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Some brands are looking to their supply chain to gain a competitive advantage.

FreightWaves is hosting its two-day Future of Supply Chain event in Cleveland in June. Here’s what you need to know.

Pennsylvania’s governor says Interstate 95 in northeast Philadelphia will reopen to traffic in two weeks, far sooner than anticipated.

This week in Borderlands: Exports of Mexican-built cargo trucks up 34% in May; a California commercial border crossing project receives $140 million; Mexico opens a $175 million highway project to boost trade with Texas; and a U.S. logistics firm is building a $2.7 million border export hub in Mexico.

Underlying shifts in domestic shipping are showing up in the spot market.

Kroger management reaffirmed the “low end” of 1-2% identical sales growth guidance.

New details have emerged about Tiger Cool Express’ financial health leading up to the company’s abrupt closure on Tuesday.

Nikola Corp. is laying off 270 employees as its cash condition worsens and company founder Trevor Milton takes shots at leadership.

The new regulations calling for zero-emissions configurations by as early as 2030 are too lofty in part because technologies are not yet commercially viable.

The impact on trucking from the closure of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia does not appear to be reaching the most dire projections.

Colonial Terminals plans to expand its breakbulk operations along the Savannah River in Georgia. The company recently acquired land that’s adjacent to its current facility and to Norfolk Southern’s network.

The International Energy Agency predicts Asia will buy growing volumes of U.S. crude through 2028. That’s good news for supertanker demand.

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UPS Teamsters voted overwhelmingly Friday to authorize its leadership to call a strike if a deal isn’t reached by July 31.

ABF Freight has outlined the details of its new labor agreement with its union employees.

Battery chemistry will play a critical role in advancing electric trucking beyond regional and drayage hauling.

U.S. law protects American carriers from foreign competition on domestic routes. Two carriers want the government to give them first crack at contracts to fly disaster relief to Guam.

Data shows that some ships are still delayed after a tentative West Coast port labor agreement was reached this week.

Autonomous trucking software developer TuSimple completed a driverless truck pilot on a U.S. highway in 2021. Now it has done it in China.

Broker RXO said it was continuing to execute on longer-term goals even as the freight market awaits the next catalyst.

Move by federal regulators to crack down on broker scofflaws gets mixed reviews from broker and carrier groups.

Three groups representing state and local governments have asked Senate leaders to move forward with debate on the rail safety bill.

Most consumers are interested in knowing more about eco-friendly delivery methods, a Descartes study finds.

Jennifer Hedrick, the new president and CEO of Women in Trucking, speaks on the association’s efforts to advance women’s presence in the transportation industry.

In 1933, 75 U.S. Navy members died when the airship USS Akron crashed and sank into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New Jersey. Naval History and Heritage Command’s Caroline Johnson tells the story.

A request by the Department of Labor in an ongoing legal appeal suggests its independent contractor rule won’t be made until August or September.

Tesla’s Class 8 electric Semi truck’s production is being delayed due to battery supply chain constraints.

Yellow wants to make massive changes in its operations. Teamsters is blocking them – even though the trucking company could shutter.

Common misconceptions around data quality and connectivity stand in the way of maximizing value from visibility solutions and improving overall supply chain performance.

The U.S. supply chain has dodged a bullet. A new dockworker labor deal will keep the peace at West Coast ports.

Cargo airlines and third-party logistics providers are crossing their fingers for a resurgence of air shipments by October. But indications are increasing that the peak season may go out with a whimper.

Hyzon Motors is not out of the woods yet, but it is current on required financial filings and has streamlined its fuel cell business.

A 14-year-old petition filed by a truck safety group to strengthen new-entrant requirements has finally been greenlighted for public scrutiny.

Demand for global supply chain visibility tools is forecast to hit $39B by 2028.

Calls to remove Surface Transportation Board Chairman Marty Oberman are misguided in light of regulatory efforts that Oberman and the current board have undertaken, labor groups tell President Joe Biden.

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Management from J.B. Hunt said it needs to see more data before making a call that the industry is exiting a freight recession.

In the so-called Atlanta Opera case, the National Labor Relations Board overturned an earlier precedent that made it easier to define workers as independent contractors.

The Association of American Railroads has outlined eight ways that the freight rail industry and the federal government can work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Redwood Logistics and FreightWaves have partnered to unlock the SONAR freight market intelligence platform for OTM users.

UPS has told the Teamsters union it will install air conditioning and air induction vents in its package cars, union tweets.

“Patience is wearing thin. Neither side imagined it would take this long,” says the head of the Port of LA on dockworker contract talks.

Freight volumes and spending fell sharply in May, but Cass Information Systems maintains an outlook that the bottom of the cycle is near.

Goods demand has dried up, specifically purchases of big-ticket discretionary items such as furniture and appliances.

FMCSA puts unfair burdens on truck drivers and carriers in accident reporting, the agency is told.

In 1975, the shipping industry was grappling with the growth of rebating, an illegal strategy that could upend fair competition. Ultimately, one carrier created newspaper ads saying the practice had become the norm and another faced a lawsuit.

