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Customs and Border Protection planned to start enforcing the in-bond changes on Feb. 6, but said the ongoing federal government shutdown forced its delay.

Ashley Coker 2017 DRIVER OF THE YEAR CONTESTS – AWARDS PRESENTATION. PROFESSIONAL TRUCK DRIVER AND BIG G EXPRESS, INC.’S STEPHEN RICHARDSON WAS DEEMED THE 2017 COMPANY DRIVER OF THE YEAR. […]

Playing pass the parcel is fun when you’re a little kid. It’s less so when the parcel is a great big bill that you’re being stiffed with as a side effect of a fight between longshoremen and their employer.

The sun is setting on the Australian shipping register as ship operators abandon the local coastal trading regime. Ship operators are fleeing the flag following the 2012 reforms.

Business and public policy leaders here have long dreamed of a high speed train connecting the so-called Cascadia Innovation Corridor cities: Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, B.C.

Some of the same areas snowed in, iced over last two weekends will be targeted again this week. More bitter cold to follow.

Regulators say a database designed to standardize and simplify training certification for new drivers will be ready on time next year.

By joining BiTA, Daseke will be at the forefront of shaping the development and deployment of blockchain technology in trucking and logistics.

Event in Vancouver to also discuss US trade policy, China dispute.

Lattice materials can be used to manufacture stronger yet lighter objects through the technique of additive manufacturing. A good place to start would be the automobile industry, which could do well with reducing its dead weight for improved fuel efficiency.

Ice, wind, heavy snow made for a bad weekend across Midwest, Northeast over the weekend. Storm-related transportation delays, deaths.

VAYAVISION’s new software is an autonomous vehicle environmental perception engine that fuses raw sensor data together with AI tools  to create an accurate 3D environmental model of the area around the self-driving vehicle.

Fuel prices overall likely to rise as shipping becomes bigger customer of global diesel market, but refineries are stepping up production.

Analysis shows that the ongoing shutdown is impacting trade functions across the federal government.

U.S. exporters wait for official announcement from OFAC for guidance on how to proceed.

Relief is expected when volumes dip after Lunar New Year, which begins Feb. 5.

The plan has reignited a debate about highway versus transit investment in Portland, a city that 45 years ago famously redirected money intended for a new freeway into the nation’s first light rail project.

Philadelphia Fed manufacturing data shows strength in January.

Since Maersk acquired Hamburg Süd in 2017, it is focusing on the container liner business.

The European Commission submitted its proposal to the United Nations on Friday.

Net earnings for 2018 totaled $490 million, down from $686 million in 2017.

Chris Henry, Program Manager, TCA Profitability Program (PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK) Recently, during a conversation with a TPP Best Practice Group member, he relayed his initial motivation for applying to the program. […]

$2 billion in capex over the next ten years will nearly double Savannah’s container traffic to 8 million TEUs annually.

Ben Murphy spent his life using data and technology to push trucking—the industry he loved—into the future.

Shipping trends of 2019 are requiring established freight carriers to evolve their operational models. UPS is developing more super-hubs to facilitate growth through handling more high margin shipments.

How can air cargo and dry van spot market rates be related? Could the movement of these two seemingly unrelated rates provide more evidence the market is slowing?

The EIA becomes one of the first major forecasters to put a price per gallon estimate on what is going to happen to diesel prices when the new rule kicks in.

Class 8 truck orders dropped dramatically in both November and December, with orders dropping below deliveries in December.

The enthusiasm was infectious. While most companies are in the exploratory phase of blockchain, we’re starting to see more and more people taking action on blockchain.

Gilbert becomes first president of fast-growing unit.

More than a foot of snow could fall in parts of the Northeast this weekend. Areas of ice, too, in major cities.

To say the Sierras got some snow over the last few days would be an understatement.

U.S. Xpress Enterprises is selling its interest in its Mexican cross-border operation, but the company is not abandoning the Mexican market, says its CEO.

Sponsored by Redwood LogisticsCultural alignment matters: one of the greatest barriers to successful M&As is lack of cultural integration.

Sponsored by Redwood LogisticsCultural alignment matters: one of the greatest barriers to successful M&As is lack of cultural integration.

