Driverless vehicles, drones and more demos in store at F3
FreightWaves’ Future of Freight Festival 2022 is just around the corner — check out these exciting companies on the demo stage.
FreightWaves’ Future of Freight Festival 2022 is just around the corner — check out these exciting companies on the demo stage.
An overview of F:3 Future of Freight Festival, Day 3.
La experiencia inmersiva tendrá lugar del 1 al 3 de noviembre de 2022
A Norfolk Southern spokesman said Saturday he’s unclear whether two cavers will face trespassing charges after they were rescued early Wednesday in a cave located on railroad property at the base of Lookout Mountain in Tennessee.
Covenant Logistics Group adopts a $30 million stock buyback plan and acquires AAT Carriers.
The Chattanooga, Tennessee-based truckload carrier said the outlook is for continued operational progress during 2022.
Tracking and sharing carbon emissions is the first step toward net-zero carbon emissions.
Chattanooga VC firm is ready to find the next FreightTech unicorn.
Founders Camp, the Dynamo-powered event for founders and startup companies, will take place in November alongside FreightWaves’ F3: Future of Freight Festival in Chattanooga.
FreightWaves is bringing back its in-person events this year with the F3: Future of Freight Festival in November, celebrating all things freight in a communitywide celebration throughout the city of Chattanooga.
Trident is converting spot opportunities to contracted business in the pandemic.
Carriers looking to attract more drivers may have to get creative with recruitment, as well as consider raising pay or adding bonuses, said Rob Hatchett, president of SeatMyTrucks.
Sese Logistics said it worked several weeks and “incurred $152,433 in fees and expenses in obtaining the release” of the trailers.
On today’s podcast we’re looking at the impacts tornadoes had on the South, plus freight flows, forecasts, and more.
The layoffs close a chapter of freight brokerage in Chattanooga.
FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller joined Chattanooga city leaders in discussing the city’s tech movement.
FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller discusses his family’s trucking legacy with his father, U.S. Xpress co-founder Max Fuller.
Quebec-based carrier and brokerage Energy Transportation Group is expanding its presence in the U.S. with the recent addition of a Chattanooga office.
FreightWaves has become the number one source of data and market insights in freight for one reason: our people.
Dynamo Ventures is a Chattanooga-based supply-chain venture capitalist company. Ted Alling, a partner at Dynamo, sits down with FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller to discuss the state of startup culture in Chattanooga, TN.
FreightWaves is expanding with a new office in Portland, Oregon. There are opportunities for data scientists, software engineers and journalists.
For the second year, FreightWaves will co-sponsor Dynamo VC’s Founders Camp.
The bridge railing collapse in Chattanooga on the morning of April 1 was likely caused by an illegally oversized load, according to the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT).
Another fast-growth brokerage in Freight Alley pops up.
All lanes of I-75 North to I-24 West in Chattanooga, Tennessee were blocked Monday after a concrete railing collapsed onto the roadway from the interchange above.
Arrive Logistics announced Thursday plans to add 500 new jobs to its new Chattanooga, Tennessee office in a continued push to grow a presence in the Southeast.
Joseph Lipsey III, the now former chief executive officer of Lipsey Logistics Worldwide, has relinquished his ownership shares in the company.
The succession makes perfect sense and is a step in the right direction.
FEMA contractor and logistics executive are arrested for distributing cocaine to minors. If convicted, government contracts could be at risk.
Freight Alley in Chattanooga was the scene on the afternoon of February 21, when executives from FreightWaves, Nodal Exchange, DAT and K-Ratio presented the Trucking Freight Futures roadshow. Trucking Freight Futures debut on the Nodal Exchange on March 29.
$2 billion in capex over the next ten years will nearly double Savannah’s container traffic to 8 million TEUs annually.
This April, the Freight Alley Haul of Fame museum will open in FreightWaves’ new corporate headquarters in downtown Chattanooga.
Auto shows are a great place for vehicle introductions, and when a new Mustang is being introduced, it will often overshadow some of its competitors.
Volkswagen announced today that it would expand its Chattanooga assembly plant to build the next generation of electric vehicles.
We talked to freight brokers at LYNC Logistics, Arrive Logistics, and MoLo Solutions about whether recent softness in flatbed demand signaled a return to normal seasonality, and where unexpected opportunities might be hiding.
A museum and hall of fame dedicated to the trucking industry is set to open in Chattanooga, TN in April 2019. The museum will be the only museum that is dedicated to the founders and companies that have made up the history of the trucking industry.
On Tuesday afternoon, Arrive Logistics popped champagne as the freight brokerage officially opened its downtown Chattanooga office on Market Street. We spoke to Arrive executives about the company’s culture, growth story, and plans for Chattanooga.
Lync Logistics, a young freight brokerage based in Chattanooga, cut the ribbon on its new headquarters last Friday afternoon and shared its aggressive growth plans with FreightWaves.
FreightWaves is planning to add 260 jobs in Chattanooga and open new HQ
Freight Alley, the Mid-South region that includes Tennessee, the Carolinas, Alabama, and Georgia plays an enormous role in the national logistics network
Steam Logistics, one of the fastest growing companies in the United States, is a young Chattanooga-based international freight forwarder on a mission to bring an unprecedented level of customer service to ocean and air freight.
Tesla’s auto production in Fremont and high container volumes out of Oakland are driving demand for trucks in the San Francisco market
Tesla’s auto production in Fremont and high container volumes out of Oakland are driving demand for trucks in the San Francisco market
FreightWaves was the winner of Steve Case’s Rise of the Rest pitch competition that recognizes startups that are out of traditional venture cities. The company plans to use the investment to promote growth and development of the people of Chattanooga.
Most of this research is being done in other states, far away from this part of the U.S. Places like California, Detriot, Singapore, and Pittsburgh are fast becoming the new epicenter of research in this sector.
From Chattanooga to Birmingham, from Memphis to Atlanta, Freight Alley is home to a growing number of freight and logistics companies. But who is calling the area home? You can read more about Freight Alley here: When freight moves it moves through Freight Alley. This graphic is updated as new companies are identified. To see the most updated map, click the graphic.
The transportation industry is ripe with startups hoping to be the one that disrupts a $726 billion industry, but without help, most don’t last. Dynamo is a Chattanooga-based venture capital firm that specializes in the logistics space and is helping a few of these startups gain a solid foothold in transportation.