Freightmate Ai announced on Thursday that it has secured a pre-seed funding round led by Wischoff Ventures and is releasing its first automated solution. The funds will be used to enhance the features of its freight forwarding management system, which is being developed by technology experts with experience from Geodis, Manhattan Associates, Amazon Global Logistics…
Sean Laidacker, co-founder and managing director of 3PL Loyalty Logistics, says he’s always been passionate about sustainability and reducing the impact of supply chain emissions on the environment through out-of-the-box solutions. That passion is apparent in the Montreal-based company’s approach to sustainability. The 7-year-old company recently launched a sustainability initiative that includes planting a minimum…
On episode 728 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is joined by Truck Tech’s Alan Adler to break down the autonomous trucking deal between Aurora and Uber Freight. We’ll look into the good, the bad and the ugly of Drivers-as-a-Service. Continuing in autonomy, we’ll also look into Gatik’s strides toward mass production of autonomous trucks. It’s…
Wheeler Trucking, an automotive hauling company based in Michigan, will pay $65,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after a Torah-observant employee reported religious discrimination. Charles R. Lynch III, who practices Torah-observant Christianity, worked for Wheeler from 2016 until 2021 at the company’s Sheffield, Ohio, location. Lynch, who the…
Werner Enterprises hopes the third time is the charm. A case that has gone up to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals three times for a judgment whose size doesn’t even hit $1 million received a ruling Monday favorable to Werner (NASDAQ: WERN). The decision came down more than seven years after a jury…