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Redwood Logistics, one of the fastest-growing supply chain and logistics companies in North America, announced FreightWaves, the leading provider of high-frequency data for the global supply chain, has selected Redwood as its integration partner between Oracle Transportation Management (OTM) and the FreightWaves SONAR freight data intelligence platform.  Powered by RedwoodConnect, Redwood’s proprietary integration platform, OTM…

UPS Inc. has agreed to install air conditioning in package cars as part of language contained in the proposed master contract between the company and the Teamsters union, the Teamsters said Tuesday night. New tentative contract language would mandate in-cab AC systems in all of UPS’ package cars purchased after Jan. 1, 2024, the Teamsters…

There’s the fog of war and there’s the fog of West Coast port labor disruptions. More than a year after negotiations began and over 11 months since the last contract expired, employers and dockworkers still haven’t come to terms over pay. Accusations are flying. Those speaking to the press have agendas, as do those remaining…

Shipments and expenditures plummeted year over year (y/y) in May at the fastest pace in nearly three years, according to data provided by Cass Information Systems on Tuesday. The Cass Freight Index recorded a 5.6% y/y decline in shipments during the month with expenditures falling 15.7%. Shipments captured on the index were up 1.9% from…

U.S. box demand has been consistently worse than the largest box makers expected over the past three quarters — with recent declines among the steepest since the Great Financial Crisis — and recent signs point to more of the same weakness.  The largest U.S. boxboard/folding carton producer, Graphic Packaging, presented at a conference Tuesday at…