FreightWaves Classics

CBNC supply chain reporter, daughter pen book on family histories of slaves

A new book published in February and co-written by global supply chain reporter and author Lori Ann LaRocco and her daughter Abby Wallace traces the ancestry of four enslaved Black families and their stories and experiences.

“Embracing Your Past to Empower Your Future” was inspired by a trip the authors took to Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington; Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson; and Montpelier, the home of James Madison.

While at Monticello, the mother and daughter learned about...

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The sad but important story of Lincoln’s train funeral procession

FreightWaves Classics is sponsored by Old Dominion Freight Line — Helping the World Keep Promises. Learn more here.

On April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was infamously assassinated. Six days later, his body began its journey to Springfield, Illinois, from Washington to be buried. He was transported by train over a route that mimicked an important trip during the president’s life — his inaugural journey.

About 300 people traveled on the funeral route in the train, including the...

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FMC called complaint’s bluff in 1986

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A look into marine salvage in the ’80s

FreightWaves Classics is sponsored by Old Dominion Freight Line — Helping the World Keep Promises. Learn more here.

FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of long ago.

In this week’s edition from the November 1984 issue, we take a look at the tumultuous industry of marine salvage.

Marine salvage

You are informed of the emergency late on a Friday night when the rest of the...

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The best cover designs from American Shipper’s 1990s magazine issues

FreightWaves Classics is sponsored by Old Dominion Freight Line — Helping the World Keep Promises. Learn more here.

The global shipping publication American Shipper launched in 1974 with the goal to serve the needs of all players involved in international shipping, providing important information to shippers, carriers and third parties.

Founded by late maritime journalist David A. Howard, the magazine began as the Florida Journal of Commerce until Howard saw a need for a national publication...

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Flashback to enactment of Shipping Act of 1984

FreightWaves Classics is sponsored by Old Dominion Freight Line — Helping the World Keep Promises. Learn more here.

FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of long ago.

In this week’s edition from the April 1984 issue, we take a step back in time to when the Shipping Act of 1984 was put into place. 

Maritime reform

Even discounting political rhetoric, clearly, the Shipping...

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A peek into the logistics rumor mill of the 1980s

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Earhart Museum nominated for top award

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Top 10 FreightWaves Classics of 2023

Logistics and transportation have a long, storied past with countless anecdotes that can be both gripping and informative. This year, FreightWaves Classics covered many of these stories and we plan to continue in the new year!

In case you missed some, we’ve compiled a list of the most read articles of 2023.

The deadliest bridge collapse in modern history

Was Gordon Lightfoot’s song about the Edmund Fitzgerald accurate?
“The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” is a 6.5-minute tune about the sinking of a...

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