FreightWaves

02/14/2025

In this episode, we dive into the world of insurance. Our guest, Michael Niederhauser, Parsyl's VP of Strategic Partnerships, breaks down the role that insruance plays in mitigating risk in the cold chain and how data-driven insurance can help reduce costs. For more information subscribe to Running on Ice the newsletter or podcast.

02/14/2025

Rising compliance costs are pushing fleets to the brink. Nearly 96% of trucking professionals report cutting expenses in other areas to cover these costs, while 35% of independent owner-operators have considered shutting down due to the overwhelming burden. Discover how fleets are navigating these challenges in Fleetworthy's 2025 report:

How growing costs and inefficiencies drive the search for tech solutions

02/14/2025

With tariff negotiations & nearshoring trends shaping 2025, logistics pros must stay agile. Ann Marie Jonkman of Blue Yonder shares how AI & real-time visibility help LSPs optimize costs & adapt fast.

Ann Marie Jonkman, VP of global industry strategy at Blue Yonder, sat down with Timothy Dooner to discuss the potential effects of tariff negotiations and price hikes on logistics service providers and how an effective strategy accounts for every aspect of the end-to-end supply chain. Ann Marie Jonk...

02/14/2025

On Episode 804 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner is celebrating Valentine’s Day in the supply chain by sharing your best trucking love stories.

Trump writes a love letter to the world by slapping every country with reciprocal tariffs. What you need to know before April 1.

Response raised $4 million to simplify spend and procurement management. We’ll meet CEO and co-founder Keivan Shahida.

Before you head out on a date, you may want to know whose car you’re getting in. If you’re shipping freight, you want to know who is hauling that load. J. J. Keller’s Mark Schedler talks all about background checks and MVR reports.

Stephenson & Co. founder John Stephenson shares insights from their latest industry benchmarks.

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02/14/2025

Democratic U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro on Wednesday criticized President Donald Trump for flip-flopping on canceling import benefits for inexpensive e-commerce products shipped from China and suggested that Fred Smith, chairman of express delivery giant FedEx Corp., played a role in last week’s sudden reversal.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro says the Trump administration has retreated from removing a lucrative tariff exemption for low-value e-commerce goods made in China. In its haste to crack down on duty evasion and fentanyl smuggling, the White House made the situation worse, she says.

02/14/2025

The Monday announcement from supply chain software supplier Manhattan Associates was a shocker: Longtime President and CEO Eddie Capell was stepping down – in two days.

The change at the top of Manhattan Associates looked like an ouster, but former CEO Eddie Capell met with analysts to say it wasn’t.

02/14/2025

Locomotive builder Wabtec’s revenue and profits increased in the fourth quarter, but the company’s stock tumbled 11% Wednesday after quarterly results and a new five-year outlook both came in below Wall Street expectations.

The drop in Wabtec’s stock price (NYSE: WAB) was the largest in the S&P 500.

Locomotive builder Wabtec’s shares declined despite fourth-quarter revenue and profit increases.

02/14/2025

Did you buy flowers for Valentine’s Day? It’s likely the air cargo logistics sector helped get them to your home. Cargo airlines are indispensable for transporting flowers from the world’s growing regions to consumers on other continents

Cargo airlines have transported thousands of tons of flowers from South America and Africa to North America and Europe for Valentine’s Day.

02/14/2025

Reading the latest headlines, one might expect the U.S. economy to be barrelling into a recession or even depression. The chaotic uncertainty of President Donald Trump’s trade approach — what his supporters might call “the art of the deal” — has given businesses whiplash and set many markets to panicking.

But should consumers be afraid?

If consumers were able to keep pace with the incredible inflation of the early pandemic, they should be able to weather any storm kicked up by tariffs.

02/13/2025

January data from Cass Information Systems showed truckload linehaul rates turned positive on a year-over-year comparison for the first time in two years. However, shipments remained soft.

The Cass Freight Index showed an increase in truckload linehaul rates for the first time since December 2022.

02/13/2025

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Thursday for the U.S. to look at implementing “reciprocal tariffs” to match the tax rates other nation’s place on imports of American goods.

President Donald Trump has announced a plan for possible reciprocal tariffs on U.S. trade partners.

02/13/2025

The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and a merchant vessel collided late Wednesday in the Mediterranean Sea.

The incident involving the Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier Besiktas-M occurred around 11:45 p.m. local time near Port Said, Egypt.

The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and a Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier collided late Wednesday in the Mediterranean Sea.

02/13/2025

Rosemary Coates, executive director of the Reshoring Institute, explains the economic and supply chain factors influencing a company's decision to bring its production back to American shores in a conversation with Craig and JP.

02/13/2025

Zach and Tony discuss what we have learned over the past two weeks of tariff implementations and pauses, while also discussing why freight market optimism has not manifested into a significant market shift.

02/13/2025

Insurance fraud is on the rise, hitting the trucking industry hard. Transportation Insurance Experts (TIE) is leveraging tech & collaboration to fight back—think ELD connections, cameras & real-time claims reporting. Stay ahead of the threats.

The rise in insurance fraud underscores the need for a proactive approach across the supply chain.

02/13/2025

Sotira, an AI-powered surplus inventory management platform, has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding to help brands offload and capitalize on their surplus inventory.

The funding round included participation from Unusual Ventures, K5 Global, Night Capital and Soma Capital.

Sotira, which is leveraging AI to help brands offload and capitalize on their surplus inventory, has raised $2 million in funding.

02/13/2025

Leaders of the International Association of Machinists (IAM) issued a statement on Wednesday condemning President Donald Trump’s announced tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada to the U.S.

Leaders of the International Association of Machinists are condemning President Donald Trump’s announced tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada to the U.S.

02/12/2025

In today’s episode Harbinger Co-founder and CEO John Harris joins us to talk about their recent $100 million Series B round and how they’re disrupting the electric medium-duty vehicle space.