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FreightWaves Today discussed the rail markets surge, transportation management systems automation and FMCSA regulatory vetting during Wednesday’s live show.

Artificial intelligence has moved from the edges of the supply chain to its center. What began as experimental pilots and proof-of-concept projects has become the operating reality for a growing share of the logistics industry, with AI, machine learning, and large language models now driving the demand forecasting, real-time visibility, document processing, and route optimization […]

Jon Rager, SVP of forest analytics at Fastmarkets, discussed the impact of America’s cardboard box recession and lumber industry slowdown at FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain conference in Atlanta.

DAT and SONAR will be debating what they think is in store for domestic transportation for the rest of the year. “The Great Debate: Where is the Market Headed Next” will occur in front of a live audience on the general sessions stage at the Georgia International Convention Center during Future of Supply Chain 2024 on June 4-5.

The third annual FreightWaves Future of Supply Chain conference will be held at the Georgia International Convention Center in Atlanta June 4-5.

A key sales executive at LoadSmart discusses the company’s TMS capabilities and where it fits today with the needs of smaller fleets.

Michael Kornhauser, sector vice president of transportation at Trimble, advocates for commercial navigation as an essential tool to keep drivers safe, legal and efficient on the job.

Adam Wingfield, founder of Innovative Logistics Group, speaks to how owner-operators can use evolving technology to their advantage to maximize profits.

Transportation M&A adviser Spencer Tenney said a stabilizing freight market is helping to support M&A demand.

Jamie Hagen, owner of Hellbent Xpress, talks about the importance of community and saving pennies in the trucking business.

Chad Boblett explains why he started a Facebook group to help owner-operators.

FreightWavesTV gives a scheduling sneak peek at next week’s Small Fleet & Owner-Operator Summit.

Walter Mitchell, CEO of Tai Software, explains where freight brokerages can leverage AI to better their business and how the second phase of TMS calls for great sophistication.

While an uptick in the market might be coming for freight, it will still be challenging. Repowr’s chief of staff explains how having access to trailer sharing can help.

John Stauffer, co-founder and COO of Isometric Technologies, explains how data can provide a competitive advantage — if handled correctly.

As technology continues to evolve, the pressure on data science teams for 3PLs will only grow. Siloed platforms and fragmentation in the industry are apparent.

FreightWaves’ Mary O’Connell and Cargado CEO Matt Silver break down the changing role of 3PLs in U.S.-Mexico freight movements.

Qued President Tom Curee discusses the company’s new software offering that streamlines and automates load appointment scheduling among shippers, 3PLs and carriers.

At the FreightWaves 3PL Summit, TIA’s Anne Reinke talks about the natural distrust between brokers and carriers.

Echo Global Logistics CEO Doug Waggoner sees the potential for spot rates to rebound by the end of the year.

In this fireside chat, FreightWaves’ chief economist Anthony Smith talks with Union Pacific’s Matt Gloeb about how collaboration between the railroad and truck carriers in the intermodal space can help customers reach sustainability goals.

Where 3PLs put technology in play will help determine their competitive position, according to Capacity and Service Solutions’ Brian Rafferty.

Logistics operators that add generative AI to their platforms can better compete in a fast-paced marketplace, according to Crowley Maritime’s Anoop Mohandas.

Reliance’s Thom Albrecht provided his company’s perspective on how fast capacity is disappearing from truck markets during FreightWaves’ F3: Future of Freight Festival. 

Leland Miller, CEO of China Beige Book, spoke with FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller about ongoing supply chain issues, geopolitical tensions and financial risks in China at F3: Future of Freight Festival on Wednesday.

XPO Executive Chairman Brad Jacobs participated in a town hall on Day 2 of the F3: Future of Freight Festival in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

A fireside chat about Convoy’s demise and impact helped kick off FreightWaves’ three-day F3: Future of Freight Festival in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

FreightWaves’ Innovation Alley at the Future of Freight Festival featured a demo by customer support automation platform Kodif.

FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller sees bad signs from banks — and trouble ahead for brokers — as he looks to the first quarter of next year.

FreightWaves is hosting its biggest event yet, F3: Future of Freight Festival, Nov. 7-9, packed with world-renowned speakers, educational sessions, music and more.

FreightWaves’ F3: Future of Freight Festival is next week. Here are some of the companies that will be coming.

XPO Executive Chairman Brad Jacobs is the featured keynote speaker for this year’s F3: Future of Freight Festival, hosted by FreightWaves, in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Zeina El-Azzi, founder and CEO of Gage Zero, talks with FreightWaves’ Thomas Wasson about why logistics and trucking companies should seek to ensure that they are protecting local communities as they roll out fleet electrification plans.

