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The American Trucking Association says much of its membership can breathe a sigh of relief based on updated information Friday regarding the Biden administration's new vaccine mandate affecting companies of 100 or more employees. "We have received indications from senior Department of Labor...

Two marine terminals at the Port of Tacoma in Washington are following the lead of the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports by implementing steep fees on long-resting containers to reduce a large overflow that is gumming up operations and slowing the delivery of cargo. Husky Terminal & Stevedoring...

In 2019, a pair of financially unproven but promising rideshare companies debuted two of the largest public offerings of the decade, just two weeks apart from each other –– and they let just about everyone down. At the time, assessments of Uber's and Lyft's IPOs ranged from "modest" to outright "...

A new multinational coalition aims to decarbonize "hard-to-abate" sectors such as shipping and provide much-needed demand signals for zero-emissions fuels and technologies. Launched Thursday at the UN Climate Conference (COP26), the First Movers Coalition is led by the World Economic Forum and...

This week's DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 70 (Carriers) Last week's DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 70 (Carriers) Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 75 (Carriers) The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data in FreightWaves SONAR to...

The earnings season is typically about top and bottom lines: revenue, income, and that EBITDA acronym that looks at income as a percentage of sales. But there's more. We looked for insights from a few transcripts of Q3 analyst calls. Also, there is another industry shortage as acute as the much-...

Warehousing and third-party logistics provider Warehouse Services Inc. (WSI) has acquired Total Logistics Inc. (TLI). TLI provides final-mile logistics, brokerage and value-added warehousing throughout the Midwest and mid-Atlantic. The Oakdale, Minnesota-based company serves the automotive...

A trucking trade group claims terminal operators and ocean carriers are profiting from the supply chain crisis plaguing California ports. It is urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to enforce a state law to prevent those businesses from charging port truckers excessive container and equipment fees when drivers...

Fleet AI is a new truckload carrier that is trying to distinguish itself in a field full of new and existing entrants where it's tough to stand out. Its founder and CEO is Marc El Khoury. He joins Drilling Deep host John Kingston to talk about how his company is trying to stand out and get that...

Electric vehicle charging services provider Amply Power unveiled a semi-permanent yet portable charging solution called Inrush on Friday. Inrush uses repurposed shipping containers to hold multiple EV charging stations. Located in Disney's Toy Story parking lot in Anaheim, California, Anaheim...

Kellogg Co. manages to reaffirm earnings guidance despite both industrywide and company-specific challenges. I find it impressive that the company was able to retain its guidance for both operating profit and earnings despite the acceleration in inflation during the third quarter and the ongoing...

Pressure continues to build on automotive manufacturers to pursue vehicle electrification, which in turn increases the need for industrywide collaboration. For insight on that dynamic, Alan Votaw, AIT's director of sales for industrial/automotive, attended the Automotive Logistics and Supply...

The views expressed here are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. Jake Medwell, founding partner at 8VC, and Loren A. Smith Jr., president of Skyline Policy Risk Group, discuss key industry topics for this regular quarterly Q&...

Jobs in the truck transportation sector rose by a significant 7,900 jobs in October, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, while a revised September figure tacked on even more jobs from the original estimate. Employment in the truck transportation sector as defined by the BLS rose to 1,515,...