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FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller analyzes inflation in the supply chain.

People use the term “contract rate” in trucking and think that it is binding. It is not. In reality, it just means a prenegotiated rate both parties have the right to reject at the time of the tender.

The naming of hurricanes was changed in the 1950s to simplify their tracking and improve communication of storm information.

Small carriers are opting to bring only a power unit to a brokered transaction.

This AskWaves looks at what separates truck dispatchers from truck brokers.

“We believe that every sector has to make a contribution toward global decarbonization,” Fernando Rangel Villasana, senior technical manager at SBTi, told FreightWaves.

A FreightWaves poll found that 65% of 1,120 truckers who responded have been vaccined but nearly 73% of the holdouts would quit if forced to “get the jab.”

The AN-225 is not your average plane pull. It’s the biggest plane in the world and doesn’t budge easily.

The global airline industry still has a steep climb out of its financial hole. U.S. airlines are doing better, but watch out for the delta variant.

Sustainable fuels and technologies are up against decades of perfecting the efficiency and economies of scale of the fossil fuel industry.

Spike in parcel delivery demand is lifting the good ship S.S. Consultant to new heights

Unlike hurricane names, which come from predetermined lists, wildfire names are a bit more arbitrary.

AskWaves takes a look at gains on the sale of revenue equipment and how they play into the financial results of truckload carriers.

AskWaves recounts the history of the eight-lane, $128 million World Trade Bridge, and its importance to commercial truck traffic between Mexico and the United States.

The Department of Energy’s Earthshots Initiative is allocating $52.5 million for clean hydrogen R&D.

Canada is reopening its borders to vaccinated Americans. AskWaves explains why this will help fuel demand for freight in the hospitality sector.

Lawmakers controlling the purse strings in Congress urge FMCSA and NHTSA to take action on their safety directives in 2022.

Americans were expected to divert disposable income away from goods as the economy reopened to travel, lodging and entertainment. It isn’t happening, most observers say, and the supply chain implications are profound.

FMCSA urges truck drivers affected by the Philips recall of nearly 4 million CPAP or BiPAP machines “to work with their medical providers to find alternatives wherever possible — and for CPAP manufacturers to provide all available assistance to drivers impacted by recalls.”

Nuclear materials couriers are well trained and armed for their job of transporting nuclear materials to sites across the U.S.