Trucking

The e-commerce shipping platform said it is now valued at nearly half a billion dollars.

Nicholas Cogan, director of international e-commerce at Walmart International, discusses omnichannel last-mile delivery and challenges created by increased demand for e-commerce and home delivery.

Kevin Walker, president of Accentrics Home, and Doug Ladden, co-founder and CEO of Deliveright Logistics, talk about challenges and best practices for the heavy-goods logistics industry.

CFI’s facility in Laredo, Texas, has 6,000 square feet of office space on a 40-acre lot, including a staging and transloading area for cross-border Mexico freight.

Kris Bjorson, JLL’s executive brokerage director, discusses the market for B-to-B last-mile real estate.


Nikola lays out plans for hydrogen-powered fuel cell trucks but offers nothing new on customer reservations.

Driver turnover is consistently ranked as one of the biggest – and most buzzworthy – problems facing carriers. Research suggests that the solution may be threefold: more home time, higher wages and better treatment.

Write-offs for the quarter are better than even the strong freight market of 2018.

Cummins will build a plant within a Daimler complex in Germany and become the sole supplier of medium-duty engines for the truck maker globally.

Certified B Corporation Flock Freight raises the bar with a commitment to offset carbon emissions from FlockDirect shipments for customers.

Jon Gold, the vice president of supply chain and customer policy with the National Retail Federation, sits down for a fireside chat withWeston LaBarof the Harbor Trucking Association to discuss the backup in the port of Long Beach/Los Angeles.

Geodis’ Jeff McDermott joined FreightWaves to talk about challenges that parcel carriers are facing and lessons learned from the pandemic.

Industry expectations surrounding information access and transparency have grown. Qualified IT professionals are required to meet these new demands.

XPO is known as a digital broker that collaborates with its customers to develop innovative technologies.

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, we highlight the top 10 Biden appointees in the freight industry; a recall at Daimler; growth plans at Yellow Corp.; and big news in the tire industry.

The manager of a small U.S. trucking company recounts the harrowing experience of a ransomware attack and the troubling breach of its transportation management system.

After news surfaced Monday that Wayne, Michigan-based Rush Trucking had shuttered operations, a Lavalle employee confirmed to FreightWaves that the automotive parts hauler had been sold to rival carrier LaValle Transportation, headquartered in Potsdam, New York, in December.

Greater Philadelphia’s near-invisible vacancy rates paced the logistics real estate market’s 2020 gains.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized a shipment of cereal from South America that was covered in cocaine instead of sugar.

With medium- and heavy-duty trucks already using its electrified chassis, Xos Trucks will have $575 million to scale its business following a SPAC merger.