Blue Book’s Doug Nelson educates on Freight 360 podcast

When disputes arise, it’s good to have your facts straight. Veteran buyers and sellers of fresh produce tend to know a lot about the warranty of suitable shipping condition from disputes won or lost over the years. But regardless of your tenure in the industry, an occasional fact-check can be helpful. How well do you […]

January 06, 2025 LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aurora, Continental, and NVIDIA today announced a long-term strategic partnership to deploy driverless trucks at scale, powered by the next-generation NVIDIA DRIVE Thor system-on-a-chip (SoC). NVIDIA’s DRIVE Thor and DriveOS will be integrated into the Aurora Driver, an SAE L4 autonomous driving system that Continental plans to mass-manufacture in 2027. […]

BEAVERTON, Ore., December 17, 2024 — DAT Freight & Analytics has acquired the operations of Trucker Tools LLC, a leader in load visibility, automated booking, digital freight matching, and carrier engagement for commercial trucking. The acquisition will expand DAT’s ability to provide real-time GPS tracking and load optimization on the DAT One platform. DAT One […]

Alexandria, VA, December 19, 2024 – The National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc. (NMFTA) and its Digital LTL Council have announced the upcoming rollout of its latest application programming interface (API) technology: Pickup Request and Visibility Standard. This groundbreaking standard minimizes phone calls and streamlines coordination for all parties involved in shipment order pickups. The […]

GREEN BAY, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Schneider National, Inc. (NYSE: SNDR), a premier multimodal provider of transportation, intermodal and logistics services, announced today the company, through certain wholly owned subsidiaries, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cowan Systems, LLC and affiliated entities (collectively, “Cowan Systems”), for a cash purchase price of approximately $390 million, subject to […]

The Problem: Who pays the freight bill following a rejection to an FOB seller? The Key Point: The party that hired the carrier is responsible for paying the freight. The Solution: The FOB buyer pays the carrier and claims damages against the seller. Q:  I’m a receiver located in Detroit. I purchased a load of […]