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Why the Monthly Payment Is the Wrong Number to Focus On The monthly payment is a cash flow number. It tells you whether you can keep the lights on week to week. It tells you almost nothing about what the truck actually costs. What the truck actually costs is the purchase price plus every dollar […]
Spend a day on any interstate in this country and you will lose count. Trucks rolling down the highway with the company name scrawled on the door in black marker. USDOT numbers handwritten so small you would have to be parked next to the truck to read them. Letters smeared, crooked, half peeled off,
Artificial intelligence has moved from the edges of the supply chain to its center. What began as experimental pilots and proof-of-concept projects has become the operating reality for a growing share of the logistics industry, with AI, machine learning, and large language models now driving the dem
Truck companies raise fuel surcharges as Iran war affects energy prices WRTV
Knight-Swift Transportation announced the retirement of co-founder and executive chairman Kevin Knight. The post Knight-Swift founder, executive chairman Kevin Knight retires appeared first on FreightWaves.
Descartes reported better-than-expected results in its latest quarter as customers use its tools to navigate a changing trade landscape. The post Descartes reports record revenue amid ‘challenging’ trade landscape appeared first on FreightWaves.
FMCSA eases HOS rules for fertilizer haulers in 35 states Truck News
QXO saw terms improve on a $6 billion financing package to fund its purchase of rival TopBuild, which attracted more than three times the amount of demand from investors.
Less-than-truckload carrier XPO seems set to exceed its second-quarter tonnage projection based on the company's May update. The post XPO’s Q2 tonnage trending ahead of guidance appeared first on FreightWaves.
Investors betting that more old-world auto companies are in line to benefit from the boom in AI got another stamp of approval from Wall Street.
A Note Before We Start Tax law is not a place for general advice to substitute for specific counsel. The concepts in this article are educational. The numbers used are illustrative. Your actual tax situation depends on your entity structure, your annual taxable income, your state’s conformity with f
Carriers and shippers can expect a few bumps on the freight market’s road to recovery even as rates continue to climb, FedEx Freight CEO John Smith says.
Nearshoring has further evolved supply chains this year even as tariffs and geopolitical risks have complicated the process.
UPS is set to expand its North American Air Freight capabilities by debuting time-definite heavy airfreight service to and from Mexico for the first time.
CEO Doug Ettinger said the carrier will work hard to regain trust from disruption-weary customers amid a prolonged decline in parcel revenue.
This week in Borderlands Mexico: Thousands of Mexican truckers lose US visas; US, Mexico complete first round of USMCA talks; and RealCold acquires SCL Cold Chain. The post Borderlands Mexico: Thousands of Mexican truckers lose US visas over cabotage violations appeared first on FreightWaves.
Australia’s truckies were already struggling to survive. Then the fuel crisis hit The Guardian
Rising costs and stubbornly high transits could further challenge supply chains in the second half of the year. The post Ocean rates creeping higher ahead of peak season appeared first on FreightWaves.
Two weeks ago, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration flipped the switch on the biggest overhaul of its registration infrastructure in decades. The legacy systems carriers had used for years, including the Unified Registration System, the Licensing and Insurance public filing system, and th
A notice has been going out to carriers in the C.H. Robinson network, and it is worth reading carefully because of what may sit behind it. The message, branded under C.H. Robinson and titled “Changes to carrier eligibility,” tells the recipient that their company “exceeds intervention thresholds for