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  • Tech buildout will be key to growth at FedEx Freight: CEO Smith
  • Highway looks to become the ‘Plaid for Freight’ as cargo theft goes direct
  • What Is the Lowest-Cost Regional Freight Format?

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joc.com /6 days ago

Tech buildout will be key to growth at FedEx Freight: CEO Smith

As it becomes a standalone company, the largest US LTL provider seeks to leapfrog legacy technologies that are focused more on packages and parcels.

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freightwaves.com /3 weeks ago

Highway looks to become the ‘Plaid for Freight’ as cargo theft goes direct

The freight industry stands at a crossroads that looks remarkably familiar to anyone who remembers the early days of fintech. Before Plaid became the connective tissue linking bank...

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ttnews.com /1 month ago

What Is the Lowest-Cost Regional Freight Format?

Humble Robotics CEO Eyal Cohen says a battery-electric, cabless Class 8 autonomous vehicle is the most cost-efficient way to move freight over short distances.

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freightwaves.com /2 weeks ago

Can OEM axle weight data and satellite imagery help identify cargo theft?

Class 8 analyzed more than 3.2 million truck unload events across 68,340 commercial vehicles using a three-stage detection pipeline that combines vehicle weight telemetry, satellit...

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joc.com /4 weeks ago

Truck tech suppliers connect capacity, relationship management

Technology developers are emphasizing the need for greater visibility into networks of loads and trucks and greater trust in shipper-carrier partnerships.

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supplychaindive.com /2 weeks ago

FedEx Freight turns focus toward high-margin shipments

The LTL carrier has its sights set on gaining market share in the healthcare, grocery and technology markets as an independent company.

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freightwaves.com /2 weeks ago

Transfix integrates Highway carrier vetting into TMS

Transfix has integrated Highway's carrier vetting technology into its transportation management system, allowing freight brokers and third-party logistics providers to verify carri...

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theloadstar.com /3 weeks ago

Starboard bets AI can give smaller forwarders a fighting chance

Freight forwarding has plenty of AI demos. The harder test is whether the technology can handle the daily mess of the quote desk: emails, PDFs, spreadsheets, carrier portals, agent...

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ttnews.com /2 weeks ago

FedEx Freight Reports First Earnings as Stand-Alone Company

FedEx Freight is pursuing new business in sectors including data center infrastructure, grocery and healthcare to chart its future as a newly independent company.

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roboticsandautomationnews.com /5 days ago

Tech company AVI-SPL launches autonomous Dallas-Houston freight operations with Volvo Autonomous Solutions

AVI-SPL, a global technology solutions provider, and Volvo Autonomous Solutions have started commercial autonomous freight operations between Dallas and Houston using the Volvo VNL...

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freightwaves.com /3 weeks ago

Samsara tracking label targets $35B cargo theft problem

Cargo theft costs U.S. businesses $35 billion annually. Samsara’s new tracking label delivers real-time freight visibility across any carrier with no system overhaul required. The...

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theloadstar.com /1 week ago

Spotter AI expands connected freight platform across driver, recruiting and fleet operations

Freight operations are moving fast, but a good amount of trucking companies are still juggling the day-to-day through spreadsheets, emails, phone calls, load boards and whatever in...

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joc.com /1 month ago

Independent FedEx Freight looks to roll into new markets

With its spin-off completed, standalone carrier FedEx Freight wants to reverse recent volume declines by filling more trailers with non-industrial freight.

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joc.com /2 weeks ago

Amazon Freight says truckload freight moving to LTL

The e-commerce giant says shipper need for flexibility in a volatile market led it to open its less-than-truckload service to “external” customers.

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ttnews.com /2 weeks ago

Truckload Tightness Boosts FedEx Freight Backhauls, Revenue

FedEx Freight — North America's largest less-than-truckload carrier — benefited from spillover in backhaul lanes with heavier shipments, executives said.

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logisticsmgmt.com /1 day ago

FreightSnap, Shiplify strategic partnership targets LTL invoice accuracy and trust between carriers and shippers

In a move geared towards building something they viewed as missing in the less-than-truckload (LTL) sector—“trust between shippers and carriers”—a recently announced strategic part...

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joc.com /1 month ago

Amazon Freight says new LTL offering is not a ‘brokerage’

Amazon’s “asset-backed” less-than-truckload service is based on company-owned equipment and technology, its freight director says.

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joc.com /1 month ago

Parent of e-commerce software provider acquires top freight broker WWEX

The deal will see WWEX’s transportation brokerage services directly connected to e-commerce management tools used by small and medium-sized businesses.

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theloadstar.com /1 month ago

Flexport-Freightmate case tests ownership of AI freight data and workflows

The legal battle between Flexport and freight-tech start-up Freightmate is increasingly becoming a test case for a question facing logistics tech companies: in the age of AI, is th...

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freightwaves.com /3 weeks ago

AI First: How Fura Grew 800% During Freight Slump | Logistics

Fura's CEO Jeff D'Angelo sits down with FreightWaves to reveal how his AI-first brokerage achieved 800% growth in just three years, turning a $150K loss into $1M profit, all while...

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supplychaindive.com /1 month ago

Amazon grows LTL freight offerings for shippers

Shippers can now use the e-commerce giant’s network to deliver freight to third-party sites, the company announced Wednesday.

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ttnews.com /1 month ago

High-Fashion Freight Draws High-Tech Thieves

Overhaul helped law enforcement recover a $187,000 shipment of designer goods in New Jersey. The criminals used strategic tactics to steal a blind load.

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freightwaves.com /3 weeks ago

Volvo and AVI-SPL launch driverless freight operations on Texas corridor

AVI-SPL and Volvo Autonomous Solutions launch driverless freight on Dallas-Houston lane using Aurora-powered Volvo VNL trucks for audio-visual equipment transport. The post Volvo a...

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ttnews.com /1 month ago

Unfettered FedEx Freight Debuts as Stand-Alone Business

CEO John Smith said the potential of Memphis, Tenn.-based FedEx Freight would only now be truly unleashed.

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