Trump’s Trade Playbook: The Earth was never flat, after all
Nov 8, 2024 · Thomas Friedman’s “The World Is Flat” painted an optimistic picture of globalization, where economic borders would dissolve, leading to a world of endless opportunities and mutual prosperity through interconnected economies. This vision, however, has faced significant scrutiny and revaluation ...
Supply Chain, Logistics, and Trucking News & Data - FreightWaves
Oct 28, 2024 · FreightWaves is the most trusted provider of global supply chain market intelligence. Our high-frequency price, demand, and capacity data and analysis allow our customers to benchmark, analyze, monitor and forecast the global physical economy.
Why Walmart pays its truck drivers 6 figures - FreightWaves
Jan 23, 2024 · Last year, Walmart announced another key pivot. The company said in January 2023, building on a pilot it launched the year before, that it would allow Walmart associates living in participating locations to apply to a 12-week CDL program.For perhaps the first time, a Walmart company driver doesn’t need years of experience to get behind the wheel of its branded 18 …
#1 Logistics, Freight and Transportation News - FreightWaves
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Leading Trucking News - Award Winning - FreightWaves
3 days ago · This week in Borderlands: Truck driver salaries in Mexico averaging $423 a month in 2024; Horizon Auto Logistics opens office in Veracruz, Mexico; LG Electronics opens $60M plant in Central Mexico; and Texas bridge project receives $80 million in federal funding.
Layoffs and bankruptcies pile up in logistics amid shocking …
Nov 17, 2023 · Oct. 23: After its founder embezzled $25 million to purchase a G-550 jet and a $5 million mansion in Texas, Goldman Sachs-backed Slync wound down operations and hopes to sell its proprietary technology, as Hawes reported. Oct. 22: Fort Worth-based SEL Supply Chain Solutions shut down, Hawes reported. Closure of the freight brokerage — that at one time had …
2024 outlook for US domestic logistics - FreightWaves
Jan 12, 2024 · The first half of 2023 saw continued decline in full-truckload rates due to excess capacity and weak demand, reaching 7-year lows. However, the second half of the year showed signs of recovery with rising tender rejection rates and improving load-to-truck ratios, leading to a rate stabilization.
Railroad Freight Industry News | FreightWaves
Nov 11, 2024 · Railroads continue to play a significant role in North America’s economic infrastructure. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration, the U.S. rail freight network covers almost 140,000 route miles and is generally considered the largest, safest, and most cost-efficient freight system in the world. In addition, …
Two charts explain why we’re in a freight recession
Nov 13, 2023 · The freight economy at road level. Since its inception, FreightWaves has reported the good and bad news about the freight economy. We also report what is happening at the companies that make up the freight economy, because these companies and their employees are the key to moving the nation’s goods.
Flexport launches the Convoy Platform - FreightWaves
Feb 22, 2024 · Almost four months after acquiring the technology and IP of shuttered digital truck brokerage Convoy, Flexport has launched the Convoy Platform.. The slimmed down technology platform aims to offer small carriers access to freight, while offering shippers and brokers real-time competitive rates, shipment visibility and on-time performance, Flexport officials said.