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Loaded and Rolling: FreightTech 25 announced

FreightTech 25 announced

(Source: FreightWaves)

On Thursday FreightWaves presented the FreightTech 25 awards, which were chosen independently by a panel of CEOs, industry leaders, academics and investors who scored the companies. Chattanooga, Tennessee-based accounting and auditing firm HHM administered the vote. The awards recognize the most innovative and disruptive companies in the freight technology sector. 

Of the companies that were named to the FreightTech 25, 17 were newcomers, while...

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Why truck driver overtime matters to the last mile

overhead image of tractor-trailer truck on highway

A bill in Washington that would make commercial truck drivers eligible for overtime pay might not have much impact on last-mile delivery drivers, but it could affect e-commerce shipments nonetheless.

It would depend on how the big carriers chose to comply.

“A lot of industries do whatever they can to prevent overtime so they just cut people off over 40 hours and they just hire more people if they can find them,” explained Joe Gross, a labor law attorney in the Benesch law firm.

The bill, the...

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