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Freight fraud: Burgeoning double-brokering scheme
Story by: Clarissa Hawes, Senior Editor, Investigations and Enterprise at FreightWaves Part 1 of a two-part investigation into an alleged double-brokering scheme from Southern California Frustrated with freight brokers and carriers being looted by a sophisticated network of load-board scammers posing as legitimate companies, Joe Howard created a spreadsheet to track a list […]
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Diesel shortages starting to rise in Southeast after Colonial Pipeline closure
Story by: John Kingston at FreightWaves Racetrac, Love’s and Pilot Flying J release list of stations with gasoline and diesel outages due to Colonial Pipeline shutdown Major fuel suppliers in the Southeast are starting to list an increasing number of outlets with no diesel supplies as the shutdown of Colonial Pipeline heads into […]
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US considering foreign tankers to move domestic fuel supplies in a wake of Colonial Pipeline shutdown
Story by: John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent at Freightwaves Jones Act waiver process underway to assess availability of US ships for pipeline replacement cargos The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is assessing if American tankers can meet emergency fuel demands caused by the Colonial Pipeline shutdown or if foreign ships will be needed to help fill […]
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Driverless, cab-less truck builder Einride raises $110M to expand in the US and Europe
Story by: Alan Adler at FreigtWaves Scaling is a priority but not thinking about going public — yet Sweden-based Einride, whose driverless and cab-less freight pods (trucks) run on electricity, has raised $110 million in a Series B funding round. First-time investors include Soros Fund Management LLC; Singapore’s Temasek Holdings Ltd.; […]
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Freight brokers want Congress to call out illegal dispatching services
Story by: John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent at FreightWaves, Monday, May 10, 2021 TIA may seek clarification of broker regulations as part of highway bill The nation’s largest advocate for truck brokers (TIA) is looking to Congress to help clarify regulations with the goal of eliminating illegal dispatching – potential changes that have riled […]
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Lion Electric will build electric trucks in Joliet, Illinois
Story by: Alan Adler at FreightWaves Plant in Joliet will convert from warehouse to manufacturing On its first day of public trading, Canada’s Lion Electric Co. made good on a pledge to expand manufacturing in the U.S., investing $70 million to convert a partially finished warehouse in Joliet, Illinois, into a plant to […]
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Trucking companies trying to force freight brokerage into bankruptcy
Story by: Clarissa Hawes, Senior Editor, Investigations and Enterprise at FreightWaves A coalition of trucking companies filed a petition on Monday to force an Indianapolis-based freight brokerage into Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings for unpaid transportation services. The involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition, filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana, […]
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NOAA uses drones for the first time to see tornado damage (with video)
Nick Austin, Director of Weather Analytics and Senior Meteorologist at FreightWaves –Follow on Twitter Imagery could lead to better data, improved forecasting of severe storms After deadly tornadoes struck the Southeast in March, researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) used remote-controlled, unmanned aircraft (UAV /drone) for the first time to […]
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General Motors (GM) to invest $1B to build electric cars in Mexico
Story by: Noi Mahoney at FreightWaves Plant in Ramos Arizpe could begin producing electric vehicles by 2023 General Motors (NYSE: GM) announced Thursday it will invest $1 billion in a manufacturing complex in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, that will build electric vehicles (EVs) by 2023. “This investment will serve to prepare the complex for an expansion in […]
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