A Transportation Intermediaries Association report says the freight industry is “under siege” from fraud and must evolve to fight the ballooning problem.
Paul Kroes, the trailer innovation leader at Thermo King, discusses the future of sustainability and innovation in refrigeration transportation.
Robert Koelsch, co-founder and CEO of Advanced Energy Machines, talks about his company’s zero-emissions SolarTech transportation refrigeration units (TRUs).
U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce is spearheading an effort to have the Department of Homeland Security do more to combat organized retail crime in America.
In this edition: Big strike issues lie ahead, and it’s Truck Driver Appreciation Week!
A shuttered California-based trucking company that once pulled intermodal containers out of the Port of Oakland has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation.
Aaron Rudolf, who owns Rudy’s Performance Parts in Burlington, North Carolina, must pay $10 million in criminal and civil fines for an emissions defeat device scheme.
A former employee of Midwest Transport Inc. has filed a WARN Act lawsuit, alleging the trucking company failed to give a 60-day notice of a planned shutdown before laying off 650 employees, including 480 truck drivers.
Hurricane Francine, which made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 storm, did not cause widespread disruptions to local ports.
German railway Deutsche Bahn is selling its Schenker logistics unit to DSV of Denmark in a deal that will create the world’s largest forwarder.
Ports along the Gulf Coast are assessing damage after Hurricane Francine smashed into Louisiana on Wednesday evening.
A life-threatening storm surge and extreme winds are expected to batter the Louisiana coast Wednesday as Hurricane Francine makes landfall.
Tropical Storm Francine is expected to make landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday as a hurricane, bringing a life-threatening storm surge with it.
In this edition: Maersk Container Industries has a new triple-refrigerant solution, Pharma air cargo gets an upgrade, and a friendly face in the frozen aisle gets a facelift.
An Illinois-based trucking and logistics company that contracted with the U.S. Postal Service to haul mail and had more than 480 drivers ceased operations abruptly Thursday, according to sources familiar with the closure.
Weather forecasting agency AccuWeather is reducing its projected number of named storms during the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season following an “unusual” August with low tropical activity.
Portex founder Brittany Ennix explains how logistics technology should be built for SMB shippers.
Knowing the signs of a potential market flip is half the battle in preparing for the future.
Despite the ongoing surge of technological advances throughout the logistics industry, many companies working in the space still find themselves bogged down by inefficiencies.
In this edition: CDL training programs get grants, autonomous trucking faces a setback and Motive releases its August economic study.
Despite peak season stress, supply chain bottlenecks failed to materialize during the recovery from the brief lockout of union employees by CN and CPKC.
Corey Louis Hendrickson, 46, a former mayor of Willard, Missouri, and fleet dispatcher for Prime Inc., was sentenced to three years in federal prison for a scheme in which he used the names and Social Security numbers of drivers to steal money.
In this edition: Rail issues and cargo theft plague Canada and Mexico, and the Panama Canal looks for a drought solution.
Covenant Logistics driver Don Lord is being celebrated after driving 3 million accident-free miles for the company.
It could take the two largest Canadian railroads a week or more to recover from the effects of a shutdown that briefly stalled billions in freight including transborder trade with the United States.
In this edition: The cold chain dodged a rail lockout bullet in Canada, heart transplant transportation gets a boost and Chick-fil-A expands.
Natron Energy plans to build the first U.S. sodium ion battery plant, thanks to investment by the state-owned rail corridor and other public/private economic development organizations.
CN and CPKC early Thursday locked out 9,300 union employees, bringing trains to a halt in a move that could disrupt supply chains throughout North America.
Nashville-based Universal Capacity Solutions ceased operations Tuesday, laying off around 130 freight brokers and office personnel after its parent company, publicly traded Universal Logistics Holdings, pulled the plug without warning.
CN said it received no response from Teamsters after making a final contract offer in a bid to avoid service disruption.
While contract talks between Canadian National, Canadian Pacific Kansas City and union employees continue, a rail shutdown would reverberate through the supply chain connecting Canada and the U.S.
About 30 regional drivers for Maryland-based Perdue Transportation Inc. were called in to a meeting Monday and told to clean out their trucks and hand in their fuel cards and badges.
