Month: September 2025

Canada Post mail carriers will stop delivering direct mail flyers on Monday, escalating a work stoppage that is currently limited to overtime hours. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers announced the partial strike action on Friday in an effort to pressure the company to make concessions in stalemated labor talks that have lasted 18 months.… Continue reading Canada Post letter carriers refuse to deliver direct marketing mail

The collapse of zero-emission truck developer Nikola Corporation has culminated in a liquidation plan that includes an $83 million settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Court filings on Friday outlined the agreement with federal regulators. The SEC claim is split into an “unsecured claim” of about $43 million and a “junior claim” of… Continue reading Nikola agrees to $83M SEC settlement

From sophisticated cargo theft to rising cyber threats, the freight and logistics industry is confronting a perfect storm of security risks. Yet despite growing awareness, many organizations still face gaps between recognizing these dangers and taking strategic action. To uncover how shippers are adapting, FreightWaves and Werner surveyed industry professionals overseeing some of the most… Continue reading White Paper: Freight Security in a High-Risk Era: How Shippers Are Investing in Safety Tech

(The comments in this article are contributed content by an outside party and do not reflect the opinions of FreightWaves, its employees, or any of its subsidiaries. This op-ed is published in response to the news coverage of the Samsara v. Motive case.) By Shoaib Makani, Founder & CEO of Motive On September 8, 2025,… Continue reading Op-ed: Motive defeats Samsara in IP infringement case

Container rates from Asia to the United States got another bump this week ahead of a holiday in China and reconfiguring of vessel schedules by ocean lines. The Freightos Baltic Index showed Asia-U.S. West Coast rates continuing to rise with an increase of 25% to $2,163 per forty foot equivalent unit as of Sept. 10. Asia-U.S. East… Continue reading Trans-Pacific container rates rally despite trade war’s effects