Plus: A Google Cloud outage disrupts key freight platforms, a new Trevor Milton doc takes aim at the fraud narrative, GenLogs ranks the top carrier activity leaders, and more.
Trevor Milton’s documentary disputes his fraud conviction, presenting new evidence, industry critiques, and personal claims of injustice to reframe his fall from Nikola’s helm.
A June 12 cloud outage disrupted major logistics platforms including Truckstop and Project44 and others.
Sharp increase in freight rates early 2024 may signal an impending surge in goods inflation, according to data from Steno Research.
"Our number one challenge is fraud; fraud is rampant in trucking, it has ballooned to an $800 million problem. There's a surge of malicious actors engaging in illegal activity. Unfortunately, FMCSA is failing to enforce the law..." - Jeffrey Tucker
"Southern California ports are winning back U.S. containerized imports, benefiting from labor peace and canal disruptions.
Representing TIA, Freight brokerage CEO Jeffrey Tucker warns Congress about an $800M fraud problem in trucking, urging FMCSA enforcement.
ITS Logistics commits $30M to ContainerAI, aiming to optimize supply chain visibility and client service.
Caraway's VP of Operations advocates for broker partners who use technology to enhance efficiency, stressing the shift from traditional email-based methods to more technologically advanced, effective partnerships.
A mere 1.2% growth is expected this year, with a slight uptick to just over 2% in 2025.
Additionally, empty container exports plunged 41% year-over-year, while imports of empty containers rose 25% year-over-year.
With record-breaking cold and snow bringing danger to highways across the country, WeatherOptics identifies the top five worst lanes this week.
The National Retail Federation (NRF) reports that over $100 billion worth of merchandise was fraudulently returned in the U.S. in 2023, a figure that's more than doubled since 2020.
Learn how facial recognition technology can stomp out double brokers and other bad players from freight transactions.
Which logistics conferences will you be attending this year, and which one is your favorite?
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