A Dallas family of seven has filed a federal lawsuit against a North Carolina trucking company and its driver after they were seriously injured in a crash involving an 18-wheeler last November.
The American Transportation Research Institute has launched a survey to study cargo theft in the trucking industry, which is estimated to be a $15 billion to $35 billion problem annually.
Amid lockout and strike notices, contract bargaining continues as Ottawa makes a push for both sides to come together on a new rail labor contract.
In this edition: Private fleets are rising in popularity, and the Canadian rail strike looms.
In this edition: The cold chain hits acquisition central
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Thursday removed two ELDs from its registered list.
A former co-owner of now-defunct Westfield Transport of West Springfield, Massachusetts, has pleaded guilty to falsifying driving logs in connection with a June 2019 collision involving one of the company’s trucks.
Refrigerated carrier A&A Express announced plans to lay off 111 employees, including 85 truck drivers, and wind down operations by Friday at its Brandon, South Dakota, facility.
Pilot Air Freight, an international freight shipping and logistics company, will pay $400,000 to settle a 2019 disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
In this edition: Complications mount with cross-border freight, and the FMCSA wants input on guidance.
Gerald Ditz, who goes by Jerry, and Michael Alaniz, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in a stolen watch scheme.
In this edition: Americold quarterly earnings, South Jersey gets a new warehouse and frozen pasta finds a new home.
Rigorous driver hiring standards are proving to be more than just a safety measure — they’re a strategic tool for managing insurance costs.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Transportation Management Group, doing business as Wilson Logistics, for allegedly refusing to hire a deaf truck driver.
After roaring into Florida Monday morning as a Category 1 hurricane, Tropical Storm Debby is crawling up the East Coast.
Hurricane Debby slammed into Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Category 1 storm on Monday, causing flooding as it makes its way toward the East Coast.
New Jersey independent contractors who haul freight under STG Drayage’s operating authority will no longer be tendered loads in November unless the truckers get their own authority through the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
The Port of Long Beach received a $7.875 million grant for its data system, which port leaders say will help speed cargo deliveries across the country.
A New Jersey-based trucking company, cited numerous times for safety violations for both its drivers and equipment, recently filed for Chapter 11.
Charles Christian Haskell, 51, of Las Vegas, was charged with five counts of death by motor vehicle after a crash involving his tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 in Wilson County, North Carolina, on July 24.
Blue Thunder Trucking of Broadview, Illinois, and its three affiliates filed for bankruptcy liquidation on July 19.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Tuesday that ELDs from CTE-LOG ELD, ELD VOLT, Powertrucks ELD and TFM ELD were placed on the revoked devices list.
FreightTech hasn’t solved freight fraud, and regulators can’t figure out who is regulating it. Is there a solution?
A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by nonprofit Environment California accuses the Port of Los Angeles of violating the Clean Water Act.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged two more Florida executives with participating in a truck investment venture that allegedly bilked investors out of $112 million.
In this edition: Breaking down the most recent Armstrong & Associates study and the FMCSA hits a snag.
Two Miami-based trucking companies, A1 Transport Network and AB Brothers USA, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Saturday.
A massive technology outage Friday morning caused widespread disruptions across industries around the globe, but it’s mostly business as usual at America’s ports.
NullShip Shipping Solutions claims to sell U.S. Postal Service and UPS labels at a steep discount but sold clients counterfeit postal labels, costing one person thousands of dollars in lost goods.
Reliance Partners’ Modernization of Cross Border Trade event Aug. 6 will spotlight ways to improve cross-border operations through collaboration and relationships.
Mark Manera, a physical therapist who founded Supply Chain Fitness, discusses the health of truck drivers and why companies should invest in drivers’ care.
Nearly two dozen freight brokers say an Illinois trucking company and its “affiliated carriers” are holding 36 confirmed loads hostage until ransom demands are paid.
This week: p44 offers eBOLs on all LTL shipments, ODeX moves into Singapore, Goodyear offers Tires-as-a-Service and AutoScheduler.AI raises funds.
Ex-Slync CEO Chris Kirchner was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District in Fort Worth, Texas.
Northbound looks to expand its product development after raising $1.4 million in funds.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ordered Monique Trucking to halt operations after declaring the California carrier “an imminent hazard to public safety” following a deadly crash.
