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Mar - 2024 -
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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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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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 -
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

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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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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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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12 December
FreightWaves Staff

FreightWaves’ Greg Miller named best shipping news journalist of 2023

Greg Miller of FreightWaves took a top prize at this year’s Seahorse Awards for his coverage of how geopolitics intersects with shipping.

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08 December
FreightWaves Staff

What if freight doesn’t rebound until December 2024?

TriumphPay’s chief partnership officer, Josh Bouk, predicts a 12-month time frame for a substantial rebound.

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01 December
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: State of the Industry – December 2023

The December 2023 “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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30 November
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: Q4 2023 Shipper Rate Report

A look at the latest quarterly insights from U.S. Bank and FreightWaves SONAR

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FreightWaves Staff

Echo Global Logistics is redefining partial truckload shipping

Echo Global Logistics’ EchoShip platform is transforming the partial truckload shipping landscape, offering unparalleled efficiency and cost-effectiveness for shippers and carriers.

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29 November
FreightWaves Staff

2023 Shipper of Choice profile: S&C Electric Co.

S&C Electric is one of the 25 freight-friendly businesses in this year’s Shipper of Choice awards.

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FreightWaves Staff

Why shippers should work with smaller carriers in 2024

Talon Logistics CEO Emmanuel Carrillo emphasizes shippers should diversify their logistics networks and explore intermodal shipping in the new year.

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27 November
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: How Shippers Should Be Thinking About Freight in 2024

It’s well understood that over-the-road trucking is the bedrock of freight logistics in the U.S. More than 87% of shipper respondents to a recent survey said they moved goods that […]

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22 November
FreightWaves Staff

How FIU is preparing the next generation of logistics leaders

Led by Dr. Gregory Maloney, the Florida International University program’s blend of technical logistics skills with essential business acumen is setting new standards in the field.

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21 November
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: The State of Freight – November 2023

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

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FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: Mixed Signals – Industry Expectations for 2024

FreightWaves and Echo Global Logistics partnered to survey industry professionals in the supply chain, including shippers, carriers, 3PLs/brokers and others, to gauge their perceptions on market indicators, the state of consumer spending and predictions, upcoming budgets, and the digital tools they plan to implement.

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FreightWaves Staff

Could J.B. Hunt, BNSF alliance on Quantum change next decade in freight?

J.B. Hunt and BNSF Railway are heralding a new era in freight transport with an intermodal partnership called Quantum. With it, they hope to add enough value to win market share from truckload freight.

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20 November
FreightWaves Staff

How Amazon Freight’s customer-first ethos is changing the industry

At F3, Amazon Freight’s Rebecca Salt highlighted the company’s transition to a customer-focused, eco-efficient network.

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FreightWaves Staff

The transformative impact of rapid TMS integrations

In the rapidly evolving logistics industry, the integration of cutting-edge technologies into the TMS is proving to be a game-changing force. The trend is already revolutionizing productivity and reshaping freight logistics.

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17 November
FreightWaves Staff

Amazon Freight Partner’s remarkable rise in global trucking industry

Amazon Freight Partner’s ascent from a small initiative to a global logistics force is a testament to innovative strategies and a commitment to diversity.

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15 November
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: Q4 2023 Carrier Rate Report

This report is designed to provide intelligence that carriers can use to inform their strategies in the months ahead.

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09 November
FreightWaves Staff

How better inventory planning has offset the need for speed

At the F3: Future of Freight Festival, strategic adviser Alan Gershenhorn explained how market changes are affecting different transport modes.

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FreightWaves Staff

Finance expert points to cautionary signals for US freight demand

Consumer spending is likely to decline in the coming months, adding to weak freight conditions.

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FreightWaves Staff

New mode, more data: FreightWaves announces SONAR updates at F3 

As more and more companies partner with FreightWaves to revolutionize the way they look at their supply chains, new and unique applications arise that create growth opportunities. The SONAR team […]

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08 November
FreightWaves Staff

MyFBAPrep, OneRail rank among Top 25 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500

More than a dozen logistics firms have been recognized among North America’s fastest-growing companies.

