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Can OEM axle weight data and satellite imagery help identify cargo theft?
Class 8 analyzed more than 3.2 million truck unload events across 68,340 commercial vehicles using a three-stage detection pipeline that combines vehicle weight telemetry, satellite imagery and behavioral analysis. The study classified nearly 42,600 unload events as High or Critical risk and, according to CEO Chris Atkinson, has been validated against a statistically significant number of confirmed cargo theft investigations
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Top 5 container line buying into major Europe terminal
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Layoffs & Bankruptcies
Layoffs and Bankruptcies
Freight distress report: Warehouse cuts mount, trucking bankruptcies continue
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The Playbook
Progressive’s Mandatory ELD Switch? Some Small Trucking Fleets May Be Required to Switch ELD Providers.
For years, commercial trucking insurers have encouraged fleets to participate in telematics programs by offering premium discounts in exchange for access to electronic driving data. Programs that once focused primarily on rewarding safe driving have gradually become an increasingly important part of commercial underwriting. Progressive Commercial’s Smart Haul program has been one of those initiatives, […]
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SONAR Launches Accepted Truckload Volume Index to Close the Gap Between Tendered and Moving Freight
Tender acceptance rates have long signaled stress in the truckload market — but until now, users had no direct index tracking the volume of freight that actually cleared that process and moved. SONAR’s new Accepted SONAR Truckload Volume Index (ASTVI) fills that gap. The dataset family isolates accepted truckload demand by stripping out rejection activity, […]
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Port of Long Beach, trucker launch Zero-Emission corridor to Mexico
The busiest U.S. container port recognizes a local trucking provider for helping establish a “Green Truck Corridor” between the port and Mexico.
Trucking Regulation
Latest move by FMCSA suggests Motus rollout woes are continuing
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Uncertainty? Imports surge 40% at busiest U.S. container gateway
The Port of Long Beach saw record-high cargo growth in May despite economic and geopolitical uncertainty.
Healthcare Logistics
UPS adds 27 cold transfer facilities for pharmaceutical shipping
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Parcel Freight
DHL Express offers luggage storage as World Cup travelers descend on US
DHL Express and digital platform Stasher are partnering to provide luggage storage for travelers in the United States who are in-between accommodations or destinations and need a convenient, secure drop point.
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Hungry? Get a Subway sandwich with your Walmart parcel delivery
E-commerce & Fulfillment
2 e-commerce logistics providers expand capacity in Great Plains
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Amazon tests e-cargo bikes in Washington, D.C.
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