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Spot freight rates are easing, but in a sign of resilience, container-ship charter rates remain near all-time highs.

The Transportation Trades Department wants Congress to modify the language to ensure freight railroads provide adequate service.

Container lines stand to gain from unprecedented berthing priority under a proposal introduced by California lawmakers aimed at helping U.S. exports.

Small carriers exit the industry in droves; tragedy in San Antonio; shipbuilders wont stop building ships; theft trends and more on demand on WTT

Nikola founder Trevor Milton will be tried in September rather than July after a new fraud charge led to a plea for more time.

Digital twins are all the rage in business because they provide a proactive look at the supply chain.

FedEx pilots want a rich new labor deal to keep up with their counterparts at United and UPS.

Atlanta-based supply chain SaaS platform Logility will add digital twinning capabilities with Starboard.

Baton eliminates 25% of its workforce to pivot its business model to focus on its artificial intelligence transportation management software for drop-freight operation

Decades of experience delivering critical health care products has shaped Capstone Logistics’ last-mile solution for e-commerce and grocery delivery.

PGT Trucking, Inc. has a proven solution to assist prospective owner-operators through today’s market challenges — lease purchasing.

Container and breakbulk volumes rise as Gulf Coast ports record strong shipping volumes in May.

Shorter RFP cycles allow shippers to take advantage of market shifts in the short term, enabling them to maintain rates that are as close to real-time market offerings as possible.

IMI’s Bob Bortner explains why fleets should take a closer look at the wheels that keep them rolling.

Meet Juliette, the laundry company founded by Rechelle Balanzat that’s using logistics to take its business to new heights.

Atlanta heats up with rejection rates of 10.9%, and large enterprise carriers are still making a profit from diesel prices.

Cummins Inc., a threat to the survivability of hybrid powertrain developer Hyliion, will partner with the startup on certifying a natural gas engine.

This year, American consumers are expected to spend $7.7 billion – a number that has climbed over $1 billion since 2019 – on food items leading up to the July 4 holiday.

Changing how recruiters communicate with drivers from the very beginning is one of the simplest and most effective ways to tackle driver hiring issues.

NS starts a new operating plan for intermodal; CN plans investments in Louisiana and Wisconsin; and MxV Rail agrees to share expertise with a UK group.

The jaws of the supply chain vise are squeezing trade so tight that the headache it is creating will be a whopper for logistics managers this peak season.

Convoy released a sustainability report Tuesday conveying its goal to reach net-zero emissions by 2040.

Silk Way West Airlines, an all-cargo carrier based in Azerbaijan, placed an order with Airbus on Tuesday for two A350 large freighters, moving from an exclusive Boeing fleet for the […]

Less-than-truckload carrier Saia continues to grow its terminal map at an industry-leading pace.

Traditional loans or recourse factoring are not the only ways to get carriers paid and build up credit. ComFreight has set out to help brokers grow and solve the problem of contract-heavy, high-stress traditional financing with HaulPay.

Port X aims to create an environment where drivers feel like part of the greater team, not sequestered from it.

Drone delivery firm Zipline launched a commercial service in North Carolina less than a week after obtaining a historic FAA certification.

Authorities said the people inside the truck appeared to be undocumented migrants in a presumed human smuggling attempt.

Non-asset-based freight agents, who work independently of any one specific carrier, are especially at a disadvantage in today’s marketplace.

Veho, which offers last-mile delivery and logistics for e-commerce brands, has opened facilities in Cincinnati and St. Louis, giving it a presence in 22 metro areas in the U.S.

Embraer is the latest manufacturer to launch a freighter conversion program for used passenger aircraft.

Fleets have been able to find more control over their transportation spend using PTV Route Optimizer’s features designed to suit the specific logistical last-mile delivery needs for CPG items.

A flood of newly built container ships will be delivered by shipyards in 2023-25. Can liners maintain pricing power?

CN announced Monday it anticipates spending $355 million in 2022 to improve infrastructure in Illinois, Tennessee, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick.

Trailer Bridge signed a $62 million lease agreement with the Jacksonville Port Authority to continue operating a Blount Island terminal through at least 2041.

Nikola founder Trevor Milton has been irritating the company he once led since leaving in September 2020.

With the freight market falling and layoffs hitting the news cycle, is now a good time to get a job in supply chain? We’ll find out on demand on WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

Outbound tender volume for New Orleans spikes 21% in the last 90 days, and the outbound rejection index for Houston rises 115 basis points.

Hanko Kiessner of Packsize talks to Modern Shipper about how transportation problems can be solved in the warehouse.

Lufthansa parked 14 giant Airbus A380 aircraft during the pandemic but now sees value in bringing some back.

Both Democrats and Republicans representing the Pacific Northwest say the creation of a ship-to-rail container port at the existing Port of Coos Bay could boost West Coast port capacity by as much as 10%.

Burris Logistics expands cold chain service map for subsidiary Honor Foods in its latest acquisition.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has invalidated an ELD from ArionTech Inc. for “failure to meet the minimum requirements.”

The Energy Information Administration is still dealing with technical issues and won’t be releasing — but will be gathering — its weekly benchmark diesel price.

California’s AB5 law will remain blocked from implementation in the state’s trucking sector for now as the Supreme Court remains silent.

FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller assesses the potential for a “great purge” in trucking fleets.

With all the challenges facing the supply chain, companies can’t afford to have bad delivery experiences for their customers. Visibility into the process helps, if it starts early enough.

A Swiss logistics company and Baker Hughes, its customer, must take their dispute over a botched air cargo shipment to arbitration, a U.S. federal court said.