Industrial production rose at a solid pace to round out 2018, helped by a jump in manufacturing activity during the month. The gain in output in December rounded out the strongest year for the industrial sector since 2010, and eased fears after a string of negative releases from manufacturing.

Just a few months after its CEO expressed some skepticism about the practice, the NAFTA-focused rail company will adopt its principles.

December was a month of growing uncertainty and severe declines in the U.S. financial markets. The only thing that seems to be growing is the level of ambiguity in everyone’s outlook. 

In partnership with Slync… There are numerous reasons to be worried about the health of global trade and the goods economy, even though, in our view, a full-on macro-economic recession in the United States is still unlikely.

U.S. Xpress today announced its plan today to exit its U.S.-Mexico cross border investment as part of its ongoing capital allocation and profit improvement initiatives.

The connected Smart Cities of the future require smart solutions that go beyond just autonomous vehicles.

Though cobalt is an integral part of our lithium-ion batteries, the extraction of the trace element is a huge cause for concern. Blockchain could provide respite by bringing accountability and transparency into cobalt supply chains.

New power given to the Federal Maritime Commission to scrutinize the effects of ocean carrier competition has been put on hold by the government shutdown.

Various duty refund programs remain on hold as numerous CBP employees are on furlough during the federal government shutdown.

Surprise fees for practice that reduces congestion at ports and improves driver turns amounts to ‘dirty pool’ on part of the steamship lines.

Capacity additions set to have knock-on effect for trades into North America; Australia’s port strike to cause Pacific Rim ripples.

Agriculture is excluded from the draft mandates on industrial goods tariffs and conformity assessment.

SpaceX’s lease on a 19-acre site at the port will end in February, while Cal Cartage will close its warehouse on an 85-acre site in July.

Under the proposed Telecommunications Denial Order Enforcement Act, Chinese telecoms that violate U.S. sanctions would face “the same severe punishment” as ZTE.

Plus: Skewering Theresa May, B.C. rail investigations, California clean air program assessment

It’s a long road from the wellhead down to the fuel going into a truck. Who makes money along the way?

Net income totaled $629.4 million for the year, while revenues reached $2.71 billion.

Ashley Coker (PHOTO: JIM ALLEN/FREIGHTWAVES) Some highlights from this month’s J.D. Power Commercial Truck Guidelines industry update: Class 8 auction market showed little change The number of trucks sold at […]

The advent of modern communications technology such as, obviously, the mobile phone, has created a new, yet poorly understood and under-researched, form of driver distraction. Australian road authorities are calling for research and are updating their road rules.

Rolling strikes by workers at the Hutchison Ports Australia box terminals in Sydney and Brisbane started at 6:00 a.m. (Australian Eastern Standard Time) yesterday January 17 and are causing logistics chaos.

The Conservative and Labour Parties are locked in a Brexit stand-off, with Labour leader refusing to enter into discussions with the Prime Minister unless a no deal Brexit is taken off the table. While Theresa May has said that it is not within her power to remove no deal from the list of Brexit possibilities.

This April, the Freight Alley Haul of Fame museum will open in FreightWaves’ new corporate headquarters in downtown Chattanooga.

Intermodal is about half the business. It saw its volumes decline but overall grew its revenue.

Significant snow, ice, wind to slam some big cities this weekend. Could take days to thaw out.

There’s been a significant increase in commercial motor fatalities over the past couple years. We look at some of the causes.

A growing number of factories, warehouses, and construction sites are integrating unpowered exoskeleton devices into their operations. Workers and companies using these devices are expected to benefit from increased safety and productivity.

FreightWaves adds air cargo volume and pricing data to SONAR platform

In the midst of the driver shortage and a growing economy, technology can be invaluable to brokers at third-party logistics providers working to secure reliable capacity for their customers.

“I thought: I can  book a flight online, a hotel online. Why can’t I book a shipment online?”

MSU Supply Chain Management and FreightWaves will partner on curriculum, joint events, and transportation-related research projects.

The company’s stock took it on the chin for much of 2018 but the company said it had a strong fourth quarter.

Chicago to Atlanta is holding up around $2/mile net of fuel, while lanes like Los Angeles to Dallas have crashed 40% off their November high.

