In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, technology is the focus of FreightWaves’ The Future of Logistics Real Estate summit; plus, GM and Nikola have yet to finalize their partnership and the Tesla Semi gets a boost.
A new survey has found that while most businesses are concerned about cyberattacks, few are actually prepared for one.
A huge police presence was witnessed outside the Amazon Fulfillment Center Tuesday night.
Thirteen people including truck drivers face charges in connection with a nearly $340 million smuggling ring that moved almost 90 loads of contraband tobacco into Canada from the United States.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized narcotics valued at $14.36 million in six separate incidents in Texas.
Garrison was a ringleader but not an organizer, authorities said; no higher-ups who arranged the accidents have been indicted
William O’Donnell, managing partner of Prologis Ventures, the venture capital arm of the logistics real estate trust Prologis, cited a jaw-dropping stat in a discussion with FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller on Tuesday. According to a recent study, every 100 basis points in the shift of consumer spending from traditional retail to e-commerce equates to 46 […]
A week after renewing confidence in embattled Nikola Corp. and indicating its deal to manufacture the startup’s electric pickup truck was on track, General Motors has dropped its supportive language.
Walmart Canada boosted its order of Tesla Semi trucks to 130 as it bets on Elon Musk’s electric heavy-duty vehicle to cut carbon emissions from fleet.
FreightWaves Chief Strategy Officer JT Engstrom chats surface transportation outlook with Ryder’s head of transportation management at The Future of Logistics Real Estate summit.
FedEx doesn’t just operate big cargo jets. It has small delivery planes too. ATR completed a test flight of a propeller aircraft that will carry freight for FedEx Express.
Amazon Prime Day sales totaled an estimated $7.16 billion in 2019.
Knight-Swift will begin testing a Freightliner eCascadia all-electric day cab as part of a broader effort to reduce carbon emissions by 50% by 2035.
The logistics warehouse of the future will be heavily automated, purpose-built for e-commerce and ready for tenants to “plug in” and go live almost immediately, a top executive for distribution giant Ingram Micro said Tuesday. Keynoting FreightWaves’ daylong webinar on the future of logistics warehousing, Ken Beyer, executive vice president and president of commerce and […]
“When you’re trying to bring loads into a COVID-19-affected world, it’s like a Rubik’s cube with 14 sides.”
The Lion8’s origins in battery-powered school buses result in an electric truck based on technology that’s more road-ready than that of its rivals, Lion Electric president says.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, a merger of Hyliion with Tortoise Acquisition Corp. has been approved, plus PPP may have sunk rates and fleets can now ensure their drivers have a safe place to park.
Insight Partners’ investment will allow PayCargo to build new online freight payment services and tools for shippers, 3PLs and transportation providers.
ISO comes out of stealth to help shippers manage vendor compliance and on-time performance metrics.
A Florida woman has been found guilty of three counts of attempted murder, more than a year after police state she tried to kill herself and her two sons by intentionally steering her van into oncoming traffic and ramming the vehicle into a fuel tanker.
