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Oct - 2024 -
10 October
FreightWaves Staff

Air Canada pilots approve new $1.9 billion contract

Air Canada pilots voted in favor of a new collective bargaining agreement Thursday that includes several pay increases and quality-of-life improvements. Described as the airline’s largest-ever labor contract, the deal moves pilot compensation more in line with that of their U.S. peers.

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04 October
FreightWaves Staff

An onsite look at the ILA strike this past week 

East and Gulf Coast ports were lined with International Longshoremen’s Association members picketing against the United States Maritime Alliance before coming to an agreement. This is a firsthand look at the strike at Port Houston.

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Sep - 2024 -
27 September
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: The State of Freight– September 2024

This monthly report analyzes the current state of the freight market based on critical insights from our SONAR platform. September’s session includes an overview of current freight market conditions and […]

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25 September
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper – The Road Ahead: Fleet Management, Tech Trends in Logistics

In recent years, fleet managers and decision-makers have witnessed a significant technological transformation in the transportation industry. Today, regardless of the challenges a company encounters, there’s likely an advanced tech […]

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23 September
FreightWaves Staff

EVO acquires West Side Transport, expands geographic footprint

EVO Transportation & Energy Services has acquired West Side Transport, expanding its geographic footprint and enhancing service offerings.

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15 September
FreightWaves Staff

Platform Science to acquire Trimble’s global transportation telematics business units

Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) and Platform Science have announced an agreement for Platform Science to acquire Trimble’s global transportation telematics business units.

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09 September
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: Could AI Transform Your Distribution Center?

In today’s fast-paced e-commerce environment, more than ever before, distribution center operations require agility and accuracy. Ever increasing demand for faster delivery speeds and more robust product variety puts pressure […]

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06 September
FreightWaves Staff

FreightWaves announces Ultimate Marketing Challenge

Are you a marketing mastermind ready to showcase your skills and win big? The inaugural Marketing and Media Summit at F3: Future of Freight Festival is offering a chance to do just that.

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Aug - 2024 -
22 August
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: Q3 2024 Shipper Rate Report

The Shipper Rate Report—presented in partnership with U.S. Bank and BlueGrace Logistics—is a quarterly publication using freight payment data from U.S. Bank in conjunction with FreightWaves SONAR datasets to create the most in-depth […]

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19 August
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: Q3 2024 Carrier Rate Report

FreightWaves’ Carrier Rate Report — presented in partnership with Trimble — provides a review of the previous quarter and a forecast for the coming months. Featuring responses from a carrier survey alongside […]

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16 August
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: Exploring the Merits of Rail

Despite the many advantages of rail transportation, shippers in North America tend to rely more on over-the-road trucking for most transportation needs. A variety of factors help explain this discrepancy, […]

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15 August
FreightWaves Staff

Canada’s labor minister won’t send CN-union talks to binding arbitration

Canada’s labor minister has denied CN’s request to intervene in contract talks with the union representing engineers and conductors.

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FreightWaves Staff

Weekly US rail traffic remains up

Intermodal traffic continues to drive an overall increase.

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13 August
FreightWaves Staff

FreightWaves makes Inc. 5000 fastest-growing companies list for 3rd time

FreightWaves, the world’s leading provider of freight market forecasting, data, news and analysis, has for the third time made the annual Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America.

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09 August
FreightWaves Staff

Canadian rail strike could begin as soon as Aug. 22

The Canada Industrial Relations Board said today that a work stoppage on CN and CPKC would not present a threat to public health and safety, which cleared the way for a strike if the railways and union cannot reach negotiated settlements.

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07 August
FreightWaves Staff

Amtrak on-time performance woes mirror host railroad freight service, shippers say

Rail shipper groups say the poor on-time performance of all 15 Amtrak long-distance trains – which prompted the Justice Department to file a lawsuit last week against Norfolk Southern for its handling of the Crescent – is merely a reflection of Class I railroad freight operations.

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01 August
FreightWaves Staff

Weekly U.S. rail traffic remains up

Weekly U.S. rail volume showed a solid increase for the seven days ending July 27, with overall traffic up 5.3% over the same period a year earlier.

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Jul - 2024 -
31 July
FreightWaves Staff

A Canadian rail strike is likely in late August, CPKC CEO Keith Creel says

– With labor negotiations at a standstill, a Canadian rail strike is likely to occur in late August, Canadian Pacific Kansas City CEO Keith Creel said Tuesday.

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FreightWaves Staff

Merger-related traffic growth boosts CPKC’s revenue and profits

Canadian Pacific Kansas City had a gangbuster second quarter as
merger-related traffic synergies kicked in faster than expected and boosted revenue and profits,
executives said on Tuesday.

