FreightWaves

Less-than-truckload carrier FedEx Freight has named Mike Rodgers as its chief commercial and technology officer, effective immediately. The announcement comes less than two weeks after it terminated Mike Lyons from …

Alaska-based Northern Air Cargo has named Mark Lester as president and CEO. He will replace Interim President Dave Karp, who has served in the role since March 2025, on Sept. …

Truckload linehaul rates surged again in August while shipment counts turned positive for the first time in three and a half years, according to data from Cass Information Systems. Cass’ …

Almost 1 million TEUs in new record for this U.S. container gateway The Port of Long Beach handled its busiest August on record, moving nearly 920,000 container units as shippers …

South Carolina Ports and Norfolk Southern have launched daily direct intermodal rail service between the Port of Charleston and Huntsville, Ala., expanding the port’s reach into north Alabama and Middle …

The oral arguments in the broker transparency case of Pink Cheetah vs. Total Quality Logistics last week were relatively rapid but took place against something that has dragged on a …

A Texas couple has been sentenced for operating an online business that relied on a cross-border supply chain to smuggle millions of dollars worth of unapproved veterinary drugs and pesticides …

Hub Group anticipates receiving a delisting notification from Nasdaq following delays in submitting its financial reports, which stemmed from an accounting error identified earlier this year. The company missed a …

Spot rates are still elevated, but the freight market story changes fast once you drill into individual markets. This SONAR update breaks down national tender rejections, tender volumes and spot …

ServiceUp’s Andy Klobnock reveals a groundbreaking partnership with Stellantis Pro One, simplifying fleet repair by offering direct access to over 2,500 franchise dealers through a single, unified platform. This interview …

Truck financing is shifting fast: small fleets are borrowing to keep trucks running, not to add new ones. Dave Gilbert of National Funding breaks down why repair costs, insurance, fuel …

BNSF Railway, CPKC, and CSX plan to seek broad trackage rights over a combined Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern system, if federal regulators approve the transcontinental merger. Notably, CPKC and CSX are …

Founded in 1977 and headquartered in South Korea, LX Pantos has grown into a global logistics provider spanning freight forwarding, contract logistics, e-commerce fulfillment, last-mile delivery and installation, and supply …

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Kenco opened a 30,000-square-foot Innovation Lab on Sept. 10, tripling a testing footprint the third-party logistics provider first built in 2015. The larger facility allows Kenco to …

In yard operations, you need three systems: a TMS, a YMS, and some flavor of ERP. Getting those disparate systems to work together is complicated. Especially when some of the …

Shell Rotella will debut a video Sept. 13 featuring professional truck drivers discussing their careers and experiences in trucking as National Truck Driver Appreciation Week gets underway. The video was …

A tool the Teamsters and other unions have been attempting to use in their organizing efforts is likely to be under renewed pressure from the Trump administration, now that the …

Feds: Cargo thief gets over 10 years in $1.5M theft ring that stole $230K in dimes A cargo theft ring stole over $1.5 million around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, targeting parked tractor-trailers. …

A suspected carrier impersonation in Illinois sent a $586,000 copper shipment to a Kentucky warehouse instead of South Carolina. Investigators used Schneider GPS data to locate all six pallets and …

Three and a half years of freight recession did two things to the truck financing market at once. It shredded the credit profiles of the carriers who most needed to …

Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week in Borderlands Mexico: Exports of Mexican-made heavy-duty trucks to US …

Chart of the Week: Import Ocean TEUs Volume Index – USA, Logistics Managers’ Index – Inventory Levels SONAR: IOTI.USA, LMI.INVL Import bookings (IOTI) have been averaging lower than the previous …

The larger issue of federal moves to strip commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) away from a significant chunk of those who hold them under various rules was in the background of …

Volvo Trucks has completed the North American rollout of a software update system that lets drivers start updates from their trucks and leave while the software installs, allowing updates to …

DHL Group’s domestic Germany delivery unit has officially opened the expansion of its parcel center in Cologne-Eifeltor, bringing the facility’s sorting capacity to nearly 50,000 pieces per hour, the company …

