On a call with analysts Friday, management from Forward Air (NASDAQ: FWRD) laid out some margin targets after posting a first-quarter earnings beat and issuing guidance well ahead of expectations. Thursday after the close, the Greeneville, Tennessee-based asset-light trucking and…
This week, we’re looking at the final preparations before Navistar becomes part of TRATON SE and Daimler Truck escapes being lumped in with Mercedes-Benz luxury cars. Also, two views of fuel cells and hydrogen and a not-quite-Oprah-like giveaway. Wedding gift…
When it comes to making the switch to an electric vehicle, public recharging can be a hurdle for drivers. General Motors made the hurdle a bit lower this week, announcing a new connected EV charging station program called Ultium Charge…
The explosion of e-commerce in 2020 brought with it immediate problems for businesses that had never sold online before. Suddenly in survival mode, they quickly learned that deciding to sell online was only one part of the equation – they…
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: UPS’ aggressive approach to drones DETAILS: UPS (NYSE:UPS) has embraced an aggressive approach to deploying drones for delivery services. In 2019, the company created UPS Flight Forward, an FAA-certified drone airline. Flight Forward already has revenue-generating operations…
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: The capabilities and economics of drone delivery DETAILS: A discussion on drone delivery and the economics of the new frontier of transportation. INTERVIEWER and SPEAKER: Kevin Hill, executive publisher at FreightWaves, and Bobby Healy, founder and CEO…
This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ DroneWaves Summit. FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: The role of underwater drones in the supply chain DETAILS: Diving into the deep with a look at uses for underwater drones from shipwrecks to science SPEAKER: Sam…
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The ability of regulators to safely and efficiently integrate millions of commercial and pleasure drones into low-altitude airspace will depend on the success of a strategy familiar to virtually everyone in the freight industry: exception management. That is the view…
This weekend will get off to a shaky start for truckers in the Northeast as winds intensify. The large pressure difference between a departing cold front and an approaching high-pressure system will force the air to flow violently at times,…
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