Jett McCandless, founder and CEO of project44 and LSP44, received the first FreightTech Vanguard Award at FreightWaves’ F3 Awards Dinner in Chattanooga, recognizing his contributions to logistics technology and innovation.
FreightWaves named 10 Shipper of Choice award winners at the F3: Future of Freight Festival, recognizing companies for their carrier relationships, operational efficiency and shipping practices.
Asset-tracking company Band24 is seeking businesses to test Terra, a new tracker combining Bluetooth, cellular and satellite connectivity, ahead of a Nov. 13 deadline for its early-access program. The device is designed to help logistics operators maintain visibility into trailers, shipping containers and other equipment in areas with limited network coverage, with commercial availability planned […]
Customers expect a Managed Transportation partner to run their freight reliably and cost efficiently. They should get more: experts who understand their network, bring ideas for making it better, and drive those changes. The scale and knowledge of their partner should work to their advantage. At Uber Freight, we call this Transportation Orchestration and it’s […]
Evos raised $9 million in pre-seed funding to develop AI operators that learn employees’ workflows and perform tasks within existing business software. One freight brokerage has used the technology to make nearly 3,500 invoice-auditing decisions in two months, according to the startup.
Carrier Logistics and LSP44 have launched an API that uses shipment details such as company names, delivery locations and approximate dates to identify LTL freight when a valid tracking number is missing or incorrect.
U.S. debt topped $40 trillion and interest now exceeds $1 trillion a year. Here’s how rising borrowing costs hit truck financing, carriers and warehouses.
The SONAR Pricing Power Index fell to 70 this week as intermodal contract rates and ocean bookings softened. Truckload rejections held near 13.9%.
SONAR Rate Intelligence now includes intermodal contract and spot rates, ramp data and Conversion Savings to compare truckload vs. intermodal costs.
Transfix has integrated E3 Group’s driver identity verification technology into its TMS, allowing brokers to verify drivers before releasing pickup numbers as freight fraud increasingly targets legitimate loads through deceptive pickups.
YMX Logistics’ yard-management system uses computer vision to track trucks and trailers at distribution facilities, helping a grocery retailer investigate five short shipments and identify the truck and driver associated with the loads.
Geotab has launched a fleet card that uses vehicle telematics data to authorize fuel purchases, monitor spending and prevent unauthorized transactions. The company said diesel prices can vary by as much as 77 cents per gallon between stations in the same town.
Looser fuel economy rules help Detroit’s truck-heavy lineups, but SONAR data shows accepted truckload volume is flat to down while tender rejections nearly tripled.
Samsara’s new Model Context Protocol gives trucking companies a way to access live fleet data through third-party AI applications without building custom integrations.
Coretura has selected Alloy Kore, a software platform jointly developed by Vector and QNX, as the foundational software layer for the high-performance computing systems in its commercial vehicle architecture.
Economics of the New Canadian Tit-for-Tat Tiff Tariffs On September 8, the disagreement escalated past tariffs entirely. The U.S. announced it would outright ban imports of Canadian dairy, alcohol, and large-displacement motorcycles, effective September 29. Not another rate hike, a straight prohibition. It’s the newest turn in a dispute that’s been building for months: on […]
On September 16, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the federal funds target range by 25 basis points to 3.75%–4.00%, its first hike after a run of cuts, citing inflation that Fed Chair Kevin Warsh called “too high and has been for too long.” Effective September 17, the Fed also moved its full set […]
Tabi Connect and Kleinschmidt are integrating automated freight pricing with predictive capacity data, giving brokers another signal to consider when setting rates and responding to quote requests.
Piston has raised $15 million in Series A funding as the cardless fuel payments startup expands its network across the U.S. and adds AI-powered tools for fraud prevention and spending analysis.
SONAR launches SCI: Custom Insights, combining shipper transportation data with market benchmarks to reveal savings, risk and network performance.
