FreightWaves recently partnered with G3 Logistics and EY to host a webinar on supply chain disruptions and strategies to stay flexible during transitionary markets. With a good plan and robust technology, shippers can be poised to not only mitigate losses, but also to capture new market shares during unexpected shifts.
SONAR market experts say Trump’s tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico might have spurred shippers to “pull forward” orders and rethink their supply chains.
With 2024 drawing to a close, team leaders at SONAR discussed during a Thursday webinar the top enhancements made to the logistics data platform.
With the freight recession seemingly in the rearview mirror, FreightWaves’ transportation market experts advise on how to prepare for 2025.
FreightWaves SONAR hosted a webinar Wednesday discussing its new shipper data consortium with Charles Odom, director of logistics at Halliburton.
October’s SONAR webinar looked at key factors in earning the Shipper of Choice distinction.
Nick Persin, director of strategic partnerships for FreightWaves SONAR, spoke with Dylan Alperin, VP of professional services at Keelvar, during the October Webinar about delivering SONAR’s truckload datasets to the Keelvar platform.
FreightWaves’ “State of Freight” webinar for February had little good news for carriers hoping for higher rates sometime soon.
This week, FreightWaves will host Global Supply Chain Week, a three-day virtual experience featuring dozens of leaders in global trade.
A FreightWaves webinar featuring CEO Craig Fuller looked at the current state of the freight market.
Without clarifying objectives, a company cannot, with confidence or a unified vision, understand where it’s going.
Hubtek’s digital worker, TABi, enters a company’s TMS as a user, scans documents, forms and emails for data, and transfers the data to the TMS.
Interested in learning more about the TCA Profitability Program (TPP) and how benchmarking and data can help with your trucking operations in 2021 and beyond? TCA and FreightWaves will be hosting an informative, complimentary webinar at 1 p.m. ET, December 16.
“We do not believe that the digital broker is ultimately going to replace those traditional brokerages.”
“We’re built for this,” said Williamson. “LTL carriers cannot perform at 98%.”
“It landed us where we are now with a bigger win rate and more business,” said Jeff Paul at Simple Logistics.
TCA supports this legislation as it complements the work already being done from within the trucking community to promote our well-paying jobs to quality candidates.
The bill would reinforce in federal law the “ABC test” to determine whether an individual is an employee rather than an independent contractor, similar to California’s AB5 law that is currently being challenged in the courts.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is a federal agency that administers the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by overseeing and managing relationships between unions and private-sector employers. Between December 16–19, 2019, the NLRB issued a trio of rulings that reversed prior union/employee-friendly decisions
TCA Chairman and Trekker CEO Josh Kaburick and Pilot Flying J’s Wendy Hamilton, recognized nearly 100 professional truck drivers during the 2019 Wreaths Across America (WAA) Washington DC Area Wreath Reception and Dinner.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse goes live on January 6, providing an online database that will shed light on prospective drivers’ drug and alcohol program violations.
TCA will continue to fight against exemptions to the ELD mandate.
Data across all modes of traffic is signaling a dramatic slowdown in the freight market, but U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) continues to come in strong.
In an industry where new technology solutions seem to be emerging on a near daily basis, the way brokers evaluate products and choose partners is changing.
Retail rebounded from a disappointing February in March, with the growth rate climbing from 2.2 percent to 3.6 percent year-over-year. It was one of the strongest rebounds seen in the retail sector since mid-2017.
Technology is disrupting the logistics industry at a breakneck pace, and brokerages are not exempt from the changes. While new technologies are intended to help companies run smoother, the implementation process can be riddled with challenges.
In December 2018, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) denied 10 exemption requests.
While the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate has indeed improved hours of service (HOS) compliance, a recent study found that the mandate’s potential safety impacts, which are often discussed, have not come to pass.
Mexico’s current economic boom is providing business for the country’s cross-border shipping industry, but also emphasizing the industry’s growing pains.
Sponsored by Redwood LogisticsThird-party logistics (3PL) companies are attractive investments for private equity firms, enabling new companies in the space to grow faster than ever before. FreightWaves and Redwood Logistics teamed up to host a webinar on how the availability of private equity is shaking up the transportation space.
Major weekend storm still on track to dump snow, ice from Plains to mid-Atlantic. Potential for road closures, power outages.
The November Market Update, presented in partnership with Convoy, featured FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller and Chief Economist Ibrahiim Bayaan, who discussed macroeconomic data and trends in freight markets.
Companies need to keep their drivers safe; they also need to retain them and pay them. This white paper discusses how both can be done.
FreightWaves discussed how the midterm elections impact the economy at large, and specifically how it pertains to freight. What are the implications to the economic indicators regardless of the winner?
FreightWaves Chief Economist Ibrahiim Bayaan and FreightWaves Chief Analytics Officer Dean Croke explained what the data is saying about the freight market in this week’s monthly market update.
FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller, Chief Economist Ibrahiim Bayaan, and Senior Meteorologist Nick Austin discussed Hurricane Florence’s impact on freight, the general macroeconomic situation, and the upcoming IMO 2020 regulations on maritime fuel.
Spireon’s IntelliScan, using laser and optical imaging tools, helps bring the trailer more into the world of smart technology.
Heather Mueller from Breakthrough Fuels will look at the best fuel strategies for the trucking industry.
Months after the start of hard enforcement, there are still some drivers who know little about their ELD.
The free webinar will focus on how a driver and a fleet can prepare themselves for roadside inspections in a world governed by the ELD mandate.
The activity is growing as developers seek to produce ledger-based solutions
A Freightwaves-sponsored webinar on the future of blockchain in the trucking and transport sector.
The power has shifted to the carriers, and shippers need to work at staying on their good side.
Interest is surging in making the trailer data as visible as that of the truck.
