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A Connecticut DOT study found that tolls on the state highways could generate $1 billion a year. Despite that, the incoming governor is focused only on adding tolls for trucks.

This week’s headlines bring us an array of reasons to be grateful for the coverage of FreightWaves and What the Truck?!? U.S. and China face last chance to avoid Jan. 1 tariff hikes, but don’t get your hopes up, Freight.Tech25: In spite of rocky year, Tesla shocks the world and places third. Freight.Tech 25: Silicon Valley money and the network effect lead Convoy to #4, Battery and design woes continue to torment e-scooter startup Lime (with special guest Casey Larkin), Major Thanksgiving snowstorm to delay truckers out west: flooding in some valleys. Then, they play another round of Big deal little deal?Finally, they spend 5 Good Minutes with Marissa Ash from Transfix.

Company faces backlash over allegations of poor treatment of workers in Memphis.

How much of the strength is pre-tariff purchases? How much of the talk of weakness is “on the other hand” economics?

Dangerously cold arctic air heading to the Northeast for Thanksgiving. Record temperatures with harsh winds.

The second FreightWaves book, Freight Revolution: the supply chain will never be the same, sponsored by Uber Freight, is now available for download.

One-time regional player rides wave of renewed oil and gas development with new terminals and more drivers.

The conference attracted over 2,000 industry players and largely revolved around the topics of Asian connectivity, the impact of trade tariffs, and technologies that are revolutionizing the logistics industry.

Last-mile delivery is especially difficult for oversized items such as furniture, where retailers face challenges with rising customer expectations in speed, flexibility and quality.

A Goldman Sachs report several months ago laid out the strengths of the app that matches loads, but does a lot more than that.

There are projections by the company of a leveling but it’s not imminent.

Penske Truck Leasing and UST Global combined on an accelerated IT training program that has seen 18 graduates move into jobs in Penske’s IT department.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Tuesday issued a 53-page update to its March-completed Section 301 report on China’s policies related to IP, tech transfer and innovation.

A variety of weather-related issues will impact the movement of freight heading into the Thanksgiving holiday.

YRC, Teamsters say pilots mean more earnings for drivers.

Shipper group says change would reduce costs, promote competition with NVOCCs.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control has taken particular aim at sanctioning those individuals and entities involved in the maritime transport of oil for the Assad regime.

Centralized location allows vehicle manufacturers to save on their inland distribution costs, says CEO John Murray.

New York-based company specializes in time-critical transportation and logistics solutions.

Ashley Coker Used Class 8 truck pricing held strong in October and same dealer sales volumes rebounded after a slight dip last month, according to preliminary data from ACT Research. […]

“Delivering value to get the most attractive cargo on board is at the heart” of the plan, says CEO Rolf Habben Jansen.

Compliance director gets seat on industry committee; Ohio company hires two and promotes two.

Funding aims to keep Port’s market share as more freight moves to intermodal and off the roads.

“Trucking companies are locked in a competition with the construction industry for workers. One way they are trying to stand out is by increasing trucker salaries.”

The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission has enacted an executive order by Gov. John Hickenlooper committing the state to low emission vehicle standards.

Even though the Department of Energy’s reported diesel per gallon price has risen 27% since early 2017, carriers have seen their net fuel expense per mile remain largely neutral.

Big storm will make trouble for drivers going through the Sierra Nevada heading into Thanksgiving. Heavy snow in the mountains, heavy rain in the valleys.

Ambrosus enables consumers and supply chain stakeholders to have better trust over the products they receive or consume, by using sensors that communicate to the blockchain.

With the ongoing, high-profile negative news surrounding Tesla, there is still interest in the company’s electric semi. Albertsons Companies, which operates well-known food and drug retailers across the country, has purchased 10 Tesla Semi all-electric trucks.

FedEx is expanding its alternative-fuel vehicle fleet with 1,000 electric vans from Chanje Energy, to be delivered over the next two years.

Just three years after its founding in Seattle by two former Amazon executives, the leading digital freight brokerage Convoy reached a unicorn valuation and took the #4 spot in the Freight.Tech 25.

