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Infrastructure. How important is a fixed base of electric charging for commercial vehicles? Maybe not as much as we’re told.

Transportation lawyer Cassandra Gaines describes the process of combining legal lessons into carrier monitoring FreightTech.

The more ocean shipping is in the news, the more attention it gets from tech founders and investors.

In this issue: AI Fleet raises $21 million; the American Transportation Research Institute ranks trucking concerns; and the Logistics Managers’ Index is expanded. Trucking in disruption: AI Fleet raises $21 million series A Trucking tech startup AI Fleet recently completed a series A round for $21 million led by Obvious Ventures with participation from Compound, […]

Lidar startups are selling their wares to autonomous vehicles and other businesses, hedging their bets to survive in an overpopulated field.

FreightTech got its glow up this month. Automation is king and low emissions are the way of the future.

Venture capital in oil and gas pales by comparison to climate technology investment, but there are potential unicorns out there.

Evan Efstathiou discusses why VCs are looking to invest more in maritime just as shipowners are looking to partner more with startups.

Supply chain tech investment is at a record peak, with over $52B invested in 2020 alone, up 2500% since the start of the decade.

At the American Shipper Global Trade Tech summit Wednesday, Cambridge Capital partners discussed what they look for in an investment.

8VC founding partner Jake Medwell has become the most active freight tech investor in the past five years. He told FreightWaves how the space is changing.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, YRC Worldwide is set to spend $700 million, Navistar and Samsara announce a tie-up and a PPP loan wasn’t enough to save an Alabama carrier.

Outrider focuses on autonomous zero-emissions yard operations for logistics hubs.

Amazon is looking to buy Zoox, a self-driving startup that seeks to create a fleet of electrified robo-taxis.

Digital freight forwarding startup Beacon raises $15 million in Series A investment.

Brian Aoaeh interviews CEOs of several supply chain tech startups about their status during the pandemic.

Businesses around the world are being affected by the pandemic. Among the hardest hit are startups. Brian Aoaeh offers advice for tech startups in the supply chain space.

LoadStop provides a TMS solution that has a built-in compliance manager and an autonomous dispatcher that helps fleets find best-match loads in the spot market.

Uber Works helps temporary workers connect directly with companies posting jobs via its digital marketplace and ensures workers get paid without delay.

Texas-based TUYA has built a platform that helps B2B’s have real-time visibility over their product movement as they work with delivery companies.

Electriphi provides solutions for vehicle electrification and has developed a charging and operations management platform that is built over open standards.

The startup plans to triple its team size by the end of 2020.

California-based electric air taxi startup Joby Aviation has raised $590 million in its Series C financing round.

Digital business-to-business freight marketplaceTrella helps reduce costs by automating logistics processes.

Tactile Mobility will provide access to over 10 terabytes of tactile data across more than 10 million km of public roads globally on the HERE Marketplace.

U.K.-based drone technology startup Skyports operates across London, Los Angeles and Singapore today and plans to be a leader in urban aerial mobility.

ArcherHub runs its own fleet that it uses as a backup for loads that go uncovered on its digital freight marketplace and thus guarantees hauls for every shipper.

London-based logistics startup tailored to ease e-commerce returns.

InstaFreight is a digital forwarding company that enables seamless logistics and provides shippers with greater visibility into road freight movement.

HaulHub is a logistics startup in the aggregate and asphalt industry that helps producers, carriers and construction crews collaborate together over a centralized platform.

Spanish capital Madrid is working on a blockchain-powered transport application that unifies all mobility systems across the city and provides high levels of data security to its users.

Parade helps freight brokers automate workflows, scale relationship management and grow digital bookings.

Volocopter builds autonomous electric air-taxis that resemble drones for short transits over urban spaces.

TruckIT connects dump truck supply with demand through its marketplace, which helps contractors to plan their needs better and truckers to make more money in the process.

Elroy Air, an aerial autonomy and logistics company, announced the completion of its first full-scale system flight test at an airfield in California.

The transport industry is witnessing the rise of numerous technology startups, with investment pouring in from excited investors who envision a smart and connected future for transport.

Blockchain’s utility can only be realized if there is participation from every stakeholder within a value chain, and banks heavily on the quality of data being fed into its system.

The autonomous ship segment is in a nascent stage now, but it can do well by learning from the limitations seen within the self-driving automotive segment today.

FreightWaves features Market Voices – a forum for contributors with unique knowledge of numerous transportation/logistics/supply chain sectors, as well as other critical expertise. Last week the Worldwide Supply Chain Federation held its inaugural global summit in New York City, on June 19 and June 20. In this article I will highlight three themes that arose […]

Sentiment toward shipping tech has reached a new high point among startups, tech investors and vessel interests.

It’s high-cotton for transport start-ups, panel says.

Incongruent payment cycles make it hard for low-credit businesses to fund their operations. BAM is a Fintech solution for the world’s oldest method of raising capital, factoring.

Just how a Deerfield, IL, company became so important to the industry is a long story that starts with the teletypewriter, a macaroni-twisting machine and its namesake and founder, Edward Kleinschmidt.