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FreightWaves’ F3: Future of Freight Festival returns to Chattanooga next week, with sessions on AI adoption, autonomous trucking and the technologies reshaping freight operations taking center stage.  The event, held Oct. 27-28 at The Signal at Chattanooga Choo Choo, will feature keynote presentations, fireside chats, technology demonstrations and discussions about how companies are applying new […]

At least 24 shipments vanished after drivers collected merchandise from distribution centers. Authorities also uncovered fraudulent licenses, altered identities and ransom demands.

A unanimous Supreme Court ruling means freight brokers can face state liability claims for their selection of carriers. For carriers, that shift turns a documented safety program from a compliance nicety into a competitive credential. In an upcoming webinar, Lytx® outlines the elements of a defensible safety record.

Cleo’s OTIF report models $10 billion to $11 billion in direct costs and $85 billion to $90 billion in indirect losses for North American CPG and food manufacturers.

Freightos’ board has agreed to put founder Zvi Schreiber’s proposals to a vote at its December annual meeting, escalating a dispute over the company’s focus on software over its booking platform. Schreiber, who resigned from the board in February, says the strategy is failing as AI threatens software products.

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 […]

Tender rejections are 2.5x last year and contract rates are up 18%. SONAR’s new sitrep shows how shippers go from shipper of choice to partner of choice.

As the freight industry heads into its highest-volume stretch of the year, the cargo theft numbers tell a deceptively reassuring story. Reported incidents fell sharply in the second quarter of 2026, down roughly a quarter from the year before. But losses over that same period more than doubled, to $304.6 million, with the average theft […]

Nearly 100 people had their personal information compromised. Federal investigators traced the proceeds through international bank transfers before authorities arrested the operator following 18 months in Turkey.

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.

Operation Icebreaker exposed a drug trafficking network that moved cocaine from California through unsuspecting trucking companies. Authorities seized more than 45 kilograms of cocaine, while a suspected supplier reportedly claimed deliveries of up to 60 kilograms every 15 days.

New Descartes MacroPoint ELD+ feature has been rolled out to track a shipment’s ELD, trailer GPS, and driver mobile app simultaneously rather than picking a single source. Andrew Wimer, Associate General Manager, Transportation Management at Descartes, joined FreightWaves’ What the Truck?!? to explain how the added redundancy closes visibility gaps, flags potential fraud, and keeps drivers in the loop.

Investigators found missing load-security measures, conflicting carrier information and two identification cards after stopping the truck near Lincoln.

DP World has appointed Morten Johansen as chief executive officer of its Americas region, placing a longtime ports and logistics executive in charge of the company’s operations across North America, South America, and the Caribbean. Johansen made the announcement in a LinkedIn post Oct. 13. He succeeds Brian Enright, who served in the dual positions […]

Samsara has made its no-code Agent Studio platform generally available, allowing customers to build AI agents for tasks such as driver compliance monitoring, operational reporting and driver communication. The company says usage has grown rapidly, though customer adoption and financial returns remain unclear.

The SONAR Pricing Power Index fell to 70 this week as intermodal contract rates and ocean bookings softened. Truckload rejections held near 13.9%.

Industry advocates want victims sharing what happened as sophisticated schemes expose new vulnerabilities across the supply chain.

A federal plea agreement details how false delivery entries triggered more than $1 million in payments for USPS transportation work that never happened.

Stord’s packages reach 1 in 4 U.S. households a year, the company says. It now has $400 million more in borrowing capacity to build warehouses and robots.

A series of phone calls and text messages appeared to come from a trusted freight broker. The driver followed those instructions, unaware of what awaited at the destination. Investigators uncovered a cargo theft scheme that raises questions about shipment verification and broker impersonation.