Passenger rail advocates call for swift action to resolve Amtrak’s substandard on-time performance for its Sunset Limited service. But freight rail supporters say better data is needed to assess what the problems are.

The latest exchange between the Teamsters union and Yellow Corp. suggests the carrier is running out of time and money.

C.H. Robinson avoided a debt downgrade at S&P but the outlook was changed to negative, mostly on the size of its share buybacks.

GLS will handle the first and middle miles before handing off parcels to local partners.

Lightning eMotors identifies electrifying small school buses and shuttle vans as its niche. Scaling depends on finding new capital.

Some bullish commentators have suggested that strong heavy-duty truck sales means a recession isn’t looming. Further context is needed.

The board of the FedEx pilots union has endorsed a contract agreement and sent it to members for an up-or-down vote.

The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges has declined for the 18th time in 19 weeks.


The full impact on trucking from closing a 7-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia may remain unclear for weeks.

Mainstream European tanker owners that are willing to load Russian oil are far outperforming the broader market.

CPKC seeks to extend or make permanent a waiver that allows the railway to dispatch trains for three locations at its Calgary office.

Toyota announced an investment of $328 million to build its new hybrid Tacoma pickup trucks in Mexico.

Auctane’s acquisition of Return Rabbit aims to address siloed offerings in returns management.

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“Unfortunately there are still drivers on the road that give the rest a bad name. We’re as an industry looking to change that perception,” Reliance Partners’ Robert Kaferle said.

Alliance Ground International is on an acquisition spree that aims to take it from a midsize domestic ground handler to a global service provider at airports around the world.

Descartes MacroPoint’s ocean visibility product brings data together in an accessible way that previously was not possible, providing transparency into data and locations during the whole ocean shipping process.

Navistar Inc. is recalling an additional 22,684 trucks and buses for a brake fluid leak that can lead to an under hood fire.

As fleet electrification draws closer, here is how fleet managers can make the transition smooth and sustainable.

Aludyne’s Alan Shevela shares his observations about what he and his company went through during the supply chain squeeze of the past few years and what he learned from it.

Key interstate closed for 7 miles after large slab falls from elevated highway due to tanker fire.

This week in Borderlands: Texas trucking company acquired by Online Transport Inc.; U.S. requests USMCA dispute resolution over Mexico corn ban; RK Logistics expands into Arizona market; and Watco opens railcar storage facility in Texas.

There has definitely been a sustainable shift in how freight is distributed domestically.

An unprecedented level of caution among importers likely to cause further declines in import volumes.

Less-than-truckload carrier Yellow reported another large drop in volumes Friday after the market closed.

The history of trucking in the U.S. is filled with great stories, interesting facts and fascinating inventions. But do you know the most important facts of trucking history? Test your knowledge here.

Nearly 100 owner-operators protested in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday after receiving letters in late May stating the city was ending their contracts for its As-Needed Haul Truck Program, citing the independent contractor law AB5.

The Federal Railroad Administration is planning to expand its assessment of safety culture to include all of the Class I railroads, the agency’s head said recently.

Tender rejections have yet to return to mid-May’s all-time low, but their softness could persist in a trough for the next two quarters.

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UPS commits to 50% of Surepost packages being redirected from the Postal Service to UPS by the end of the next contract.

ArcBest holds on to tonnage growth in the April-May period but yields take a notable step lower.

Outgoing Old Dominion CEO Greg Gantt made his final appearance at the UBS conference and looked back on the company’s road to the top of the heap.ODFL

Megawatt charging is too much for pretty much every electric truck save for the purpose-built Tesla Semi. But that is slowly changing.

Busy Amsterdam airport in the Netherlands is taking a large stake in Maastricht airport, which could become a feeder port as Amsterdam deals with overcrowding.

Weak market in 2023 won’t matter when rate hike time rolls around.

The Biden administration is using a flawed analysis to inform a potential rule mandating lifesaving equipment on truck trailers, according to safety and insurance groups.

FreightWaves calculated about $80 billion of supply chain financing among S&P 500 companies as of Q1, with more companies yet to provide disclosures.

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In 1975, a dredge capsized in the Miami Harbor with 3,600 barrels of oil onboard. But the fast-acting employees of the port allowed it to reopen within 11 hours and prevent what could have been an ecological disaster.

This year’s peak season could see West Coast labor disruptions coincide with Panama Canal water levels impeding cargo flows to the East Coast.

Jake Medwell sits down with Loren Smith to discuss policy items, including fleet electrification, rail safety and the debt ceiling.

A federal court in Canada sided with union members and determined that Canadian Pacific had failed to adequately limit the number of hours that train crews worked in a number of instances in 2018 and 2019.

Nussbaum Transportation’s chief administrative officer joins Taking The Hire Road to discuss how the company’s investment in its people is critical to its culture and success.

GXO is starting its multiyear German expansion plan through the use of warehouse in Dormagen.

Instead of carrying dead weight to help balance its empty freighters, Alaska Air Cargo is taking waste that will go to a recycling center.

Arrow Truck Sales is closing its branches in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio due to state regulations on dealerships.