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30 July
FreightWaves Staff

Justice Department sues Norfolk Southern over Amtrak delays

The U.S. Justice Department is taking Norfolk Southern to court, alleging the railroad’s delays of Amtrak’s Crescent violate federal law.

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FreightWaves Staff

CN operations bounce back after service resumes through Jasper, Alberta

Canadian National’s operations are returning to normal through Jasper, Alberta, where wildfires devastated part of the town and shut down rail traffic last week.

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FreightWaves Staff

FreightWaves SONAR and WeatherOptics partner for enhanced weather intelligence

The partnership between FreightWaves SONAR and WeatherOptics will provide SONAR users with up-to-date information about environmental risks and weather impacts to their supply chains.

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FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: How technology expectations are changing the freight forwarding landscape

Freight technology is increasingly crucial as shippers demand better visibility and tracking. What was once a competitive advantage is now essential. Providers investing in customer experience and technology can achieve […]

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29 July
FreightWaves Staff

Former Kansas City Southern CEO Ottensmeyer dies

Former Kansas City Southern CEO Patrick Ottensmeyer — who led the cross-border railroad through turmoil over free trade, the transition to a Precision Scheduled Railroad operating model, and its historic merger with Canadian Pacific — died over the weekend. He was in his mid-60s.

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26 July
FreightWaves Staff

CN main line reopens through fire-ravaged Jasper, Alberta

Canadian National reopened its main line through Jasper, Alberta, this morning and began moving a backlog of traffic that had built up this week while wildfires threatened and ultimately engulfed part of the resort town.

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FreightWaves Staff

Operational improvements propel Norfolk Southern’s second-quarter results

Operational improvements helped Norfolk Southern win back service-sensitive intermodal and automotive traffic while driving down costs and boosting the railroad’s profitability in the second quarter.

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25 July
FreightWaves Staff

Declining coal volumes can’t sink Union Pacific’s second quarter results

Union Pacific’s profits rose in the second quarter despite a sharp drop in coal traffic.

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FreightWaves Staff

Weekly U.S. rail traffic remains up slightly

U.S. rail traffic was again ahead of 2023 levels for the week ending July 20, 2024, with overall volume up 1.4% compared to the same week last year, according to statistics from the Association of American Railroads.

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24 July
FreightWaves Staff

CN reopens main lines to key British Columbia ports while monitoring Alberta wildfire

Canadian National was able to reopen its main line through Jasper, Alberta, this afternoon while keeping a close eye on a pair of wildfires that have been threatening the resort town.

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23 July
FreightWaves Staff

House rail safety hearing highlights new legislation

Legislators used a House subcommittee hearing on railroad safety Tuesday to highlight a new rail safety bill. But committee members and witnesses including regulators, union representatives, and the House member representing East Palestine questioned the rail industry’s own safety efforts.

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FreightWaves Staff

Threat of Canadian rail strike hurts Canadian National’s quarterly earnings

xCanadian National today lowered its financial outlook for the year as volume growth slowed during the second quarter due to slumping lumber traffic and the impact of shippers diverting international intermodal containers to U.S. ports in anticipation of a potential rail strike in Canada.

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19 July
FreightWaves Staff

Global tech outage largely bypasses freight and passenger railroads

U.S. and Canadian railroads appear to be relatively unaffected by the global tech outage that grounded flights and disrupted businesses today, although Union Pacific and Canadian Pacific Kansas City were experiencing some computer issues.

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18 July
FreightWaves Staff

U.S. weekly rail traffic remains above 2023 levels

For the week ending July 13, total U.S. volume was 483,806 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 1.3% over the same week in a year ago.

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17 July
FreightWaves Staff

Drayage fleets need education to learn benefits of electrification

Trucking companies will have to consider electric vehicles, especially in port shuttle settings, to comply with emissions regulations, says Tony Williamson, director of business development and sustainability at Gage Zero.

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15 July
FreightWaves Staff

Ruling on question delaying Canadian rail strikes expected by Aug. 9

Canada Industrial Relations Board will determine if some shipments must continue even during work stoppage.

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FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: Leveraging freight data to optimize global supply chains

Data generation within the supply chain is continuous, providing companies unprecedented access to information. The key to success in this data-rich environment is effectively utilizing this information for growth and […]

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FreightWaves Staff

FreightWaves launches FreightTech 2025 awards

After a number of dark horse wins on the 2024 list, FreightWaves has opened nominations for the FreightTech 2025 awards.

