Cass freight data shows softness again in November. While shipment declines extend to a full year, the rate of the declines may be moderating.
This is the second time a Pennsylvania trucking company owner has been convicted of tax crimes.
Look for Volvo Trucks and Isuzu to start working together on electric and autonomous trucks next year.
For many people around the world, celebrating the holidays involves sharing food with family and friends. As we approach the holidays to celebrate the end of 2019 and the beginning […]
Michael Ceravolo and Jordan Reber believe collaboration and networking are key to strengthen community and relationships.
Liquid and dry bulk carrier TransWood, Inc. announces the acquisition of Kane Transport and its fleet of more than 150 tractors.
How to best serve largest U.S. consumer market in dense, high-cost region is question for logistics industry.
Markets from Los Angeles and Ontario to Yuma, Salt Lake City, and Minnesota have suddenly tightened as routing becomes directionally constrained.
Darren Prokop writes about foreign trade zones and their impact on imports, exports and the economy.
Locix helps digitize physical spaces and provides real-time visibility to help businesses optimize logistics operations.
Less than a year after automating the load-matching process, Convoy is now automating the brokerage side in select markets.
Truckstop.com’s Book It Now feature is available through Redwood Logistics’ LoadRunner TMS, giving users of both services more options and a streamlined booking process.
The biodiesel blender credit reinstated by Congress Dec. 17 is a $3 billion a year boost to a less-polluting diesel fuel.
Amazon-FedEx divorce gets ugly and hurts merchants
FedEx’s lousy second quarter results are a cost issue first and foremost
This logistics company expedites movie props to rocket engines and everything in between.
Moving theatrical shows is like choreography showcasing on-time precision prowess and graceful driving skills.
Drivers looking for work or changing jobs should register before Jan. 6.
Resilience360’s report on the impact of U.S.-China trade war discusses the uncertainty it has brought to global trade.
Truckstop.com pioneered digital innovation in logistics with the first online platform for load boards.
TCA Vice President of Government Affairs, Dave Heller and TCA Manager of Government Affairs, Kathryn Sanner In just a few short weeks, our industry will be graced with one of […]
Navistar will cut 10% of its worldwide workforce even as it gained market share for the third consecutive year.
CFI employees have raised more than $800,000 for charities over the past 26 years as part of its Truckloads of Treasures campaign. Plus, airfreight may not grow next year, trailer orders drop and Connecticut delays toll discussion.
Move to pass legislation has ground to halt amid wider outcry from other industries over independent contractor limits.
A Canadian lawmaker criticized Celadon Group’s abrupt closure of Hyndman Transport, calling it a “footnote in their thought process.” Byran May, a Liberal federal member of Parliament whose Ontario district […]
Vice president of operations explains what keeps PTI at the industry forefront.
Travel Centers of America named turnaround expert Jonathan Pertchik its new CEO, effective immediately.
Less than 1% have yet to comply with a federal mandate requiring them to switch over from AOBRDS to ELDs on Dec. 16.
Just days after Mexico’s Senate voted to approve modifications negotiated into the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), U.S. officials introduced a labor enforcement provision that threatened to stall the trade agreement. An […]
Amazon to block customers of its Seller-Fulfilled Prime service from using FedEx units for deliveries
Sales mandates are gaining popularity in the world’s two largest electric vehicle markets.
Navistar is recall four models of work trucks because they can move even with the parking brake on.
British transport associations call on Prime Minister Johnson to quickly agree a future trading arrangement with the European Union.
U.K.-based drone technology startup Skyports operates across London, Los Angeles and Singapore today and plans to be a leader in urban aerial mobility.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Police find $3 million in barrels of pork headed for Mexico; […]
Biodiesel blending is on the ropes awaiting congressional action on reinstating a tax credit.
This week: Electric trucks deployed in Australia; new distribution center in Far North Queensland; high compliance rates with fatigue regulations; and container terminal truck charges.
One year after a sharply negative report sent shares plunging, XPO stock has more than recovered
Peak season has arrived
Morgan Stanley eyeing truck capacity constraints and higher rates in 2020, potentially reaching 2018 levels or higher.
The National Association of the Deaf believes a federal requirement denying CDLs to individuals with hearing impairments should be rescinded.
Employees of Mexican carrier Jaguar Transportation — a subsidiary of bankrupt Celadon Group — continue to protest unpaid wages by blocking the company’s Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, terminal in order to […]
Route-optimization software goes beyond cutting miles to provide real advantages when human brains are freed from planning what trucks go where, when and how.
GIC, Singapore’s wealth fund, has acquired a Pan-European logistics real estate portfolio that has an accumulated industrial space of over 1 million square meters.
Labor union inks pay deal to keep Christamas merry
Health, labor and environmental groups had urged the California Air Resources Board to pass “the most aggressive medium- and heavy-duty truck standard possible.”
Days after thousands of employees and truck drivers for Celadon Group Inc. received word that one of North America’s largest carriers was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, many are still struggling to take in the news.
The White House on Dec. 12 announced the private sector technology winners of its Opioid Detection Challenge.
Mobility group slams spectrum cut as “reckless decision.”
Forward Air to become top 5 final-mile provider with acquisition of most of Linn Star
David Carpenter and Praveen Boppana discuss the Georgia-based logistics company’s expanding ventures.
