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Ambassador Esteban Moctezuma says that border-crossing expansions in Texas and Mexico are critical to North American trade.

Imported twenty-foot equivalent units cleared through customs to the Port of New York and New Jersey fell last week, and truckload volumes in St. Louis are climbing this week.

Just two supertankers have been ordered in the past 14 months, raising the risk of a future shortfall in oil transport capacity.

The Utah Inland Port Authority, short-line operator TNW Corp. and the Surface Transportation Board have announced appointments and promotions.

Using data to protect trucking companies.

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday blew the whistle on the planned acquisition of a large container manufacturer by a Chinese company.

Plug Power will supply Amazon with 10,950 tons of green hydrogen annually for transportation and building operations starting in 2025.

When it comes to drone delivery, some states are better prepared than others. Here are all of them ranked.

The Postal Service is leaning on freight brokers as it cuts costs and chases efficiency. That’s bad news for long-time contractors.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada wants the country’s major railways to install enhanced train-control technology similar to positive train control in the U.S.

Grocery app Instacart is now delivering big and bulky items from Big Lots, Staples, Office Depot and more.

Sanctions have put two of Volga-Dnepr’s three cargo airlines out of action. The Russian airline is grasping for lifelines.

Uber Freight and others announced LightningPay last fall, and the product’s philosophy and practices were presented at a key industry conference in Atlanta.

A severe recession deserves some mindshare among scenarios that could play out in coming months, ACT Research economist Jim Meil says.

Locus’ autonomous mobile robots work collaboratively with humans to improve piece-handling productivity.

Edmonton International Airport is organizing itself as an air hub for e-commerce shipments.

FreightWaves asks experts how cooking oil goes from frying food to fueling vehicles and answers the question: Does it smell like french fries?

RoadOne IntermodaLogistics announced the acquisition of Oakland, California-based R&A Trucking.

The Russia-Ukraine war caused demand for LNG to surge. Owners of LNG carriers are in prime position to profit this winter.

Colonial Freight Systems confirms it will shutdown operations at the end of the month.

Outbound volumes are their highest on record in Las Vegas, but Austin, Texas, sees an even larger increase.

Railroad union representatives have been reticent publicly about how they plan to proceed with contract talks following last week’s recommendations from an independent board.

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In order to be proactive in both the planning stage and throughout the year, shippers need access to accurate, digestible and up-to-date data.

A severe typhoon is headed for the South China region, forcing airlines and ports to take precautions and adjust schedules.

Burgeoning logistics tech firm EasyPost on Wednesday announced a last-mile delivery partnership with Swyft.

PS Logistics has acquired transportation assets from Phoenix Leasing of Tennessee and its sister company Colonial Freight Systems.

Phononic and Sortimo have combined forces to create a temperature-controlled Ford E-Transit upfit option for grocery last-mile delivery providers.

Trucking regulators will consider allowing hair drug test results to be reported into a federal drug clearinghouse — despite asserting a lack of authority.

Chattanooga, Tennessee-based U.S. Xpress is cutting another 5% of its corporate workforce in the trucking company’s second round of layoffs in three months.

New York City police have targeted overnight truck parking in a section of the city close to Kennedy Airport.

Dallas-area transportation companies are getting back to work after record-breaking rain and floods.

DHL Express announced Tuesday it has raised hourly wages by 15% to 18% for workers at its Cincinnati airport facility.

Reefer volumes in Northern California start to fall, and Bowling Green, Kentucky, shows signs of a headhaul market.

It’s not too late to take care of violations that could leave you sidelined. Be sure to conduct thorough pre- and post-trip inspections of your brakes, lights and tires.

Kodiak Robotics snagged a strategic investment and is developing an autonomous truck service project with Pilot Co.

Zhengzhou airport has completed a major expansion project to alleviate crowding at its cargo facilities and allow for significant growth.

Supply chain visibility company FourKites has introduced a big upgrade to its end-to-end platform.

The American Chemistry Council says freight rail service still leaves much to be desired, despite the railroads’ efforts to improve.

Supply chain visibility platform project44 receives a boost from Turvo’s tech-driven TMS solution.

He regards the technology as not just the next generation of business process tools after the TMS, but something more akin to the revolutionary jump from traditional phones to smartphones.

The startup will hit an $11 million annual run rate in September.

Cummins will integrate Gatik’s autonomous vehicle technology with its own drive-by-wire software for use on Isuzu Class 6 FTR box trucks using Cummins’ B6.7 engine.

The Mojave Inland Port could reduce congestion at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Mud dauber wasps pose a danger to jets at Australia’s Brisbane Airport, which is using special treatments to keep the insects away.

The benchmark price of diesel declined slightly, but diesel futures markets are soaring even as crude and gasoline lag.

Truckload carrier Heartland Express will take on another difficult turnaround in CFI, which it acquired from TFI International for $525 million.

Trucking companies want the FMC to require better container storage data from the ocean carriers to speed cargo flow at the Port of New York and New Jersey.

The cost of marine fuels is down sharply from the wartime peak, except for ‘clean’ LNG, which is getting even more expensive.

Volumes out of Dallas fall while rejections rise; Indianapolis sees respectable increases in both.

Workers responsible for the transport of goods have pushed back on wage offers in recent months, but the flow of trade is choking in this tug of the purse strings between employers and labor.

OOIL reports record revenue but has “legitimate concerns about the impact of inflation and interest rate rises on consumer spending.”