Resilience360 offers end-to-end supply chain risk management. The platform alerts customers about supply chain incidents globally and risks to their global supply chain in almost real time. It’s an ever-expanding market, and the company is well-positioned for continued data aggregation.

Also today: going to jail for bogus CDLs; ecommerce driving the Canada Post labor dispute.

After making its first acquisition last year in a quarter-century, the company could be in the market for another one, according to CEO John Roberts.

U.S. consumers are bearing less of the burden of the Trump administration’s Section 301 tariffs than Chinese producers, according to EconPol Europe.

Ashley Coker (CART: DATA FROM DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND TCA INGAUGE IN FREIGHTWAVES’ SONAR) Even though the Department of Energy’s reported diesel per gallon price has risen 27% since early […]

While there’s impetus for negotiations to move quickly, defining the scope could be tricky during the lead-up to discussions, says Asia Society vice president.

While Société Générale has not violated U.S. sanctions in five years, it agreed to settle potential liability involving Cuba, Iran and Sudan from 2007 to 2012.

Peter Ulber will not stand for re-election at the annual general meeting in May.

Impact Transportation buys $275,000 battery-powered tractor for yard operations.

Company uses scenario of collision between LNG carrier and fishing boat for training.

Higher surcharges to carry through peak season.

Wildfires continue to burn in California in the West freight region, but some relief is on the way soon. Much needed rain should move through the Golden State from Wednesday through Black Friday, helping douse the fires.

Construction workers have broken ground on a 378,405-square-foot warehouse located a mile from Interstate 80 in the San Francisco Bay area.

The union also rejected binding arbitration, though Canada Post did not explicitly ask for that.

The Panama spread (FBX.PANA) widened last night when Freightos released new container rates for this week: rates from China to the American East Coast (FBX.CNAE) climbed to $3,683, while rates to the West Coast (FBX.CNAW) fell slightly to $2,527.

The deadline is 5 p.m. November 19.

Operations to vary depending on pilot markets.

Rain will douse California wildfires this week, but landslides, mudslides also possible. Heavy snow to cover the Sierra Nevada.

Net-zero carbon emissions from the transportation sector is possible by 2050 if industry starts to make changes now, says a new report.

Trucking executive points to final mile delivery as draining driver pool, so think about that on Cyber Monday.

We would be hard pressed to find a more colorful and controversial company than Tesla, making it as high as number 3 on our Freight.Tech list.

E-scooter startup Lime is having problems with vehicles catching fire – a problem it attributes to the batteries produced by Ninebot. It also is hearing complaints of bikes breaking down, which it figures is a design flaw of all Okai-manufactured vehicles, leading to a mass recalls on the said bikes.

 Upcoming summit could provide surprise deal, but acrimony and lack of consensus puts deal in doubt.

BIMCO projects with capacity growing at half of this year’s levels, “the fundamental balance can only improve.”

The Commerce Department agency is tasked with figuring out which new technologies should receive additional export oversight for national security purposes.

The Trump administration will collect comments through Jan. 15 and will hold a hearing Jan. 29 as it develops negotiating positions.

The ITC reversed its decision to slap a limited exclusion order on imports and a cease-and-desist order on sales after Toshiba and the petitioner reached a settlement.

Taiwanese carrier will pay $124 million to $140 million for four 2,500-TEU containerships.

Carrier is cooperating with Hapag-Lloyd and MSC to offer “market-leading transit times.”

An office is opening in Seattle and promotions are taking place in London and New York.

The union lays out in surprising detail what it is seeking.

Cordero talked about record container volumes, tariffs and the status of billions of dollars in Port modernization projects.

With the Thanksgiving holiday approaching, drivers are spending less time on the road and more time at home. This is shrinking the availability of capacity in the market.

The two sides have been negotiating for a year, and e-commerce is a big part of the basis for the standoff.

The decision in favor of Horizon turned on a narrow question of where one of the employees’ case should be heard.

Spireon hosted a webinar in collaboration with FreightWaves earlier this week to explore the importance of building a fleet safety culture and how to do it the right way.

Largest industrial facility in Port of NY/NJ region to be built in 2 years.

