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Bendix and Aeva bring 4D LiDAR to Class 8 collision mitigation via Fusion ADAS. Collaboration targets L2+ driver assistance in mass production for fleets

This week in Borderlands Mexico: Echo bets on Mexico growth with domestic transportation offering; DP World in talks to develop container terminal at Port of Corpus Christi; and Chinese auto supplier invests $42M in Saltillo plant.

Trucking’s tightness could last well into 2027, if not further.

DHL has transitioned autonomous vehicles from its Fast Forward Challenge into daily operations at the Advanced Regional Center in Singapore. In partnership with Zelostech, the company now operates fully electric, driverless vehicles for point-to-point transfers between logistics facilities on campus. These shuttles handle repetitive hub-to-hub movements that require tight coordination, where delays from congestion or […]

AVI-SPL and Volvo Autonomous Solutions launch driverless freight on Dallas-Houston lane using Aurora-powered Volvo VNL trucks for audio-visual equipment transport.

The freight industry stands at a crossroads that looks remarkably familiar to anyone who remembers the early days of fintech. Before Plaid became the connective tissue linking bank accounts to lending decisions, borrowers shuffled paperwork and lenders operated on good faith. Now that same transformation is coming for trucking, and Highway’s Chief Commercial Officer Michael […]

A crash involving an independent owner operator ultimately caught up 3 carriers in case involving vicarious responsibility.

The Teamsters union is gearing up to file grievances against UPS for allegedly funneling package delivery to Roadie, a subsidiary that uses less-expensive gig drivers.

Trailer builder Wabash National, which has had a tough few years, got a big boost from an analyst report.

RBW Logistics has acquired World Group’s warehousing business for an undisclosed amount.

FleetForce and Swift Transportation have partnered to offer on-site CDL training and certification in Mobile, Alabama.

A potential breakthrough in the Middle East could soon ease major headaches for truckers, shippers, and manufacturers worldwide. On Friday, U.S. and Iranian leaders are set to formally sign a 14-point memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Switzerland. This interim deal aims to end recent fighting, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and start 60 days of […]

The CAVRA Standard, created by Carrier Assure CEO Cassandra Gaines, aims to bring clarity to carrier vetting.

Trade experts at Flexport say July could bring sweeping tariff changes, new compliance requirements and legal battles over U.S. trade policy.

Boston-based Teradar recently announced a paid technical evaluation program with a top German automaker for its terahertz vision technology. The milestone represents a key step forward for Teradar’s flagship Summit sensor. The sensor will be tested against edge cases that continue to expose the limitations of cameras, lidar and radar. These include detecting a fallen […]

C.H. Robinson is the defendant in what is likely to be a closely-watched post-Montgomery broker liability case.

The platform gives certified carriers direct access to C.H. Robinson committed freight opportunities with human oversight on every bid.

A local city council has approved a massive intermodal project BNSF positioned as a linchpin for the future of rail freight originating at the busiest U.S. container complex.

Seattle-based logistics company Expeditors International is cutting more than 200 IT jobs.

U.S. railroads notched up freight traffic in the latest week, as total volumes more than doubled growth year-to-date.

After criminals allegedly hijacked a Walmart-bound shipment, Global Protection discovered that legitimate carriers, drivers and paperwork are not always enough. The company explains how the incident changed its approach to verification and why slowing down became part of its security strategy.

The average transportation and logistics deal size is growing as buyers seek hard-to-replicate technology solutions.

Heavy-duty truck exports in May rose sharply, signaling improving momentum in the trucking industry.

The benchmark diesel price fell more than 15 cts/g as the market ponders what happens post peace deal.

The Small Business in Transportation Coalition has asked a federal court to push for decertification of CDL programs in New York and California.

FedEx says it has significantly reduced cargo backlogs at its warehouses in Vietnam after a messy switch to a new ground delivery partner and new technology system.

Resilient consumer spending helped boost what is looking like an early peak shipping season as importers try to stay ahead of rising fuel costs and the changeable U.S. approach to trade.  

Some fleets are implementing pay raises for drivers early in the truckload market’s recovery.

But supply chain normalcy is likely months off as anxious shippers spur an early peak in a rush to beat fuel surcharges and price hikes by Asian manufacturers. Spot rates on the benchmark Asia-U.S. West Coast route were unchanged at $4,836 per forty foot equivalent unit (FEU) in the latest week, according to the Freightos […]

The US Department of Transportation has signed a deal to receive high-frequency freight market data from SONAR.

The 2026 State of Logistics Report finds supply chain volatility is now permanent. U.S. logistics costs are $2.4 trillion or 7.8% of GDP.

