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Echo brings Freight Saver into the fold
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (191+ words) A purchase price was not disclosed. "This acquisition is a great cultural and strategic fit," said Doug Waggoner, Chief Executive Officer at Echo. "Freight Saver has built a customer-centric, tech-enabled business that complements our strengths and accelerates our ability to…...
Echo Global Logistics CEO Waggoner looks at key 2025 freight transportation and logistics trends and themes
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (375+ words) Logistics Management'Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently spoke with'Doug Waggoner,'CEO of Chicago-based Echo Global Logistics about various topics, including: the state of the freight economy, tariffs and the trade war, trucking capacity, and AI, among others. Their conversation follows…...
Echo Global Logistics introduces new U. S. -Mexico cross-border customs brokerage service
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (405+ words) Chicago-based third-party logistics and technology-enabled transportation services provider Echo Global Logistics announced earlier today it has rolled out a new offering focused on what it called "seamless" United States and Mexico customs brokerage services. "Echo XBorder'offers the same expertise and…...
DAT enters into agreement to acquire the Convoy Platform from Flexport
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (190+ words) The acquisition of the'Convoy'Platform demonstrates'DAT's ongoing commitment to enhancing network value for our customers," said Jeff Clementz,'DAT'President and CEO. Together, we will give customers a better, broader freight-matching network, the ability to manage more loads and capture incrementally more…...
36th Annual State of Logistics Report: Truckload carriers face freight declines and tariff challenges amid China pullback
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (520+ words) The for-hire truckload sector, the largest in the $387 billion overall trucking market, is bracing for fallout from Trump administration tariffs on foreign goods. Logistics firm J. B. Hunt Transport Services, the nation's largest TL carrier, sits at what Barron's called "the heart…...
Shipware examines the current state of the parcel and express delivery markets
1+ year, 1+ week ago (325+ words) In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Paul Yaussy, Senior Director of Parcel Consulting, for San Diego-based Shipware, and Adi Karamcheti, Consultant, Professional Services at Shipware. Shipware examines…...
U. S. Bank and DAT Freight & Analytics partner up for new quarterly rates-focused research report
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (289+ words) U. S. Bank and DAT leadership cited the benefits of this report for trucking stakeholders. And Ken Adamo, GM, Shipper and Chief of Analytics, at DAT, observed that the freight market is rarely one-dimensional, adding that looking at financial or rate data…...
TD Cowen/AFS Index signals persistent price pressure across truckload, parcel, and LTL
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (945+ words) The second quarter edition of the TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index, which was recently released by New York-based investment firm TD Cowen Inc. and Shreveport, La. -based 3 PL and freight audit and payment company AFS Logistics LLC, reflected the ongoing…...
DAT i Q "Signal" report points to rising freight rates, shrinking capacity, and carrier gains
1+ week, 5+ day ago (448+ words) Truckload freight rates are favoring carriers after a long hiatus, according to the March Signal Report, which was recently issued by DAT i Q, the analytics subsidiary of DAT Freight & Analytics, with the firm explaining that market tightening, since December,…...
FTR Trucking Conditions Index hits highest reading in four years
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (406+ words) Logistics Management FTR Trucking Conditions Index hits highest reading in four years The new edition of the Trucking Conditions Index, which was recently released by freight transportation consultancy FTR, saw continued gains. According to FTR, a TCI reading above zero…...