The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report Tuesday regarding the deadly capsizing of the SEACOR Power liftboat. The boat capsized on April 13 about 8 miles off the Louisiana coast. According to the NTSB, there were 19 people…
This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves LIVE @HOME. FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Charting the path to autonomous trucking DETAILS: The pursuit of autonomous commercial trucking that doesn’t require a human driver is a horse race among six…
This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves LIVE @HOME. FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: High demand, tight capacity and how fleets are navigating the current freight market DETAILS: A discussion on capacity challenges in trucking INTERVIEWER and SPEAKER: George…
The outlook for trucking calls for more of the same, according to industry heads on hand virtually at BofA Securities’ transportation conference Thursday. Healthy consumer spending, inventory still in need of replenishment and an industrial economy that is heating up…
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…
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…
This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves LIVE @HOME. FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How sustainability initiatives are driving shipper strategies DETAILS: Jim Nicholson and FreightWaves’ Zach Strickland discuss how shippers have modified their strategies over the past year…
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…
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