FreightWaves has unveiled its sixth annual FreightTech 100 list, spotlighting the most innovative companies in the freight technology sector. This announcement sets the stage for the Freigh… Read More

(This article has been revised to more accurately reflect litigation regarding AB5 that was cited by the CTA and OOIDA. In an earlier version, references were made to litigation regarding C… Read More

On today’s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is talking to transportation safety expert James E. Lewis about everything you need to know about truck accidents. How do you prot… Read More

Welcome to the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Newsletter. In this issue, a trucker exodus; brokerage layoffs; NFS bends on sick time; robot maids and more. Trucker poll paints stark picture Freigh… Read More

Two weeks from today, “F3: Future of Freight Festival” will begin its second big day in Chattanooga. Attendees will be in the heart of Freight Alley and the headquarters city of… Read More

Welcome to the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Newsletter presented by XPO. In this issue, distracted driving at sea; the cheap freight problem; is automation coming for all of us; a sauerkraut spill and… Read More

At the beginning of the month the nation’s fourth-largest truckload broker stepped out on its own. RXO, a tech-enabled brokerage and logistics platform with more than $5 billion in… Read More

FreightWaves announced on Wednesday the latest FreightTech 100 — a selection of the most innovative companies in the freight technology space. This is the fifth annual iteration for th… Read More

Welcome to the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? newsletter. In this issue, port protests hit Baltimore; Ford’s drone trucks; world’s largest container ship; and do delivery apps deliver to truc… Read More

Earlier this summer, the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to weigh in on two major issues that have roiled trucking for years.  And for those in the $800 billion trucking industry, the… Read More

Around 450 protesters opposing AB5 were blocking all of the terminal gates at the Port of Oakland, forcing TraPac and the largest terminal operator, Oakland International Container Terminal… Read More

With over 80 container ships sitting idly at the Los Angeles ports, the lack of trucks is one part of the problem. File photo: Moab Republic, Shutter Stock, licensed.LOS ANGELES… Read More

About That "Truck Driver Shortage" By Craig Fuller, CEO At FreightWaves The most polarizing term in trucking is the “driver shortage.” Driving is difficult work and… Read More

This story was first published on Sept. 27, 2021. Back in May 2020, with the coronavirus pandemic in its infancy, a chain of colorful big rigs parked along Constitution Avenue in Washin… Read More

Is your logistics and transport business facing major issues like consignment tracking, driver retention, maintaining reports manually and analysis of driver performance? These common but cr… Read More

It seems that we have applied the on-demand business model to almost anything we could lay our eyes upon – cab bookings, doctor appointments, movie tickets, home services, food deliver… Read More

Technology has a real serious problem with stagnancy. The two don’t quite get along with each other. So when an industry becomes stagnant, technology swoops in to herald sweeping chang… Read More

Ever since Uber reinvented taxi services by placing itself in between customers and private car owners, “uberization” has become a craze. Uber-like platforms have also taken the… Read More

Truck drivers have fled the industry, but those who have stuck around are seeing red-hot rates. Glenn Koenig/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesA shortage of truck drivers combined with a sur… Read More

Second quarter intermodal volumes up 6.2% annually. This represents their highest level in over four years, according to the Intermodal Association of North America’s (IANA) qua… Read More

The complexity of the modern supply chain can make it difficult for you to know what’s happening from time to time. All these complexities lead to inefficiency, increased risk, and per… Read More

Autonomous Vehicles: Making the improbable, possible. In 2004, two of the smartest guys around, Professor Frank Levy from MIT and Professor Richard Murnane from Harvard, published a book cal… Read More