The logistics industry has increasingly become focused on providing customers with shipment visibility. On Tuesday, Convoy, a digital freight network, and Flexport, a global logistics platform, showed their commitment to that by announcing a long-term partnership that will enable Flexport’s…
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May was a record month for container volumes at JAXPORT, the Florida port serving the greater Jacksonville area and beyond. Total container movements rose by 37% year-over-year in May to more than 128,900 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), beating a previous…
The Daily Dash is a quick look at what’s happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, we highlight the latest guilty pleas for the unusual case in Louisiana, a question about double brokering and more. The High Five 1.…
About a month ago, Nate Skiver, founder of LPF Spend Management, a parcel-delivery consultancy, posed a rhetorical question on his LinkedIn page: What if shippers and retailers used regional delivery carriers and last-mile providers to meet their primary e-commerce delivery…
This commentary was written by Dave Kearby, executive director at TRIP. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. By Dave Kearby As the U.S. interstate…
The weekly Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration average retail diesel price is in the midst of another significant run of increases, looking relatively small only because of the monster run of hikes that concluded in March. The price posted this…
XPO Logistics (NYSE: XPO) announced Monday an equity offering of 5 million shares of its common stock. Half of the shares will be offered by the company with the other half coming from selling shareholder, Jacobs Private Equity, an investment…
The Port of New Orleans reported a 4% year-over-year increase in breakbulk cargo volume in May, fueled by shipments of rubber, steel and heavy-lift/project cargo. The port handled 147,921 tons of breakbulk cargo for the month, compared to 141,869 tons…
This commentary was written by Nick Dangles, co-founder of Kinetic. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. By Nick Dangles The brokerage game is changing…
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