(The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently approved a five-year waiver that lets railroads expand the use of Automated Track Inspection (ATI) technology. This decision, announced in December 2025 by U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean […]

Freight-sector bankruptcies and layoffs continued piling up in June as carriers and logistics providers cut costs.

FreightWaves Today discussed a new SCOTUS ruling on safety preemption, cyber cartel threats and fuel economics during Monday’s live show.

LRT Group acquires F2F Transport. Chattanooga carrier operations continue as group pursues North American growth and fleet expansion.

Cass data released Monday pointed to the likelihood of a second-half volume recovery as truckload linehaul rates surged again in May.

Some shippers are being forced to reprice their entire book as contractual truckload rates set just a couple of months ago are no longer being honored.

The United States and Iran announced an agreement to end the war in the Arabian Gulf, but it could take months for shipping and logistics to normalize.

The cargo was unusual. The alleged theft method was not. According to public reporting, criminals compromised a legitimate carrier’s identity and used it to divert a Walmart-bound shipment worth $1.7 million, a tactic the FBI says is becoming increasingly common.

Shippers of American agricultural commodities say a push by Democrats to tax Chinese ships docking at U.S. ports could put some crop producers out of business.

The July 4 holiday doesn’t create supply chain vulnerabilities. It exposes them. As freight sits unattended and operations slow down, security experts warn that organized theft groups are watching closely.

This week in Borderlands Mexico: Laredo summit debates driverless freight corridors, B-1 truckers; Cadogan Tate expands Southwest footprint with Phoenix acquisition; and Toyo plans $357M solar manufacturing expansion in Houston.

LTL revenues appear to be strengthening in Q2, but is this a product of fuel or something more structural?

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

The Trump administration unveiled a program to pre-screen import containers and streamline connections through the supply chain.

RXO’s debt rating held at its current level at S&P, despite growing freight market strength.

Shipowners are confronting a crisis in how to sustain a workforce of 2 million crewing the global commercial fleet.

The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners has approved a $3.4 billion annual budget for fiscal 2026-2027 for the Port of Los Angeles. The increase comes as the port, which along with neighboring Long Beach comprises the busiest U.S. container gateway, is forecasting a 7% decline in box volumes, to 9.3 million twenty foot equivalent […]

Canada Post announced it plans to transition nearly 500,000 more people to centralized community mailboxes because home delivery is too expensive.

H.R. 5408 gives employers 120 days to reach a first union contract or a government arbitrator writes one for them. The House passed it 230-193 on June 9. The Senate is the last wall. If you run trucks, this is not someone else’s problem.

Mexico remained America’s largest trading partner in April, extending its lead over Canada amid tariffs and growing uncertainty over the future of the USMCA.

For decades, transportation operated on trust, speed, and relationships. On this episode of Fraud Watch, Malcolm Harris explains why that model is changing as freight fraud becomes more organized, verification becomes more critical, and companies are forced to rethink how freight moves through their operations.

Volvo Autonomous Solutions will go fully driverless on U.S. highways in Q1 2027, targeting more than 300 trucks by year-end and nearly $3 billion in revenue.

The fastest way for Amazon to add a premium expedited tier to its new national LTL network is to buy the one carrier already built for it — and already on the auction block Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) opened its less-than-truckload network to all businesses this week, and the market reaction was muted. Shares of the […]

FreightWaves Today discussed Delfin Midstream new $5 billion offshore liquefied natural gas export platform, Amazon’s LTL realities, and surging cargo fraud during Thursday’s live show.

The biggest U.S. container port leveraged a program to award $54.4 million in materials and services contracts to small businesses. 

Retailers of agricultural products say they’ll be whipsawed by higher freight rates and poorer service if a proposed transcontinental railroad merger is approved.

The Transportation Intermediaries Association is asking FMCSA to take steps more clearly defining safe carriers.

On June 6, a trailer full of fireworks burned and detonated for 25 minutes on I-75 outside Chattanooga. The driver had no hazmat endorsement, no placards, no shipping papers.

Truckload carriers appearing at an investor conference this week laid out the thesis for a sustained period of rate recovery.

With the Jones Act temporarily suspended, the political action network backed by conservative billionaire Charles Koch wants the law protecting U.S.-flag shipping repealed.

Einride began trading on Nasdaq after completing its de-SPAC. The company is scaling both electric trucks and cabless autonomous vehicles.

The 9th Annual Modernization of Cross-Border Trade conference highlighted how legal and operational risks are changing freight movement between the U.S. and Mexico.

