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Weather and Critical Events
Florida ports appear to escape major damage from Hurricane Helene
Ports are assessing damage after Hurricane Helene roared into Florida as a Category 4 storm.
Autonomous Freight
What does proposed China component ban mean for autonomous trucks?
ILA Port Labor Dispute
Analysis: Port poker and the East Coast dock strike
Layoffs and Bankruptcies
Digital freight broker furloughs workers after losing key customers
ILA Port Labor Dispute
Port employers seek NLRB injunction against longshore union
Less than Truckload (LTL)
Yellow targets January sale for 112 remaining terminals
Weather and Critical Events
Florida ports shutter as Hurricane Helene inches closer
Port Labor Dispute
ILA Port Labor Dispute
Longshoremen port strike unlikely to hinder holiday retail season, expert says
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Weather and Critical Events
What a fleet or driver should expect running FEMA loads
Here are a few tips to keep in mind for fleets considering to haul a load for FEMA or any other disaster relief project
Weather and Critical Events
Ports preparing for Hurricane Helene as storm bears down on Florida
Less than Truckload (LTL)
Court denies motion to let Teamsters leader out of Yellow deposition
American Shipper
American Shipper
Lithium-ion battery fire disrupts terminal operations at Port of Los Angeles
A truck carrying lithium-ion batteries overturned and caught fire Thursday near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
ILA Port Labor Dispute
Fear rises at FMC about possible East, Gulf Coast port strike
Modern Shipper
Trade and Compliance
Tariffs targeting Chinese e-commerce could dampen demand
A new White House effort to reduce the amount of online orders from China that enter the country duty free isn’t likely to interrupt the Shein and Temu business, but could have ramifications for U.S. consumers and retailers.
Net-Zero Carbon Summit
Fireside Chat: Leveraging tech to improve perishable food inventory management
Bankruptcies and Layoffs
Layoffs and Bankruptcies
Shuttered California trucking company files for bankruptcy liquidation
A shuttered California-based trucking company that once pulled intermodal containers out of the Port of Oakland has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation.
Layoffs and Bankruptcies
Former employee sues Midwest Transport Inc. over mass layoff
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
Air Cargo
Lufthansa Cargo introduces environmental surcharge to meet SAF quotas
Lufthansa Cargo is the first airline to apply a surcharge on shippers to help cover the cost of blending expensive alternative fuel with fossil fuel-based jet fuel.
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