Voltera handles land purchases, oversees power needs and manages regulatory approvals for companies that want to scale their charging infrastructure.

FreightWaves’ Anthony Smith and transportation attorney Brandon Wiseman, president of Trucksafe Consulting, discuss some of the top challenges for trucking fleets, including HOS rules, CBD usage and DOT compliance issues, during FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit on Wednesday.

Torc Chief Strategy Officer Andrew Culhane chats with FreightWaves’ Thomas Wasson in this Enterprise Fleet Summit fireside chat about the strategies used to integrate new technologies.

Innovative FreightTech firms showed off their newest products during FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit on Wednesday.

Access to health care has always been a challenge for truck drivers. Jeff Seraphine, CEO of Brentwood, Tennessee-based Interstate Health Systems, discusses some of the challenges drivers face and explores potential solutions to address their health care needs.

On Wednesday, FreightWaves will host its annual Enterprise Fleet Summit. Here’s some of what you will learn.

FreightWaves SONAR has launched the Index-Linked Contracts solution to help shippers and carriers get consistent service and volumes.

At FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain event in Cleveland, Craig Fuller gives his monthly outlook on the freight market, and he is bearish.

FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain rapid-fire demo best-in-show winners include Ryder, Trucker Tools, Truckstop and Turvo.

FreightWaves’ Innovation Alley at the Future of Supply Chain event featured FreightTech demos from Ezlogz and Bridgestone Mobility Solutions/Azuga.

The Port of Cleveland thinks it has the capabilities to grow its footprint.

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The value of supply chain visibility will continue soaring, says project44 Chief Industry Officer Bart De Muynck.

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Harbor Trucking Association’s Matt Schrap warns about the effects that California’s carbon emissions restriction is having on the drayage industry and the environment.

Is the semiconductor chip shortage tapering off, and what’s happening with electric vehicles?

Global marketer Andrew Lark used a racing analogy to compare how freight companies can survive and even grow their businesses during a recession by focusing on customer experience and marketing.

Companies and governments are moving to de-risk their supply chains, says CNN and Financial Times economics expert Rana Foroohar.

More than half of winners earn distinction for 1st time, 2 add 5th straight

Users of Container Atlas can streamline their global supply chains with cutting-edge ocean freight analytics.

Former NFL star Desmond Clark admits his journey from the gridiron as a 12-year veteran, playing seven years for the Chicago Bears, to starting his own brokerage, Bear Down Logistics, has been challenging but said he was determined to succeed in this tumultuous freight market.

Rob Haddock, group director of transportation strategy for Coca-Cola North America, has spent his entire career — over 40 years — in all areas of the supply chain but says transportation has always been his passion.

At the Future of Supply Chain event, the Cato Institute’s Marian Tupy lays out the case for measuring wealth in terms of hours of labor needed to buy goods and services.

Long-term pricing trends don’t budge much, a L’Oréal executive says.

The collaboration among Convoy, J.B. Hunt, Uber Freight and others to use technology to streamline scheduling at the dock level is proceeding as planned, according to company leaders at FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain conference in Cleveland.

The end of a 40-year economic boom cycle and America military strategy are combining to make China less fearsome than global impressions.

PalletTrader is an online marketplace specifically designed for buying and selling pallets and pallets only. Since its launch in October, it has reached 1 million transactions and is rolling out an expanded service. But why is PalletTrader growing so fast and why do we need a marketplace just for pallets?

FreightWaves is hosting its two-day Future of Supply Chain event in Cleveland in June. Here’s what you need to know.

FreightWaves will host the Small Fleet & Owner-Operator Summit on Wednesday with a full day of industry insights.

The leading hydrogen expert at S&P Global Commodity Insights reviews the state of the hydrogen supply chain and where it might be headed.

This fireside chat recap is from Thursday, the third day of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week. FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Sorting through supply chain issues for autonomous trucks DETAILS: Autonomous trucks are so few in number, they risk falling to the back of the line when it comes to getting parts. Aurora Innovation leverages partnerships with […]

One area of the supply chain that held together without much disruption during the pandemic was fuel. Gary Bevers talks about how that happened.

FreightWaves and bp pulse fleet President Vic Shao break down the present and future of electric infrastructure.

Oilfield supply distribution has long been a classic setup with a middleman, but a relatively new company under CEO Tim Neal has been taking a different approach.

