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“Ensuring companies stay compliant certainly isn’t the sexiest venture, but in the trucking industry, it’s one of the most important aspects to get right.”

Dallas Fort Worth is a tech-forward airport on many levels. Its latest initiative is trialing an autonomous tow vehicle in the cargo area.

“I think there are a lot of barriers that keep ladies out of finance and freight. It usually starts with ‘can’t.’ Do what you want to do. Don’t listen to the ‘can’t.’” Westjohn said.

Used trucks had doubled in price over the last year. Now, auctioneers are reporting that prices are finally softening.

CEO Brett Suma lays out Loadsmith’s definition of capacity as a service.

Supply chain bottlenecks on the West Coast last year were evident in global port ranking data.

The supply chain saw fewer people leaving their jobs in 2021, and while overall pay increased, men disproportionately benefited from the increase.

The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced it will use roughly $3.5 billion from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to invest in air carbon capture projects.

A Florida trio was recently sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a $200 million infant formula fraud scheme.

Spot rates from Houston to New Orleans are almost double the national average, and China’s zero-COVID initiative continues to affect trade.

The port is undergoing a modernization initiative and aims to double container capacity as part of a broader effort to attract market share from Northeast and Midwest customers.

Ethiopian Airlines is investing in five more Boeing 777 freighters to meet shipping demand.

Motive raised $150 million to invest in products aimed at the “safety, productivity and profitability” of businesses.

Inventories of ultra low sulfur diesel on the East Coast moved down again after last week’s increase, but other statistics may promise relief to some buyers.

Without sanctions, tankers will keep loading Russian oil. ‘We’re not taking a moral high ground,’ says Frontline’s CEO.

On the show, how the big ship arms race is ruining everything; latest on electric trucks; creating a driver culture; and trucker OT pay

Kicking off FreightWaves’ 2022 Shipper of Choice award nominees is Boston Beer, the maker of Samuel Adams and other popular alcoholic brands.

The need for streamlined supply chains has never been more pivotal, but many current technologies were not designed to cope with the level of uncertainty companies are facing in 2022.

BMO, a major lender to the trucking sector, reported that write-offs and allowances declined in the second quarter, with weakness not evident in the data.

Schneider’s second corporate responsibility report focuses on emissions and social initiatives.

Imagine having most of your work done before lunch. That’s a reality for dispatchers with Alvys in the equation.

The International Air Transport Association’s U.S. subsidiary next month will have a new president.

Passenger airline Avianca plans to lease up to four converted freighters as cargo becomes a strategic focus.

Outbound tender rejections for Houston hit 8.3%, and retail sales show an increase of 0.9% in the month of April.

Flytrex, which operates drone delivery services in North Carolina and Texas, will deliver ice cream from Unilever’s The Ice Cream Shop.

Veho has opened three facilities in Florida as it expands its last-mile e-commerce delivery business.

Safety stats show resilience despite aging ships, cut corners on maintenance and rising pressure on seafarers.

A major shipper lobbying group has concerns over trucker overtime pay legislation.

The solicitor general has advised the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear the appeal of a lower court decision that would require adoption of the AB5 independent contractor law in the state’s trucking industry.

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators wants the Surface Transportation Board to take action to address service delays and congestion on the freight rail network.

U.K. retailer Asda is expanding its partnership with Blue Yonder and adding last-mile delivery capabilities from Bringg as it seeks to improve its omnichannel supply chain.

The three brothers who own Stan Koch Trucking split into factions years ago, but a court case settles the amount that two of them will need to pay.

With LoadStop — an enterprise, cloud-based and carrier-focused platform — carriers of all sizes can grow revenue, streamline internal workflows, optimize fleet management and dispatching, and reduce time waste through process automation.

A new tracking analytic uncovers the undercurrents within the flow of trade.

Gulf Coast ports continue to see strong demand for container and breakbulk cargo services during the month of April.

Experts discuss the challenges facing carriers and shippers when it comes to measuring emissions and why it matters.

Mexico-based digital freight forwarder Nowports has achieved unicorn status after closing a $150 million series C round.

Gorillas, a Berlin-based startup that delivers grocery, food and convenience items in 15 minutes or less, is laying off half of its employees.

According to Patrascu, it’s important for employers and administrators to continuously be in conversation with their agents and other employees in order to know how to grow their business, their employees and themselves. 

The number of carriers receiving FMCSA conditional safety ratings is increasing as more off-site audits are conducted.

Tender rejection rates from Denver to Los Angeles have increased to 4.2%, and spot rates from Little Rock, Arkansas, to New Orleans have peaked at $3.55 this month.

FreightWaves SONAR is the industry’s leading and fastest freight forecasting platform. SONAR provides the clearest insight into freight pricing, and subscribers can reliably forecast supply chain demand and capacity by […]

The high-flying darlings of 2021, less-than-truckload stocks are finding their way back to earth quickly this year.

Walmart announced it will add drone delivery to 32 locations in six states this year with partner DroneUp.

Georgia Central Railway will serve Hyundai Motor Group’s $5.5 billion-dollar electric vehicle and battery manufacturing facility near Savannah.

Daimler Truck North America is trying to solve thefts of semiconductor-rich powertrain control modules from its tractors.

The national average benchmark diesel price was down, but the East Coast price was down by a smaller amount.

A new per-package charge has been levied on Standard cross-border ground service.

The Jacksonville harbor deepening project “demonstrates Florida’s unwavering commitment to strengthen and grow supply chains.”

East Coast gasoline inventories are alarmingly low. Gasoline imports from Europe could help but may not be enough to fill the gap.

Supply chain delays are the chief worry among most of the 4,000 survey respondents.

