3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (363+ words) Private equity firms Centre Partners and Altivare Capital Partners have acquired 3PL Navajo Expedited. The duo will advance the broker’s driver-vetting and pricing automation capabilities while seeking complementary acquisitions. Lakeland, Florida-based Navajo Expedited, was previously part of Navajo Express, a 300-unit…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (332+ words) A single tracking source, however reliable, was never designed to answer whether or not the signal was coming from the driver, truck, or load it claims to represent. A telematics feed can be accurate and still be attached to the…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (262+ words) U.S. railroads heralded the coming change of seasons with a memorably strong week for freight across the board. The Association of American Railroads rail traffic for the week of Sept. 5 was 533,545 carloads and intermodal units, up 13.8% from the same week in…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (125+ words) The Shipper Rate Report — presented in partnership with Trimble — is a quarterly publication using SONAR datasets to create the most in-depth rate and demand outlook for shippers. The insights within this paper are curated by the market experts at FreightWaves…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (125+ words) FreightWaves’ Freight Brokerage Rate Report — sponsored by Triumph— provides a review of the previous quarter and a forecast for the coming months. Featuring responses from a freight brokerage survey alongside SONAR data, the report is designed to provide intelligence that…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (219+ words) The latest freight market update reveals Labor Day tender rejections surged significantly, marking the strongest increase since 2021. Dive into the numbers on truckload rejections, spot rates, and intermodal trends to understand the current market volatility and what shippers can expect…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (148+ words) Cabless autonomous trucks could reshape short-haul freight faster than most carriers expect. Humble Robotics CEO Eyal Cohen breaks down the skateboard concept, why drop trailers may lose value, and how these units could eventually land near trailer-level pricing. The big…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (157+ words) Cheapest freight isn’t always best, especially when a late shipment can cost millions. ShipStation Global CEO Tom Madine breaks down why SMB shippers need parcel, LTL and truckload in one workflow, and why better freight decisions now matter more than…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (199+ words) Tender rejections are back above 14%, and Labor Day is already tightening the freight market. In this SONAR update, FreightWaves breaks down why rejection rates are rising faster than the last three years, what that says about capacity, and why even…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (487+ words) ShipStation Global CEO Tom Madine has built the company’s post-merger strategy around closing that gap, knowing that the same merchants who came to the platform for parcel labels are increasingly buying freight, too, and would rather not leave the software…...