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11 July
FreightWaves Staff

CSX joins RailPulse telematics joint venture

The Class I railroad, CSW, is now the fourth to become a member of RailPulse.

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FreightWaves Staff

Port of Los Angeles completes Pier 400 rail expansion project

A $73 million rail expansion at the Port of Los Angeles adds five storage tracks, new crossovers and turnouts, and a concrete rail bridge, among other improvements.

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03 July
FreightWaves Staff

Regional Rail acquires Cincinnati Eastern Railroad

The acquisition of Cincinnati East Railroad brings Regional Rail’s overall number of railroads to 16.

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01 July
FreightWaves Staff

Teamsters Canada Rail Conference members reauthorize strikes against CN, CPKC

A possible strike by Teamsters Canada Rail Conference members is still on hold pending a decision from the CIRB, but union members voted to reauthorize the stoppage.

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Jun - 2024 -
28 June
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper – Reduction of lifecycle carbon emissions in fleets: why now?

Reducing carbon intensity of fuels used in the transportation industry has gained a lot of attention in recent years due to changing environmental regulations and pressure from supply chain partners. […]

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25 June
FreightWaves Staff

NTSB chair scolds Norfolk Southern for its response to derailment probe

Homendy says NS stonewalled the NTSB, sought to influence its investigation and even issued a threat in a recent meeting.

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FreightWaves Staff

NTSB issues 31 new recommendations in wake of East Palestine wreck

The NTSB Board also concludes Norfolk Southern and its contractors should not have decided to vent and burn tank cars laded with hazardous materials.

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18 June
FreightWaves Staff

BNSF must pay tribe $394M for oil train operation that violated agreement

NSF must pay more than $394 million for transporting oil across tribal land in northwest Washington in violation of an agreement, a judge has ruled.

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FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: Charting the future of logistics management

As supply chains become increasingly complex, it’s more important than ever to address the process and solution gaps standing in the way of efficiency and profitability. In this new white […]

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05 June
FreightWaves Staff

AI-powered forecasting, benchmarking among key updates in latest SONAR release

The industry-leading SONAR data platform announces a number of new releases and enhancements live at the Future of Supply Chain.

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May - 2024 -
20 May
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: Q2 2024 Shipper Rate Report

The Shipper Rate Report is a quarterly publication using freight payment data from U.S. Bank in conjunction with FreightWaves SONAR data sets to create the most in-depth rate and demand outlook for shippers.

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10 May
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: Q2 2024 Carrier Rate Report

FreightWaves’ Carrier Rate Report — presented in partnership with Trimble — provides a review of the previous quarter and a forecast for the coming months. Featuring responses from a carrier survey alongside […]

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02 May
FreightWaves Staff

New SONAR update allows users to easily price flatbed freight and visualize data

SONAR, the leader in freight market intelligence, today announces the availability of flatbed pricing data directly within the user interface of its Market Dashboard+ application.

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01 May
FreightWaves Staff

Teamsters Canada seeks strike authorization vote by CN, CPKC train crews

After five months of discussions, Teamsters Canada voted to strike at Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City. The strike could start as early as May 22, after a mandatory 21-day mediation period.

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Apr - 2024 -
29 April
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: Carriers Weigh In on State of Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity concerns are becoming increasingly common as cyberattacks and ransomware breaches make headlines throughout the logistics industry. Over half of carriers recently surveyed have either been directly impacted by a […]

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25 April
FreightWaves Staff

See around the consensus

While supply chains remain uncertain, here’s how SONAR can help freight keep the status quo.

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12 April
FreightWaves Staff

FreightWaves takes silver in 2 categories in Azbee Awards

FreightWaves earned two silver awards in the Azbee Awards of Excellence for coverage of Yellow’s closure and bankruptcy and a series looking back over five years since the ELD mandate.

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09 April
FreightWaves Staff

SONAR data coming to Loadsmart’s ShipperGuide TMS

The delivery of SONAR data within Loadsmart’s TMS will provide users direct access to market-level tender and rate data in an application they already use daily.

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Mar - 2024 -
27 March
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: How Do Shippers Plan to Navigate Current Air Cargo Conditions?

Maersk teamed up with FreightWaves to better understand how shippers are navigating the current air cargo environment. The duo surveyed representatives of a wide range of companies about their experience over the past year, as well as their expectations about the future.

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21 March
FreightWaves Staff

Illinois Supreme Court rules project44’s defamation case can continue

In the ongoing battle between FreightTech giants project44 and FourKites, the Illinois Supreme Court has sided with project44, agreeing that allegedly defamatory emails were sent to a third party.

