Grant Goodale, CPTO at Ryder System, breaks down the four waves of logistics tech and shares what the company’s Baton innovation lab is building next.
Descartes Systems Group acquired driver performance management platform Idelic for $28 million.
The company has grown into the largest network of reservable truck parking in the country in less than four years since its 2022 founding.
Humble Robotics emerges from stealth with $24M seed funding and the Humble Hauler, a cabless autonomous electric truck for dock-to-dock freight.
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PlusAI terminated its SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp. IX due to market conditions. CEO David Liu said existing investors support the company’s next capital raise.
Manhattan Associates’ stock price got a boost from its first quarter earnings.
Einride filed Form F-4 for its $1.35 billion SPAC merger with Legato and is deploying 75 electric trucks for Amazon across five U.S. locations.
A parts supplier outside Detroit runs its production line around the clock. Orders feed in through a cloud-based ERP system, shipping commitments sync with carrier TMS platforms in real time, and quality data streams from sensors embedded in the assembly equipment. All of it depends on a network connection that many people take for granted. […]
Data from Shell’s Starship 3.0 at the U.S. Eco-marathon illustrates efficiency gains from natural gas powertrains and aerodynamics in Class 8 trucks
Former Walmart head of global logistics Gary M. Adams has joined the board of Gnosis Freight. Adams spent more than 30 years at the retailer, modernizing supply chain operations
FreightWaves has compiled a comprehensive SONAR Sitrep detailing the ground-level logistics impact of America’s AI data center build-out.
Happy Returns, a unit of UPS, is adding 1,700 no-label, no-box returns locations to its network and looking to expand returns service for products that can’t be consolidated.
New AI RateAgents from BeyondTrucks enable carriers to automate complex fuel surcharges using plain language.
A growing trend in logistics is no longer about preventing disruptions. The new focus is recovering from disruptions faster than competitors. That was the central message from Trimble Transportation and Logistics executives during a virtual roundtable. In the presentation, company leaders outlined how their expanding carrier-shipper network is helping transform supply chains from reactive to […]
Home Depot has bought a warehouse automation firm to help speed item picking.
Turn everyday bypasses into measurable gains across your entire fleet.
Uber Eats has added returns service for retail goods purchased through its app, becoming the first delivery app to do returns.
As AI takes over more back-office tasks inside trucking operations, companies can boost productivity through redefining traditional roles, experts say.
Mudflap has completed its acquisition of Parade. The deal pairs Mudflap’s location-verified carrier network with Parade’s capacity management platform for brokers, which has facilitated more than $40 billion in total cumulative freight transactions. Mudflap boasts more than 515,000 drivers across over 100,000 verified carriers. The Palo Alto-based fintech company provides fuel discount solutions to carriers […]
