Considering COVID-19’s revolutionizing effect on consumer buying habits, it’s no surprise that e-commerce sales between the second quarter of 2019 and the second quarter of 2020 jumped from 10.8% to 16.1% of total national retail sales. For decades, e-commerce spending…
The Coast Guard is continuing port condition Zulu for the ports of Tampa, St. Petersburg, Manatee and Fort Myers as Tropical Storm Elsa glides by Florida’s west coast. The condition was set at midnight Tuesday. While port condition Zulu is…
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The Daily Dash is a quick look at what’s happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, we look at the ramifications of an unproductive meeting by the OPEC+ group, a commitment to 1,700 charging stations and more. The High…
A group representing makers self-driving cars and trucks wants the Biden administration to reconsider its recent order mandating that manufacturers and operators of automated vehicles promptly report data involving certain crashes that occur while the automation technology is engaged. The…
Big M&A deals are starting to roll in for the publicly traded truckload carriers. After months of management teams saying they would look to deploy their strengthening balance sheets on accretive acquisitions, the fruit is finally shaking loose from the…
This episode of Great Quarter, Guys is sponsored by Emerge. FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller joins host Andrew Cox for this episode of Great Quarter, Guys to break down Knight-Swift’s entrance into the LTL space thanks to the acquisition of AAA…
Welcome to the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? newsletter. In this issue, what carriers are doing about capacity, how SMEs are managing the freight storm, Knight-Swift picks up AAA Cooper and more. Demand > supply Canva/Dooner Truckin’ — With more than 1-in-4…
The Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration weekly average retail diesel price rose Tuesday for the 10th consecutive week, on the same day that commodity oil prices plummeted. Arriving a day later than usual because of the July Fourth holiday, the…
This is an excerpt from Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. Subscribe here. The idea: A California company producing active pharmaceutical ingredients with engineered yeast raised $73 million to bring its first product to market. The company, Antheia, will…
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