Canadian firm adds truckload carrier with big transborder presence

Abney worked with the postmaster general at New Breed and XPO

FedEx adds Vena, a top rail executive, to its board. It also revises incentive targets and hikes its dividend 53%.

Bala Subramanian will focus more on digital connections than predecessor Juan Perez.

Ex-Amazon executive is seen as the more experienced operator that Flexport now needs.

Shippers have a hard time removing early-termination provisions from their contracts.

Founder Ryan Petersen will become Flexport’s executive chairman after a six-month transition.

Saia has dropped firearms shipments after a spate of mass shootings.

Saia es la última en prohibir los envíos de armas de fuego montadas o desmontadas

The executive transformed Amazon into a transport and logistics force.

The current president of XPO’s North American brokerage unit to head the spun-off company’s most important business.

New operating efficiencies could open the door to expanded fleet electrification, the Postal Service says.

La ubicación de Atlanta se ampliará a 20.000 pies cúbicos y almacenará un millón de suministros de ayuda

The company expands its Atlanta site to 20,000 cubic feet and doubles on-hand inventory to 1 million items.

Se evita la huelga en todo el país al llegar ambas partes a un acuerdo de última hora sobre un pacto provisional

The tentative agreement will be reviewed by union leaders June 16, with a ratification vote to follow.

Teamster carhaul drivers to strike on Wednesday if a deal isn’t reached by midnight.

Carriers should be able to price freight based on the trailer space it occupies. A machine to capture a shipment’s dimensions is one answer.

El choque arrancó el toldo de un centro comercial y provocó la destrucción de un tractor y una camioneta

Police said the truck driver admitted using a meth pipe as he damaged a shopping center and totaled two vehicles, including his.

Freight all kinds classification lives on in LTL. How well it functions depends on who is asked.

Tax collections are halted until at least July 14. The state’s supply chain emergency edict remains in effect.

A new per-package charge has been levied on Standard cross-border ground service.

Supply chain delays are the chief worry among most of the 4,000 survey respondents.

Truckers will need to be patient as retailers burn through their buffer stock.

El exceso de existencias se traduce en menores volúmenes de carga de camiones, más negocio intermodal

The baby formula supply crisis is a poster child for resilience. The question is who will foot the bill for it.

The company blames a faster-than-expected rise in costs during the second half of the quarter.

Los altos precios del combustible podrían empujar a algunos
propietarios-operadores a abandonar el transporte por
carretera

As diesel prices spike and spot rates plunge, independent drivers wonder what their next move should be.

Está previsto que la unidad forme parte de la escisión del cuarto trimestre, pero los planes pueden cambiar

Unit could fetch $400 million to $600 million, according to a report independently confirmed.

The company has created a new “baseline” for package-delivery activity, S&P says in assigning its debt an “A” rating.

Mehrotra said he was excluded from asking questions because of criticisms of its LTL operations.

The company beat analysts’ expectations in its first-quarter financial results and named a new head of its brokerage services operation.

The executive envisions a “connected ecosystem” where all capacity and shipments move simultaneously and in real time.

La eficiencia de la red debe ser impulsada por la colaboración, dice el ejecutivo en el evento Future of Supply Chain de FreightWaves

The aging of warehouse stock makes life difficult for tenants.

The company will pursue smaller rivals that lack scale to meet increasingly demanding requirements, GXO’s CFO says.

Rate hikes and a slowdown in online deliveries hit U.S. Postal Service demand in the second quarter.

Revenue seen growing by 11% to 15%, up from 8% to 12%; CEO sees growth across all verticals.

Capacity tightness was fueled by a massive demand spike along the I-55 corridor.

Mineta led the agency during the 9/11 attacks and oversaw the TSA’s launch.

Freight forwarding, supply chain and express units see strong trade-related demand.

Diferentes salarios para diferentes geografías, en lugar de una escala salarial uniforme, puede ser lo que está en las negociaciones, dice el CEO

TFI CEO Alain Bédard may want to set TForce Freight wages based on worker geographies instead of one uniform structure in upcoming talks with the Teamsters.

Net sales hit the high end of estimates; shares get whacked in after-hours trade.

The group wants the contract with the Oshkosh unit blocked until the agency prepares a better environmental impact report.

