FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam said Thursday (April 24) that the logistics giant is using advanced data analytics and AI to navigate complex global trade disruptions — the latest of which are U.S. tariffs. “Things are changing by the minute,” Subramaniam said during a fireside chat...
Trade uncertainty, canal closures and shipping rate volatility or not, shipments still need to get delivered. On Wednesday (April 23) global freight booking and payment platform Freightos introduced Freightos Enterprise. A press release described the new tech product as a unified digital suite for large-volume...
Kodiak Robotics, an autonomous freight truck startup, is planning to become a public company. The move comes through a merger between Kodiak and special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Ares Acquisition Corporation II, and is expected to close in the second half of this year, according...
A glitch has reportedly delayed the collection of tariffs by U.S. Customs. An entry code used to exempt freight from tariffs is not working, the issue is being reviewed, and shippers are being told to delay filing their financial papers until the issue is resolved, CNBC reported...
March 21, 2025
Tariff pressures are squeezing the retail and eCommerce sectors. What are the two behemoths dominating the space, Walmart and Amazon, doing in response? The answer, according to the news this week, is doubling down on technology to enhance operational efficiency and making calculated moves to capture new markets in the face of ongoing uncertainty. Artificial […]
September 19, 2024
In some ways, FedEx is a bellwether of global trade and logistics. After all, global growth, inflation, fuel costs, interest rates, supply chain disruptions and competition are all elements that...
August 19, 2024
The transportation industry is a high-speed world of logistics and delivery, where efficiency and speed are paramount. Yet, the methods by which many transportation businesses conduct financial transactions are not...
June 10, 2024
For Bharath Krishnamoorthy, co-founder and CEO of Denim, transforming the freight industry — and specifically how brokers get paid — was not on the roadmap. A decade ago, when he...
April 23, 2025
Trade uncertainty, canal closures and shipping rate volatility or not, shipments still need to get delivered. On Wednesday (April 23) global freight booking and payment platform Freightos introduced Freightos Enterprise. A press release described the new tech product as a unified digital suite for large-volume importers and exporters to simplify and speed up international shipping. […]
April 14, 2025
Kodiak Robotics, an autonomous freight truck startup, is planning to become a public company. The move comes through a merger between Kodiak and special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Ares Acquisition...
April 11, 2025
A glitch has reportedly delayed the collection of tariffs by U.S. Customs. An entry code used to exempt freight from tariffs is not working, the issue is being reviewed, and shippers...
April 10, 2025
Middle-mile logistics provider Warp has launched a freight solution that consolidates all outbound freight, including store, wholesale and consumer deliveries. By doing so, the new FlowSkip solution offers retailers and...
