The futures contracts will provide a way for carriers, shippers and third-party logistics providers to hedge their exposure to truckload spot rate volatility.
Flashback Fridays previews the soon-to-open Freight Alley Haul of Fame and showcases four trucking companies that contributed to the history of trucking.
FreightWaves has closed $20 million in Series B funding from large strategic investors including Hearst Ventures, Prologis Ventures, and Revolution Ventures
The newest release adds major weather data features, visualization and modeling tools, additional news features, and DOT highway cameras.
FreightWaves, the world’s largest freight news and data provider, has announced the launch of FreightWaves Radio on SiriusXM’s Road Dog Trucking Radio channel 146.
Financial market executive gives a vote of confidence in the success of the trucking futures market by taking the helm
The key benchmark OTRI sounded the alarms about weaker markets, but other indicators were telling a different story.
FreightWaves will live stream each of its Trucking Freight Futures road shows, allowing everyone who participates in the freight market to learn how they can offset their exposure to price swings.
The partnership with the women’s soccer team is about more than just paying for uniforms. It’s part of a push to highlight the growing role of women in the historically male-dominated world of freight and beyond.
Ben Murphy spent his life using data and technology to push trucking—the industry he loved—into the future.
This April, the Freight Alley Haul of Fame museum will open in FreightWaves’ new corporate headquarters in downtown Chattanooga.
MSU Supply Chain Management and FreightWaves will partner on curriculum, joint events, and transportation-related research projects.
FreightWaves will highlight the top 25 shippers in America for its inaugural Shipper of Choice awards. The award will rate qualities such as flexibility and detention on a five-point scale, with the winner announced at Transparency19.
Cohen, a 30 year air cargo veteran of United Airlines and Etihad Airlines has been appointed as FreightWaves Market Expert, Air Cargo. In this role he will be providing analytics and commentary about the air cargo market and will be working with data partners in the air cargo space.
In addition to overseeing FreightWaves’ legal and compliance elements, Martin will serve as Market Expert for compliance and legal aspects of the freight industry
The mobility and freight business community of Chattanooga is starting to think strategically about growing the industry.
Keynotes will include Gary Vaynerchuk, David Rowan, Andrew Clarke, Shelley Simpson, and Brad Jacobs.
A museum and hall of fame dedicated to the trucking industry is set to open in Chattanooga, TN in April 2019. The museum will be the only museum that is dedicated to the founders and companies that have made up the history of the trucking industry.
The second FreightWaves book, Freight Revolution: the supply chain will never be the same, sponsored by Uber Freight, is now available for download.
In the last round of live technology demonstrations at MarketWaves 18, companies showed off products that automated document imaging and processing, matching loads to trucks, financing the supply chain, and creating price discovery for air cargo.
