Open-deck logistics provider Jones Logistics turned to AI-powered solution from Parade to build a digital brokerage for load management
The Amazon Effect and Uberization of Freight pose daunting challenges for logistics companies, says FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller.
Liner delays put billions in inventory and assets on hold, leading to more efforts to quantify impact.
Startup Baton Trucking believes it can eliminate waste and detention through a drop yard network.
Smart contracts may be a boon for trucking companies and owner-operators, ensuring they are paid for all their activities, and reducing the time it takes to get that payment.
U.K.-based Shipamax has raised $7 million to digitize and automate global logistics back-office functions. The Series A investment was led by Mosaic Ventures, with participation from existing investors Crane Venture Partners and Y Combinator. The funding will help Shipamax double in size over the months ahead and invest in engineering development as well as customer […]
Group aims to establish common vocabulary to make digital communications easier in ocean freight.
Crowley Maritime Corp., part of Jacksonville, Florida-based Crowley Holdings Inc,. has realigned its marine services organization and introduced new leadership. Crowley Marine Services, part of the company’s shipping group, will be made up of three business segments: offshore service, ship assist and tank escort, and engineering services. Jeff Andreini, Porter Sesnon and Coulston “Cole” van […]
C.H. Robinson President and CEO Bob Biesterfeld told FreightWaves that Robinson Labs will develop solutions, both technological and otherwise, for its customers, carriers and Robinson employees.
The pharmaceutical industry loses at least $15 billion of product a year to temperature deviations that force cargo disposal.
Capacity is a proof of concept for smaller brokerages building out their own freight-matching platforms.
C.H. Robinson is leveraging part of its $1 billion investment in tech to establish Robinson Labs, a technology innovation incubator.
The e-commerce giant won a patent for a theoretical multimodal vehicle designed to deliver and pick up items from online shoppers.
Blockchain is a popular subject of discussion and dissection, but is it really the savior of all things logistics?
Shippers in a Morgan Stanley survey are optimistic over the macro environment and expect rate improvement moving forward. Plus, Chinese New Year impacts and supply chain sustainability takes a hit.
Technological change is requiring a fresh vision to help manage trucking operations. Here are three opportunities to take advantage of now.
BIMCO, BOLT, Commercial Jet and Kane Is Able also announce executive appointments.
FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller writes about methods to lower diesel fuel expenses for large and small trucking companies.
We gear down into the backhaul of our week with news of a headline glitch. Starting early Thursday, small-business truckers who rely on the spot market began reporting problems logging in to the DAT load board to find freight. While the DAT online load board and mobile app are back up and working now, DAT […]
Lobsters may be premium, time-sensitive air cargo, but Delta Air Lines is also learning how these, and other, arthropods use their body suits to safely carry large amounts of weight.