Shell and FAW Trucks have developed and tested a battery pack that uses an immersion-cooling system to better manage battery heat, improve vehicle performance and durability, Shell announced. The battery …

The U.S. freight market is entering the fourth quarter with truck capacity struggling to recover, truckload rates sharply above year-ago levels and shippers facing the possibility of another surge in …

Contact lens maker CooperVision has a large shipment stranded onboard the Amazon freighter aircraft that ran off the runway on Sunday at Miami International Airport and now rests tilted, and …

Third-party logistics provider Spartan Logistics announced it has acquired Allen Logistics. The deal adds 100,000 square feet of space to Spartan’s asset-based network of over 20 dry storage and food-grade …

DEA seizes over 2,000 pounds of meth in cabbage freight shipment in South Texas Federal agents uncovered more than 2,000 pounds of methamphetamine hidden inside a cabbage shipment in South …

Descartes Systems Group again reported record quarterly results as it continues to see “good demand” amid a global trade landscape that remains in flux. Descartes (NASDAQ: DSGX) reported consolidated revenue …

While a dire view of what might happen to brokerages in a post-Montgomery world ripping through the logistics industry, one of the biggest 3PLs just won a victory in Colorado …

A fire aboard a foreign‑flagged cargo ship undergoing repairs at a state‑owned shipyard in the eastern Chinese port city of Qingdao killed 25 people and injured five others on Thursday, …

Margin collapse hit fulfillment operators fast: cushions fell from 9.7 points to 0.6 in one quarter. This breakdown digs into the live network data behind rising parcel costs, slower GMV …

Tender rejections are still sitting around 13.5% — and that’s the key signal for where the truckload market goes next. In this SONAR update, we break down whether post-Labor Day …

El Niño winter forecast for freight: warmer doesn’t mean safer for fleets. DTN’s Ben Hershey breaks down what carriers should actually watch this winter: major snow events still possible, wetter …

Construction is underway on Delaware’s largest-ever maritime infrastructure project, a $669 million container terminal that state officials say will quadruple the state’s cargo-handling capacity and create thousands of high-paying jobs, …

Nearly eight months after the collapse of R&R Family of Companies, trucking and freight-related companies continue contacting FreightWaves about unpaid invoices and seeking answers about whether they will ever recover …

It’s two years until the contract between United Parcel Service and its 330,000 unionized drivers and package handlers is due for renewal, normally a time when labor-employer relationships are less …

EAIGLE just closed a growth funding round on the back of 350% year-over-year growth, driven by an AI platform that leans on cameras yards and gates already have installed to …

As federal regulators crack down on hundreds of commercial driver training providers, a veteran truck driver in Georgia is launching a school he says will take a different approach — …

Samsara is launching a free perks program for professional drivers, giving millions in its network access to discounts and offers, from more than 50 brands. The program, called Samsara Driver …

Cartel logistics boss gets nearly 19 years for moving cocaine and cash through trucking network A cartel network involving truckers sent cash loads carrying at least $1 million apiece back …

Private equity firms Centre Partners and Altivare Capital Partners have acquired 3PL Navajo Expedited. The duo will advance the broker’s driver-vetting and pricing automation capabilities while seeking complementary acquisitions. Lakeland, …

For most of the last decade, “visibility” in freight has meant knowing where a truck is right now. Carriers connected their ELDs and brokers and shippers plugged into telematics feeds. …

The Port of Los Angeles processed 955,907 container units in August, capping the busiest three-month stretch in its history as resilient consumer demand and early holiday shipments drove volumes. With …

Motive announced Thursday it secured more than $1.3 billion in growth financing from General Catalyst and withdrew its previously filed S-1. The San Francisco-based company reported its annual recurring revenue …

U.S.-Mexico trade reached a record $94.8 billion in July, the highest monthly total on record, according to U.S. Census Bureau data analyzed by WorldCity. Two-way trade between the U.S. and …

U.S. railroads heralded the coming change of seasons with a memorably strong week for freight across the board. The Association of American Railroads rail traffic for the week of Sept. …

An Indiana trucker told police he was transporting an empty trailer from Memphis to Indianapolis. A commercial vehicle inspection uncovered 126 kilograms, or about 277 pounds, of cocaine. Police found …