UPS embeds Foreign Trade Zone capabilities into its operations; designates 4 US airports as FTZs
Nikola Corp. revealed two more funding sources of its heavy-duty fuel cell truck on Thursday, September 5. German supplier Robert Bosch LLC and South Korean solar panel maker Hanwha Group each invested at least $100 million cash in earlier funding rounds.
While management teams at some of the nation’s largest TL carriers have been talking up the potential for a solid peak shipping season, Universal Logistics has seen peak season sentiment move the opposite direction.
Finding reliable, trustworthy transportation partners is a challenge for shippers, brokers, and 3PLs in today’s logistics industry. Search tools currently on the market only allow users to find carriers based on the location of their registered office, resulting in a long list of potential candidates that may or may not run the lane a shipper […]
Delays, diversions and weekend gates as ports get back to normal schedules.
Brian Aoaeh writes about the disruption to supply chains caused by hurricanes and extreme weather.
SONAR provides real-time data on Dorian’s progress and forecast, along with likely and actual impacts to transportation and energy infrastructure.
IMAGE: JIM ALLEN/FREIGHTWAVES Post by FreightWaves’ Lincoln Duff I hope you had a great long weekend and enjoyed some time with family, football and good food. Although I bet if you were anything like us here at FreightWaves, the threat of a category 5 hurricane barreling towards the 3rd largest port in the US probably […]
Class 8 truck orders fell again in August as fleets stayed on the sidelines while taking delivery of a record number of heavy-duty trucks ordered in 2018.
Tandem Workflow, using the same customer-centered ethic that branded BOLT from the start, continues to broaden in capacity, types of freight and user audience.
Daseke eliminates the role of president as it increases and accelerates its cost savings initiatives. The company will continue to search for a new CEO and begin looking for a new CFO.
Motor carriers will still have to comply with January 6, 2020 deadline.
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned 16 entities and 10 individuals, as well as 11 ships, which it identified as participants in an Iran-controlled “oil-for-terror” shipping scheme.
Potato farmers are asking U.S. agricultural officials for support in expanding export trade into Mexico. Currently, American potato farmers and exporters are mostly barred from selling fresh potatoes in Mexico due to restrictions by the Mexican government, namely that U.S. growers can only sell fresh potatoes within a 26-kilometer (about 16-mile) zone across the Mexican […]
A round at this valuation puts Convoy one step closer to an IPO.
Even with all the publicity about the electronic logging device mandate, this year’s Roadcheck safety blitz in June still saw 37.2% of drivers placed out-of-service done so because of hours-of-service violations.
With rail traffic lower year-over-year and PSR initiatives in full swing, it’s understandable that soft railcar demand attracted attention at an investor conference.
Old Dominion, ArcBest report sluggish monthly
Ware2Go unveils four DIY tools to make distribution center site selections more effective
The outlook from JBHT was notably better than the concern around the lack of an uptick in seasonal demand that many carriers expressed at multiple investor conferences in May and June.