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Spencer Patton said he can no longer operate his business past Black Friday unless the FedEx unit renegotiates his contract.

A week after Apex Capital Corp., and its subsidiary, TCS Fuel, were targeted in a ransomware attack, Apex said Monday that it’s business as usual.

Oak Brook, Illinois-based Hub Group announced that it has acquired Tagg Logistics for $103 million in cash.

Many facets of trucking used to be highly regulated. But recently, Washington has kept its distance from the $800 billion industry.

Heartland Express announced Monday the acquisition of CFI’s non-dedicated dry van and temperature-controlled fleet in the U.S. and its logistics operation in Mexico.

The Surface Transportation Board wants to know how the seven Class I railroads expect to meet demand for rail service during the harvest season running from September into the new year.

Our sentiment survey of 166 freight brokers on their outlook for the third quarter of 2022 shows they are pessimistic about acquiring and retaining customers.

A new research paper found that no delivery method can match the energy efficiency of drones or small robots, but package delivery efficiency may be best left to vans.

Levi Strauss & Co. has developed a new technology that balances the consumer experience with business objectives when fulfilling e-commerce orders.

The Class 8 Tesla Semi electric truck created the market for battery-powered freight movement. Is production edging closer?

Spot rates on most global shipping routes continue to fall. The trans-Atlantic market is the exception: It’s holding firm near its high.

This week in Borderlands: Canada remains top US trading partner; Flexport executive joins Nuvocargo; PLA opens Houston pallet facility; and North Texas Trailers acquired by Ehrsam Enterprises.

Middle-market private equity firm Red Arts Capital announces its latest investment in the supply chain.

Used trucks commanded lower prices at auction and retail in July as the overheated equipment market continued to cool.

The worst may be over for low water levels on the Rhine, but the impact on the supply chain will take time to fully ease.

Federal regulators are inviting the public to comment on a truck driver’s request to be exempt from hours-of-service rules.

The discrepancy between inbound and outbound volumes in Louisville, Kentucky, is the greatest it has been on record. Philadelphia continues to see an increase in the Headhaul Index.

Since the pandemic started, many shippers found their existing contracts unable to ensure carrier compliance. Supply and demand were especially volatile, and so spot rates, which are more sensitive to changing market conditions, handily outpaced contract rates.

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TuSimple told federal officials about the crash of one of its supervised autonomous trucks and temporarily grounded its fleet. But it neglected to inform its partner, Navistar.

A partnership between DHL Express and Singapore Airlines is taking off following the delivery of a new Boeing 777 freighter.

FMCSA’s Safe Driver Apprenticeship Pilot Program will analyze the safety benefits or hazards that young drivers pose to interstate commerce.

Three delivery contractors acknowledge that some of their peers are struggling. But they maintain the contractor model remains on solid ground.

Like others, Amazon sees a large opportunity in business-to-business e-commerce, and it is positioning its Amazon Business unit to take advantage.

Ports in Houston, Corpus Christi, Texas, and Mobile, Alabama, continued to see increased cargo volume in July.

In this issue of the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? newsletter: ocean rates sink; Walmart inventory woes; Amazon adds peak season fee; and more.

U.S. imports accelerated in July, with inbound cargo from China reaching a year-to-date high, according to Descartes.

CEO Craig Knight has been ousted as Hyzon Motors CEO as financial issues heightened the trucking fuel cell maker’s risk of Nasdaq delisting.

Flexport has tapped another Amazon veteran for its leadership ranks as the logistics company moves to the next level of growth.

Outbound tender volumes are driving down the Headhaul Index in Baltimore, while volumes in Detroit continue to soar.

Attracting and retaining a younger workforce.

Daimler Truck is exerting greater influence over independent subsidiary Torc Robotics by bringing in its own CEO.

July was a record month at the Port of Virginia. At SC Ports, July’s volumes were up from June as the Port of Charleston sought to improve port flows.

Canadian midstream operator Keyera and CN are considering creating an energy terminal that would serve the production-rich region.

FreightWaves interviewed an expert to learn more about what it will take to adapt supply chains to a circular economy.

Narvar is teaming with logistics-as-a-service platform Fillogic to create a new option for retailers to handle e-commerce returns.

Tom Barone, who helped lead e-commerce operations at eBay Enterprise and CommerceHub, joins Stord as the company’s first president.

Management from J.B. Hunt Transport Services doubles down on long-term growth initiatives in its intermodal unit.

With East Coast ship queues high, port executive Gene Seroka says: “For cargo owners looking to rechart their course, come to Los Angeles.”

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Mark Hanchett, CEO of Atlis Motor Vehicles, has taken an unusual path to fundraising for his electric truck company, which soon plans to go public. Hear how he did it.

The Headhaul Index in Denver dropped to its lowest score since June, and both inbound and outbound volumes in New Orleans remain undecided on which direction to take.

Solvento CEO Jaime Tabachnik explains how his fintech startup expedites payments for the trucking industry in Latinamerica.

After initially blaming an “unplanned system outage” for its computer networks being knocked offline since early Monday, Apex Capital Corp. and its subsidiary, TCS Fuel, confirmed late Tuesday that both companies’ systems were targeted in a malware attack.

Pymnts CEO Karen Webster chats with Bryzos founder and CEO Shep Hickey about the challenges and opportunities involved in creating an online marketplace to sell steel for industrial uses.

Crowley Solutions CPO Shashank Panchangam explains how siloed data will stall the industry’s fintech future.

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