Cartonization company Paccurate closes $2.2M funding round

Several shipping boxes are stacked up with bubble wrap packaging inside.

Shipping and fulfillment optimization platform Paccurate announced Tuesday it closed a $2.2 million seed funding round to advance its capabilities to reduce costs and carbon emissions in supply chains.

Almost every online shopper has gone to his or her door and found a box an air fryer could fit into when what was ordered was the size of a phone case. Larger than necessary boxes require excess packing materials and take up more space in delivery vehicles and consumers’ recycling bins.

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Why every American should care that diesel prices are surging across the country

The cost of diesel fule impacts truckers and the entire economy. (Photo: JIm Allen/FreightWaves)

Gasoline prices are increasing almost daily, pinching the wallets and pocketbooks of nearly all Americans with cars. However, as bad as that news is, diesel prices are surging even more across the country. Today’s truckstop retail diesel prices hit a new record of $5.32/gallon. Since February 1st, national truckstop diesel prices have increased by $1.57/gallon. For an owner-operator whose truck gets 6.5 miles per gallon, this equates to a cost increase of $0.24 per mile. 

Diesel’s importance to...

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FreightWaves Classics: Malcom McDowell’s containership begins first journey in 1956

Malcom McLean in the foreground with a Sea-Land container behind him. (Photo: Maersk)

On this date in 1956 the first commercially successful container ship began its maiden voyage on a route from New Jersey to Texas. The Ideal X and its 58 intermodal containers began a revolution in shipping that is still echoing around the world today.

Background

A McLean Trucking Company patch. (Photo: NC Historic Sites)A McLean Trucking Company patch. (Photo: NC Historic Sites)

Malcom P. McLean recognized the potential to haul motor freight when he was just a teenager. The native of Maxton, North Carolina, purchased his first truck in 1934 and began...

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