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Ten Class 8 Peterbilt Model 579EVs running drayage in the Port of Oakland illustrate two facts of heavy-duty electrification: Class 8 Battery-electric trucks are for real. They only work where infrastructure is in place to charge them. Shippers Transport Express (STE) has both working for it in...

After a year of going to class behind a camera wearing nice shirts with sweatpants, children across America are finally beginning to go back to school, for real. Even as COVID-19's delta variant picks up steam, parents are gearing up to send their kids back to the classroom, and it's showing in...

When the LockBit ransomware gang announced it had hit maritime fuel provider Petrologis Canarias earlier this month, the hackers proclaimed the cyberattack "Colonial Pipeline 2.0" with an added wink emoji. Unfortunately for the hackers, it could never have lived up to the massive disruption of the...

Freight markets have entered their second year of extreme dislocation, brought on by record consumer spending and a transportation network that doesn't have the labor or equipment to fill the need. A lack of openings on ocean sailing schedules, ships waiting longer to berth at the ports, and...

Small e-commerce sellers are continually on the hunt for the right partner for their warehousing and logistics needs. 3PL GEODIS is expanding its eLogistics service to include four total facilities designed to accommodate e-commerce inventory stocking and shipping requirements for smaller brands....

Container vessels stuck at anchor off California are grabbing the headlines. But there's another massive shipping traffic jam out there, one that's holding up even more cargo. This other, less-publicized tale of seaborne gridlock is set in China and it's not about container ships, it's about dry...

If the price of ultra-low sulfur diesel on the CME commodity exchange settles Friday where it was trading at about 10:45 a.m., it will mean that the building block for all diesel prices will have plummeted more than 26 cents in just three weeks of trading. ULSD on CME kicked off August by settling...

The trucking industry needs to get ready because Americans are set to shop. New research from e-commerce solutions firm Radial found that 65% of American shoppers expect to spend as much or more as they did during the 2020 holiday season. That is great news for retailers but could produce some...

The COVID-19 pandemic provided a glimpse into how supply chain disruptions can bring the world to its knees, but the global business community is facing another big threat — extreme weather. Related: Logistics groups ready to help during potentially busy hurricane season Just ask Apple, which...

On this episode of #WithSONAR, Luke Falasca and Kyle Taylor discuss the possibility of truckload volume hitting a new all-time high.   They use SONAR data and charts to look at how much volume is really flooding the market and whether there is any capacity on the horizon to help alleviate the...

ArcBest is more than logistics. Whatever you do, whatever you ship, ArcBest makes it easier for you to do business. ArcBest combines reliable capacity, innovative technology and trusted relationships to take the complexity out of your supply chain and keep your shipments moving. That's what makes...

Global freight forwarder JAS Worldwide announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the forwarding, logistics, and supply chain management unit of Greencarrier Group. Founded in 2000, Gothenburg, Sweden-based Greencarrier Freight Services International provides sustainable logistics...

An annual rite of passage is upon us: peak season surcharges. UPS (NYSE: UPS), FedEx (NYSE: FDX), and the U.S. Postal Service have all announced their peak season surcharges in the past month. The surcharges are designed to provide additional revenue during peak shipping times, such as the holiday...

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In a scalding U.S. logistics real estate market, Chicago is not taking back seat heat to anyone. The numbers bear it out. According to data published in late July from real estate advisory firm Newmark Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NMRK), the Chicago market, which is geographically defined as the city and...