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18 March
FreightWaves Staff

CtrlChain is optimizing supply chains from Amsterdam to Chicago

Discover how Giovanni Gubbels, founder of CtrlChain, is revolutionizing the logistics industry by enhancing collaboration and optimizing capacity through digital transformation.

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07 March
FreightWaves Staff

TMS tech needs greater functionality to empower brokerages

Walter Mitchell, CEO of Tai Software, explains where freight brokerages can leverage AI to better their business and how the second phase of TMS calls for great sophistication.

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FreightWaves Staff

More trailers means more contracts, says Repowr Chief of Staff

While an uptick in the market might be coming for freight, it will still be challenging. Repowr’s chief of staff explains how having access to trailer sharing can help.

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06 March
FreightWaves Staff

Data can unlock hidden potential, says Isometric Technologies COO

John Stauffer, co-founder and COO of Isometric Technologies, explains how data can provide a competitive advantage — if handled correctly.

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FreightWaves Staff

Logistics M&A market looks brighter in 2024

Logistics companies are starting again to look for acquisitions that can help them better compete across modes, services and geographies.

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01 March
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: State of the Industry – March 2024

The March 2024 “State of the Industry Report” — presented in affiliation with Ryder — sharesan in-depth overview across the trucking, maritime and intermodal markets, as well as what toexpect […]

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Feb - 2024 -
27 February
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: The State of Freight – February 2024

This recap is a takeaway from our monthly State of Freight webinar series that offers expert industry insights, previously made available only to subscribers of FreightWaves’ supply chain analytics and high-frequency data platform, SONAR.

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FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: Q1 2024 Shipper Rate Report

The Shipper Rate Report—presented in partnership with U.S. Bank and BlueGrace Logistics—is a quarterly publication using freight payment data from U.S. Bank in conjunction with FreightWaves SONAR data sets to create the most […]

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22 February
FreightWaves Staff

Truck tech impacted by AT&T outage: Here’s what’s happening

AT&T’s widespread outages are causing connectivity disruptions for major transportation tech providers. Here are some platforms experiencing issues and how it impacts the industry.

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FreightWaves Staff

Inside Zeem Solutions’ bold plan to electrify fleets across the US

Zeem Solutions’ approach encompasses everything from vehicle leasing to maintenance, making green transportation more accessible.

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20 February
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: Q1 2024 Carrier Rate Report

FreightWaves’ Carrier Rate Report — presented in partnership with Trimble — provides a review of the previous quarter and a forecast for the coming months. Featuring responses from a carrier survey […]

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14 February
FreightWaves Staff

CSX worker dies after being struck by moving equipment

A CSX worker was killed Tuesday in North Carolina when he was hit by moving equipment.

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FreightWaves Staff

FRA issues safety bulletin on rolling equipment after engineer’s death

The Federal Railroad Administration is warning rail workers about the dangers of rolling stock following the death of a Norfolk Southern worker last week in Alabama.

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12 February
FreightWaves Staff

CDL 1000 acquires Next Trucking

Digital freight marketplace CDL 1000 has acquired Next Trucking after the latter announced in June it was looking for new funding.

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10 February
FreightWaves Staff

A look at this week’s top stories

This week on FreightWaves we look at whether UPS is struggling or not; a convoy rallying for stricter border patrol takes over Texas; the FMCSA cracks down on sham towing fees; another trucking company files for bankruptcy and truckers in Mexico strike against cargo theft.

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07 February
FreightWaves Staff

NTSB to release findings on East Palestine derailment this summer

Federal investigators plan to release the cause of last year’s Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, this summer.

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06 February
FreightWaves Staff

FreightWaves SONAR and e2open partner to empower shippers with real-time rate visibility

With FreightWaves SONAR data integrated and available within the transportation planning features of e2open’s TMS, shippers will be able to reference the most up-to-date rate data in the industry as they make short-term and long-term planning decisions.

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05 February
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: State of the Industry – February 2024

The February 2024 “State of the Industry Report” — presented in affiliation with Ryder — shares an in-depth overview across the trucking, maritime and intermodal markets, as well as what […]

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02 February
FreightWaves Staff

NTSB investigating after Norfolk Southern worker killed

An investigation is underway after a Norfolk Southern train engineer died this week after being hit by a train in Decatur, Alabama.

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Jan - 2024 -
31 January
FreightWaves Staff

FreightWaves Inc. divesting media arm to focus on high-frequency data offering

FreightWaves Inc. is divesting its media arm to focus on its high-frequency data offering, SONAR. FreightWaves media is being acquired by its founder, Craig Fuller, and merged into FLYING Media Group (FMG). FMG will be renamed Firecrown.

