Bendix and Aeva bring 4D LiDAR to Class 8 collision mitigation via Fusion ADAS. Collaboration targets L2+ driver assistance in mass production for fleets
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.
Trailer builder Wabash National, which has had a tough few years, got a big boost from an analyst report.
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.
Seattle-based logistics company Expeditors International is cutting more than 200 IT jobs.
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.
Some fleets are implementing pay raises for drivers early in the truckload market’s recovery.
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.
Freight-sector bankruptcies and layoffs continued piling up in June as carriers and logistics providers cut costs.
LRT Group acquires F2F Transport. Chattanooga carrier operations continue as group pursues North American growth and fleet expansion.
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 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.
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.
FreightWaves will host its annual Future of Freight Festival (F3) in Chattanooga, Tennessee, culminating in the prestigious 2027 FreightTech Awards dinner.
RXO’s debt rating held at its current level at S&P, despite growing freight market strength.
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 Transportation Intermediaries Association is asking FMCSA to take steps more clearly defining safe carriers.
Truckload carriers appearing at an investor conference this week laid out the thesis for a sustained period of rate recovery.
Einride began trading on Nasdaq after completing its de-SPAC. The company is scaling both electric trucks and cabless autonomous vehicles.
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.
Volvo Trucks will launch unattended over-the-air software updates later this year, allowing fleets to update parked trucks while drivers are away.
Commercial trucking carriers are in an increasingly expensive legal bullseye due to costly nuclear verdicts from civil lawsuits.
Wabash National had its debt rating downgraded by S&P but scored a major victory at the Commerce department.
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.
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.
PepsiCo and Gatik have launched the largest commercial driverless trucking deployment to date, with operations now live across Texas, Arizona and Arkansas
Enforcement agencies intercepted everything from drugs, to counterfeit jewelry, to illegal medicines at ports across North America.
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.
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.
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.
Samsara raised its full-year outlook as it inks new contracts with customers active in the buildout of data centers and public infrastructure.
The unanimous decision in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II eliminates federal preemption as a defense in negligent carrier selection lawsuits. J. J. Keller’s Josh Lovan sat down with FreightWaves to discuss how the ripple effects are already reshaping how freight moves.
John Tozer has been appointed first chairman of Veterans in Logistics to help military veterans build successful careers in freight and logistics.
Prosecutors say a group accused of impersonating legitimate trucking carriers diverted millions of dollars in freight before the cargo was allegedly moved, stored and resold. The indictment details six separate theft incidents spanning multiple states.
While a booming heavy-industrial sector has shielded certain segments, the broader housing affordability crisis is actively suppressing volumes across multiple shipping modes.
A California rule on meal and rest breaks for bus drivers was shot down by a federal court.
ArcBest raised operating income expectations for both of its business units.
Canada Post is turning its attention to pricing and operational reforms aimed at restoring financial stability after unionized letter carriers ratified a new contract.
ISEE AI and TICO aim for 2027 autonomous yard tractor production. Gen-7 and closed safety case enable hundreds of truck orders soon.
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 […]
FMCSA, including its director, has released two statements on problems with the rollout of the Motus registration system.
As freight fraud, cargo theft and cyber-enabled crime continue to evolve, the National Motor Freight Traffic Association has launched a new Threat Report Portal designed to help transportation companies anonymously share incidents and identify emerging risks. NMFTA says the platform will provide a centralized location for reporting fraud, cyber threats and suspicious activity while helping the industry build a clearer picture of evolving criminal tactics.
Bankruptcy filings and WARN notices show freight companies are still battling tight margins despite signs of market recovery
Odyssey Logistics’ debt rating was cut by S&P with some grim forecasts for next year.
Descartes reported better-than-expected results in its latest quarter as customers use its tools to navigate a changing trade landscape.
Less-than-truckload carrier XPO seems set to exceed its second-quarter tonnage projection based on the company’s May update.
Amazon has struck a deal with the NLRB that should end the question whether it’s a joint employer with its DSPs.
Bridge Investment Group announced it raised nearly $1.4 billion for a fund that will acquire logistics properties.
The United States is imposing new tariffs on dozens of countries it claims haven’t done enough to stop imported goods made with forced labor.
Old Dominion Freight Line’s May operating results saw a meaningful improvement from April, as less-than-truckload demand appears to be firming.
The freight downturn that defined 2023 and 2024 has decisively reversed, and the May data clarifies the mechanism behind it: industrial production, rather than consumer spending or inventory restocking, is now driving the cycle. FreightWaves identified the inflection months ago. The latest readings from the Institute for Supply Management and the Logistics Managers’ Index, corroborated […]
Brett Suma has joined Bot Auto as president and COO. The Knight Transportation and TrailerHawk.ai veteran and co-founders will build a purpose-built autonomous freight network.
