FreightWaves Infographics: LA port terminal getting $52 million for on-dock rail

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The International Longshoremen’s Association has broken off contract negotiations with East and Gulf Coast port employers, accusing them of pushing automation technology into a new coastwise labor pact that would eliminate union jobs. The ILA and employers represented by the United States Maritime Alliance this week resumed bargaining on a new six-year master contract covering…

Paxafe, an AI software provider for the cold chain market, announced Tuesday it has closed on a $9 million Series A funding round led by Framework Venture Partners with participation from Microsoft venture capital fund M12, Rosecliff Ventures, Elevate Ventures, AngelList Quant Fund, Gaingels and Mama Ventures. This round also included previous investors Ubiquity Ventures…

The biggest food brands have cooled it on price inflation. That’s good news for consumers — and trucking companies. Two freight brokers told FreightWaves that truckers have had to reorganize their routes to grocers in the past year due to reduced volumes, though they haven’t experienced the fallout of business that other firms have grappled…

With tasks such as picking, sorting, loading and unloading packages being automated more and more with the help of intelligent robots, the future of warehouse logistics could bring a lot more automation and a lot fewer humans. Experts say the key to the supply chain warehouses and fulfillment centers of tomorrow could be an emerging…

WASHINGTON — Marianne Karth lost two daughters in a truck crash 11 years ago and has been on a mission since then to get regulators in Washington to step up oversight of truck safety so that other parents can avoid her trauma. A major development in that quest was the introduction last week of identical…