FreightWaves’ Scott Berhang chats with fuel buyer Dolores Santos about what makes a good fuel buyer, especially in a tight distillate market.

Radford University’s Zach Collier discusses the state of the semiconductor industry with FreightWaves’ Eric Kulisch after chip shortages roiled the global economy during the pandemic.

David Fialkov, a key government affairs representative for two retailer outlets, sees a mixed bag of government regulations and their impact on diesel supply.

Christina Hultsch, a partner in Benesch’s Healthcare Practice Group, addressed how generic pharmaceutical wholesalers fared during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the big three manufacturers and discussed some of the difficulties of shifting drug manufacturing production back to the U.S. during Global Supply Chain Week on Wednesday.

HelloFresh executive Matt Cicinelli discusses how the pandemic shifted the company’s supply chain strategy during FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week.

Fillogic CEO Bill Thayer chats middle mile and reverse logistics at FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week.

FreightWaves’ Geoff Lochausen and Ben Richey of Black Rifle Coffee Co. discuss the role American consumers played in the volatile supply chain market over the past year.

Pactum CEO and co-founder Martin Rand explains where AI fits into supply chain contract negotiations.

Alex Winston, president of Expedite All and Reefer Van Network, talks about the benefits of small truckload.

Port expert Walter Kemmsies discussed the distortions in trade and demand for goods and services created by the pandemic during FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week.

New York Shipping Exchange head Gordon Downes talks about the ocean shipping market at FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week.

Jackie Gonsalez, vice president at Crowley Logistics, discusses post-pandemic maritime trends with Thomas Wasson on Tuesday during Global Supply Chain Week.

Trade Tech co-founder and President Bryn Heimbeck talks about how technology can help the supply chain move forward.

Rosemary Coates of the Reshoring Institute discusses supply chain strategy during FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week.

Although retailers may be past the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, other headwinds persist, reminding storefronts the importance of having a resilient supply chain, according to National Retail Federation’s Jon Gold.

Jack Echeverria, senior manager of Wayfair’s global logistics arm, CastleGate Logistics, discusses how the online furniture retailer planned its peak season amid this year’s supply chain uncertainty and looks ahead to key factors that will affect market conditions in 2023.

Ryder’s Rob Pluta and Geotab’s Stephanie Voelker discuss how carriers and shippers can overcome technology fragmentation to create more efficient supply chains.

Terri Creech, head of product and learning at Amazon Freight Partner, spoke with Hannah McClellan, vice president of Amazon Freight, at the F3: Future of Freight Festival about Amazon Freight’s plans to invest billions on safety-related investments for its trucks and trailers over the next few years.

David Shillingford, chief strategy officer at Everstream Analytics, chats with Lance Starks, Shaw vice president of global sourcing, on the steps companies should consider to restore the supply chain.

Global superpowers, such as China and Russia, must adhere to the demands of the global supply chain when making militaristic decisions, according to former Pentagon Chief Spokesman Jonathan Hoffman.

Flexport sees lower spot rates giving certain retailers a pricing advantage at the store.

Eight companies took home Best in Show awards at FreightWaves’ F3: Future of Freight Festival.

FreightWaves’ Tyler Cole sits down with executive Rob Pluta to talk about Ryder Inc. and provide perspective on what it takes to build the infrastructure around electric vehicles.

FreightWaves’ Mary O’Connell chats with Torc Robotics analyst Frank Mabry about his company’s vision for autonomous trucking.

Rosemary Coates, executive director of the Reshoring Institute, offers insights into supply chain issues during a keynote address Thursday at the FreightWaves F3: Future of Freight Festival.

In this F3 Fireside Chat, FreightWaves’ Rachel Premack sat down with Ajay Agarwal of Bain Capital and Amrith Ravi and Reiss Jensen of Section Partners.

Diesel inventories are “running on fumes,” according to an industry expert Wednesday at FreightWaves’ Future of Freight Festival, but the week’s stock report was encouraging.

Twenty-one more companies showed off the latest in logistics and freight solutions on the second day of F3.

DHL and autonomous truck operator Embark discuss their partnership and the last hurdles for rolling out automated trucks.

FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller talks with Andrew Berberick and Nate Robert about why they created Baton and then sold the company to Ryder.

Trucking brokerage founder and CEO Brittany Traylor talks about creating a startup — with help from software management system Turvo.

Tech company Transflo developed a new application that automates and streamlines mundane back-office processes to minimize risk of error, as well as allow companies to focus more on revenue generation.

FreightWaves’ Craig Fuller and project44’s Jett McCandless discuss the challenges faced by founders.