The Federal Maritime Commission and the antitrust division of the Department of Justice have signed an agreement to sharpen economic oversight of foreign ocean carriers serving in the U.S. international container trades. The first-ever memorandum of understanding between the two…
The first fully electric U.S. tugboat is set to operate at the Port of San Diego’s Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal by mid-2023, the manufacturer announced Monday. Crowley Maritime Corp.’s 82-foot eWolf vessel will have 70 tons of bollard pull and…
A move to severely restrict overnight truck parking on the streets of Minneapolis has slowed, with the legislation that would have reduced availability kicked back to a City Council committee for further consideration. One of the factors driving the slowdown…
Hundreds of grams of methamphetamine were found stuffed inside peanut shells at an express consignment hub in Memphis, Tennessee, officials said Monday. On June 29, CBP officers using an X-ray device said they spotted “suspicious anomalies” within a shipment labeled…
Freight expenditures surged in June, according to data provided by Cass Information Systems (NASDAQ: CASS) on Monday. The expenditures component of the Cass Freight Index increased 56.4% year-over-year and was 11% higher than the May reading (9.4% higher sequentially on…
The accelerating pace of electrification and autonomous trucking requires a scorecard to keep up. FreightWaves assembled many of the major players in both technologies to offer perspectives during this Wednesday’s virtual Autonomous and Electric Vehicles Summit. The summit kicks off…
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking with Emerge CEO Michael Leto about some of freight’s greatest horror stories. We’ll learn how a trailer holding Floyd Mayweather’s cars went up in smoke, the story of a customer hell-bent…
Global supply chain operator Geodis announced Monday that it has entered into a collaboration with intelligent automation and specialized software solution provider Knapp to debut a highly automated order fulfillment system for a leading specialty retailer. With an investment of…
India-based e-commerce shopping portal Flipkart announced Monday it has raised $3.6 billion in new funds from a group of investors, including one very big name: Walmart. “Flipkart is a great business whose growth and potential mirrors that of India as…
Essential supplies of all kinds are carried to Alaska by ship, truck and air, and to Hawaii by air and ship. Matson, Inc., a U.S.-owned and -operated transportation services company, carries tons of supplies to these two U.S. states, U.S.…
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