Cindy Ellers, chief customer officer at Bestpass, joins FreightWaves to talk about challenges fleets and owner-operators face in 2024. She also highlights recent partnerships and acquisitions by Bestpass.
Uber Freight’s drop-and-hook capacity solution, Powerloop, has seen explosive growth, with more than 10,000 carriers servicing more than 220,000 loads to date.
Millions of people are expected to travel for the April 8 total solar eclipse, causing major traffic jams that could impact truck drivers’ routes.
A California-based trucking company, which shuttered operations in November after its operating authority was involuntarily revoked, recently filed for bankruptcy liquidation.
This week in Borderlands: Echo Global Logistics grows cross-border footprint as trade booms; Maersk launches cross-border warehouse in Tijuana; Yokohama announces $380M tire plant in Mexico; and Legendz Way to open distribution center in North Texas.
Colorado State University researchers say ELDs are vulnerable to “truck-to-truck worms,” self-replicating malware that spreads across a network.
Tyler Kivi, COO of Kivi Bros Trucking, joined Jeremy Reymer on this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road.
While the logistics industry as a whole needs data standardization for greater efficiency, it faces specific challenges when compared to other industries.
FreightWaves’ State of Freight webinar for March highlighted signals that the commercial transportation market is moving in a positive direction.
GP Transco is installing solar panels on its entire fleet of around 600 trucks after testing the tech on 10 trucks over a six-month period. The company says the technology will save around $1,700 per tractor per year.
Transfix has launched tools aimed at protecting shippers, carriers and brokers from fraud.
The end of 2023 saw a surge in cargo thefts with thieves targeting food and beverage freight, along with electronics and household goods.
DAT Freight & Analytics says “external forces” caused service disruptions over the past 10 days on the load board’s platform.
Pandemic-related port congestion spurred the Department of Transportation’s creation of the Freight Logistics Optimization Works data-sharing platform.
Commercial vehicle auction volume in February held steady, but prices fell, according to J.D. Power Valuation Services. Yellow’s liquidation is expected to affect March prices significantly.
Legislation heading to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp to bar most truck-crash lawsuits against insurance companies would reduce premiums and lead more insurers to write policies, supporters say.
In this edition: Another hit to AB5, and the Southern gold rush has come.
Texas-based vertical farm Eden Green Technology will grow, package and ship herbs from one of its two greenhouses in Cleburne.
Historically, companies have had two shipping options: less-than-truckload or truckload. Both tend to require some level of sacrifice from the shipper.
Nearshoring growth paired with lack of cross-border visibility is creating new challenges for cross-border logistics providers. Nuvocargo combines technology and expertise to overcome hurdles common to traditional big-box brokerages.
