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Speeding is more than breaking the law. The consequences are far-ranging.

The Friend of the Sea program calls on the international maritime sector to act immediately to prevent ship-whale collisions.

From customers and employees to investors and community members, stakeholder engagement plays a tremendous role in the future of your company.

Holiday shipping deadlines you need to know!

Average Vehicle Trip Length by Purpose

In its latest logistics bid, Blackstone Group is buying 124 logistics properties in the U.S. and Europe.

High-single-digit dollar gains reported despite higher costs, fewer discounts

A major investment in electric and low-emission school buses and healthier air for children

Marine fuel price up 47% since the beginning of the year

Percent of bridge area rated poor in state

Sudshare wants to be the Uber for laundry

Check out the key initiatives in the plan here!

AIT Worldwide is expanding its final-mile capabilities, acquiring New York-based Select Express & Logistics, adding 400 employees and 47 cross-dock facilities.

Difficult application processes — including long forms and cluttered websites — tend to dissuade drivers from applying at all. In a field with more open positions than people to fill them, carriers cannot afford to lose a driver’s attention over an archaic application form.

Strong economic growth and growing populations will drive increases in global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions and energy consumption through 2050

Aggressive driving is a major concern of the American public and a real threat to the safety of everyone on the road.

25,000 personal care products now available in 6 markets

Michele Sancricca of Amazon Web Services talks to Chris Hurst of StratusCloud about the increasingly critical role of data in the supply chain is changing how companies are turning to cloud-based services to manage the information.

Fabric and its microfulfillment networks are already valued at $1 billion despite operating in just three cities.

Cold weather affects your vehicle in more ways than you might expect:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics Transportation employment update

Freight railroads are committed to delivering the best possible service product for customers and consumers

Nighttime crash reductions associated with good, acceptable & marginal headlights

CRST’s capabilities cross the full spectrum of freight, giving you access to a single partner for all of your transportation needs.

Carrier Perspective: State of the Industry

How to Hire the Best Drivers

Pilot program could be rolled out nationwide if successful

The Connecticut-based drop shipping company just completed a huge funding round led by K1 Investment Management.

Learn how technology & analytics can help you more proactively adjust to supply chain shifts at mybluegrace.com

Flock Freight’s fierce dedication to greening up the supply chain helps it stand out from its peers and attract a wealth of talent from several different backgrounds.

Driving too fast for conditions is defined as traveling at a speed that is greater than a reasonable standard for safe driving.

The port congestion crisis is Southern California is not getting any better.

A gas guzzler tax is imposed on passenger cars that don’t meet minimum federal fuel efficiency standards.

Company has made more than 300,000 jobs available in past couple months

Trucking companies, logistics firms and suppliers may be left in a lurch after an auto parts supplier filed bankruptcy after losing GM as a client.

Restaurants impacted by recent disasters such as Hurricane Ida and the California wildfires are eligible to apply.

In 2020, DOT received a total of 102,561 consumer complaints

Reasons for Unemployment – Transportation & Warehousing industry

Transportation & Warehousing Employment by Transportation mode

COVID-19 Pandemic drops 2020 household spending on transportation by nearly 14%

“Black Friday-worthy” deals available “earlier than ever”

From 1987 to 2017, frontal air bags saved 50,457 U.S. lives.

The chaos in the supply chain has ripple effects down to the last mile. AxleHire Founder Daniel Sokolovsky is responsible for ensuring his company can meet those last-mile delivery demands.

Your weekly fuel report has arrived!

Airlines scheduled & operated more flights in July 2021 than any month since the start of the pandemic in March 2020

FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller analyzes inflation in the supply chain.

CRST’s dedicated solutions place the individual customer at the focus to add value and maximize service.

Your weekly fuel report has arrived!

Vehicle weight classes 1 – 10

Last week’s Transfix, project44 and Emerge deals herald a maturing FreightTech space.

Companies spend more than 10,000 man hours rating invoices every year. Dynamic rating solutions can change that.

Hurricane Ida made landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, as a Category 4 hurricane on Aug. 29

Seasonal hiring points to another big peak season

Your weekly fuel report has arrived!

The top 3 U.S. airports together handled nearly 1/3 of the total landed weight of all-cargo operations

3 approaches working together to reduce roadway deaths to zero

“One of the most remarkable asset plays in recent memory.” – Ship brokerage Compass Maritime

The Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) is the world’s leading—and most accurate—index of market rates for 40′ containers.

In 2020, there were 523 tunnels in 40 states and the District of Columbia.

National Tree CEO: Don’t wait till Black Friday to shop for holidays

Your weekly fuel report has arrived!

FMCSA awards more than $76 million in grants to improve commercial motor vehicle safety

Big Benefits for Small Fleets: The CarrierHQ Difference

Understanding the differences among truckloads

It will take assassins accuracy, but Amazon has all the data to make aiming an afterthought.

Positive Train Control, and how it works

Road Diets explained, with examples

Your weekly fuel report has arrived!

Average wage will be $20.37 per hour

In 2020, 18.1 million barrels per day of petroleum products were consumed in the United States.

The Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) is the world’s leading—and most accurate—index of market rates for 40′ containers.

Supply chain disruptions and the growth of e-commerce have forced Seko Logistics to think differently about its logistics network.

Financial losses for the global airline industry were sequentially smaller in the second quarter

The increased efficiency shippers find when using digital RFP tools will allow them to both build out their carrier networks and increase the frequency of their RFPs, giving them the power to respond to market shifts earlier.

Your weekly fuel report has arrived!

Companies in the industry have come to expect better visibility from their partners. Just as importantly, end consumers have started expecting real-time visibility on online orders.

Funding from the fifth round of FY 2021 Airport Improvement Program grants

Hiring for virtually all roles in the logistics space is fiercely competitive. While all eyes are on the infamous driver shortage, recruiting and retaining top-notch brokerage employees is no easy task either.

Commercial tire safety tips

Parts shortages are beginning to let up, pointing to a looming surge in vehicle production. Still, the market is expected to remain strained for the foreseeable future.

Roadside Inspections, Driver Violations (2021 Fiscal Year)

Stats on drowsy driving

A wild animal bolts into the road, giving a trucker little to no time to avoid a collision. It could happen just about anywhere.

Learn more about refineries

Modern Shipper polled the Uber/Lyft Drivers Facebook group to see which apps rideshare drivers are really using

To discuss what the future regulatory, fleet and enforcement landscape looks like and how you can better plan for it, FreightWaves has partnered with Spireon for a one-hour webinar starting at 2 p.m. ET Thursday, September 9. Featured speakers include Steve Keppler, Co-Director at Scopelitis Transportation Consulting, Will Schafer, Director of Safety Programs at CVSA, and Harman Cheema, President & CEO at Cheema Freightlines.

Andrew Cox looks at one of the nation’s fastest-growing cloud-based logistics companies.

COVID-19 stimulus funding for transportation in the CARES Act and Supplemental Bills

With its acquisition of Visible SCM earlier this month, Maersk added one of the final components of its e-commerce strategy.

Transportation employment update

What are connected vehicles and why do we need them?

The Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) is the world’s leading—and most accurate—index of market rates for 40′ containers.

Even environmentally indifferent consumers want sustainable shipping options

Reductions in crashes and claims from use of various technologies

A return to typical consumer spending drives conventional freight market conditions but the process of returning to normal has been anything but conventional.

The world’s 10 longest railway networks

Motional is expanding its testing grounds to Los Angeles and adding a new facility in the Bay Area.

Top 10 metropolitan area congestion rankings

Simple actions by large truck and bus drivers can help keep everyone safe