Awards

CHILLICOTHE, OH., Sept. 28, 2026 – Finalists for the 11th annual “Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence” award were recently announced by Kenworth Truck Company, Fastport, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes program. This distinguished award celebrates military veterans who have successfully transitioned into professional truck driving careers. Following a thorough nomination and review […]

FreightWaves has announced its 2027 FreightTech100, recognizing 100 companies across freight and supply chain technology. The list includes established transportation companies, technology providers and startups, with the FreightTech25 set to be selected from the 100 companies in October.

For years, freight technology had been a solution looking for the industry to feel enough pain to adopt it. In 2021, the pain arrived. The pandemic-era supply chain crisis did in eighteen months what a decade of sales pitches could not. It took every abstract argument for digital freight tools, real-time visibility, capacity matching, automation, […]

Nominations for the 2027 FreightTech 100 close August 31. Nominate your company here. There was a time, and it was not long ago, when telling someone at a shipping conference that you worked in “freight tech” would get you a blank look. The freight industry had technology, of course. It had transportation management systems, some […]

Nominations for the eighth annual 2027 FreightTech Awards will officially open this coming Monday, June 29, 2026.

FreightWaves will host its annual Future of Freight Festival (F3) in Chattanooga, Tennessee, culminating in the prestigious 2027 FreightTech Awards dinner.

Artificial intelligence has moved from the edges of the supply chain to its center. What began as experimental pilots and proof-of-concept projects has become the operating reality for a growing share of the logistics industry, with AI, machine learning, and large language models now driving the demand forecasting, real-time visibility, document processing, and route optimization […]

FreightWaves awarded two categories of winners: Logistics Operations and Solution Providers.

Winners to be announced at the Freight Fraud Symposium in Cleveland.

The Shipper of Choice honors shippers committed to strategic carrier partnerships and ease of doing business.

AI and the return of incumbent companies drove this year’s list.

Check out the full list of winners.

Data connectivity, ease of doing business, relationships, and facilities management all play a role.

Tech and transportation providers among those honored.

Highway has changed the game of carrier identity.

Motive combines fleet and spend management.

The deadline is July 18, 2025.

Tive has raised the bar for high-value shipment security.

Freight fraud has emerged as one of the most rapidly growing and financially devastating risks in today’s global supply chain landscape. With global cargo theft losses exceeding $80 billion in 2023 and the average cost of a successful fictitious pickup surging to $365,000 per incident in Q1 2024, the industry has been desperately seeking more […]

Echo Global Logistics has emerged as a standout performer in the freight industry’s battle against fraud, earning recognition as a winner of the 2025 FreightWaves Fraud Fighter Awards. With an impressive record of delivering over one million truckload shipments in 2024 while maintaining a loss rate of less than 0.01% due to theft, Echo has […]