maintain and build rail infrastructure supporting freight rail and intercity passenger rail.

The multistep requirements for initial applications and renewals have been simplified by the Ministry of Transport.

Target looks to find a way into a delivery niche with the launch of same day deliveries

The balance among the fuels needed to be in compiant with the new rule will have a knock-on effect down to the price at the pump.

Volvo’s Vera autonomous vehicle is now moving containers from a local distribution center to the port in Gothenburg, Sweden.

The Norwegian-owned Front Altair was “suspected of being hit by a torpedo” and the Japanese-owned Kukako Courageous was struck “with some sort of shell.”

Government finalizes long-awaited regulation, which includes third-party certification of electronic logging devices

Dallas-based KoiReader Technologies has raised $60,000 in seed funding, Dallas Innovates reports. The money will be used to build the company’s artificial intelligence-driven automation and video feed data capture suite […]

Spot truckload freight volumes failed to meet expectations in May, said DAT Solutions, which operates the largest truckload freight marketplace in North America.

The company said the refrigeration units are part of its commitment to environmental sustainability.

In partnership with Reliance Partners…Data analytics has been disrupting the way the freight industry works and the insurance sector will not be left behind.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative grants a second round of exclusions from Section 201 global safeguard duties on solar cells covering three products.

Frontier Logistics’ 550,000-square-foot facility will support the handling of plastic and resin exports from the Port of Charleston.

The first-ever AV certificate program for truck drivers comes as the industry seeks to allay concerns about technology displacing human drivers.

Triple-digit extreme heat continues in Desert Southwest.

Middle East tanker attacks could spur oil importers to bring forward purchases, increasing shipping demand.

Two people were arrested by federal authorities after more than $1 billion worth of cocaine was found Monday in containers aboard the MSC Gayane.

Exporters at the annual meeting of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition lament lack of visibility and carrier accountability and the disappearance of telephones.

Uber is venturing into the financial services market for its drivers; oil prices jump after tankers come under attack; Saudi’s Aramco all set to publish its H1 ’19 earnings.

The Port Infrastructure Development Program makes $200 million available for all coastal seaports and an additional $92.7 million for the top 15.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill directing the Texas Department of Transportation to study the Ports-to-Plains Corridor, a plan that could extend Interstate 27 from Laredo all the way […]

Flooding impacts, cheap natural gas prices, and trade and economic uncertainty could be factors contributing to a significant slump in weekly U.S. rail volume.

Washington’s container ports are looking to incent marine terminals to open at off-peak hours for trucks in preparation for the peak shipping season. The move underscores how U.S. ports are […]

Capitol Hill hearing took on lease-purchase agreements, truck size and weights

Final-mile providers face surging headaches to go with surging demand for large-format shipments

Suezmax tankers can carry half as much crude as VLCCs, but now command twice the VLCC rate.

The blast occurred Tuesday in the engine room of the M/V VF Tanker-16 and caused three other crew members to go to the hospital, Volga Shipping Company said.

The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association is urging Congress to pass legislation that would make permanent the tax credit that short lines receive for infrastructure improvements.

North Dakota has no restricted air spaces, a favorable climate for testing drones, and a government that is keen on growing its UAS industry.

Scale and critical mass matter to transshipment hubs, but location and inland connectivity are more important to gateway terminals, said Drewry’s Neil Davidson.

The Trucking Alliance urges action on federal hair-testing guidelines

Law includes transportation regulations and stipulation that the government doesn’t want to interfere with interstate commerce.

The McAllen Economic Development Corporation (EDC) recently worked with officials in the Mexican city of Reynosa to build two new maquiladoras (also known as maquilas), in addition to a major […]

Factom Protocol is the newest member of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Read more about this company and its products, as well about BiTA.

Performance Shipping’s expansion into the tanker sector underscores the continued appeal of diversification to listed ship owners.

A new report says additive manufacturing may negatively affect transportation industry’s revenues.

Flooding continues to disrupt freight movement.

The first-of-its-kind award was created to recognize shippers committed to eliminating inefficiencies from the supply chain and aiming to be excellent partners for their carriers.

Freight brokers report upward pressure on spot rates and still expect robust summer volumes.

The ship left Malaysia’s Port of Tanjung Pelepas on June 1 with 19,284 TEUs onboard, surpassing the total of 19,190 TEUs loaded on the MOL Tribute in February.

The committee’s favorable reporting of the nominees clears the way for the full Senate to consider confirmation of Amy Karpel and Randolph Stayin.

Shipping line’s announcement says the chief financial officer since 2015 will “take over new projects in Chile.”

A House Agriculture Committee panel heard testimony from Trump administration ag officials during a hearing that widely touched on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

The 8,469-TEU CMA CGM Dalila arrived Wednesday as part of the carrier’s Pacific Express 3 service.