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GXO Logistics has announced a second major retailer this month that is using its logistics services to fulfill e-commerce orders. The logistics spinoff from XPO is now shipping inventory direct to consumers for Saks from a GXO e-fulfillment center in Middletown, Pennsylvania. The Tuesday...

Transport Canada is investigating allegations that an electronic logging device was certified for use despite not meeting the country's technical standards, including flaws that could allow truck drivers to falsify hours of service, FreightWaves has learned.  The investigation is targeting Alberta...

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UPS Inc. posted on Tuesday strong third-quarter results and raised its full-year operating margin outlook, sending its shares up sharply in premarket trading. Earnings per share, on an adjusted and diluted basis, hit $2.71, up nearly 19% compared to the prior-year quarter, the Atlanta-based...

Paccar Inc. rode record parts sales and higher used truck prices to higher Q3 revenues and a slight decline in profits — its first miss at beating analysts' estimates for earnings per share in a year. The Bellevue, Washington-based parent of Kenworth and DAF Trucks and Peterbilt Motors announced...

The city of Long Beach on Friday issued an emergency order allowing businesses to temporarily increase how high they can stack ocean containers in their lots in an effort to reduce the massive gridlock gripping the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The rule change does not apply to terminals at...

In order to survive in today's world of rapid-fire commerce, you either need to be an e-commerce business or you need to be working with one. Even after skyrocketing in 2020, e-commerce sales are projected to grow another 18% to 23% year-over-year in 2021, according to the National Retail...

American Shipper is reporting another wrinkle facing the Port of Los Angeles as it tries to clear the massive congestion. Thousands of additional empty containers are en route to the Port of Los Angeles from East Coast and Gulf Coast ports.   Over the last couple of weeks, up to 2,000 empty...

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, supply chain inefficiencies and bottlenecks have been undeniably exposed, so much so that the White House made a recent commitment to actions that would "move more goods faster, and strengthen the resiliency of our supply chains, by moving towards 24/7 operations...

With three tractors behind him — two powered by diesel, the third powered by batteries — Volvo Trucks North America President Peter Voorhoeve spelled out VTNA's plans to offer a fleet of zero tailpipe emission trucks by 2050. Speaking at a press conference at the Management Conference and...

Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq: DSGX), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, and FreightWaves, an industry-leading provider of data, analytics, and news for global supply chains and logistics, announced that FreightWaves SONAR Lane Score data is now available in...

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Jason Miller has come not to bury America's supply chain, but to praise it. Almost to the hilt, in fact, given the extreme circumstances. There is no doubt some supply chains are under pressure due to long-standing structural issues, said Miller, associate supply chain professor of logistics at...

This probably isn't the first time you've been warned about peak season. Media coverage of last year's holiday season had consumers buying earlier than ever and carriers hiking prices in anticipation of historic volume, but as it turned out there wasn't really much of a problem. All three of the...

Cargo Force, which provides terminal handling services for U.S. Postal Service parcels moving by air via FedEx Express (NYSE: FDX), said Friday it is opening four new facilities to support express mail service after winning a seven-year, $100 million contract.  The new facilities in Seattle, San...