In partnership with Reliance Partners …Cargo theft in absolute numbers is minuscule. But that does not negate the havoc it plays on the image of the carrier in question, and the supply chain disruptions it leaves at its wake.

Analyst Bruce Chan at Stifel praises the reorganization at the company that suffered an accounting scandal and sees the base being laid for future growth.

FreightWaves joined in on the third annual Alexa Conference with its estimated 600 attendees from more than 12 countries. What’s coming in voice technology for transportation in 2019 and beyond?

Gig economy companies contend with Supreme Court ruling that mandates full time workers to be considered as employees and not contractors; oil supply reduces after Saudi Arabia’s drastic production cut; government shutdown strains supply chains across the country.

The Senate Finance chair suggested the government shutdown could delay congressional consideration of USMCA as well as the start of trade talks with Japan and the EU.

 Container volumes remain strong, but delays mean fewer overall pickups; drivers also not pleased with new fees for flipping containers.

Set to launch in April, the network will involve the deployment of about 330 containerships with a carrying capacity of around 3.8 million TEUs across 38 services.

Forwarders say air cargo shipments keep moving despite the government shutdown.

The barge would move containers between the Wando Welch and Hugh K. Leatherman terminals.

The port handled a record amount of container volumes in 2018, but the outlook for the coming year is uncertain, according to the port’s maritime director.

The Class I railway posted a full-year net income of $3.31 billion on revenues of $12.25 billion.

How close are human drivers to interacting with autonomous vehicles on the roads? That is the answer a panel at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit tried to solve on Wednesday.

The freight brokerage company released the next generation of GTZcommand.

(PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK) By TCA Vice President of Government Affairs Dave Heller & TCA Manager of Government Affairs Kathryn Sanner At this point in time, virtually everyone around the world, even […]

Facility has been frequent target of labor action and drew attention of local politicians, who tried to evict third-party logistics firm.

Airbus (AIR: EURONEXT) broke ground for its new A220 manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama on Wednesday. The newest airliner in Airbus’ product line, the A220 is designed to revolutionize the market for 100-150 seat aircraft.

Several feet of snow, white-out conditions still on track to slam northern Sierras tonight. Winds will be worse than previously thought, gusting to more than 100 mph.

The operating ratio—strong enough in the third quarter that it can be argued it was earth-shaking—weakened slightly but was still ahead of the fourth quarter of 2017.

WorkHound, which offers an anonymous feedback platform for drivers, categorized driver comments into different groups to see what they were talking about. These were the top 5 themes.

After hosting two game-changing events in 2018, FreightWaves plans to shake up the conference circuit again this spring with Transparency19.

Simpson talks about legacy transportation companies adapting to change.

Arctic air heading to Midwest and Northeast this weekend. After rebounding, longer period of super cold weather could begin later this month, spreading to other regions of U.S.

FedEx started with Flying Cargo in 1990.

‘Swedish furniture,’ along with an IT refresh and 24 percent share premium, may factor in combining two top freight forwarders.

Only about 10% of drivers aren’t belted but as a share of fatalities it’s close to 50%.

Freight transport experts are alarmed by the scale of the defeat for the British Government’s flagship Brexit policy, the concerns are that a catastrophic no deal withdrawal is now looming. However, the markets have been more subdued, with the stock exchange showing minor shifts and the pound, quickly regaining losses it suffered on the vote.

Capacity is abundant even though volume is relatively strong. Carriers are having little trouble covering the available freight making it a shippers’ paradise in mid-January.

Vector is digitizing the trucking sector by extracting information that is offline and moving it online.

Walking the show floor at the Detroit Auto Show is an experience that transforms you from the here and now to visions of the future.

Autobon AI is building an aftermarket autonomous vehicle system that would allow any commercial truck to be turned into an autonomous truck.

The MOBi-ONE is large enough to move washers and dryers, and do so autonomously through the air, perhaps redefining last-mile drone delivery before it even gets started.

Shippers and freight-handlers say U.S. agencies that oversee the flow of goods are starting to cut back services and working hours. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court handed a victory to American workers, ruling unanimously that independent contractors who work in transportation may not be forced into mandatory arbitration.

Australia is carrying out a series of large scale studies into its domestic supply chain; one study currently underway is into the nation’s freight data requirements. (Photo: Shutterstock).