Fifth largest global carrier is responding to customer interest in greater container visibility.
R. Eddie Wayland, TCA Legal Counsel Employers may be well aware of the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in situations where an employee or applicant is “disabled” […]
Assembly Bill 5 limits companies from classifying workers as independent contractors rather than employees to save operational expenses.
Delay to provide more time to develop proper IT platform.
Celadon Group’s (OTC: CGIP) shutdown comes after cross-border shipping had already lost several other full truckload (TL) carriers this year that provided Mexico service. Matt Silver, founder and CEO of […]
YRC swaps CFOs, names new chair as traffic levels weaken
Lyboldt urges Washington to take action to repair subpar roadways.
President and chief operating officer, Michael Gettle, who assisted in the corporate restructuring is leaving the company.
Bad weather drives down delivery performance during second week of peak
225 employers have posted close to 500 jobs and counting.
MODE Transportation announces that it has completed the acquisition of SunteckTTS.
Latest round of DERA grants allots up to $4 million per project.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) has announced The Wall That Heals national tour schedule for 2020. The Wall That Heals exhibit includes a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial […]
Super Bowl Sunday is the No. 1 avocado consumption day of the year, according to the Dallas-based trade group Avocados from Mexico (AFM). Football fans consume an astounding 105 million […]
Freight forwarding giant details innovation required to balance sustainable packaging with customer satisfaction and product safety.
Landstar’s strong cash flow generation and enviable balance sheet allow it to pay large special dividends even in down market years.
While trucking companies stand to gain from a competitor’s collapse, they lament the loss of an industry stalwart.
It’s taken nearly a year for someone to publicly acknowledge that their company has benefited from the February bankruptcy and subsequent shutdown of less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier New England Motor Freight […]
A plaintiff’s attorney in the case of a vehicular accident may sic the trucking company for allowing Fido to ride along.
Mexican carrier Jaguar Transportation stopped its trucking services this morning (Dec. 10) and could be shutting down as part of Celadon’s Chapter 11 filing Dec. 9. Several freight and logistics […]
Just in time for the holidays, Paccar declared a special dividend of $2.30 a share for stockholders of record by Dec. 20.
The union drive marks the seventh company at the San Pedro ports to employ workers represented by the Teamsters.
The electrification of commercial trucks is edging closer but the industry first must go through a “messy middle” that sorts out the future of diesel and other alternative fuels.
Walmart seeks to bolster its online grocery business through autonomous home delivery.
Last Friday, December 6, FreightWaves reported that Celadon intended to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy and now the company has made it official. On the surface, it sounds like Chapter 11 […]
Volvo Trucks is building on sales of electric trucks for urban transport in Europe with battery-electric concepts for construction and regional distribution.
Truck parking reservations are now available through popular facility rating app Dock411, plus, more on the Celadon closure, drone safety a focus of working group and Virginia considers a fuel tax hike.
The sudden closure of Celadon has left thousands of lives impacted. To help those employees find work, FreightWaves has created a free job board where employees can post resumes and recruiters and fleets can post jobs.
The delay of aircraft components and replacement parts can mean tens of thousands of dollars in losses for airlines waiting to make necessary repairs, which is why so many turn to specialized logistics providers.
Losses in Europe are estimated to now be costing businesses billions of euros a year.
Chief Relationship Officer Brent Hutto explains the importance of embracing the freight industry’s digital evolution.
Jaguar Transportation, the Celadon-owned carrier based in Mexico, says it will remain operational and continue its cross-border shipping. “Jaguar will operate in the same way it has been working. The […]
Legislation demands OMB and HHS estimate rule publication date.
Drivers “in shock” and blame the troubles of their U.S. parent company for causing Canada’s largest trucking failure of 2019.
ArcherHub runs its own fleet that it uses as a backup for loads that go uncovered on its digital freight marketplace and thus guarantees hauls for every shipper.
R&D investment delivers top-5 status among FreightTech 25.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said excluding ocean cargo from the Section 321 pilot program reduced “a substantial number of relevant shipments of potential participants.”
Roadrunner Transportation continues to overhaul its portfolio with the sale of its flatbed unit.
Container industry veteran John McCown argues that the shift toward East Coast ports is inexorable.
The official announcement followed a chaotic weekend of credit, customer, and driver issues,
The Swedish truck giant’s venture capital arm has invested an undisclosed sum in Autotech Ventures.
Shareholders of beleaguered U.K. trucking company Eddie Stobart have gone ahead and accepted a £55 million rescue deal that would help the company come out from the brink of administration. […]
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Washington’s apple exports to Mexico continue to rise; Pharr International Bridge […]
The power and fuel efficiency of truck engines continue to rise as their size and weight shrink.
Celadon Group was Scrooge for its drivers with the Christmas holidays around the corner, but the trucking community is stepping up to help in the season of giving.
Carrier blames rocky freight market, bad lease deal for latest bankruptcy woes.
It’s scary days in Australia for truck makers and importers, as the volume of truck sales has fallen off a cliff. Also this week: road upgrades, drug-taking drivers, company debt and a parliamentary trucking inquiry.
The billion-dollar truckload carrier’s failure is one of the largest in industry history.
Trekker CEO Josh Kaburick discusses changing the model of his family’s trucking company with FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller.
