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Shipowner Grimaldi says a Jeep Wrangler used to push non-operating automobiles onto the vessel sparked the deadly fire.

Transcontinental mail in the United States began on Sept. 15, 1858, when the Overland Mail Service began after it won a contract to connect St. Louis to the Pacific Coast by mail within 25 days.

A U.S. bankruptcy judge approved several orders Friday, paving the way for Yellow to unload assets and repay creditors.

Atkins Nuclear Secured released its initial findings on how Norfolk Southern can bolster its safety culture.

Rail shippers largely welcome a reciprocal switching rule proposed last week by the Surface Transportation Board, but some wish it did more to incentivize rail competition.

Two debt rating agencies, Fitch and S&P, rated Forward Air’s newly issued debt from its Omni deal and were mostly positive.

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DeliveryDefense assesses delivery risk levels in shipping to certain addresses in various regions.

Perhaps the most pressing question for both freight markets and the broader economy is how the consumer will fare in the coming months.

Reliance Partners’ Mark Barlar shares what carriers and drivers should know before they submit their first DataQs request.

Small fleets can get a voucher twice the standard $120,000 when purchasing an electric truck. And they don’t even have to purchase it.

Amid the historic UAW strike, we’re seeing more militant labor leadership than ever. It’s a sign that the American economy is healthy.

With this rise of AI, we take a look at how it can be used by the logistics industry.

Lisa Celli was excited to start her first day on Jan. 5 as a contractor delivering mail for the U.S. Postal Service in the small unincorporated town in California where she and her husband live. However, less than 24 hours after finishing her first route for Ameritrans Express, she received an alarming email stating the contract delivery company was taking “drastic action.”

A too-cozy relationship between the trucking industry and regulators may be putting lives at risk, crash safety advocates contend.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services said Thursday after the market closed it has entered an agreement to acquire the brokerage arm of BNSF Logistics.

Orbcomm, a major provider of ELDs, has been hit by a ransomware attack, impacting its key product offering.

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association started out of necessity. Read more about the story of its beginning.

The plot thickens in the legal battle between Bed Bath & Beyond and container lines. More carriers are in the crosshairs.

Turning grieve into advocacy, mothers Marianne Karth and Lois Durso are pushing for mandatory side underride guards be added to tractor-trailers. On Thursday, they read the names of nearly 750 victims of underride crashes at DOT headquarters in Washington.

The new Amazon Shipping service is available to big shippers in 15 major markets.

At a Morgan Stanley investor conference Tuesday, trucking executives predicted a muted peak season after acknowledging the industry is in the midst bottom of the freight cycle while hoping for some improvement in 2024.

Regulatory policy expert Rosyln Layton says it’s dangerous to have the Surface Transportation Board lay the grounds for defining how rail service should look under the common carrier obligation.

Truck drivers are pressed to find safe parking. A patchwork of entrepreneurs seem keen to expand options.

Project44’s Jett McCandless comments on the state of technology as the company completes a round of layoffs on Thursday.

Truckers in Georgia will save 35 cents a gallon on fill-ups at least through Oct. 12.

Anthony Sutardja, co-founder and CEO of Parade, told FreightWaves the new capital will go toward AI and RFP tools.

GXO has expanded into high-end verticals with its acquisition of PFSweb.

Radiant Logistics is looking to deploy its unleveraged balance sheet on M&A.

Estes Forwarding Worldwide announced plans to acquire fellow forwarder Superior Brokerage Services.

Integrations solutions provider Kleinschmidt plans to help insurance tech vendor meshVI build out its future technology stack and will provide application programming interface support.

Too many freighter aircraft, especially single-aisle passenger conversions, are entering the market and lowering lease rates. But production continues to hum because cargo operators need more aircraft over the long term to support e-commerce growth and replenish aging fleets.

Less-than-truckload carrier Estes’ latest stalking horse bid for Yellow’s terminals replaces an offer made by competitor Old Dominion.

Complaints about transparency and accuracy of safety data that affects the operations of truck drivers and carriers has caught the attention of federal regulators.

TFI International has acquired food-grade tanker carrier Vedder Transportation Group.

J.B. Hunt provided a slightly more positive outlook at an investor conference on Wednesday.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle pressed the American Trucking Associations and tech companies over job and safety concerns associated with driverless trucks.

Expanded service offerings, such as a reduction in transit time for the Falcon Premium intermodal service, should help support Union Pacific in the third and fourth quarters, UP leaders said at an investor conference this week.

In what is far from a nuclear verdict, a long-running suit against Knight Transportation in California was settled for $400,000.

A higher range of general rate increases is here to stay, consultants said at the Parcel Forum.

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Truckload carrier management teams are becoming more encouraged that freight markets are balancing.

The International Energy Agency’s closely watched monthly report didn’t have much good news in it for oil consumers.

FreightWaves looks at prospects for trucking legislation as lawmakers return to Capitol Hill after the August recess.

Parallel Systems unveiled Tuesday another second-generation, battery-powered autonomous rail vehicle, which is slated for use in pilot projects both in the U.S. and abroad. Through this iteration of the autonomous […]

GXO Logistics has ceased operations and laid off 378 workers at several locations across the country in recent months.

The Panama Canal Authority on Tuesday suspended bookings for super vessels through Sept. 30 in its latest measure to remove a backlog waiting to traverse the canal.

Supply Chain by Amazon is a full-service operation for all retail channels.