NextEra Energy plans to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by 2045, saying it can do so without using offsets through renewable hydrogen. 

The U.S. is seeing a resurgence in extraction of rare earth elements, with mining and manufacturing operations at sites in California, Utah and Texas.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Exports, production of heavy-duty trucks from Mexico drop in May; Kansas City Southern de Mexico commits $120 million to new projects; Prologis building distribution warehouse in Dallas area; and Amazon opens sixth logistics warehouse in Mexico.

This week: Theresa DeSantis takes home a second SuperRigs Best of Show award, Schneider donates to LGBTQIA+ non-profit organization and Swift honors POW/MIA veterans with a newly wrapped Kenworth.

Amid soaring inflation and supply chain crunches, the United States’ key rail regulator has been mired in political antics.

The railway’s recent 2022 capital investment announcement brings the total to nearly CA$1.7 billion (US$1.32 billion) for six Canadian provinces.

The rising cost of construction materials — and lack of bidders — is weakening the power of the bipartisan infrastructure law.

After a new fraud charge was leveled against Nikola founder Trevor Milton earlier this week, his attorneys are seeking a 30-day delay to review the documents.

With the country navigating a weakening economy, companies industry wide are struggling to hire and retain drivers.

Amazon this week unveiled Proteus, its first “fully autonomous” mobile warehouse robot.

On demand on WTT: Lunar logistics with NASA; will the fuel tax holiday help trucking; DB Schenker buys USA Truck and more

FedEx Freight’s gains won’t make investors forget about FedEx Ground’s issues, but they help.

BNSF’s brief embargo aims to reduce Southern California network congestion, which the railway partly blamed on bad weather.

Dispatcher Elijah Goldberg discusses life and working in Kyiv, Ukraine, during wartime.

A midyear report showed mixed data for deal flow in the transportation and logistics sector.

Outbound tender volumes for Columbus rise, and tender rejections out of Atlanta reach above the national average.

Volume levels have restarted their decline, as have spot rates. The national rejection rate has fallen below 8%…

German logistics giant DB Schenker on Friday made a big move into the North American trucking market with a deal to acquire USA Truck.

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that simply discouraging an employee from filing a FMLA request is enough to have violated the employee’s rights.

Using dropship vendors offers retailers many advantages, especially in current times, but managing them is another matter.

Reliance Partners’ Robert Kaferle describes simple ways fleets can derive savings.

What’s it like to have a totally antiquated supply chain management process and build a new one from the ground up? Karon Evanoff tells her story.

Google Cloud leverages IT prowess to help businesses improve supply chains, executive says.

After initially blaming an internal administrative error for the failure to pay its North American employees for nearly a month, Dallas-based logistics tech startup Slync.io stated Thursday that its “inability to timely liquidate funds” is the real reason for its ongoing payroll nightmare.

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Roadrunner said Thursday it has completed the second phase of service enhancements in its metro-to-metro, less-than-truckload network.

Three commissioners of the Federal Maritime Commission contend a merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern would result in diverting U.S.-bound intermodal traffic to Canadian ports.

Container shipping rates remain far above pre-COVID levels, yet there are more signs of prices easing.

New delivery window to be set at two to five days for “Parcel Select Ground” and “Retail Ground” shipments.

Shippers are beginning to realize that their tried and true RFP methods will no longer keep them competitive in a changing market, pushing them to consider new, data-driven options.

Driving company culture and personal growth.

Shopify believes its new B2B e-commerce platform could spark a return to peak pandemic glory.

IATA says airlines can’t succeed on sustainable fuels, 5G interference and lithium battery safety without more government involvement.

Technology solutions, like the ones offered by Trucker Tools, help shippers and carriers achieve visibility and quickly book available trucks and nearby loads with the power of real-time, early and accurate data.

Red Arts Capital makes another acquisition in the supply chain, adding contract packaging provider Coregistics to its portfolio.

The benchmark diesel price used for fuel surcharges has been delayed and won’t be released this week but will be effective June 20.

The collapse of spot rates and surge in diesel prices is pushing small truckers out of the industry. One broker called it the “Great Purge.”

The NHTSA has approved the Einride Pod autonomous vehicle for on-road operation.

Spot market rates from Atlanta to Columbus, Ohio, have increased 3.2% in the last month, and the railways struggle with labor issues.

Real estate logistics provider Prologis set a net-zero emissions target for 2040 along with other targets in its environmental, social and governance report.

With the right technology, fleets can confidently weather any storm.

With millions of truck drivers on the roads every day, it is up to carriers to ensure they uphold the values and safety-first focus of the professional trucker. And it all starts with training.

Aero Capital Solutions is a mid-tier aircraft leasing firm that has quickly gone from zero freighters to soon having 40 of them.

Stord adds flex warehouse capacity in three key markets as it continues building its first-party fulfillment network.

As CalArk grew its local delivery fleet, it realized drivers could not take advantage of a short-haul exemption from ELD rules with current technology. So it built a new system.

Schreiber Foods, one of the world’s largest dairy producers, has been named a FreightWaves Shipper of Choice in 2022.

XPO executives tell investors why they chose to downsize the company, and vow to significantly boost LTL capital spending.

Pactum uses AI and chatbots to automate contract negotiations for some of the biggest companies in the world.

The first half has been phenomenal for product tankers. How much of shipping upside is due to the war?

FMCSA is a partner in a multistate effort this summer to more aggressively enforce traffic laws on Interstates 81 and 95.

As the industry continues to grapple with the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, dedicated options seem to be making their way back into the spotlight.

Outbound tender volumes for Green Bay are increasing 4.8% week-over-week, and costs per forty-foot container from Germany rise more than $400 since March.