The company may use the program as a steppingstone to deliveries outside its platform.

UPS persevered through a drop in demand during the first quarter, beating analysts’ profit estimates.

La empresa se abre paso entre la debilidad del volumen en el primer trimestre

Developing strong carbon offset programs may be the holy grail, Redwood Logistics CEO says.

A state court judge has refused to issue a restraining order to stop two ex-FourKites employees from defecting.

The funds will be used to hire 13 driving instructors.

XPO is expanding into San Bernardino County and the metro Atlanta area.

The Postal Service will begin to shift first-class package delivery times on May 1.

The executive order bans fuel price gouging and expands truck weight and size limits.

La empresa llevará el nombre de Uber Freight

The company participated in a public-private sector short-sea shipping trial program.

The integrated firm will go live during the fourth quarter under the Uber Freight brand.

Rising costs prompt Amazon to impose its first-ever fuel and inflation surcharge on sellers.

The consolidation program is the first major initiative announced since Uber Freight acquired Transplace last summer.

Lineage Logistics has acquired Canadian cold chain provider VersaCold, adding 24 facilities to its network.

La compañía añadirá una tasa del 5% a los vendedores de FBA a finales de mes

Business gain new appreciation for outsourcing post-COVID, DDC FPO executive says.

David Phalen, an airline pricing veteran, shifts to an industry with similar characteristics.

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Fuselage of DHL Express Boeing 757-200 freighter broke in half after the plane skidded off the runway.

The sharp fall in the Transport average may need to be taken with a grain of economic salt.

UPS’ surcharges close in on rival FedEx’s levies.

The company has boosted first-year wages 7%-25% and launched a program to train supply chain workers to obtain CDLs.

Los conductores de primer año pueden ganar hasta 110 mil dólares, los veteranos aún más

Ran Transportation enters busy TMS space in hopes of differentiating from the competition.

Venerable index gets shellacked as freight issues fall hard.

Amazon Labor Union pulls off a stunning victory in New York; a ratification vote in Alabama remains in limbo.

El índice pierde más de 771 puntos por los problemas del transporte de mercancías

FedEx is cutting the wages of the salesforce supporting the small to midsize customer segment.

Some parcels will be hit with a $31.50 levy on top of the base shipping rate.

Raj Subramaniam, presidente, se convertirá en consejero delegado cuando el fundador ceda su puesto el 1 de junio

FedEx founder will leave the CEO role June 1, succeeded by Raj Subramaniam, the company’s president.

Fred Smith se alejará pronto del papel de consejero delegado, según predice una conocida consultora

A noted consultant sees FedEx founder Fred Smith dropping the CEO role to become executive chairman; second-in-command Raj Subramaniam would take Smith’s place.

FMCSA’s safety boss grapples with a huge wave of truck entrants since the pandemic.

Van Steenburg informa de la enorme afluencia de solicitantes de autocares en los últimos 2 años

A separate bill keeps all of the state’s 47 rest areas open to allow for truck driver stops.

Building geographic scale and expanding a book of business is not the main driver, Muessig says. Instead, it’s access to scarce assets.

Muessig cree que el acceso a terrenos, equipos y conductores impulsará la mayoría de las operaciones

EPS comes in below estimates as FedEx Ground’s operating income declines.

he market cries out for all-risk, shippers’ interest policies to cover high-risk, high-value goods, Reliance Partners’ Mark Vickers says.

New one-week lag time, down from two weeks, matches FedEx’s surcharge sequence.

Many contractors made investments to move packages that never came.

La gran exageración de los volúmenes máximos obligó a algunos contratistas a realizar inversiones innecesarias

The executive has entered the Republican primary for Oregon’s new 6th District.

Richard Smith continues to climb the corporate ladder as he takes over FedEx Express later this year.

Spiking fuel levies are expected to put more pressure on shippers to either eat higher costs or pass them on to end customers.

Richard Smith sustituirá a Donald Colleran como presidente y CEO de FedEx Express

He couldn’t pull off the impossible, but he has made shareholders significantly richer in the process.

The company will become a stand-alone LTL carrier in North America.

Most of the 155 employees there are working remotely after being evacuated to the west, co-founder says.

The French company says it has a better solution for North American visibility users. Others say it lacks the clout to get it done.