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Automation is changing the American workforce, and companies need to start investing in the workers of tomorrow by offering the training necessary to compete, Walsh says.

Logistics warehouse capacity utilization remains extremely tight, with an additional 800 million square feet needed to ease the pressure, a Prologis report says.

A trucking recession is coming. Longtime truckers are closing their businesses as pay drops and expenses soar.

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Cargo vessels allegedly are meeting at sea to transport stolen Ukrainian grain to Turkey and Syria.

Port of Oakland officials are imploring truckers to end their protest over AB5 as the independent contractors prepare to block the terminals for the fourth day on Thursday, bringing container movement at California’s third-largest port to a standstill.

Amazon on Thursday announced the long-awaited debut of electric delivery vans from Rivian in more than a dozen U.S. cities.

Broker Landstar System missed second-quarter expectations but noted pricing metrics are holding firm.

A recent report shows how far the transportation industry remains from the net-zero goal.

An unanticipated high attrition rate among new hires has affected the pace of CSX’s planned operational recovery, according to executives on the railroad’s second-quarter earnings call.

New leaders, an electrification push and Scania influence mark the first year after the Traton’s $3.7 billion takeover of Navistar.

Knight-Swift Transportation rode higher revenues and better margins in all of its divisions to a beat-and-raise second quarter.

Aldi, one of the fastest-growing grocery chains in the U.S., has been named a FreightWaves Shipper of Choice in 2022.

Passenger travel carried United Airlines to a second-quarter profit, while cargo sales eased for the first time in two years.

Outbound tender volumes for Dallas begin to trend upward, and LA is beginning to see more lanes than usual under 250 miles.

Around 450 protesters opposing California’s independent contractor law, AB5, were blocking all of the terminal gates at the Port of Oakland, forcing TraPac and Oakland International Container Terminal, also known as SSA, to close operations on Wednesday.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services announced the promotion of 28-year company veteran Shelley Simpson to president on Wednesday.

“This allows Samsung to set a new bar of service levels for logistics customers, and Vizion supports this through hyperfocus on enhanced visibility technologies,” said Kyle Henderson, co-founder and CEO of Vizion.

Kansas City Southern de Mexico will invest nearly $200 million in a railway bypass. The railroad will have exclusive rights to the bypass for 10 more years.

The Postal Service says it also will procure 34,000 off-the-shelf vehicles to augment its initial 50,000-unit order of electric vehicles.

Ports of Boston and Baltimore shorten supply chains with infrastructure buildouts; another day of protests of Ab5 protests?; rail off the rails and more

Quiet Platforms and American Eagle are building a shared logistics and fulfillment network, with Atlanta as the latest addition.

COVID continues to crush Cathay Pacific’s business, but the cargo fleet is now back at full force.

Legislation approved by the House transportation committee provides dedicated funding for competitive grants aimed at expanding truck parking.

FreightWaves announces a new Chief Revenue Officer and its Q2 earnings.

Emissions-reducing technologies that can help make supply chains greener are available for vehicles of all sizes.

Freight payments data from U.S. Bank showed sequential increases in volumes and costs during the second quarter.

Two years after he predicted supply chain disruptions due to the pandemic, the supply chain scion says the ecosystem remains broken. All that has changed, he says, is an acknowledgment of that reality.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services beat second-quarter expectations despite persistent rail congestion and supply chain bottlenecks.

The STB is sifting through hundreds of pages on the perceived advantages and disadvantages of a merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services’ second quarter came in ahead of forecasts.

America’s goods imports hit a capacity ceiling during the COVID-era boom. Volumes are still bouncing around near the top.

Cautious OEMs allowed the smallest number of trailer orders so far this year, pushing back bookings until late summer.

The Biden administration is launching an advisory panel to identify ways to integrate automation across transportation modes.

Outbound volumes for Philadelphia have increased while inbound loads decrease, which is not typical for this traditionally backhaul market.

GXO will receive an undetermined number of collaborative mobile robots.

As more solutions enter the market and companies’ technological suites have become more sophisticated, integrations have gone from nice-to-have perks to need-to-have requirements for many shippers.

Volvo Group reported higher truck sales, profits and market share in the second quarter despite ongoing supply chain disruptions.

Approximately 100 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10 refused to cross the protest line Tuesday as owner-operators blocked the gates of the SSA terminal, which is the largest operator at the Port of Oakland, in opposition of California’s controversial independent contractor law, AB5.

Boeing, Airbus and independent aviation engineering companies are trying to meet demand for converting standard passenger jets to cargo configuration.

Anahuac Transport Inc. pleaded guilty to potentially contaminating rocket fuel it transported to the Johnson Space Center.

The Department of Labor and federal prosecutors in New York are investigating safety concerns at Amazon warehouses.

Even as some consider allowing customers to keep unwanted items, many e-commerce sellers still consider returns a path to customer loyalty.

While many expect digital freight to disintermediate the broker, MVMNT has other plans in store.

The benchmark DOE/EIA diesel price has now declined for four weeks and the latest drop is the largest since 2014.

After a slow showing early Monday morning, an estimated 400 owner-operators managed to shut down truck traffic at all three terminals — SSA, TraPac and Everport — at the Port of Oakland to protest California’s controversial independent contractor law, AB5.

Temperature-controlled carrier Marten Transport rode higher yield metrics to a record quarter.

Boeing is more optimistic about demand for air cargo over the next 20 years, which is why it forecasts a need for 540 more freighters than competitor Airbus.

Nikola will try for a fourth time to win a proxy fight with indicted founder Trevor Milton as the electric truck maker fell short of votes again.

Outbound reefer volumes for Milwaukee trend upward during the summer months more than others.

