3+ hour, 51+ min ago  (262+ words) Former Amazon Freight General Manager Ari Silkey has joined the Transportation Equipment Network, according to a news release. He's tasked with modernizing operations, particularly with data and artificial intelligence, and improving service delivery and operations, the company said. "Ari has…...

13+ hour, 26+ min ago  (530+ words) The bipartisan House Appropriations Committee added language to its fiscal 2027 transportation appropriations bill urging the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to apply strict scrutiny to the proposed $72 billion Union Pacific-Southern Pacific merger. If evaluated under the STB's rigorous 2001 rules, the merger…...

21+ hour, 6+ min ago  (799+ words) The unanimous decision in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II eliminates federal preemption as a defense in negligent carrier selection lawsuits. J. J. Keller's Josh Lovan sat down with Freight Waves to discuss how the ripple effects are already reshaping how freight moves. The…...

8+ mon, 22+ hour ago  (180+ words) Velocitor Solutions is making a bold statement in the fleet management space with its full acquisition of Next Billion. ai, a move that promises to redefine how enterprise fleets navigate the complexities of routing and logistics. While specific deal terms…...

4+ day, 49+ min ago  (779+ words) The transportation industry is facing a new generation of cargo theft in which organized crime groups increasingly use fake identities, phishing campaigns and digital deception rather than only traditional break-ins and hijackings. Industry experts say cargo theft has evolved into…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (553+ words) Truck transportation jobs mostly reversed the strong gains posted a month earlier. The post Up, then down: drop in trucking jobs in May mostly wipes out gain from April appeared first on Freight Waves....

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (236+ words) The freight downturn that defined 2023 and 2024 has decisively reversed, and the May data clarifies the mechanism behind it: industrial production, rather than consumer spending or inventory restocking, is now driving the cycle. Freight Waves identified the inflection months ago. The…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (328+ words) Bankruptcy filings and WARN notices show freight companies are still battling tight margins despite signs of market recovery The post Freight distress spreads as bankruptcies, layoffs top 600 jobs appeared first on Freight Waves....

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (220+ words) STOCKHOLM, June 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Volvo Autonomous Solutions (V. A. S.) and Boliden have completed the autonomous transport project at Boliden's Garpenberg site in Sweden. The project was the first step under the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between Volvo and Boliden in 2023, and it…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (561+ words) Altitude by Geotab, a leading provider of advanced mobility insights, today announced an expansion of its partnership with the Center for Advanced Transportation Technology Laboratory (CATT Lab) at the University of Maryland, that sees Altitude's Stop Analytics module integrated directly…...