Open Road Ventures announced it has acquired intermodal freight broker Double-Stack Logistics.
A private member’s bill requiring dashboard cameras on B.C. commercial vehicles cleared third reading with unanimous support. It now heads for royal assent
Saia is poised for significant tonnage increases as its prior-year comparisons ease and demand appears to be firming.
(The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.) On May 15, 2026, the Texas Supreme Court issued an important decision in In re Home DepotU.S.A., Inc. The court ruled that Home Depot cannot be held liable for a fatal motorcycle crashinvolving a Werner […]
Global Crossing Airlines filed a breach-of-contract suit against freight broker and investor Ascent Global Logistics, alleging the former partner harmed its cargo business by awarding charter flights to its competing in-house cargo airline.
WWEX and Auctane form ShipStation Global to give small and midsize shippers enterprise-grade technology and transportation services through a single platform.
The nation’s largest less-than-truckload carrier, FedEx Freight, began trading as a standalone company on Monday.
China’s manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) fell to 50.0% in May, at the threshold between expansion and contraction.
From cartel-linked theft investigations to testimony before Congress, Lemm’s message was clear: cargo theft is no longer just a transportation problem.
An announcement by one carrier could be a signal that competition for drivers is starting to get fierce.
Fleets and providers are adapting after regulatory changes. Zeem CEO Paul Gioupis talks vehicle performance, infrastructure, and grid integration.
Companies spanning automotive, steel, energy, food processing and mobility are expanding U.S. operations.
Torc Robotics Mila partnership advances physical AI for autonomous trucking. Torc is now Mila’s only autonomous trucking company with dedicated research space in Montreal.
Hub Group announced that its chief financial officer and chief operating officer have departed as it works to restate financial results following an accounting error.
Temperature-controlled warehouse operator Americold announced a new expense-reduction initiative.
Carriers on Kleinschmidt’s network can now route invoices directly through Upwell’s audit engine for faster payment processing.
The Supreme Court widened the definition of interstate worker to include some that never cross state lines,
After nearly three years of waiting, former Yellow Corp. employees could finally receive payment for unused vacation and accrued sick leave.
FreightWaves launches a fast-paced business news show about supply chain, transportation and logistics.
The latest wave of trucking bankruptcies highlights the prolonged pressure facing carriers from uneven freight demand, high costs and tight margins.
Vision 26 brought Motive’s AI Dashcam Plus with stereo vision, Atlas AI and an automations engine that handles fault codes and coaching automatically.
BMO’s earnings report of its transportation sector showed little movement despite a stronger market.
ArcBest announced the launch of ArcBest View, a digital platform allowing logistics customers to manage all shipments and shipment functions through a single interface.
Cargo theft and freight fraud are forcing brokerages to rethink how freight moves through trusted systems. As organized theft groups evolve, repeatable verification processes and operational discipline are becoming more important than speed alone.
A House committee took the first steps toward making the surface transportation bill a reality.
As the freight market undergoes a rapid reallocation of transportation responsibility, customer pick-up arrangements are reversing and causing incremental rate increases.
The convergence of a proven 15-liter engine, Clean Energy’s nationwide fueling network, and fuel savings averaging $3 or more per gallon is reshaping how fleets evaluate their next fuel strategy.
In 1966, Canadian Pacific Railway had a problem. Empty boxcars were piling up in Eastern Canada with no payload for the return trip west. The solution was a small freight company called Fastfrate, created specifically to fill those cars with less-than-truckload shipments bound for Western Canada. Six decades later, that single-service operation has become one […]
Prologis Ventures will co-anchor a $200 million venture fund dedicated to maritime and logistics innovation investments.
AGX Freight alleges in a lawsuit that R&R Family of Cos. and Huntington Bank depleted its borrowing capacity and left millions owed to carriers before the Jacksonville brokerage shut down.
CMA CGM sees precipitous decline in Q1 core earnings as higher volumes failed to boost weak ocean rates.
Executives from the Truckload Carriers Association, PepsiCo and Stevens Transport said fleets that embrace safety technology, AI will be best positioned to survive mounting operational pressures.
Stord investors have provided more funding to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence in the company’s e-commerce fulfillment centers, bringing the total amount raised to nearly $800M over the past decade.
A $50 million nuclear verdict was handed down against a Texas trucking company that may not be in business.
This week in Borderlands Mexico: Desteia using AI to ease looming customs compliance crunch; Grocery chain plans $700M supply chain expansion in South Texas; and CPKC, CSX upgrade Southeast Mexico Express for faster transit times.
Phillips Connect appoints Mark Wallin as president and general manager to drive growth in smart trailer technology and autonomous freight readiness.
