Logistics

Dooner and The Dude welcome a big slate of guests during a special episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? at the FreightWaves Small Fleet & Owner-Operator Summit.  They start off talking to Forward Air (NASDAQ: FWRD) CEO Tom Schmitt about what it takes to attract and retain great talent. They discuss...

Western Express has become the latest large, national fleet to adopt Platform Science's connected vehicle platform, announcing Thursday that it would roll out the open Internet of Things (IoT) technology across its fleet of 3,000 trucks. The Nashville, Tennessee-based truckload carrier will deploy...

A spinoff from the recent acquisition of HubTran by the TriumphPay subsidiary of Triumph Bancorp (NASDAQ: TBK) is setting up shop to bring that technology to the freight forwarding business. The new company, BravoTran, is based in Chicago.  A group of about a dozen employees from HubTran is...

Ground service providers drowning in shipments delivered by airlines are responding to massive gridlock at Chicago O'Hare by permanently relocating some warehouse operations outside the property  to increase capacity in what could increasingly become a model at major U.S. airports that haven't...

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KeepTruckin has expanded its portfolio of offerings to small fleets with a new Fuel Hub. The solution utilizes telematics data and artificial intelligence to identify driver and vehicle fuel efficiency, helping fleets locate potential fuel cost leaks. "The Fuel Hub is the first AI-driven fuel...

It's been a long, somewhat strange trip for regional parcel-delivery carrier LaserShip Inc. LaserShip was launched in 1986 as a document-delivery company. The dot-com boom of the late 1990s eventually pushed the Vienna, Virginia-based concern into the parcel-delivery world. Since then, it has...

Forward Air (NASDAQ: FWRD) announced Tuesday a new way to tackle the trucking industry's capacity headwinds. The Greeneville, Tennessee-based asset-light trucking and logistics company will now provide additional compensation to team and solo owner-operators depending on the destination of the...

Logistics is a notoriously volatile industry. During market shifts, it can be difficult for shippers to decide which modes, providers and contract/rate types will serve their business best. In the constant race to keep up, many default to the most common solutions, unable to set aside the time...

Just one month after announcing it would begin drone delivery service in Centerville, Ohio, grocery chain Kroger (NYSE: KR) officially kicked off the service on Wednesday, according to a report in the Journal-News. The drone service, provided by Drone Express, a division of Telegrid Technologies,...

Turntide Technologies announced Tuesday the launch of Turntide Transport — a division focused on developing electric "smart motors" for commercial vehicles. As part of the launch of Turntide Transport, the company has acquired two U.K. businesses — Hyperdrive Innovation and BorgWarner Gateshead...

Digital freight platform Redwood Logistics announced Tuesday a partnership with project44, the recently recognized unicorn of real-time visibility platforms, to provide an enterprise-grade integration that will give Redwood customers visibility into multiple modes of transportation. As part of the...

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what's happening in the freight ecosystem. In today's edition, we highlight the latest companies with salary increases for drivers, a layoff at a processing and distribution center in Texas and more. The High Five 1. USA Truck announced that dedicated drivers...

Overhaul, a real-time visibility and risk management platform, announced Tuesday it has raised $35 million in Series B funding led by Macquarie Capital, with participation from past investor Edison Partners and Avanta Ventures, the venture arm of CSAA Insurance Group. Since 2016, the company has...

Seegrid Corp., an autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) development company, introduced Tuesday its Palion Tow Tractor Series 8, an upgraded version of its automated tow tractor to help customers increase productivity and safety within manufacturing, warehousing and distribution. The company, which...