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Almost four months after acquiring the assets of shuttered digital truck brokerage Convoy, Flexport has relaunched the platform. The streamlined Convoy marketplace aims to offer small carriers access to freight, while offering shippers and brokers real-time competitive rates, shipment visibility and on-time performance, Flexport officials said. “Today’s launch of the Convoy platform furthers Flexport’s product…
The logistics industry’s impact on climate change was the focus of discussion this week at visibility provider project44’s companywide town hall, which included a chat between project44 President and COO Vivek Kundra and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. “Visibility into every part of the supply chain is a critical step in measuring and reducing…
CHICAGO — What if Apple and Android suddenly decided to join forces and offer their integrations to each other’s customers? Imagine iMessage on your PC, for example. That hypothetical merger is unlikely to happen. But a similar form of consolidation is beginning to take place in the growing warehouse automation industry. Hangzhou, China-based multi-robot orchestration…
MIAMI — Alliance Ground International (AGI), a fast-growing airport services company focused on cargo, plans to start looking for international expansion opportunities in South America later this year, said CEO Jared Azcuy. The ground handling agent last year entered the Canada market through the acquisition of Airport Terminal Services and announced its intent to add…
Bankrupt Yellow Corp. said it repaid the $700 million COVID-relief loan it received from the U.S. Treasury in 2020. In addition to the principal amount, it repaid more than $151 million in interest, a late Monday statement read. The controversial loan was viewed as an unwarranted bailout by some and outside the scope of the…
By Bart M. Schwartz, chairman of Guidepost Solutions The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. There are approximately three railroad incidents in the United States each day. Some are fatal and otherwise more destructive than others. In early March, a…