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Boeing will convert a 767-300 passenger jet into a freighter for Icelease, which also took options for up to two more conversions, as the leasing company continues to grow its freighter portfolio, the companies announced on Monday. The first aircraft is scheduled to take its production slot in the first quarter of 202…
EUROPE: International high speed train operator Eurostar announced on November 2 that Gwendoline Cazenave was stepping down as CEO. Christophe Fanichet has been appointed as CEO from December 1, with Matthieu Quyollet, Chief Financial, Strategy & Transformation Officer and deputy CEO, serving as CEO in the interim. Fa…
The Pacific Maritime Association and International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 26 have signed a contract extension through 5 p.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, Nov. 4, temporarily postponing a potential work stoppage at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach while negotiations continue. The two sides will contin…
Flexport’s freight volumes are up 40% from a year ago while its headcount has grown 5%, founder and CEO Ryan Petersen told FreightWaves. He credits the gap to artificial intelligence tools the company now runs across customs, routing and its own engineering teams. The AI has a limit in customs, the most regulated part…
A round-up of recent rail industry contract awards around the world, compiled by Railway Gazette International . Austria: DPB Rail Infra Service took delivery of its first Siemens Mobility dual-mode Vectron on October 8. The locomotive is approved for operation in Austria and Germany, expanding the company’s operation…
AIT Worldwide Logistics announced late Sunday night it has acquired Australian freight forwarder Connor Anderson International, giving the fast-growing Chicago-based freight forwarder a significant foothold in the Oceania market and the ability to capitalize on the boom in data center construction there. Connor Anders…
Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week in Borderlands Mexico: Cabotage enforcements threatening cross-border trucking; Nuevo León slashes Colombia Bridge toll fees 50% to boost cross-border trucking; and Walmart plans $400M…
With ETCS being rolled out on several suburban networks, Australia has adopted it as the technology pathway for national interoperability in widely differing applications. A regulatory structure has been agreed, while the use of common standards is expected to reduce the need for compatibility testing, as Frank Heibel…
Chart of the Week: Cass Freight Shipments Index, Cass Truckload Linehaul Index – USA SONAR : CFIS.USA, CTLI.USA The domestic freight market has been on a long-running rollercoaster since the start of the century. The Cass Freight Shipments Index (CFIS) and the Cass Truckload Linehaul Index (CTLI) show how each cycle h…
It’s after 10 pm, and about a hundred meters from the parliament building, in a place once covered with asphalt, there is a large, deep, dark hole. Inside the hole lies a massive concrete box, the outer frame of the underground passage, and over that large box runs a pipe, a newly installed one, but dirty. Over the pi…
Shenzhen Metro Group has emerged over recent years as an increasingly active player in the development of metro, light rail and suburban projects across a swathe of emerging markets, from Algeria to Vietnam, as Benjámin Zelki explains. Embracing the expansionist ideals of China’s Belt & Road initiative, Shenzhen Metro…
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#fwtv_nMjMlyeXCAo .fwtv-panel{border:1px solid #d0d0d0;padding:18px;border-radius:6px;line-height:1.6}#fwtv_nMjMlyeXCAo .fwtv-panel p{margin:0 0 12px}#fwtv_nMjMlyeXCAo .fwtv-note{font-style:italic;color:#666;margin-top:16px;padding-top:12px;border-top:1px solid #e0e0e0} SAIA President & CEO Fritz Holgrefe breaks down …
Alain Bedard, the CEO of TFI International, had been highly critical of his company’s U.S. LTL operations back in 2024, at one point referring to some of its practices as “stupid.” As recently as April, he was far more optimistic about the segment that was built largely through the TFI acquisition of UPS Freight in 20…
Arkansas Highway Police and federal law enforcement agencies conducted a sweeping 48-hour commercial vehicle enforcement operation that resulted in 183 English-language proficiency violations, 44 criminal arrests and more than 1,000 motor carrier safety violations. The crackdown, dubbed Operation Highway Shield , took…
Postal operators in Norway and Germany are adding significant parcel capacity and making operational adjustments to handle an expected flood of packages and gift cards in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Posten Bring, the state-owned postal services and logistics provider in Norway, has installed hundreds more parce…
Covenant Logistics Group CEO David Parker expects truckload contract rates to increase by double digits in 2027 as trucking companies contend with rising operating expenses, tightening driver capacity and continued federal enforcement of safety regulations . Speaking during the Chattanooga, Tennessee-based carrier’s t…
Jett McCandless, founder and CEO of project44 and LSP44, received the FreightTech Vanguard Award at FreightWaves’ F3: Future of Freight Festival dinner Monday, recognizing his contributions to the freight and logistics industry. FreightWaves presented the award during F3 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, an annual event focu…
Every carrier with a safety technology program eventually learns the same lesson: the hardware is the easy part. Cameras can be mounted, collision mitigation can be specified on new tractors, and telematics can be switched on. What’s harder to install is the belief, among people who spend their working lives behind th…
While Mexican truckers have suspended a nationwide strike that disrupted highways across 19 states, industry leaders warned that demonstrations could resume if federal and state authorities fail to address grievances that include cargo theft and violence against drivers . The suspension follows negotiations between Me…
Georgia and Azerbaijan signed documents, discussed cooperation, and agreed to speed up the border demarcation and delimitation process as officials from the two countries held the 11th meeting of the Georgia-Azerbaijan Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation on October 30 in Tbilisi. The meeting, co-chair…
Aurora Innovation cut its 2026 revenue forecast to about $9 million on Wednesday, down from the $14 million to $16 million reported in its second-quarter results , after a six-week manufacturing delay. The company reported third-quarter revenue of $3 million and an operating loss of $257 million. Over the past month, …
Schneider National announced Thursday it has inked a deal to utilize Norfolk Southern’s rail network in the East. The announcement was in conjunction with the multimodal transportation provider’s third-quarter report, which was slightly worse than expected. New Norfolk Southern service agreement Schneider said its new…
Canadian National Railway reported a 6% increase in third-quarter profit Friday as stronger grain, energy and automotive freight activity lifted revenue, while higher fuel costs and a technology write-down weighed on reported margins. The Montreal-based railway (NYSE: CNI ) maintained its full-year earnings outlook, s…
Schneider will make Norfolk Southern its primary eastern rail provider under an agreement announced Oct. 29 aimed at expanding domestic intermodal capacity and giving shippers more options to move freight across the eastern United States. The agreement, effective in November, shifts Schneider’s NYSE: SNDR ) company-ow…