On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking with MassRobotics and Vecna Robotics about the first open source autonomous mobile robot interoperability standards, which will enable AMRs from multiple vendors to integrate and work together seamlessly to support safe…
Canadian railway CN (NYSE: CNI) so far has announced CA$95 million in 2021 capital investment projects in Alberta, Ontario, Manitoba and New Brunswick. CA$95 million is worth about $77 million U.S., and 1 Canadian dollar equals about 81 U.S. cents.…
A decision by a federal appeals court on Monday could allow California to begin enforcing its independent contractor law over the trucking industry in as soon as one week. In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…
Transportation and Logistics Systems Inc. (TLSS) (OTC: TLSS) announced Monday it entered into an agreement on Tuesday to acquire all of the outstanding shares of SalSon Logistics. The Jupiter, Florida-based e-commerce fulfillment provider said the $90 million purchase price includes…
Electric Last Mile Systems (ELMS) will debut the second of its fully electric delivery vehicles at the upcoming Route Consultant Contractor Expo on July 30-31. The event is the largest FedEx Ground contractors event in the country and will be…
Enstructure to acquire Patriot Ports Wellesley, Massachusetts-based terminal and logistics company Enstructure plans to acquire Patriot Port Holdings, a sister company of short line operator Patriot Rail, as a way to expand its presence along the East Coast and at…
The current situation at most U.S. ports is historic in many ways and has and is being covered by FreightWaves’ journalists and market experts. Accumulating supply side disruptions are keeping upward pressure on ocean container rates, while already heightened levels…
Amazon Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is purchasing 1,000 trucks with high-autonomy software from startup Plus in a deal giving the e-commerce giant a 20% stake in the company. Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V (NASDAQ: HCIC), the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)…
Berkshire Grey has unveiled its next-generation picking robots for fulfillment operations. The Intelligent Enterprise Robotic (IER) picking and mobility robots utilize artificial intelligence to offer lower cost points and shorter delivery times while expanding the number of SKUs the robots…
Mexican authorities said they have recovered most of a shipment of bullets stolen from two U.S.-bound tractor-trailers in central Mexico June 9. About 5 million bullets were found in the Mexican municipality of San Luis de La Paz in the…
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