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FreightWaves Classics is sponsored by Old Dominion Freight Line — Helping the World Keep Promises. Learn more here. On this week’s episode of Tracks Through Time, Deputy Editor Brielle Jaekel brings on fellow FreightWavesTV host Thomas Wasson to talk about the construction of the Panama Canal 119 years after its commencement. The project, while an important…
Supply chain visibility solutions provider Vizion on Wednesday launched its latest feature, Intermodal Rail Tracking, a supportive tool for the company’s fundamental container tracking product. With the aim of providing full supply chain transparency, often overlooked is the movement of containers from vessels to their inland destinations. The new feature will give shippers and logistics…
Shipments and expenditures plummeted year over year (y/y) in May at the fastest pace in nearly three years, according to data provided by Cass Information Systems on Tuesday. The Cass Freight Index recorded a 5.6% y/y decline in shipments during the month with expenditures falling 15.7%. Shipments captured on the index were up 1.9% from…
Global marketer Andrew Lark used a racing analogy to compare how freight companies can survive and even grow their businesses during a recession by focusing on customer experience and marketing. “There’s a great quote that I really love that says the best operators — and many of you are the best operators — know how…
TMS provider Trimble announced Monday that it has completed its all-cash $1.98 billion acquisition of fellow provider Transporeon. The transaction brings together a German cloud-based logistics services company in Transporeon that had wanted broader access to the U.S. market and a California-based firm in Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) that had long sought to grow beyond its…
Surge Transportation, a digital freight brokerage founded in 2016 by Omar Singh and based in Jacksonville, Florida, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the Central District of Florida, according to filings. Thirteen of its top 20 creditors are factoring companies that pay small carriers. Officials at Surge told FreightWaves that the company is…