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23 January
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: The State of Freight – January 2024

This monthly report analyzes the current state of the freight market based on critical insights from our SONAR platform.

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19 January
FreightWaves Staff

Flexport raises $260M from Shopify

Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen on Friday announced the company has raised $260 million from shareholder and e-commerce provider Shopify.

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16 January
FreightWaves Staff

Now is the time to sharpen your sword — Taking the Hire Road

On this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, Jeremy Reymer, founder of DriverReach, is joined by Sepeti Moala, vice president of client success at Transportation Marketing Group.

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11 January
FreightWaves Staff

Harnessing technology for supply chain management at FIU Business

Florida International University College of Business’s Dr. Patrucco teaches novel approaches to buyer-supplier relationships.

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09 January
FreightWaves Staff

Craig Fuller joins the board of trailer-sharing platform Repowr

Craig Fuller, CEO and founder of FreightWaves, has joined the board of directors of Repowr, a Chattanooga-based FreightTech company pioneering the largest commercial trailer marketplace in North America.

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05 January
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: State of the Industry – January 2024

The January 2024 “State of the Industry Report” — presented in affiliation with Ryder — shares an in-depth overview across the trucking, maritime and intermodal markets, as well as what […]

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03 January
FreightWaves Staff

How Echo Global Logistics is mastering temperature-controlled shipping

Echo’s Frank Hurst spoke with FreightWaves about how the recent Roadtex acquisition has changed reefer LTL.

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02 January
FreightWaves Staff

XPO is hitting record levels of LTL service

XPO’s Anthony Hoereth discussed the company’s strategic plan and investments that are driving a historic surge in LTL service levels.

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Dec - 2023 -
28 December
FreightWaves Staff

Standing out in a crowd — Taking the Hire Road

On this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, guest host Leah Shaver, president and CEO of the National Transportation Institute, is joined by Sean Horton, VP of sales at JobsInLogistics.com.

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25 December
FreightWaves Staff

The most-read FreightWaves stories of 2023

We take a look back at some of the FreightWaves stories that captured your attention this year.

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21 December
FreightWaves Staff

Reshaping the perception of trucking for a new era — Taking the Hire Road

On this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, Jeremy Reymer, founder of DriverReach, is joined by Chris Woody, director of safety at The M&W Logistics Group.

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FreightWaves Staff

HaulerHub is changing trucking. Here’s how

HaulerHub’s Sam Agyemang and Sagar Sudhir unveiled strategies to streamline operations and enhance security in U.S. trucking.

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19 December
FreightWaves Staff

How FIU Business is guiding next generation of logistics professionals

Florida International University College of Business’ Michael White brings his executive wisdom to the classroom.

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18 December
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: The State of Freight – December 2023

This monthly report analyzes the current state of the freight market based on critical insights from our SONAR platform.

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15 December
FreightWaves Staff

Sleep smarter, drive safer — Taking the Hire Road

On this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, Jeremy Reymer, founder of DriverReach, is joined by Dr. Abhinav Singh, a board-certified physician with decades of experience in sleep medicine.

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14 December
FreightWaves Staff

How Freight Ninja is changing the game in truck parking

Freight Ninja executives outlined ambitious plans to double locations by 2024, tackling the parking shortage with a focus on smaller trucking companies.

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13 December
FreightWaves Staff

The evolution of e-commerce, outsourced fulfillment

Casey Armstrong, chief marketing officer at ShipBob, talks about the recent Black Friday shopping holiday and how e-commerce shopping has evolved over recent years.

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FreightWaves Staff

Professor urges standardization for shippers to track truck emissions

The University of Tennessee at Knoxville is trying to help shippers with tools to track the diesel emissions of their trucking vendors.

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FreightWaves Staff

How will generative AI impact the supply chain?

Mike Branch, vice president of data and analytics at Ontario-based Geotab, joins FreightWaves’ Thomas Wasson to talk about generative AI and its possible impacts on the domestic supply chain.

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FreightWaves Staff

Funding tighter but still ‘a lot of innovation’ in FreightTech

“It’s a more challenging market now, so we want founders who are going to be able to grind,” says Autotech Ventures’ Todd Fowler.

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FreightWaves Staff

How supply chain technology has become an essential tool

Turvo has helped Reibus Logistics break into the world of supply chain — thanks to new technology offerings.

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FreightWaves Staff

2023 Shipper of Choice profile: BASF Corp.

BASF’s North American operations made a concerted effort to help their carriers spend less time at their manufacturing plants and more time moving freight.

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