Cargo security has been a concern on the radars of many shippers and carriers in recent years, but during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic worries mounted as cargo thefts […]

The e-commerce giant will deliver packages from local malls using its network of Amazon Flex gig drivers.

The Small Fleet & Owner-Operator Summit takes place on June 15, 2022.

Tech looks to solve detention; Flexport joins push for formula; retail inventories up big; from corrections to trucking CEO; cybersecurity

Partnering with AI-powered supply chain company Symbotic, Walmart is bringing robots to its 42 regional DCs.

The way that transportation has been traditionally bought and sold has left shippers and transportation providers siloed and connected only to those partners within their existing network.

Pitney Bowes found that U.S. parcel volumes grew 6% last year, and more growth is forecast for the next five years.

Drayage trucks in California with engines made before 2010 will have to be shut down at the end of the year on the road to zero-emissions vehicles.

Domestic intermodal volumes rose 6.8% year-over-year in the first quarter, and tender rejections out of Memphis, Tennessee, have dropped 3% in the past week.

FedEx Express will be the first commercial operator to fly baby formula to the U.S. as part of the government’s Operation Fly Formula.

FedEx is trucking an emergency shipment that arrived Sunday in Indianapolis on a U.S. military jet to a Nestle warehouse.

FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller analyzes truckload contract rates and where they may be headed.

AskWaves looks at application programming interfaces in the less-than-truckload industry and how far the evolution can go.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico fully opens its market to U.S. potatoes; a Japanese auto parts maker completes a $29 million Mexico expansion; Charger Logistics is opening a Texas facility; and CG Railway launches its second U.S.-Mexico ferry.

The truckload spot market has fallen apart over the past two months. Larger fleets are in far better shape for weathering the storm.

This week: The maritime industry celebrates its first International Day for Women, Leonard’s Express unveils its first of five patriotic trucks, and FedEx helps milk banks ship breast milk to combat the formula shortage.

It has been a terrible year for the stock market, a great one (so far) for product tanker and dry bulk shipping stocks.

Truckers will need to be patient as retailers burn through their buffer stock.

United Airlines is significantly boosting its cargo capacity with the reintroduction of Boeing 777-200 jets.

A U.S. federal appeals court ruled that four Class I railroads must bear the burden on what internal documents can be excluded from two lawsuits about fuel surcharges and price fixing activity in the early 2000s.

Six people have pleaded guilty in the theft of $1.4 million from San Antonio-based carriers Texas Chrome Transport and MJR Truck Lines.

Volume levels have restarted their decline, as have spot rates. The national rejection rate has fallen below 9%…

FreightWaves and PYMNTS are co-hosting Supply Chain Meets FinTech in Atlanta on August 17.

Will freight ever return to normal; Mayor highlights trucking; small fleet owner on operating in this market and news on WTT

Meritor’s $201 million purchase of Siemens’ electric propulsion unit is fine with Meritor suitor Cummins.

Wingcopter is partnering with Continental Drones Ltd. on what would be the world’s largest commercial deployment of delivery drones.

The best way to keep your drivers satisfied is to know what they want.

Australia’s Tritium is making a charge in U.S. market with a move into direct current fast charging for electric trucks.

Independent contractor status has been a particularly contentious issue for the trucking industry, and with a more pro-union posture from Washington, bears watching.

In the wake of the latest deadly shootings, Democratic lawmakers urge carriers to tighten firearm security measures.

Executives from Cherre and Faropoint, two firms that analyze industrial real estate data, break down what to look for in a warehouse.

Intermodal spot rates from LA to Atlanta have declined 9.2% in the past week, and dwell times for ocean containers out of Shanghai have reached surprisingly low levels.

Distracted driving is a problem. The product offered by NoCell is designed to reduce it, but there is some resistance.

As thousands of exhibitors and attendees convened in Northwest Arkansas last week, many were introduced to Coleman Warren and the business he founded, Simple+Sweet Creamery, to fight child hunger.

President Biden has approved the first mission for Operation Fly Formula: Bring back baby formula from Europe.

Infant formula manufacturers and the federal government have called in the air cargo cavalry to help with the formula shortage.

Omaha-based LGT Transport announced it has acquired Jason Thomas Trucking, a provider of liquid fertilizer transportation in the Midwest.

Freight demand trends in a softening market continue to be bifurcated with large fleets remaining unscathed so far.

Recruitment and retention through digital media efforts.

WTT live from #FOSC22 with guests from SkyBitz; Shipwell; Primo; Kargo; Kingsgate Logistics and more cowbell

Used truck auction prices started to ease in April as freight demand slowed, but they remain more than twice as expensive as a year ago.

The third-party food delivery platform is the latest to make a move in the burgeoning grocery delivery space.

Megaships are helping cause our current supply chain chaos. Big container boats have hampered competition and clogged up ports.

Convoy helped bring sustainability issues to the forefront at FreightWaves’ The Future of Supply Chain event last week in Rogers, Arkansas.

Baird analyst Garrett Holland says HG Vora’s offer to acquire Ryder System doesn’t fairly value a projected increase in earnings.

Sustainability database provider HowGood announced it closed a $12.5 million funding round to expand its capabilities and clients.

Digital freight platform Hwy Haul aims to reduce food waste during transportation.

Food distributor Sysco Corp. intends to order up to 800 Class 8 Freightliner eCascadia electric trucks from Daimler Truck North America..

“The time is right for a seismic shift online in the world of open deck shipping. Thanks to its shipper TMS solution, internal TMS and carrier management portal, we feel EXO Freight is poised to fundamentally improve the economics and quality of life for open deck carriers and their drivers,” said Dan Ahrens, managing partner at Left Lane Capital.