A platform was rolled out on Tuesday that automates the shipping process for auction houses and bidders of high end items
Michigan State University and the FreightWaves Freight Intel Group have developed research on spot market freight. Read about that research here.
The trucking industry’s technical recession is causing real-world impacts to the used truck market, where sales continue to fall and even sought-after low-mileage rigs are under pressure. Preliminary used Class 8 same dealer sales fell 8 percent in June compared with May, according to ACT Research. Used truck sales were down 25 percent compared with […]
Denial to SBTC follows last year’s denial to OOIDA.
Amazon workers strike on the company’s mega-discount Prime Day, asking for fair treatment, higher pay and decent working conditions within warehouses.
Drones could someday deliver thousands of packages a day, but who will monitor all this air traffic?
Marken has acquired three European companies based out of central and eastern Europe, to expand its geographic footprint in the pharma and life science logistics segments.
Jordan Alliger rated UPS, FedEx, and J.B. Hunt ‘Buy’; XPO and C.H. Robinson ‘Neutral’; and Expeditors ‘Sell.’
Waterfront tensions are increasing as the Maritime Union of Australia declares more wharfside strikes around the country.
The available supply of US industrial property rose during the first half of 2019 for the first time since the end of 2010, according to CBRE
The Cass Freight Index Report offers two questions. “Has economic contraction already begun? Will GDP be negative in Q2?”
Groups claim teen drivers carry more risk resulting in more fatalities.
In the wake of Hurricane Barry, Brian Aoaeh writes about the disruption to supply chains that hurricanes and flooding can do. In particular, the state of Louisiana and its ports are critical to the U.S. agriculture and energy industries.
Ashley Coker IMAGE: JIM ALLEN/FREIGHTWAVES Carriers steering clear of Louisiana due to precarious weather conditions can start accepting loads into the state again. While Hurricane Barry caused serious flooding over the weekend, most of the damage was limited to rural areas with little freight activity. “Most of the damage occurred in rural areas where there […]
Donald Broughton’s third article about the impact of the gross domestic product and how it can be useful for business intelligence and forecasting is a must-read.
The U.K. is on the threshold of becoming independent from the EU, but it does not seem to have answers to the trade and logistics nightmare that would follow post-Brexit.
All of the carriers on Transplace’s platform will integrate with Descartes MacroPoint by January 2020.
The Port of New Orleans has reopened after Tropical Storm Barry swept through the region, although officials still stress dangerous flooding conditions for area residents.
The trucking apocalypse is upon us, and it has taken its latest victim. This time, it’s a 40-year-old carrier out of California. Timmerman Starlite Trucking Inc. of Ceres, California, announced it would be shutting down, placing 30 employees in the unemployment line effective immediately. Ceres is a suburb of Modesto, California, a mid-sized city 100 […]
There is an abundance of data coming out of food supply chains, and it is important for stakeholders to verify and validate these data points and leverage blockchain to functionally push supply chains forward.
