Trux
JUNE 13, 2025
In the construction and materials industries, many dispatchers still rely on traditional methods, calls, texts, spreadsheets, and handwritten notes to manage daily hauling operations. These tools may feel familiar and simple, but they come with significant operational costs that often go unnoticed.
Logistics Viewpoints
JUNE 13, 2025
This week’s news roundup highlights the transformative impact of AI integration, autonomous robotics, and strategic visions on the future of supply chains, on to the news: How AI Can Help Tame Warehouse Complexity Artificial Intelligence | By Steve Ross • 06/12/2025 The complexity of running the warehouse only continues to increase. Supply chain leaders face macro-challenges such as the pressure for sustainability, labor shortages and the effects of inflation on operating margins… Auton
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Freight Waves
JUNE 13, 2025
According to monthly data from Cass Information Systems, freight shipments declined again in May and underperformed normal seasonal trends. However, carriers successfully advanced pricing initiatives as trade tensions appear to be easing. Cass’ multimodal shipments index dipped 0.4% from April to May (down 3.4% seasonally adjusted) and was 4% lower than the same month last year.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 13, 2025
False location signals and jamming of vessels’ navigational equipment have become a growing feature of the commercial shipping industry in the past few years.
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Product lead time is crucial in the life sciences industry and represents a key consideration for customers’ purchasing decisions. For this reason, BD Biosciences aimed to optimize its global supply and distribution network to reduce delivery lead time to customers and optimize its global inventory. How was BD Biosciences successful in reducing global distribution lead times between 30% and 60% in addition to: Increasing agility to prioritize urgent and ad-hoc customer requests Increasing global
Freight Waves
JUNE 13, 2025
There were no immediate reports of attacks on commercial shipping by Iran after Israel attacked nuclear targets there Thursday. But shipping analysts warned that could change amid rising tensions in the region. As of early Friday vessel traffic was flowing through the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and Oman, the only route out of the Persian Gulf to global shipping lanes.
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Freight Waves
JUNE 13, 2025
BNSF and CSX teamed up to haul nearly 100 pieces of military equipment – tanks, armored vehicles, and tactical vehicles – from Fort Cavazos in Texas to Jessup, Md., in support of the Army’s 250th birthday parade scheduled for Saturday in Washington, D.C. The 4,611-ton train originated on BNSF and was interchanged with CSX at Birmingham, Ala. From there, CSX handled the train on a 981-mile route through six states.
Logistics Business Magazine
JUNE 13, 2025
Automated trailer loading systems (ATLS) are often considered the domain of large-scale manufacturing facilities and distribution centres operating shuttle runs between a factory and warehouse. However, new solutions offering more cost and capability options and zero trailer modifications mean a much wider range of businesses stand to benefit – such as those operating in Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) applications where 3PLs will often send any available trailer to transport goods.
Freight Waves
JUNE 13, 2025
Load board and data company DAT has been told to stop its factoring operations In a decision handed down Thursday afternoon. Introduction to the Case On June 10, 2025, the Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia, granted emergency relief to OTR Capital, ordering DAT Solutions to suspend operations of its Outgo subsidiary and comply with a 2021 non-compete agreement.
MTS Logistics
JUNE 13, 2025
Container shipping prices from Asia to the U.S. have increased dramatically in recent months, causing importers, exporters, and supply chain participants to be both concerned and excited. Tight vessel capacity, high demand as importers scramble to stockpile products, and the brief suspension of punitive tariffs between the U.S. and China are the main causes of this increase.
We're breaking down how to tighten timelines by addressing one process at a time—from automating freight bookings to accelerating classification and invoicing.
Freight Waves
JUNE 13, 2025
Federal authorities in Philadelphia apprehended and charged four individuals accused of executing a multimillion-dollar postal fraud scheme. The suspects allegedly orchestrated a plot to steal and resell U.S. Treasury checks. According to a superseding indictment, the operation spanned from June 2023 to September 2024, during which time Tauheed Tucker, 23, and Saahir Irby, 27, both employed as U.S.
Overdrive Online
JUNE 13, 2025
While some business issues are ubiquitous across trucking -- rates not keeping up with costs, expensive equipment and insurance -- liquid-bulk tanking comes with plenty unique difficulties owner-operators and small fleets must overcome.
Freight Waves
JUNE 13, 2025
All thawed out Tjoapack, a global contract packaging organization (CPO), is significantly scaling its cold‑chain and sterile injectable packaging infrastructure at two key sites: Clinton, Tennessee, and Etten‑Leur, Netherlands. These expansions aim to support the rapid growth in biologics, self‑administered therapies, and supply‑chain resilience In Clinton, Tennessee there will be a vial packaging line: A fully automated, high-speed system capable of processing up to 20 million vials annually, w
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 13, 2025
T his webinar will help you identify AI-ready opportunities, avoid common traps, and understand how AI can reshape your supply chain—not as a one-off project, but as a component of a dynamic decision framework. If you’re ready to move from pilot to progress, this is the session for you.
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Explore how a global manufacturing organization steadily advanced its supply chain maturity – starting with basic transportation management and evolving towards a fully integrated, optimization-driven planning approach. Get an inside look at a multi-year 4PL collaboration journey, culminating in the implementation of 4flow TORO to unlock the full potential of early optimization in material and transportation planning.