Under pressure from the Teamsters, UPS has retrofitted 2,000 package cars with air conditioning and the union says its enforcement campaign is forcing company compliance across many areas of their labor contract.

Bennett Family of Companies CIO Praveen Boppana details the shift from paper logs to ELDs and dash cams plus the three-year AI TMS roadmap with Motive.

Relay Payments has signed a deal to have its services available through Platform Science.

FreightWaves Today discussed the rail markets surge, transportation management systems automation and FMCSA regulatory vetting during Wednesday’s live show.

Under National Registry 2, the physician is now required to upload the results directly to the FMCSA, which then transmits the data to the state. The driver’s career and the carrier’s compliance both depend on a workflow that the physician may not understand exists.

Volvo Trucks will launch unattended over-the-air software updates later this year, allowing fleets to update parked trucks while drivers are away.

Amazon’s less-than-truckload business is unlikely to resemble that of the century-old legacy carriers.

Commercial trucking carriers are in an increasingly expensive legal bullseye due to costly nuclear verdicts from civil lawsuits.

Regulators for the first time approved a controversial $5 billion project in U.S. waters to produce liquefied natural gas for export.

Wabash National had its debt rating downgraded by S&P but scored a major victory at the Commerce department.

Port Houston officials say continuous training and early preparation allow the port to restore operations after hurricanes.

Leading Democratic senators have called for the U.S. to reinstate a tax on Chinese ships after Trump and Xi agreed to a mutual postponement through November.

Freight on U.S. railroads continues to outpace year-ago traffic in the latest trackside data.

Tender acceptance rates have long signaled stress in the truckload market — but until now, users had no direct index tracking the volume of freight that actually cleared that process and moved. SONAR’s new Accepted SONAR Truckload Volume Index (ASTVI) fills that gap. The dataset family isolates accepted truckload demand by stripping out rejection activity, […]

Investigators say organized cargo theft crews continue targeting Arizona rail corridors, with train burglaries occurring up to a dozen times each month across Northern Arizona.

Amazon has opened up its trucking network to partial-load shippers who need pallets delivered to their door, as part of a full suite of supply chain services available to third-party businesses.

FreightWaves Today discussed trailer tech, fuel markets and rising spot rate demand during Tuesday’s live show.

A year after analysts predicted a fundamental shift to a late peak season, trans-Pacific rates are surging on frontloading by importers as the U.S. hits dozens of countries with new punitive tariffs.

FreightWaves SONAR will launch its first virtual Driver App Shortage Hackathon on June 15-22 to address the lack of software built primarily for truck drivers.

AI is moving beyond experimentation and into everyday freight operations. From automating repetitive tasks to supporting operational decisions, AI agents are creating new opportunities for efficiency across the supply chain. To understand how the industry is responding, FreightWaves and Trimble surveyed carriers, brokers, shippers, and owner-operators, and the results reveal where organizations are adopting AI […]

FedEx pilots have finally approved a collective bargaining agreement after years of labor unrest.

The benchmark used for most fuel surcharges fell for the fifth straight week.

PepsiCo and Gatik have launched the largest commercial driverless trucking deployment to date, with operations now live across Texas, Arizona and Arkansas

DHL Express and digital platform Stasher are partnering to provide luggage storage for travelers in the United States who are in-between accommodations or destinations and need a convenient, secure drop point.

Enforcement agencies intercepted everything from drugs, to counterfeit jewelry, to illegal medicines at ports across North America.

Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena stated the company can afford its $85 billion Norfolk Southern merger without federal investment.

Long-time freight market analyst Donald Broughton has died.

Samsara has settled a trade secret dispute with a former employee who left to join competitor Motive.

Freight broker Fura announced that it has added another 3PL on its journey to roll up the space through automation.

FreightWaves Today discussed mergers, massive fraud rings and the mid-June rate pause among other logistics topics during Monday’s live show.

ArcBest announced Monday a 5.9% general rate increase for less-than-truckload services, which is about six weeks ahead of the timing of its 2025 rate bump.

The Gulf crisis has yet to hit global container traffic, liner operators say, as April volumes surged past year-ago levels.

A growing number of False Claims Act cases are exposing schemes designed to evade duties on imports.

C.H. Robinson launched its Planner last year in Managed Solutions; Engineer will be its next step.

Amazon has deployed 1 million robots, mostly in the United States. Now it is investing heavily to expand robot use across fulfillment centers in Europe.

Richard J. Kloster has been sworn in as the newest member of the Surface Transportation Board.  

Samsara raised its full-year outlook as it inks new contracts with customers active in the buildout of data centers and public infrastructure.