Before founding collaboration software Beacon, CEO Fraser Davidson’s natural curiosity about how food, people and products are moved across the world came from a stint at Uber. After seeing the hurdles of building Uber products, Davidson started talking with supply-chain companies about the challenges of global trade. In an interview with FreightWaves, Davidson shares his…
It isn’t much but a recent upward turn in the Outbound Tender Rejection Index in FreightWaves SONAR was a key focus of the discussion Wednesday in FreightWaves’ State of Freight webinar for May. With Senior Analyst Tony Mulvey sitting in for FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller alongside FreightWaves Director of Market Intelligence Zach Strickland, the focus…
PepsiCo Beverages North America (NASDAQ: PEP) announced this week that it plans to add 50 Tesla electric semi-trucks to its California fleet as part of the company’s mission to reach net-zero emissions by 2040. The snack and beverage company plans to rollout the trucks throughout the next several months, according to an announcement. The trucks…
Logistics real estate investment trust Prologis announced the opening of Southern California’s largest electric charging depot for heavy-duty trucks through a partnership with Performance Team, a warehousing and distribution subsidiary of Maersk. The station is located near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. With nine megawatts of capacity, the depot can charge up…
The Teamsters are celebrating a victory at a Kroger fulfillment center in Michigan, which the union says is the first time it has successfully organized workers at such a Kroger facility. In a prepared statement released earlier this week, the Teamsters said the drivers at the Kroger Romulus, Michigan, fulfillment center voted 3-1 to join…