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Averitt Podcast Details TMS and Dynamic Pricing Tools
A March 2026 Averitt podcast described its Averitt Connect TMS and ExactRate tool, which prices LTL freight on current capacity and market conditions.
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BTS Rail Data Change: CP and KCS Charts Retired in Favor of CPKC
BTS Rail Data Change: CP and KCS Charts Retired in Favor of CPKC.
Uber Freight Puts a Number on Trucking's Empty-Mile Problem
Uber Freight estimated in 2023 that 20% to 35% of U.S. truck miles run empty, and says its AI-based routing can cut that rate to 10%-15%.
DAT Acquires Payments Firm Outgo to Speed Carrier Pay
DAT Freight & Analytics acquired fintech firm Outgo, per FreightWaves. A 2024 DAT iQ-GoodShip rate integration adds context on DAT's data reach.
Amazon Forecasts Its Network Could Deliver 88.7% of US Packages by 2029
Amazon Forecasts Its Network Could Deliver 88.7% of US Packages by 2029.
Evans Transportation says AI agents answered 100,000+ inbound carrier calls in months
Evans Transportation reports AI agents now automate order entry and handle 100,000+ carrier calls, moving labor from keystrokes to exceptions.
Tesla’s Cybercab is live in Austin. Emergency recovery is now the fleet test
Cybercab's Austin launch shifts the robotaxi debate from driving technology to emergency access, scene clearance and fleet accountability.
Amazon is selling its logistics network to companies outside Amazon, changing 3PL bids
Amazon Supply Chain Services is courting brands beyond Amazon.com, with named early users and a U.S. asset base that forces new RFP questions on carriers and 3P
VR is moving from trade-show demo to maintenance tool in waste fleets
Brigade’s WasteExpo VR demo puts AI blind-spot cameras in a headset, while Waste Management has explored VR to cut wrench-to-keyboard time in truck bays.
Diesel at $5.85 a gallon is turning 2026 peak season into a pricing exercise
Record diesel, higher Amazon holiday surcharges, and a $6.7B port equipment bill are colliding. Shippers need tighter fuel clauses and better lane visibility no
Kenco’s 20-agent target puts AI workflow control at the center of logistics tech
DeepFabric’s planned 20-agent rollout at Kenco adds pressure on shippers and 3PLs to standardize data and decide who owns workflow automation.
Freight routing tools and load boards are building trust into the workflow
Highway, NT Logistics and Fleetio are packaging identity, routing and DVIR workflows into managed services, pushing carriers and brokers to revisit data permiss
I-5 is getting a truck charging map, and fleets will buy based on it
West Coast governments launched the BC2BC corridor plan on I-5. The early build calls for 20 truck chargers and three hydrogen sites, setting new specs fleets w
Mubadala Capital is taking a majority stake in Arrive Logistics to fund services, hiring and tech
Mubadala’s majority stake in Arrive Logistics lands as fleets, ports and regulators all push capacity planning upstream.
Warehouse control systems are becoming the hard dependency for autonomy, and fleet uptime is the limiting factor
Two August 2026 signals, a warehouse software push and a trucking uptime playbook, point to the same operational constraint: execution, not algorithms.
AI email agents are becoming the new front door for freight, and warehouse control systems are next in line
C.H. Robinson’s AI agents replying to quote emails in seconds is colliding with a separate push in warehouses: making control software the orchestration layer f
Warehouse robot orders rose 2% in early 2026, and that’s forcing operators to treat WCS as the automation contract’s control plane
Robot purchases are still climbing, but the bigger enterprise shift is where control lives: in the warehouse control system that must orchestrate AMRs, shuttles
Waymo’s 3,200-vehicle Zeekr buy signals how urban policy is becoming an IT and facilities spec
Waymo’s Zeekr fleet push and Cincinnati’s climate-migration zoning work show how mobility and land-use policy are bleeding into enterprise IT, facilities, and p
North American robot orders hit nearly 18,000 units in H1 2026, and the next bottleneck is warehouse control software
A WSJ-cited robotics surge is colliding with a quieter shift: WCS is becoming the operations layer that decides whether AMRs, shuttles and AI pilots actually sc
Warehouse robots are shifting from capex bets to contracted capacity as North America orders nearly 18,000 units in H1 2026
Robot orders rose 2% in units and 7% in value in H1 2026. The bigger operational story is the rise of WCS as the orchestration layer governing mixed robot fleets.
‘Always-on’ supply chains are becoming a procurement spec, not a maturity badge
A July 2026 outlook event and Supply Chain Digital’s reporting converge on the same operational shift: continuous visibility is moving from pilot to baseline ex
Transportation capacity hits near-record lows as freight market tightens toward 2022 levels
The LMI flags near-record low transport capacity, Samsara debuts mid-transit visibility tech, and Saia keeps expanding, here's what it means for shippers.
The AI build-out is reshaping freight: warehouse construction up 18%, airfreight displaced by server racks
Industrial real estate under construction rose 18% in Q2 2026 as data-center demand reshapes freight flows across air, ground, and port channels.
Apple brings Alibaba's Qwen AI to Mac users in China, signaling a new era of localized enterprise AI integration
Apple published a guide enabling Mac users in mainland China to connect Alibaba's Qwen AI to Siri and Writing Tools, a move that reshapes enterprise AI deployme
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