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CEO and founder Don Burnette says “2022 stood as the year that Kodiak really built momentum and gained the trust of the industry.”
An appellate court that will determine whether the Prop 22 gig worker vote in California is constitutional recently heard arguments.
Lazer Logistics said Tuesday it has acquired the yard shuttling operations from Colorado-based Preferred Cartage Trucking Services.
Echo Global Logistics’ contractual sourcing and continuous movement programs are helping owner-operators stay the course amid market volatility.
The holidays are quickly approaching, and shoppers are checking off their gift lists. This year, however, the festive frenzy has not been strong enough to create a traditional peak season effect.
This partnership has produced an extra layer of security for fleet owners with Ditat’s Secure Code. This feature, managed through Ditat’s TMS, requires a unique four-digit code to be entered for each purchase.
US Freight Railroads are the Best Rail Network Since the Staggers Act of 1980
Air Canada is beefing up ground infrastructure as it develops a new fleet of freighters able to raise transport reliability for logistics customers.
Even though the final piece of XPO’s breakup has been put on hold, the company’s bullish growth ambitions for less-than-truckload have not changed.
Several trucking companies, logistics firms and cold storage facilities are collectively owed millions of dollars after an Iowa-based meat importer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection recently.
Diesel prices at the pump still have a ways to go to catch up with earlier declines in wholesale and futures prices.
Each carrier will come in below the other on certain services, but the net effect will be a wash, TransImpact says
Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels adds a few steps to your pre-trip inspection to combat harsh winter weather.
The U.S. could seek forfeiture of the MSC Gayane, a large ship involved in an infamous smuggling operation, says Bloomberg Businessweek.
“To get the most out of your technology, you have to have the right processes. And to get the most out of your processes and technology, you have to have the right people.”
Following last week’s hearing on embargoes before the Surface Transportation Board, Union Pacific has decided to pause the program. Meanwhile, the board is considering what it can do to encourage rail volume growth.
McLeod enhances its rate index calculator with high-frequency spot rate data.
Delivery management platform Locus has added a new option for retailers to better optimize last-mile delivery while optimizing capacity and business needs.
Knight-Swift is the first carrier to put its own driver behind the wheel of a tractor embedded with autonomous software from Embark Trucks.
Amazon launches driver tipping feature
Like all previous maritime boom cycles, things are starting to turn down. That reshaping of trade is creating a misleading message on demand.
This week in Borderlands: Production, exports of Mexican-made trucks soar in November; Penske Logistics to open major facility in Houston; ShipMonk opens e-commerce fulfillment center in North Texas; and $100M worth of meth seized at border checkpoint.
Since this isn’t 1997, UPS will stay open because it wants to keep business in a changed world for parcel delivery.
Truckload carriers are providing the best contract compliance since COVID started during a traditionally chaotic time. What does this mean for 2023?
Autonomous trucking developer TuSimple appointed three independent directors to right its ship after a month of boardroom drama.
Even as the economy shows signs of slowing, trailer manufacturers see strong demand and few cancellations.
Trevor Milton is seeking a new trial, claiming that a juror lied about using social media. Ironically, lying on social media helped convict the Nikola founder.
The German national railway is looking to sell off its DB Schenker logistics business if it can get a good price.
On the last WHAT THE TRUCK?!? of the year we celebrate the season with offices across the industry
Union Pacific has been recognized for sustainability practices. Commtrex and Railinc are working together to develop a product aimed at using data to simplify rail movements.
Electric vehicle maker Tesla will reportedly soon announce its first automotive assembly plant in Mexico.
For all intents and purposes, the month of December has only three weeks of freight activity, as the final week from Christmas to New Year’s is effectively null. In years prior, freight demand has fallen throughout the month before bottoming out in that final week. So far, December looks to be following seasonal trends, which is to say that, while shippers’ activity is winding down, this movement is not alarming by itself. Rather, the gap in freight demand between 2022 and ’21 (or even ’20) is the main symptom of current ailments.
Walmart and DroneUp continued to expand their drone delivery footprint this week with launches in three new states.