Union Pacific is asking the Federal Railroad Administration for more details on the safety defects that federal inspectors reportedly found during focused inspections this summer.

The California Senate passed a bill to ban heavy-duty driverless trucks, leaving it to Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign or veto the legislation.

Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen says he has returned to rescue the company after Dave Clark wore out his welcome.

The national average retail price used for most fuel surcharges climbed 4.8 cents a gallon this week, but it’s moving a lot higher on the West Coast.

On the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, truck driver Russell Vereen reflects on the 205 days he spent working at a refrigerated trailer morgue at ground zero, ensuring the trailers were fueled and running and storing the remains that medical personnel worked tirelessly to identify.

Canadian railway CN and Norfolk Southern are partnering to create a domestic intermodal service that will connect Canadian customers with markets in the U.S. Southeast.

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Brokerage giant C.H. Robinson has opened a 400,000-square-foot cross-dock distribution center in Laredo, Texas.

Truck driver Tim Philmon, along with millions of Americans, marked the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Monday by remembering the nearly 3,000 people who died that day.

Union Pacific plans to respond this week to concerns of Federal Railroad Administration Administrator Amit Bose that the railroad is being cavalier in ensuring its locomotives are safe.

“I understand that there are times the phone can’t be answered or there are other priorities pulling dispatchers away, but try to keep communication open,” Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels said.

UPS’ main levies are slightly above FedEx’s levels.

Now that supply chains are back to normal, the typical effects of seasonality have returned, bringing U.S. imports up.

This week in Borderlands: Mexico averaged 58 cargo thefts a day in the second quarter; APM Terminals invests $140 million to expand a facility at a Mexico seaport; XPO adds capacity at a Texas facility; and Jaguar Transport Holdings will operate a Dallas transload facility.

Removing future threats to demand, the refrigerated truckload sector supports the thesis that the truckload market has hit a floor.

Nikola asks customers with electric trucks under recall for potential battery fires to return them to its plant.

Rejection rates gathered some promising momentum in the run-up to Labor Day, though these gains are slowly being lost.

Oil spills, groundings and collisions were the subject of continuous news coverage in 1976 and 1977. There were so many maritime disasters that it piqued Americans’ interest in foreign maritime dealings.

UPS will likely match FedEx’s rate moves unless labor cost pressures force its hand.

If shippers and carriers collaborate more around solutions that impact truck drivers, then we can improve efficiency in transportation while at the same time make driving a more attractive profession.

Less than 2 weeks after representation election, UFCW already charging regional truckload carrier ECM with actions that may be retaliation. (Photo: LFCW)

Axle’s universal data platform gathers intelligence that’s focused on helping fleets optimize deliveries, reduce fuel costs and increase driver retention.

The timing in promoting its growing patent portfolio could suggest TuSimple is trying to find a buyer for its U.S. business.

Mike Cory, CN’s former chief operating officer, will be CSX’s new COO.

UPS’ noncontract rates for 2024 will take effect Dec. 26.

Forward Air’s August tonnage improved from July but likely came in lower than expected.

Amid a contraction of autonomous trucking firms, the founders of self-driving startup Argo AI are launching a driverless trucking startup.

The new service will provide a direct connection from the Port of Savannah to CSX’s intermodal terminal in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

Transportation and logistics provider GP Transco said Thursday that OpenRoad TMS, which was developed internally, will now be marketed to other carriers.

Hurricanes can destroy key infrastructure for freight transportation. Emergency freight can demand thousands of truck drivers. 

C.H. Robinson CEO Dave Bozeman focused on process and costs when meeting with analysts at the TD Cowen conference Thursday.

Fuel costs were overshadowed by skyrocketing freight rates amid the supply chain crisis. Now, fuel costs are much more important.

Evan Shelley, the co-founder and CEO of Truck Parking Club, joins Taking The Hire Road to share how his company is solving the lack of truck driver parking with an app.

In December 1945, five U.S. Navy Avenger bombers took off from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on a routine training mission known as Flight 19. They were to navigate to various points in the Atlantic Ocean and return to base. But as Tracks Through Time explores, the seemingly mundane exercise turned into one of the most baffling mysteries in aviation history.

In today’s fast-paced supply chain environment, it is important to know and understand the trends most likely to shape the future.

The NRF has bought a leading trade group to expand its sustainability solutions for members.

After years of wrangling over the issue, the Surface Transportation Board has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on reciprocal switching that will seek to define the service parameters where a switching action could take place.

Green Mountain and Reveel plan to offer complimentary services to the parcel shipping market.

I Squared Capital has cobbled together a national portfolio of trailer lessors through M&A representing 55,000 units.

The prominent former Amazon executive agreed to resign from the CEO role. Flexport founder Ryan Petersen will take back his role. 

The partnership offers e2open TMS users seamless access to FlockDirect, a terminal-free shared truckload solution from Flock, enabling real-time quoting and booking.

Using water emitted from fuel cells for a car wash is part of Toyota’s first all-renewable-energy vehicle processing center.

Convoy’s new system uses machine learning and other tools to identify possible fraud.

Less-than-truckload carrier Old Dominion reported a large turnabout in operating trends during August.

Supply chain visibility provider Descartes leans on past acquisitions to grow through the downcycle.

Kent Britton was named as CEO of the Port of Corpus Christi on Wednesday after the previous chief executive abruptly resigned in May.

Along with a six-year port agreement, President Biden is underscoring the role of UPS Teamsters and ocean shipping reform in boosting the U.S. economy.