ORLANDO, Fla. — As a presenter at the annual meeting of the Transportation Intermediaries Association said Thursday, it’s a shipper’s market. Shippers sit in the driver’s seat in a market with so much spare capacity that FreightWaves SONAR’s Outbound Tender Reject Index continues to hang around the 3% level. That makes the views of a…
FreightWaves was awarded a top honor for commentary writing on Friday at the 69th annual Jesse H. Neal Awards, the most prestigious competition in business-to-business journalism. The Best Commentary/Blog category is judged based on “the strength of the opinions expressed, relevance of topics and the skill and clarity of the writing.” The category included a…
A cargo container with more than $15 million of gold and other valuables has disappeared at Toronto Pearson International Airport after being offloaded from an aircraft. The theft took place Monday evening after the shipment was transferred to a cargo facility, according to the Peel Regional Police. Authorities say they have no suspects and are…
Two trucking companies have lost their bid to keep the licences needed to move containers at the Port of Vancouver – despite arguing that the British Columbia Trucking Commissioner took […]
One of the drawbacks of hydrogen adoption as a transportation fuel is the lack of infrastructure. Guess what? A network of hydrogen fueling already exists. It’s true that what exists is primarily dedicated to material-handling fuel cell-powered forklifts. The majority of those are located at distribution centers and warehouses for retail giants Amazon and Walmart….