Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look at the past week or so in social media, highlighting trucking, transportation and weather. This week features the successful journey of a flying car prototype, a train painted to celebrate Juneteenth and inclusion, as…
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Note: Elsa became a hurricane after the embedded video was recorded. Tropical Storm Elsa quickly strengthened into a hurricane Friday morning, making a beeline for the Caribbean. At 8 a.m. ET Friday, Elsa was centered just 20 miles southwest of…
Mina Nada, CEO and co-founder of Zoomo, said his company could have expanded more quickly last year if not for supply chain issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Zoomo was affected by shortages in everything from bike components to semiconductor…
The United Auto Workers and Volvo Trucks North America reached a third tentative agreement on a new contract Thursday evening, but the strike by hourly workers will continue through ratification voting on July 9. The fractious labor dispute has dragged on…
The first half of 2021 was full of disruptions to the freight markets, from continued COVID-19 outbreaks to the Ever Given disaster to the snowstorms in Texas. On this episode of Freightonomics, Zach Strickland and Anthony Smith look back at…
On this episode of Cyberly, host Blythe Brumleve looks at how working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic has led to what some are calling “The Great Resignation.” Patrick McFarland, the director of marketing for ITS Logistics, joins the show…
Under normal circumstances, health care providers simply order the supplies they need. In a disaster, the typical supply channels may not be an option, or health care providers may not be able to afford to buy products. That’s where humanitarian…
Data apparently stolen from Navistar International Corp. has been leaked onto the dark web, exposing detailed financial information less than a month after the heavy truck and military vehicle manufacturer disclosed a cyberattack. The data appeared on Wednesday on Marketo,…
Transportation and logistics provider Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ: WERN) announced Thursday after the market close that it had acquired an 80% equity stake in ECM Transport Group for $142.4 million. The Omaha, Nebraska-based carrier has the option to purchase the remaining…
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