Freight Waves
JUNE 13, 2025
It’s one thing to want funding—it’s another to actually qualify for it. Plenty of carriers talk about adding trucks or expanding into new markets, but when it comes time to sit down with a lender, the story on paper doesn’t match the ambition. Lenders aren’t interested in how many loads you ran last week or how passionate you are about trucking. They care about structure, documentation, and predictable results.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 13, 2025
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Freight Waves
JUNE 13, 2025
For the second year in a row, political instability remains at the forefront of maritime concerns, a reflection of the geopolitical tremors resonating through the globe, according to a new industry survey. The 2024-2025 Maritime Barometer Report released by the International Chamber of Shipping paints a stark picture: with over 70 national elections impacting half the world’s population in 2024, the repercussions for maritime operations are profound.
Ship Monk
JUNE 13, 2025
Summer is a prime time for ecommerce sales. With warmer weather, longer days, and holidays like Memorial Day and Independence Day, consumers are often in the mood to shop. This blog post will provide tips for preparing your ecommerce business for summer sales and maximizing your revenue potential. 1. Plan Your Promotions: Identify key dates: Determine which summer holidays and events are most relevant to your target audience.
AI can’t fix broken data. Learn why logistics companies struggle to scale AI and how building a data-first foundation drives real results — not just pilots.
Freight Waves
JUNE 13, 2025
Fleetworthy recently announced it had acquired Haul, a provider of AI-powered compliance and safety technology. The combination expands Fleetworthy’s offering by adding artificial intelligence and automation to its capabilities, including automated document audits, intelligent driver onboarding and scorecards, and real-time compliance monitoring. The safety and compliance gains continue to build out Fleetworthy’s existing technology suite, which includes toll management and weigh station bypass
Log-hub
JUNE 13, 2025
3 min read The Log-hub’s latest update release introduces three key additions aimed at enhancing how supply chain professionals interact with data, make decisions, and explore the tools they use daily. This June update includes the new interactive 3D bar charts, Route Optimization Cockpit, and the first release of the Log-hub Knowledge Base. Data that Stands Out: Introducing 3D Bar Charts One of the highlights of this release is the addition of 3D bar charts for map-based visualization.
Freight Waves
JUNE 13, 2025
On episode 849 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner celebrates Friday the 13th with Carrier411’s Darren Brewer. Some consider him the Jason Voorhees of freight, but is he really the boogeyman? Brewer discusses the latest change to their platform, targeting brokers accessing the site from foreign IP addresses and banning brokers working in Mexico. We’ll find out what measures they’re taking to combat fraud and bad actors.
Logistics Business Magazine
JUNE 13, 2025
A global fulfilment provider, driven by technology, for high growth omni-channel brands – investigated the most common issues that eCommerce retailers are facing in the current market regarding poor visibility in customer service. By analysing its own first-party customer service data, and highlighting commonalities and categories from 30,000+ tickets, over the last 12 months, the team was able to draw insights on how omnichannel brands can measure fulfilment and logistics performance via
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Overdrive Online
JUNE 13, 2025
Overdrive 2024 Trucker of the Year Alan Kitzhaber offers this window on the ATHS National Convention, held last week, June 4-6, in Madison, Wisconsin, and featuring 850-plus trucks from all along the past century and more.
Women in Trucking
JUNE 13, 2025
Confidence doesn’t show up at the perfect moment. It shows up when you’ve practiced believing in yourself through discomfort.
Talking Logistics
JUNE 13, 2025
It is Friday the 13th. It’s also my wife’s birthday. (Nothing implied, I swear.) We’re going to spend the afternoon together, starting with getting ice cream for lunch, which is a standard birthday meal in our family. Then we’re going car shopping for the first time in 11 years. When the cost to repair your. Read more The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (June 13, 2025) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.
Freight Waves
JUNE 13, 2025
Mitch Carlson, CEO of Green Corridors LLC , intends to create a cargo thoroughfare stretching from Laredo, Texas, to Monterrey, Mexico, where freight shuttles are guided not by human hands but by a state-of-the-art autonomous system. “Picture a conveyor belt, an independent track,” Carlson told FreightWaves in an interview. “The idea is you have 10 trailers in Monterrey and the trailers get picked up and loaded on 10 shuttles.
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Freight Waves
JUNE 13, 2025
Aurora has partnered with On the Road Garage, a transportation workforce development provider to launch an apprenticeship and upskilling initiative to prepare workers for the new demands required by autonomous vehicles. Aurora advises the program and includes autonomous and electric vehicle repair, ADAS calibration, advanced vehicle technologies, and AV terminal operations.
Freight Waves
JUNE 13, 2025
Updated Friday Morning: The strike on Iran was confirmed late Thursday evening, with Israeli state media saying officials had been evacuated into safer locations in case of retaliatory action. Explosions had been heard in Tehran, the capital of Iran, Thursday night and social media video showed scenes of smoke and debris. Stay tuned to FreightWaves for more updates on how oil markets respond to the growing conflict.
Freight Waves
JUNE 13, 2025
Oil futures prices soared Friday on the back of Israel’s attack on Iran, but there were no indications any oil-related facilities had been impacted by the multi-pronged offensive by the Israeli military. “Non-nuclear energy infrastructure has not been expressly threatened by any party thus far,” S&P Global Commodity Insights (SPGCI) (NYSE: SPGI) said in a “factbox” summary of key energy-related developments stemming from the Israeli attack.
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