This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves LIVE @HOME. FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Great companies should always be in stealth mode DETAILS: Drew McElroy of digital freight marketplace Transfix and FreightWaves’ JP Hampstead discuss the dissolving borders between…
This is an excerpt from Monday’s (5/13) Point of Sale retail supply chain newsletter sponsored by ArcBest. One of the most intriguing COVID silver linings was the opportunity for massive companies to pivot. For the apparel industry, those pivots have been largely consistent…
Kevin Hill and Richie Daigle are back for another special episode of Put That Coffee Down during FreightWaves LIVE @HOME. On this episode, they look at how two companies have designed platforms to help with the sales process from automation…
An exemption for local delivery companies – including food delivery platforms and Amazon Flex drivers – from regulations generally used to regulate trucking companies in the state of Oklahoma has been signed into law. The bill, the Oklahoma Courier Application…
Transport International Pool began as Container Leasing, Inc. and was founded on September 12, 1957 by a group of entrepreneurs in Philadelphia. The company’s official filing stated that Container Leasing, Inc. would “engage in the business of buying, selling, renting…
Canadian Pacific (NYSE: CP) is asking the board of directors of Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) to reject a competing merger offer from CN (NYSE: CNI) once and for all. The company has also indicated that it will not seek…
With diesel prices at levels they have not visited since the end of 2018, Drilling Deep takes a look at some of the fallout from these lofty levels. Justin King of Comdata, which among other things processes fuel purchases made…
Three FreightTech companies demonstrated their innovative technology solutions, including digital freight-matching tools and automated solutions designed to increase supply chain efficiency during FreightWaves LIVE @HOME on Thursday. Lean Solutions Group Lean Solutions Group launched Efficiency, a new version of an…
The former president of Pilot Co. wants a federal judge to recuse himself from overseeing the retrial of a fuel rebate fraud case against him and two of his former staffers and is also seeking to have his case moved…
A recent U.S. government job posting is a reminder that trucks carry some pretty interesting cargo across the country. The Department of National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is seeking drivers based in Amarillo, Texas, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, to transport…
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