Tankers are very busy loading up with American crude oil and refined products sold to overseas buyers.

Logistics real estate investment trust Prologis on Monday pointed to some moderation in demand trends but pushed its full-year financial expectations higher.

China’s “dynamic COVID-zero policy” means more government-mandated testing — and more drayage delays.

California companies may be able to get up to $500,000 per purchase of a qualified zero-emission terminal tractor, refrigeration unit or forklift.

GXO Logistics Inc. plans to permanently shutter its Milwaukee-area facility and lay off 144 workers by September.

Truckers protest AB5 Oakland, rail strike averted, and ILWU is still working without a contract. How are these crisis impacting freight?

College Station will join Lockeford, California, as one of Amazon’s earliest U.S. drone delivery test markets.

A First Amendment lawsuit filed by a trucker convoy group against the District of Columbia government lacks standing, the city contends.

Seattle-based Flexe recently reached a $1 billion valuation with its latest $119 million series D funding round.

Inflation has taken a bite out of furniture sales, but consumers are still buying, according to a delivery expert.

Logistics warehouse owner Prologis reported in-line second-quarter financials Monday but full-year expectations were increased on “healthy demand.”

Experts expected a closing of the gap between record-high auction and retail used truck prices. Now both are in retreat.

Chameleon carriers have been a dangerous part of the transportation industry for decades, experts say.

A turboprop cargo plane owned by a Ukrainian airline crashed in Greece with a load of weapons for Bangladesh’s military.

“We need more people to step up and donate goods and supply chain services.”

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Texas port begins $68M channel improvement project; U.S. authorizes entry of Jalisco avocados; Commodities Integrated Logistics Group expands in Pharr; and Texas CBP intercepts first-in-port pests in shipment of flowers.

This week: Loadsmart teams up with The Home Depot Foundation to support veterans, Ruan aids community after celebrating its 90th anniversary, and Walmart donates to nonprofits at the grand opening of a new e-commerce fulfillment center in Pennsylvania.

Container shipping spot rates continue to ease but are still many times higher than they were pre-pandemic.

Outbound tender city volume in the Detroit market has boomed over the summer with no signs of slowing in the second half of the year.

In the nine days since July began, OTRI fell 141 basis points (bps) to its lowest level in over two years: 6.7%. In the three days following that bottom, OTRI clawed back 50 bps. At present, however, it seems as though any upward momentum upon which it could have built has been lost.

President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order calling for a three-person board to investigate the issues behind the contract discord between the railroads and unions.

These five reverse logistics companies took the spotlight at The Lead Innovation Summit this week.

The supply side is in a “pencils down” mode as higher rates change ROI calculations.

AB5 protest organizer talks about the meaning behind the movement; would you let a robot handle your freight contracts and the key to driver onboarding on demand on WTT

The Canadian government says it will fund infrastructure projects in Saskatchewan and Ontario, as well as research into how the railways can respond to climate-induced events.

Yang Ming’s newest 11,000-TEU container ship will call the Port of Los Angeles on its maiden voyage.

Sam Stockdale discusses Link Logistics’ decarbonizing strategy for logistics infrastructure on FreightWavesTV’s Net-Zero Carbon.

While technology has a place in the evolution of transportation, not everything in the day-to-day operations should be replaced by it. Interpersonal relationships are essential and the foundation for success.

The Biden administration wants to speed an effort unveiled in March to create a first-time freight data exchange for U.S. container shipments.

Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels says letting things slide can have deadly consequences.

Canadian trucking association says officials still need to iron out all the details for the ELD mandate scheduled to take effect Jan. 1.

“While this was not an easy decision to make, restructuring our organization keeps us on a path of success, provides the opportunity to improve efficiency and collaboration and allows us to better address the evolving needs of our customers,” said project44 founder and CEO Jett McCandless.

Drone delivery provider Zipline adds yet another health care company to its list of delivery partners.

Layoffs get the attention but plenty of electric transportation startups are still hiring. They are getting creative with fundraising, too.

“Oil and gas money is so embedded in many local budgets, it’s difficult to imagine a future without it,” a recent New York Times article said.

Insurance and risk management firm TT Club says “Book it right and pack it tight” provides guidance for preparing unitized consignments of dangerous goods for carriage by sea.

As inflation has taken hold, consumers have shifted buying habits, but data suggests those changes are happening in different ways across the country.

New guidance from the Federal Maritime Commission on disputing ocean carrier charges is considered a “landmark moment” by U.S. exporters.

Pennsylvania markets see a drop in volumes but a rise in rejections. Booking volumes for imported maritime volumes are down 11%.

Jennifer Rumsey grew up in Columbus, Indiana, where Cummins Inc. is based. Next month, she will become its first female CEO.

In this issue, AB5 port protests enter day 2; SoCal rail chaos; the wrong way to email drivers; heated seats as a service; and more.

AB5 fallout and freight labor unrest are adding to inflation fears, Republican lawmakers are told.

Drivers find the fleet camera system to be more of a wingman than a watchdog.

Ocean carrier HMM announced Thursday it will invest $7.5 billion over the next five years on ships, terminals and logistics facilities.

Railroad crews are facing “all-time low” morale. They could legally strike in July, worsening supply-chain congestion.

After a record year of freight demand in 2021, carriers playing in the spot market benefited from a blank check when naming rates. The federal stimulus enabled consumers to pay […]

The 1,158-acre Gulf Inland Logistics Park near Houston includes a switching railroad and has access to two Class I railroads and major highways.

Wing, the drone delivery arm of Alphabet, is laying out flight plans with an array of advanced aircraft prototypes.

Drayage provider ContainerPort Group has announced the addition of truck capacity in key port markets.