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06 November
FreightWaves Staff

F3: Future of Freight Festival is coming to Chattanooga in November

FreightWaves is hosting its biggest event yet, F3: Future of Freight Festival, Nov. 7-9, packed with world-renowned speakers, educational sessions, music and more.

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03 November
FreightWaves Staff

Mastering cargo securement: Tips to prevent violations and ensure road safety

Improper cargo securement can result in out-of-service violations and fines. Further, unsecured cargo can fall onto the road, causing significant risk of injury or even death to motorists.

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FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: The State of Freight – October 2023

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

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02 November
FreightWaves Staff

It is time to maximize profitability with a more streamlined customer experience

Logixboard’s best-in-class customer experience allows freight forwarders and logistics service providers to tie their internal systems into a single easy-to-navigate platform.

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01 November
FreightWaves Staff

Optimizing logistics management with quantum computing

As large e-commerce businesses have raised consumer expectations, midsize and smaller logistics companies must keep up and provide the same on-time delivery, visibility and experience. When something goes wrong — and it often does — they must figure out how to adjust quickly by leveraging data from their supply chain.

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FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: State of the Industry – November 2023

The November 2023 “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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Oct - 2023 -
31 October
FreightWaves Staff

Biggest names in freight are headed to Chattanooga

FreightWaves’ F3: Future of Freight Festival is next week. Here are some of the companies that will be coming.

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FreightWaves Staff

XPO’s Brad Jacobs will take the stage at next week’s F3

XPO Executive Chairman Brad Jacobs is the featured keynote speaker for this year’s F3: Future of Freight Festival, hosted by FreightWaves, in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: Identifying Current Gaps in Parcel Shipping: Packing and Packaging Optimization

In recent years, the logistics industry has poured unprecedented amounts of time, effort, and money into revolutionizing and optimizing the way goods move through the supply chain. This has changed […]

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19 October
FreightWaves Staff

Looking back at some favorite scary transportation movies

Aspects of freight and transportation are prominent as some of the most-loved horror classics. We polled the FreightWaves’ staff to see what their favorites are.

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18 October
FreightWaves Staff

2023 Shipper of Choice profile: Univar Solutions

Chemical distributor benefits from close relationships with its carrier partners.

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16 October
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: Fleet card fraud: Assessing the impact of fuel fraud on profitability

2022 marked a worrying record for the trucking industry: It was the costliest year to conduct business for fleet operators, surpassing the record established in 2021. Spotting and preventing fraud […]

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05 October
FreightWaves Staff

FedEx airplane makes hard landing at Tennessee airport

A FedEx cargo airplane made a hard landing in Chattanooga, Tennessee, after a landing gear failure.

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03 October
FreightWaves Staff

Estes Express confirms cyberattack 

Estes Express confirmed Tuesday that the LTL carrier has been the target of a cyberattack.

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FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: The State of Freight – September 2023

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

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02 October
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: State of the Industry – October 2023

The October 2023 “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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FreightWaves Staff

2 children among fatalities in Illinois truck crash

Two children were among the five people killed after a truck carrying ammonia rolled over Friday in Illinois.

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Sep - 2023 -
30 September
FreightWaves Staff

At least 5 dead after tanker carrying ammonia crashes in Illinois

Multiple people have been killed after a trucker hauling anhydrous ammonia crashed on an Illinois highway Friday night.

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26 September
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper – The Road Ahead: Carrier Perspectives for 2024

FreightWaves and Bestpass recently surveyed carriers about their outlooks for the year ahead, including their concerns and views of which way demand will shift.

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25 September
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: Logistics Service Providers Have Some Work to Do – Shippers Dissatisfied by Lack of Shipment Visibility

Visibility has become a logistics industry buzzword in recent years, and shippers consistently talk about the importance of improving visibility throughout their supply chains. As such, many logistics service providers […]

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FreightWaves Staff

FreightWaves and Decision Spot partner to bring high-frequency data inputs to strategic supply chain planning

FreightWaves, the leading provider of freight market intelligence, and Decision Spot, a provider of strategic supply chain planning and design software, are pleased to announce a partnership to integrate FreightWaves SONAR TRAC Spot Rates into Decision Spot’s platform.

