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Trucking
5 takeaways from State of Freight: Preparing for East, Gulf Coast port strike
Here are five takeaways from FreightWaves’ State of Freight webinar for September.
Truck Driver Issues
Trimble panelists: Great tech alone won’t keep drivers behind the wheel
ILA Port Labor Dispute
Report: Biden won’t block dock strike
Port Labor Dispute
Editor's Picks
Truck Driver Issues
Truck driver awarded $184,000 in whistleblower case
A Virginia-based road construction company illegally fired one of its drivers, according to OSHA.
Layoffs and Bankruptcies
Shuttered California trucking company files for bankruptcy liquidation
Daily Infographic
American Shipper
News
Indiana port adds rail capacity, eyes container traffic
Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor on Lake Michigan increases rail capacity by 250 cars and adds hundreds of feet of new dock for expanded all-water cargoes.
Infographics
Weekly NTI Update: September 16, 2024
American Shipper
Salvage begins on burning tanker attacked in Red Sea
Modern Shipper
Net-Zero Carbon Summit
Fireside Chat: Leveraging tech to improve perishable food inventory management
Evigence’s Oria Malka speaks on how technology helps the cold chain limit emissions and improve shelf life.
Modern Shipper
A2Z rolls out delivery ‘drone-network-as-a-service’ offering
Bankruptcies and Layoffs
Layoffs and Bankruptcies
Former employee sues Midwest Transport Inc. over mass layoff
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.
Layoffs and Bankruptcies
Illinois trucking company with 480 drivers abruptly ceases operations
AskWaves
Maritime
How safe is Red Sea? Different shipping lines have different answers
Shipping stocks are under pressure as some ocean carriers show faith in military protection from Red Sea attacks.
Chart of the Week
Chart of the Week
Intermodal gains share, but at what cost?
Intermodal providers are taking share with grace, but is it counterproductive to pricing gains?
Technology
Net-Zero Carbon
Net-Zero Carbon Summit
Fireside Chat: Keeping food cool with solar-powered reefer units
Robert Koelsch, co-founder and CEO of Advanced Energy Machines, talks about his company’s zero-emissions SolarTech transportation refrigeration units (TRUs).