Executives from MoLo, Steam, and Arrive gave insight into the complexity of West Coast freight market volatility, which goes beyond tariffs, and talked about how brokerages and shippers are responding.

Another in a long series of autumn snow storms to make trouble for truckers in the Rockies this weekend. Snow, ice to make some roads dangerous.

“Amazon Prime, the company’s $119/year membership program which offers free two-day shipping and now boasts more than 100 million members, seems to be a key driver of their growth.”

Shippers seeking visibility into their freight will find APIs provide an easier solution than legacy data interchange systems.

Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of the Virgin Group that has dabbled in hundreds of businesses over the years, can now add U.S. commuter train operator to his portfolio.

In a normal year, the Port of Oakland stands out from other U.S. ports for exporting more than it imports. Not this year.

FreightWaves adds benchmark KPIs for asset based carriers and new weather mapping feature.

Emerge, a startup providing Private Freight Marketplace (PFM) and TMS, and striving to increase visibility into freight supply chains, has raised $20 million in a seed round led by Greycroft Partners.

There are no filings with the SEC that indicate the company purchased an actual trucking company, just some tweets and statements to Bloomberg.

Uber and Lyft saw a steady growth in revenue this quarter, as they continue to invest heavily in mobility sharing segments, with Uber forking out into food delivery and truck hauling segments as well.

Industrial output rose for the fifth consecutive month in October, with strength in the manufacturing sector outweighing softening activity in mining production. Hurricane season again disrupted activity, with Hurricane Michael restraining total production slightly during the month.

There is no timeline for implementation of any new NOx rulemaking, but there are a couple of key questions that must be answered: What will the limits be and how much will this cost?

At a two-day conference in which rapid technology development and what’s to come was the focus of so many presentations, Eric Fuller of U.S. Xpress (NYSE: USX) provided a reality check.

The International Trade Commission held a hearing Thursday and Friday to inform its report on the likely economic impacts of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

By joining BiTA, Orange Business Services confirms its co-innovation approach with customers and partners to help enable the wide adoption of blockchain applications in digital supply chain solutions by standardizing developed use cases.

Imports into the U.S. grew an estimated 5-10 percent last quarter while U.S. exports to China fell 25-30 percent.

European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said the list has U.S. products targeted for retaliation should the Trump administration impose automotive tariffs on Europe.

dexFreight founders Hector Hernandez and Rajat Rajbhandari want the supply chain community to realize that blockchain is for them.

Higher volumes are not able to offset a decline in freight rates and higher fuel costs.

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance issued new guidance dissuading enforcement officials from waking up sleeping drivers in order to perform random inspections.

The company targets $100 million incremental increase in operating profit within two years.

Fresh off strong third quarter earnings, Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ: WERN) President and CEO Derek Leathers was optimistic about the company’s future moving into peak season and beyond during a fireside chat presentation at Baird 2018 Global Industrial Conference in Chicago, Illinois.  

Retail activity posted the strongest gain in five months, as big gains in auto sales and rising gasoline prices helped to drive overall activity. Core spending grew at a more moderate pace, but the broad-based nature of the gains is encouraging headed into the holiday season.

Two huge wildfires in California have killed dozens of people, scorched nearly 200,000 acres of land. Winds and drought set the stage.

Pilot underway in Dallas-Ft.Worth market.

U.S. Xpress CEO Fuller warns that a lot of companies are still working with 30-year-old technology.

The year 2018 has been a big one for Nikola Corporation, and investors continue to line up to support the hydrogen-electric truck startup. Next year might be even bigger.

SwanLeap tops another prestigious list recognizing the fastest-growing North American companies in technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, and energy tech sectors based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2014 to 2017.

The original notice failed to include propane. It can become a factor particularly if deliveries go on past 12 hours.

Retail activity posted the strongest gain in five months, as big gains in auto sales and rising gasoline prices helped to drive overall activity. Core spending grew at a more moderate pace, but the broad-based nature of the gains is encouraging headed into the holiday season.

Omnitracs would be leveraging Rubrik’s APIs to accelerate its journey towards digital transformation, with a reported 90% saving in time spent working on legacy solutions.