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Fake freight broker redirects $273K seafood shipment in New Jersey cargo theft attempt
A series of phone calls and text messages appeared to come from a trusted freight broker. The driver followed those instructions, unaware of what awaited at th…
Transport
Why Trucking Rates Are Rising Without More Freight
Truckload rates rose in 2026 on flat freight. SONAR data and ATRI's 2026 cost study show carriers still earn too little to cover costs. See why rates must keep…
Transport
Factory backlogs build as freight and steel costs climb
Unfilled factory orders rose to $1.61 trillion in August while shipments stalled, and the steel, freight and diesel needed to work them off cost more in Septem…
Transport
SpaceX alumni nab $100M to rethink shipping with autonomous freight trains
Parallel Systems raised $100 million to scale production of its autonomous electric rail vehicle, which can shuttle thousands of pounds of freight up to 500 mi…
Transport
Is Trucking Capacity Coming Back? Why New Capacity Isn't Entering the 2026 Freight Market
Tender rejections are up 268% in three years while volume is up 9%. SONAR data shows why new trucking capacity isn't entering the 2026 market. The post Is Truc…
Transport
Freight's Next Move Matters More Than the Last 18 Months
Chris Wofford joined FW Today to talk freight, macro risk and what operators should actually be watching right now. No hype, no magic-timeline calls - just the…
Transport
Brokers Face RICO Suit Over Cheap Freight, but a 2006 Supreme Court Case May Shut It Down
(The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.) As if C.H. Robinson did…
Transport
Einride, EASE begin daily driverless freight runs in Ohio
Einride has two cabless electric trucks running daily for EASE Logistics in Ohio, a test case for whether autonomy can absorb unplanned short-haul freight. The…
Transport
Uber strikes $2.3B deal for ezCater as freight unit adds supply chain exec
Uber Technologies will acquire workplace catering platform ezCater for $2.3 billion. The post Uber strikes $2.3B deal for ezCater as freight unit adds supply c…
Transport
Kodiak and IKEA to launch driverless freight operations in Texas
Kodiak Robotics and IKEA Supply are preparing to launch fully driverless freight operations in Texas later this year, building on a four-year autonomous trucki…
Transport
Volvo and Waabi launch autonomous freight operations in Texas
Volvo Autonomous Solutions and Waabi have launched autonomous operations for logistics software company Warp in Texas, the first customer operation in the Volv…
Finance
Triumph Financial CEO on Freight Credit Risk
Freight credit risk in 2024 is the focus as Triumph Financial's Aaron Graft joins FreightWaves to break down what he's seeing. Graft, founder, vice chairman an…
Transport
Optimus Technology acquires SmartHop Freight Platform
Optimus Technology acquired SmartHop's load and fleet management platform and plans to distribute it free through financial, insurance and logistics partners r…
Transport
Borderlands Mexico: Identity thieves target customs payments in cross-border freight
This week in Borderlands Mexico: Identity thieves target customs payments in cross-border freight; LEGO invests $400M to expand Mexico manufacturing operation;…
Transport
CHP officer killed in Highway 99 crash with semi-truck on major Central Valley freight route
CHP had gone nearly six years without a line-of-duty death. That changed Sunday evening near Tipton, California. The post CHP officer killed in Highway 99 cras…
Consumer
YMX yard technology helps retailer trace $60,000 in missing freight
YMX Logistics' yard-management system uses computer vision to track trucks and trailers at distribution facilities, helping a grocery retailer investigate five…
Autos
Self-driving big rigs roll into California as driverless future comes into focus
The state is getting its first real-world glimpse at autonomous freight.
Transport
CAFE Standards Reset: Can Looser Fuel Economy Rules Restart Auto Freight?
Looser fuel economy rules help Detroit's truck-heavy lineups, but SONAR data shows accepted truckload volume is flat to down while tender rejections nearly tri…
Transport
Transportation provider accused of hiding freight revenue from owner-operators
A proposed class-action lawsuit alleges a Michigan transportation provider systematically understated load values before calculating compensation owed to owner…
Transport
SH 130: A Smarter, Safer Route Through Central Texas
Interstate 35 has long been the connective tissue of the Texas Triangle, the artery that carries freight from the Mexican border through San Antonio and Austin…
Transport
Another strong week for industrial rail freight
Commodity tonnage and intermodal goods kept traffic on U.S. railroads surging in the latest week's data. The post Another strong week for industrial rail freig…
Transport
Cargo thieves are 'laundering freight' through the supply chain, Cornell warns
Scott Cornell says sophisticated theft groups can move stolen goods into legitimate commerce, sometimes reaching overseas markets within days. The post Cargo t…
Transport
National cargo theft blitz leads to arrests, $635K in recovered freight
Thirty stolen transformers worth about $600,000 were among the recoveries during a nationwide operation targeting cargo theft networks. The post National cargo…
AI
Flexport launches MCP Server for AI agents to book freight
Flexport's latest release pairs an MCP server for outside AI agents with a workforce of internal agents the company says handles 21 million tasks a year, plus…
Transport
Kodiak taps IKEA to launch driverless freight on I-45
Kodiak's first unsupervised long-haul service will carry IKEA goods between Houston and Dallas later this year, after 750,000 autonomous miles with an observer…
Transport
Trimble keeps freight business sale on the table while unveiling new AI tools
Trimble is weighing the future of its transportation and logistics unit while continuing to invest in AI tools for its fleet customers. The post Trimble keeps…
Transport
What Does Today's Signal Mean for Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP)?
Follow Union Pacific as investors assess freight railroad operations, the current catalyst, execution risks and the company evidence that may shape its next ma…
Transport
Freight AI Isn't Replacing Brokers - Here's the ROI
Freight AI is getting sold like a job killer. Will Bewley says the real ROI is much simpler: give brokers, dispatchers and ops teams time back. In this Freight…
Transport
FBI's Memphis Cargo Theft Task Force warns cyber schemes put millions in freight at risk
Criminals can know exactly what freight they want before arriving for pickup. The FBI's Memphis Cargo Theft Task Force says cyber-enabled schemes are changing…