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21 September
FreightWaves Staff

Hydrogen fuel makes sense for air cargo, developer says

Novadev is tackling aviation sustainability by focusing on the air cargo sector.

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FreightWaves Staff

Electrification of trucking industry is ‘around the corner’

“Within a few years you’ll see a revolutionized logistics space with true decarbonization taking place,” says Sustainable Freight Buyers Alliance’s Rik Arends.

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FreightWaves Staff

White Paper – Freight’s Breaking Point: The Double Brokering Dilemma

Double brokering has emerged as one of freight transportation’s most pervasive problems in this freight cycle, affecting as much as $500 million to $700 million in freight annually. The practice, […]

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14 September
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: Fragmented Pallet Procurement Process Becomes a Thing of the Past

FreightWaves surveyed shippers and 3PLs working across a variety of sectors about their pallet usage, including procurement habits, challenges and perceptions surrounding sustainability efforts in the space.

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01 September
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: State of the Industry – September 2023

The September 2023 “State of the Industry Report” — presented in affiliation with Ryder —shares an in-depth overview across the trucking, maritime and intermodal markets, as well aswhat to expect […]

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30 August
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: Assessing Shippers’ Adaptability to Market Changes

The freight market, like many sectors, operates in cycles. Currently, it’s in a deflationary state. However, it’s crucial to remember that downturns are not permanent; they are simply one market […]

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29 August
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: Can Your Company Survive a Major Carrier Strike?

End consumers have never been more demanding surrounding customer service, order fulfillment and delivery timelines. A difficult market and ongoing freight recession have yet to do anything to quell growing […]

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FreightWaves Staff

Norfolk Southern says outage impact could last weeks

Norfolk Southern’s systems have been restored after an outage Monday. But the company says impacts could be felt for at least two weeks.

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FreightWaves Staff

FreightWaves SONAR announces new revocations data

SONAR has added three new data sets to our vast array of market data.

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28 August
FreightWaves Staff

What to look out for when hauling FEMA loads

Even as city, state and federal officials urge residents to flee ahead of high winds and flooding, truck drivers answer the call to haul Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) loads to areas where hurricanes are expected to strike.

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FreightWaves Staff

Tropical Storm Idalia forecast to become major hurricane

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency as Tropical Storm Idalia nears the Gulf Coast.

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23 August
FreightWaves Staff

SONAR now offers customizable rate outputs

The latest FreightWaves SONAR release gives users the ability to customize outputs based on rate per mile versus flat rates and to quickly retrieve 90-day moving averages for contract rates.

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FreightWaves Staff

2023 Shipper of Choice profile: Ken’s Foods

Ken’s Foods was chosen as a Shipper of Choice — an award that recognizes retailers and distributors that value their carrier relationships.

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22 August
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: The State of Freight – August 2023

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

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18 August
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: Q3 2023 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 […]

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16 August
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: Q3 2023 Carrier Rate Report

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

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15 August
FreightWaves Staff

216 transportation and logistics companies make Inc. 5000 list

More than 200 transportation and logistics companies have made the 2023 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing privately held firms in the U.S.

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FreightWaves Staff

For 2nd time, FreightWaves makes Inc. 5000 fastest-growing companies list

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

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09 August
FreightWaves Staff

2023 Shipper of Choice profile: Lowe’s

Lowe’s has been changing the way it deploys trucks to deliver goods and has garnered a spot on FreightWaves’ annual list honoring shippers.

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02 August
FreightWaves Staff

TransAm Trucking names new president 

Murray Droescher has been tapped to lead refrigerated freight company TransAm Trucking.

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01 August
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: State of the Industry – August 2023

The August 2023 “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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Jul - 2023 -
25 July
FreightWaves Staff

White Paper: The State of Freight – July 2023

Published on July 24 regarding the ongoing Yellow Corp. potential crisis, this report analyzes the current state of the freight market based on critical insights from our SONAR platform. All […]

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19 July
FreightWaves Staff

Thinking about getting into trucking? Now is not the time

“You cannot make a living today if 100% of your freight is at that spot market pricing,” warns BCB Transport’s Rick Larkin.

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