Nate Tabak, Border and North America Correspondent

Nate Tabak is a Toronto-based investigative journalist and producer who covers cybersecurity and cross-border trucking and logistics for FreightWaves. He spent seven years reporting stories in the Balkans and Eastern Europe as a reporter, producer and editor based in Kosovo. He previously worked at newspapers in the San Francisco Bay Area, including the San Jose Mercury News. He graduated from UC Berkeley, where he studied the history of American policing. Contact Nate at ntabak@freightwaves.com.

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15 April

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Port of Montreal: Why it matters and what a full strike could mean

As longshoremen begin partial strike, here are seven key questions about the Port of Montreal, the labor dispute and what might happen.
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12 April

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Partial strike at Port of Montreal as union, employers dig in

Port of Montreal longshoremen will begin a partial strike after employers moved to stop providing guaranteed minimum pay as labor dispute hits the skids, again.
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8 April

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Skeptical judge acquits trucker caught with heroin at Canadian border

An off-duty trucker charged with smuggling 13 bricks of cocaine from the U.S. to Canada via car was acquitted after maintaining that the drugs were planted while he was aiding…
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7 April

FreightWaves LIVE

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EFS: How Trimble helped a large fleet navigate a last-mile problem

Trimble MAPS worked with Wisconsin trucking company Roehl Transport to implement a navigation system to allow seamless and precise last-mile operations. The companies share their story during FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet…
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6 April

Long-Haul Crime Log

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Behind allegations Mexican truckers are breaking US cabotage rules — Long-Haul Crime Log

Members of the trucking industry in the U.S. and Mexico allege that Mexican truck drivers are doing illegal runs inside the United States in violation of cabotage rules. FreightWaves’ true-crime…
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2 April

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Amid cyberattacks, how does the supply chain stay resilient?

As hackers exploit the interconnectedness of the global supply chain to stage ransomware attacks, executives say technology and strategy are key to avoiding a knockout punch.
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31 March

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Hackers threaten shipping firm ECU Worldwide with data leak

A ransomware gang is threatening to leak 2 terabytes of files stolen from shipping firm ECU Worldwide in the aftermath of a cyberattack as the owner vows to “take any…
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29 March

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Massive opium bust at Port of Vancouver leads to warehouse sting

Canadian police and border officers seized nearly $8 million in opium found in two shipping containers at the Port of Vancouver and then swapped the drugs with a dummy shipment…
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28 March

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Can foreign-based trucks haul domestic US freight?

By and large, trucks from Canada and Mexico can’t move domestic loads within the U.S. But things get a little more complicated in the nitty-gritty of federal cabotage regulations.
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25 March

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Ransomware attack on EDI provider highlights cyber risks in supply chain

Faxinating Solutions, an EDI provider that works with some of the largest shippers in North America and IBM, says it was the victim of a ransomware attack.
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