3PL Neovia has a higher debt rating from S&P but it still has a significant debt load.
Professional truck drivers key to the development and growth of PlusDrive highly automated driving solution
Uber Freight and Volvo Autonomous Solutions are stressing patience over hype in working to digitally schedule loads for the truckmaker’s one-stop shop for all things autonomy.
Reliance Partners’ Mark Barlar provides a crash course on the DataQs process.
Amazon has made the returns process easy and convenient for customers, but many retailers have yet to master the art of the return. Spencer Kieboom, founder of Pollen Returns, talks about the role technology can play in the process.
Driver wellness is a critical safety issue. In an industry where driver wellness is consistently listed as a key concern, companies like Rolling Strong are important.
An Indiana trucking company owner claims his office manager of over 20 years — along with her husband — stole more than $600,000 from his affiliated companies over a five-year period.
Ocean carrier CMA CGM’s new cargo airline made the unusual decision to stop serving U.S. customers and lease planes to other carriers for a short period.
Amazon has shifted middle-mile parcel deliveries to UPS and last-mile deliveries to the U.S. Postal Service, Jindel says.
Foreign-flagged vessels working in the U.S. offshore energy sector would face new restrictions under a proposal before Congress.
The Federal Railroad Administration heard starkly different opinions from some railroads and unions about whether the agency should mandate freight train crews of at least two people.
Cargo traffic for Cathay Pacific fell in November, weighed down by weak demand for Chinese exports. The small bump it enjoyed in October was short lived.
In this issue of the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? newsletter: freight story of the year; trucker crashes during livestream; Arizona’s container wall; trucking Christmas gifts and more
Major auto hauler United Road saw its already-low debt rating affirmed, but the outlook was cut to negative as it continues to generate negative free cash flow.
Higher borrowing costs will cut all real estate asset values by 5% to 7%, according to CBRE’s 2023 outlook.
Inflation has famously slammed the price of food and gasoline this year, but televisions and smartphones are historically cheap. What gives?
Founded roughly six years ago, Knoxville, Tennessee-based Konexial is a trucking technology company dedicated to meeting the needs of companies in the industry by creating state-of-the-art technology that helps improve day-to-day operations.
Safety training was once largely considered a one-size-fits-all endeavor, often consisting of in-person classes. That is no longer the case.
Meeting consumer demands is a team effort that involves shippers, carriers, retailers and technology providers.
Hydrogen provider Plug Power will buy 75 Nikola fuel cell trucks while processing hydrogen Nikola will purchase.
Texas has set up state-run checkpoints to stop and inspect random commercial vehicles coming from Mexico.
Less-than-truckload carriers are hopeful a recent round of general rate increases stick on the downside of the cycle.
A tax code throat punch promises to make gig work and online selling as fun as a trip to the morgue and as profitable as the average Mega Millions ticket.
An analysis of supply chain job postings has found that, despite interest in automation technology, many companies are not seeking candidates with technological experience.
U.S. lawmakers are proposing a requirement that restrooms at commercial buildings and ports be available to truck drivers.
Building on partnerships with Motional, Serve Robotics and Nuro, Uber Eats announced a collaboration with self-driving vehicle maker Cartken.
The Government of Rwanda will enlist Zipline to be able to make autonomous deliveries to the nation’s entire population.
Logistics M&A experts at a Benesch law firm conference don’t see any significant downturn in activity even as the freight market slows.
Containerized imports to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have now fallen well below pre-COVID levels.
Tony Tzeng tells FreightWaves’ Domestic Supply Chain Summit that Transfix’s TrueRate+ program is designed to guarantee tenders with an optimal blend of price and service.
Appearing on Fuller Speed Ahead in, Venture 53’s Pat Martin says the supply chain is the most fragmented industry today and that we need AI to solve problems, not automation to replace workers.
Spencer Tenney, president and CEO of Tenney Group, explains how larger players are rethinking their acquisition strategies.
WHAT THE TRUCK?!? live from FreightWaves’ Domestic Supply Chain Summit with guests from Echo, Leaf, Ryder and Inxeption
Supply chain technology startups have “a level of staying power,” says Ironspring Ventures investor Natan Ruddy.
