#1 Logistics, Freight and Transportation News - FreightWaves
4 days ago · In late 2024, retail giant Macy’s revealed a shocking accounting scandal involving its parcel delivery expenses. It said a single employee had managed to hide approximately $151 million in delivery costs over nearly three years, causing significant disruption to the company’s financial reporting and raising questions about its internal controls.
Supply Chain, Logistics, and Trucking News & Data - FreightWaves
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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 …
FreightWaves announces 2025 FreightTech 100 companies
Sep 23, 2024 · Related: See previous winners Methodology. The FreightTech 100 list is produced by a panel of journalists, analysts and experts chosen by FreightWaves. The voting form included more than 250 companies with information condensed from nearly 900 nominations.
White Paper: The State of Freight – September 2024
Sep 27, 2024 · This monthly report analyzes the current state of the freight market based on critical insights from our SONAR platform. September’s session includes an overview of current freight market conditions and macroeconomic trends, along with a forward look at Q4.
White Paper: The State of Freight – October 2024
Oct 22, 2024 · This monthly report analyzes the current state of the freight market based on critical insights from our SONAR platform. October’s session includes an overview of recent disruptive impacts to the supply chain from hurricanes and strikes, likely policy changes based on the outcome of the U.S. presidential contest, and intermodal’s role in the evolution of North American supply chains.
Intermodal powers to record volume - FreightWaves
Sep 18, 2024 · Seven of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2023. They included grain, up 3,048 carloads to 19,372; miscellaneous carloads, up 1,837 carloads to 10,781; and farm products excluding grain …
Leading Trucking News - Award Winning - FreightWaves
2 days ago · Import volumes that rose directly after the election showed that Donald Trump would regain the presidency were concentrated especially heavily in California, according to KCH Transportation Director of Pricing Henry Byers in a discussion at FreightWaves’ 2024 Domestic Supply Chain Summit.
State of Freight for October: The bullish feeling is starting to grow
Oct 17, 2024 · “You see it in contract rates, and again, look at the spot rates,” Fuller said. Charts in SONAR, like for the Outbound Tender Rejecti Index, show rates have “higher lows and higher highs,” he said, as SONAR Director of Freight Market Intelligence Zach Strickland showed a chart for the National Truckload Index linehaul average rate indicating a …
2025 FreightTech 25 sees a shakeup as new companies surge in …
Nov 21, 2024 · FreightWaves unveiled the winners of its 2025 FreightTech 25 awards on Thursday, the final day of the F3: Future of Freight Festival. This was the seventh year the FreightTech 25 list has been announced, and, true to form, it was full of surprises. The FreightTech 25 honors the most innovative ...