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In this edition: breaking down what the future for freight brokers looks like, which markets are claiming top spot and how LTL carriers performed. 

In this edition: RealCold gets its start, recycling energy and TGI Fridays adds to its lineup. 

Carriers expect muted peak season with few spot opportunities.

Can Hyliion pivot to make stationary generators the base of its business as it decides whether to pursue the Hypertruck ERX?

Seattle-based digital freight broker Convoy on Wednesday canceled all shipments from its marketplace and company representatives promised more details of a business transition were forthcoming. By Thursday, company employees were told in a meeting that Convoy was “closing down its core business operations.”

Welcome to the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Newsletter presented by AIT. In this issue, ATA revises driver shortage numbers; CEVA gets robots; and record out-of-service orders. ATA gets it wrong on driver shortage X Mythbusters — Last month, FreightWaves CEO and founder Craig Fuller published an article dismantling the driver shortage titled “The perpetual truck driver […]

In this edition: Laredo comes out on top; out of service is on the rise; and GRI season is here.

In this edition: Walmart expands south, developments in the Northeast and meatloaf in minutes. 

An electric vehicle charger without data intelligence on when it is available and operating is like a hot dog without a bun.

A Q3 shipper survey by Morgan Stanley suggests the freight industry has moved “deeper into limbo” as completion of an excess inventory purge now leads to uncertainty as there is no immediate need to restock.

GLP-1 drug use and wariness of ultraprocessed foods could hit sales.

In this issue of the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? newsletter: Lego as an investment; Tesla Semi back in black; Prime Day’s real value; and more.

In this edition: The art of cold outreach; the ongoing autoworkers strike; and when will the next cyberattack come?

Your latest info on all things cold chain

Can Outrider hold onto its healthy lead in distribution yard autonomy as competition begins to form?

FreightWaves on Tuesday interviewed Angela Acocella, postdoctoral researcher at Tilburg University and researcher with the MIT Center of Transportation and Logistics looking at the impact of ghost lanes on shipper and carrier networks.

FTC complaint highlights challenges that sellers face on the largest e-commerce platform.

In this edition: It’s not your mama’s bid season this year; Shippers are on the hook for carbon emissions; and UPS tries to get customers back on their side.

Your latest info on all things cold chain

Startup Flipturn really was named for the swimming maneuver. Now it wants to make trucking electrification just as smooth.