The world’s largest temperature-controlled facility operator, Lineage Logistics, and the tech-focused venture capital firm 8VC announced Thursday a strategic alliance “to invest in promising technology startups that drive the transportation and logistics industry forward.” The companies have worked together in…
Much like conditions in the U.S., Japan is experiencing capacity tightening while undergoing an e-commerce boom. Studies have found over the past five years, e-commerce sales in Japan have an expected compound annual growth rate of 7.5% until 2024, due…
P.A.M. Transportation Services (NASDAQ: PTSI) announced second-quarter 2021 net income of $15.3 million after the market close Wednesday. The result reflected a sharp turnaround from the year-ago quarter during which the company recorded an $800,000 loss as the auto manufacturing…
Muted orders for new trailers in June are hiding a coming boom in bookings when manufacturers open their order books for 2022. “There is built-up demand that will quickly consume the slots that open up,” David Giesen, vice president of…
The Port of Los Angeles announced its best June numbers ever on Wednesday, capping off its best quarter ever. Volumes are even higher in July and the number of container ships at anchor in San Pedro Bay — the so-called…
This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Autonomous & Electric Vehicles Summit. FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Critical opportunities on the path to full autonomy DETAILS: Locomation is a leader in the autonomous space and has a human-guided autonomy solution to aid…
This is an excerpt from Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. Subscribe here. The trend: During the COVID-19 pandemic, many drug researchers had to suddenly modify clinical trials to include remote elements, like direct-to-patient drug shipments or video call…
Dooner and The Dude are live from the FreightWaves Autonomous & Electric Vehicles Summit with a good slate of guests to highlight the bright stars in the autonomy space. They welcome FreightWaves Detroit Bureau Chief Alan Adler answering some viewer…
The Federal Aviation Administration has extended until the end of the year the exemption for U.S. commercial airlines to carry cargo in the main cabin when passengers are not present, citing an ongoing need to provide extra cargo lift capability…
Much of the focus on state laws regulating independent contractor status has been on California and its embrace of the ABC test through the AB5 regulation, whose exclusion from the state’s trucking sector hangs on a battered injunction. But it…
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