For most of the last decade, “visibility” in freight has meant knowing where a truck is right now. Carriers connected their ELDs and brokers and shippers plugged into telematics feeds. The industry mostly stopped relying on calling drivers to ask for a location. That shift eliminated an enormous amount of manual work, and it’s now […]

Artificial intelligence has become the loudest conversation in trucking, promising faster compliance checks, deeper video analytics, and instant answers to complex regulatory questions. But according to Rustin Keller, President and CEO of J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc., the technology’s growing footprint hasn’t changed who’s ultimately accountable when something goes wrong.   “AI is going to accelerate business, […]

For the past several years, many fleets have viewed trailer capacity as a lever they could pull as conditions changed—adding units when freight improved and returning them when demand softened. According to Ed Behnen, Senior Vice President of Sales at Premier Trailer Leasing, that flexibility is becoming far less available. Behnen joined Malcolm Harris on […]

ShipStation Global CEO Tom Madine explains the thinking behind the platform’s newly launched LTL offering and the broader push to bring parcel, freight and truckload under one roof. Enterprise customer Toyota Racing Development and SMB spice brand Spiceology illustrate what that looks like in practice.

Dave Slade, principal biofuels scientist at Chevron, discusses the various fuels available to fleets, benefits and considerations for alternative fuel options like CNG, what fleet operators need to know about biodiesel blends over B20, and how qualified fleets may participate in a natural gas truck demo program at no cost. 

When FreightWaves launched the AI Excellence in Supply Chain Awards, the goal was to cut through the noise of an industry where “AI” has become a marketing buzzword slapped on every press release, and instead spotlight the companies that are leveraging AI in truly revolutionary ways.  The awards recognize real deployments and measurable outcomes as […]

FreightWaves Today broadcast live from the Westin in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Univar Solutions’ annual Carrier Kickoff event, where roughly 100 transportation providers and more than 200 attendees gathered alongside Univar Solutions’ procurement and operations leadership for a supplier conference built around the fact that relationships, not just rates, win freight when trucks get scarce.

Loaded and Rolling host Thomas Wasson sat down with Sean Dehan, vice president of strategy and corporate development at Truckstop, to discuss where market pressure and regulation have led the freight industry when it comes to combatting fraud.

DeepDetectAI is Intelligent Audit’s proprietary machine learning system built to catch subtle shipping errors and fraud deeply buried inside millions of transportation transactions.

YMX Logistics was named one of the honorees in the Operational AI Integration category for the AI Excellence in Supply Chain Awards.

Tarek Alaruri has spent his career on both sides of freight’s money problem. First, chasing down loads as a broker, now helping shippers and carriers get paid faster. The CEO and cofounder of Stuut joined Malcolm Harris and Michael Vincent on FreightWaves’ “What the Truck?!?” podcast to talk about how his company is using AI […]

Lean Solutions Group CTO Alfonso Quijano says that companies still treating AI like a tool instead of an employee are setting themselves up for costly failure.

Gnosis Freight CRO Michael Rentz breaks down what operational-grade data infrastructure actually requires, and what shippers should be asking every technology vendor before they buy.

The decision intelligence CEO joined FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller on FW Today to discuss how project44 is embedding AI agents to solve data quality gaps, automate carrier follow-up, and deliver measurable supply chain outcomes for shippers and LSPs

Progressive Commercial, the nation’s No. 1 truck insurer from S&P Global Market Intelligence 2025 national written premium data, and with more than 50 years of experience in the space, has built its products around the principle of matching coverage to the specific risk profile of each customer, rather than selling one-size-fits-all policies.

RNG has arrived as a proven, bottom-line fuel strategy for Class 8 fleets. Clean Energy SVP Chad Lindholm says the combination performance, domestic price stability, and a maturing fueling network means operators no longer have a reason to wait.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC has changed the need for documentation in carrier vetting. Descartes’ AuditLog transforms carrier review management into defensible documentation without adding steps.

Numeo AI is helping brokers verify carrier identity and maintain real-time load visibility through a continuous verification platform already used by more than 3,000 dispatchers and 10,000 drivers. Learn how Numeo’s AI-powered dispatch tools are giving brokers verified capacity, automated track-and-trace, and access to an active carrier network without adding friction for drivers.

Old Dominion Freight Line’s sixteen consecutive years as the #1 National LTL Carrier for Quality reflect a deliberate strategy built on proactive fleet maintenance, advanced load planning, and a workforce development model that fills most job openings from within.

This month, Saia launched REV, a company-wide initiative designed to advance freight performance through faster transit times, enhanced service capabilities, and greater shipment visibility.
REV, which stands for Rapid, Expanded and Visible, brings together a series of strategic investments across the Saia network.