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Reefer Rejections Stay Hot as Intermodal Wins 33%
Reefer tender rejections are still running hot while van and flatbed cool off. The big swing factor: intermodal savings are now around 33%, pulling more freight off the road while refrigerated freight stays less flexible. In this SONAR Daily Update, FreightWaves breaks down reefer rejection trends, flatbed seasonality, rail container volume strength and what mode…
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Autonomous Trucks Are Here: Einride’s 27% Revenue Jump
Autonomous trucking is moving from pilot talk to real freight ops. Einride CEO Roozbeh Charli breaks down 27% revenue growth, a 60% jump in driverless hours, the Amazon middle-mile rollout, and the plan for 500 Tesla Semis on its platform. The conversation gets into what matters for carriers and fleet operators: where autonomous trucks actually…
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Diesel Prices: It’s a Refining Crisis, Not Crude
Diesel prices are still above $5, and Aaron Decker says the real problem is refining capacity — not crude oil. In this FreightWaves Today interview, Decker breaks down crack spreads, refinery outages, low distillate inventories and how the Russia-Ukraine conflict is still hitting diesel markets. For carriers, brokers and shippers, this is the fuel outlook…
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One man paints challenging outlook for brokers’ insurance
It’s just a single report and the words of one person quoted in it, but an outlook by TD Cowen on what broker insurance might do in the wake of the Montgomery decision is sobering. In a report from the transportation team at TD Cowen led by managing director Jason Seidl, based on a phone…
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Georgia authorities intercept 1,800 pounds of marijuana in shipment headed toward Atlanta, Orlando
Butts County authorities intercepted approximately 1,800 pounds of marijuana Tuesday morning, Sheriff Gary Long announced. Long posted a public statement at 12:13 p.m. Tuesday. The shipment originated in Sacramento, California. It carried marijuana toward destinations in Atlanta and Orlando. Long wrote that roughly half of the load would go to Atlanta. The remaining marijuana would…
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Freight Market Talk: Pawan Joshi of E2open
Supply chain strategy and freight market risk with Pawan Joshi of E2open. In this FreightWaves Today interview, Joshi breaks down what logistics operators need to watch and how supply chain leaders are thinking through volatility, planning and execution. If you run transportation, logistics or supply chain operations, this conversation gives you the big-picture takeaways without…