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Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATSG), said last night that one of its subsidiaries will acquire 20 Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 767-300 passenger aircraft and convert them to all-cargo planes over the next three years. The extended-range planes, which based on ATSG's data will have a...

Now that most of the snow has melted, Winter Storm Diego is finally just a memory to people in the South. Record snowfall came early in the season, technically before winter began on the calendar. Here's a look back at what happened and how the storm affected lives and freight movement across...

Driver shortages are a perennial problem for the trucking trade and this problem is expected to get worse over the next 10 years with the industry requiring close to a million new drivers, over and above those that exist today. According to Sharan Savadattimath chief information officer and co-...

In the last week before Christmas, carriers make plans to get their drivers home for the holiday. It's one of the only days of the year that most carriers guarantee their drivers hometime, and they generally make every effort to keep their promises. This nationwide repositioning has a...

The long, drawn-out battle over emissions standards at the Ports of Tacoma and Seattle comes to a close on Jan. 1, when updated clean truck requirements go into effect. By the new year, all trucks serving international container terminals must have a 2007 or newer engine, or a certified emissions...

Another storm is heading to the East Coast soon, but this one won't be a classic Nor'easter with lots of snow. That is the good news. The bad news is that it's coming at one of the worst times of the year, just before Christmas. Truckers will be under pressure to make on-time deliveries...

The dawn of globalization paved the way for food supply chains to become truly borderless. As businesses try to keep pace with the growing demands of the local populace, sourcing consumables from around the world requires being persistent with taut logistics run via punishing operational schedules...

The national tender rejection rate ticked upward slightly today as carriers begin preparing for the Christmas holiday by positioning their drivers closer to their domiciles. In the lead up to major holidays, driver preferences for origin/destination firm up, leading carriers to be choosier and...

FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) reported Tuesday its fiscal second-quarter results, which came in better than expected but management revised its outlook. Here is a summary of how some of the Street's top analysts reacted to the print. The Analysts Morgan Stanley's Ravi Shanker maintains an...

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) said it has launched a service allowing participating retailers to fulfill online orders 5 to 8 hours later than usual while providing consumers with next-day deliveries in local markets and two-day deliveries across the continental US. Through the service, dubbed "...

At MarketWaves18, FreightWaves announced the Freight.Tech 25, the industry's list of the most innovative and disruptive companies in transportation and logistics. After a vote by sixty analysts, Chicago-based Logistical Labs ranked twenty-fifth. Logistical Labs was founded in 2012 and offers...

Srini Vasan, founder and CEO of eShipGlobal, and partner Terry Beaudine from IBM Blockchain Solutions, demonstrated at MarketWaves 18 in Dallas last month how eShipGlobal provides a one-stop solution for shipping expedited hazardous materials and other packages using blockchain technology. Vasan...