7LFreight is a Freightos company that gives freight forwarders the ability to compare less-than-truckload prices by lane and execute a move.
Trucking-focused labor attorney James Mahoney discusses the Biden administration’s proposed rule on defining independent contractors.
This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Domestic Supply Chain Summit and focuses on key features that shippers should include in their RFPs.
A Circuit survey shows that most delivery drivers are concerned about losing their jobs, but they are interested in working with driverless and drone deliveries.
The Reshoring Institute’s Rosemary Coates discusses how companies are navigating supply chain risks by bringing manufacturing home.
MIT researcher David Correll says more shared information in the shipping ecosystem could ease chronic issues.
The Port of New Orleans has received $800 million from two major trade operators toward a planned $1.8 billion container facility.
Although retailers may be past the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, other headwinds persist, reminding storefronts the importance of having a resilient supply chain, according to National Retail Federation’s Jon Gold.
Jack Echeverria, senior manager of Wayfair’s global logistics arm, CastleGate Logistics, discusses how the online furniture retailer planned its peak season amid this year’s supply chain uncertainty and looks ahead to key factors that will affect market conditions in 2023.
Shippers testified before the Surface Transportation Board on Tuesday about how embargoes affect their operations.
Ryder’s Rob Pluta and Geotab’s Stephanie Voelker discuss how carriers and shippers can overcome technology fragmentation to create more efficient supply chains.
Geodis is now offering U.S.-based e-commerce companies air zone skipping service to Canada.
While the drive to secure new solutions is strong, adopting technology and digitizing processes in an industry that operates 24/7 may be challenging. We sat down with DDC FPO to learn how carriers should address these issues.
Convoy, J.B. Hunt and Uber Freight last week announced that they have partnered to create the Scheduling Standards Consortium as a new standard for full truckload freight employment scheduling.
New standards aimed at dramatically reducing pollution from trucks come at the wrong time for the economy, according to carriers and drivers.
DHL Express is responding to demand for e-commerce with the addition of a new cargo route — this time to the Dominican Republic.
The growing severity of the driver shortage, combined with a shrinking number of predictable and set routes and increasing customer demands, is putting the spotlight once again on autonomous trucks.
Trimble is acquiring German transportation management system provider Transporeon for $1.9 billion.
The Georgia Ports Authority last month handled 464,883 twenty-foot equivalent units, a decline of 6.2% from the 494,699 TEUs moved in November 2021.
Outrider continues transforming yard operations to autonomy, adding a robotic arm to connect and disconnect brake lines.
Cass data released Tuesday showed shipments have moderated and rates are poised to start unwinding two years of increases in January.
Class I railroads CSX, CN, CP and KCS tout recognition for their sustainability efforts, while rail technology provider Wabtec gets a nod for its battery-electric locomotive.
Blockchain technology provider CargoX believes skeptics shouldn’t be bystanders in the creation of global shipping data standards.
Electric vehicle users on the Lyft platform will be eligible for up to 45% savings when charging within EVgo’s network.
Yellow Corp. will modify and refile proposed network changes after meeting with local unions.
Lingering questions about how autonomous trucks will work on the road drove DHL Supply Chain to partner with Embark, which is focused on the “nitty-gritty” details of self-driving technology.
7L Freight is making truck procurement more convenient for logistics companies by combining dynamic rate management with electronic booking.
As a seed-stage startup, Ali Javidan’s Range Energy doesn’t have much to show yet for his idea of electrifying trailers.
The benchmark DOE/EIA average retail diesel price fell by the second-biggest one-week amount in the history of the data series.
Coupa Software is being acquired by Thoma Bravo in a deal valued at $8 billion.
The constitutionality of California’s Prop 22, which barred AB5 from being implemented against gig drivers, gets another court hearing Tuesday.
Fleet solutions provider Motive has laid off 6% of its workforce, citing slow demand and higher operating costs.
November saw another double-digit drop in America’s containerized imports, driven by sinking volumes from Asia.
