The maritime industry is rapidly evolving due to technological advances and demand for efficient logistics, all crucial for global trade growth. Recently, documentation and fintech platform ODeX conducted a survey to assess the maritime industry’s views on digital documentation in ocean freight shipping. The survey aimed to understand challenges and adoption rates in digital platforms,…
The Federal Maritime Commission has imposed new billing standards on ocean carriers and terminal operators in an effort to crack down on abusive container late fees. The new requirements focus on demurrage — fees charged by carriers and container terminals when full containers have not been picked up by customers within a certain number of…
The never-ending question of defining the employment status of a truck driver, key to battles over California’s AB5 and the U.S. Department of Labor’s recent independent contractor status regulation, was on display this week at the U.S Supreme Court. The issue at hand wasn’t specifically whether a driver should be considered an employee or an…
By Bart De Muynck The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. The first two months of 2024 have already put stresses on U.S. supply chains due to many global disruptions. We find ourselves in the midst of a presidential election year,…
On episode 685 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is joined by Truck Parking Club’s Evan Shelley and Autumn Transport owner-operator Chris Thomas. Shelley just spent over a week riding along with Thomas so he can better understand the truck parking problem and issues driver face. We’ll find out what the two learned from each other…