A grand jury indicted Kirill Gordei, a Belarus citizen who lives in Florida and is president of Apelsin Logistics, on charges related to smuggling advanced scientific technology to Russia.
Samsara’s chief product officer explains the importance of building strong partnerships with customers to lay the groundwork for future solutions.
Fundraising doesn’t sleep, and there’s no better time to get the holiday spirit than July.
Nearly $2 billion from the U.S. Department of Transportation will go toward transportation and supply chain projects nationwide.
Truck brokerage giant C.H. Robinson Worldwide laid off around 80 members of its remaining 150 sales representatives in the U.S. on Thursday, according to sources familiar with the cuts.
A U.S. House appropriations bill includes $200 million to address the truck parking shortage, a problem plaguing most truck drivers.
Tony Kirik operated Dallas Logistics, based in Rochester, New York, but concealed ownership and affiliation with another company to hide negative safety ratings.
Less-than-truckload carrier Tony’s Express of Fontana, California, has filed for bankruptcy protection, nearly three months after it terminated 200 truck drivers, dock and warehouse workers, and office personnel via text message.
Supply chain executives at companies ranging from freight brokerages to factoring companies discussed impacts of the freight cycle, technology and lower margins during Freightwaves’ Future of Supply Chain event in Atlanta. Here’s what you need to know.
U.S. Rep. David G. Valadao, R-Calif., this week introduced the Safeguarding our Supply Chains Act, which aims to stop “the rampant theft within our nation’s supply chains.”
At the 14th Annual Bike Tour with MTS for Autism, attendees got to hear firsthand from students who have benefited from the funds raised in past years.
Zach Jecklin, chief information officer at Echo Global Logistics, spoke with FreightWaves about Echo’s pairing of people and technology and how it’s reshaping the industry.
Wheeler Trucking will pay $65,000 to an employee who faced religious discrimination at the company’s Ohio location.
Texas-based U.S. Logistics Solutions has filed for Chapter 7, stating that its lender pulled the plug on its funding, forcing the company to shutter operations Thursday.
A federal lawsuit filed in 2022 over the capsized Golden Ray cargo ship, which sank off the coast of Georgia with nearly 4,200 vehicles on board, has been settled.
RXO shares are soaring Monday on news of its acquisition of Coyote Logistics from UPS.
About 2,000 truck drivers, warehouse and dock workers, and office personnel of Humble, Texas-based U.S. Logistics Solutions say they were notified Thursday that the company was ceasing operations and they would not be paid Friday.
This week: Verified Carrier discusses its unique way of vetting carriers, Vecna Robotics closes its Series C, Truckstop vets industry pets and Nvidia has a new offering for industry tech providers.
In this edition: Breaking down the new FMCSA fee increase and a big freight payment partnership.
Aivaras Zigmantas has pleaded not guilty after being indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly posing as an agent for carriers and stealing shipments that were released to him.
Truck drivers who travel with their pets told FreightWaves that their furry companions ease the loneliness and stress of life on the road.
In this edition: The rise of logistics companies looking to go public and the evolution of Denim.
The greatest tool in logistics is collaboration, which is now a necessity for the global supply chain.
A Michigan truck driver who was found guilty of setting Swift Transportation equipment on fire as part of a vendetta against the company has been sentenced to more than a decade in federal prison.
Nick Patrick, CEO of Radar, discusses how 3PLs and carriers can improve fleet management and consolidate vendors of software and devices for route optimization, driver tracking and location spoofing detection.
In this edition: Food waste is becoming a bigger problem, new medium-duty electric truck hits the scene, and an award for best frozen dough.
Attendees voted Tai Software and MyCarrier TMS as best-in-show winners out of 13 companies that showcased FreightTech innovations during rapid-fire demonstrations at FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain event.
Jonathan Hoffman, The Citadel’s communications and marketing vice president, discussed national security Wednesday at FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain conference.
Jon Rager, SVP of forest analytics at Fastmarkets, discussed the impact of America’s cardboard box recession and lumber industry slowdown at FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain conference in Atlanta.
A top executive at J.B. Hunt Transport said at FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain event that it’s important to zero in on customers’ changing needs to provide long-term value.
In this edition: The 2024 3PL study findings are out, and Convoy’s legacy lives on.
