By focusing on customer change management, FreightTech providers see real results with AI-driven technology.
California’s Supreme Court will review a lower court and appellate court decision to settle the question of Prop 22’s constitutionality.
Yellow has suffered from financial mediocrity that has led to the inevitable outcome.
Some Wall Street analysts weigh in on which less-than-truckload carriers would most likely pick up the slack if Yellow shuts down.
Government sponsors are finding ways to add capacity for truck parking through long-standing federal grant programs.
Contract rhetoric with UPS has ratcheted up as the Teamsters walk away from the table and issue a new ultimatum.
By making integrations accessible and affordable, Bitfreighter enables brokers to enter into the once-dreaded “EDI conversation” with shippers on the front end, using connectivity as a selling point.
With offerings like its Clean Advantage Card and Fuelman Mastercard with EV payment capabilities, Fuelman is anticipating the current and upcoming expense management needs of fleet managers as they begin their electrification transition.
More than 60 small trucking companies are collectively owed millions of dollars after a Mississippi-based logistics firm folds, files for bankruptcy liquidation.
Daylight recently opened the first LEED-certified trucking facility in Texas, proving its continued commitment to both sustainability and the people of the Lone Star State.
Authorities arrested four Mexican nationals in connection with the deaths of 53 migrants found abandoned last year in a locked tractor-trailer.
AI is helping the logistics industry solve a massive coordination problem to establish transportation reliability and save shippers, carriers, and brokers a serious amount of time and money.
XPO’s Miami-area facility had a contract between the Teamsters and the company, but the union has been voted out.
Supply chain-focused startups Cart.com, Nuvocargo and CargoBot recently secured a combined $102 million in venture capital.
Mexico-based transporter Traxion has acquired Las Vegas-based BBA Logistics for $10 million.
Without agreement, Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien will demand UPS present its last, best and final offer.
Shares of Yellow Corp. plummeted Tuesday as a lawsuit against Teamsters revealed the company’s options are dwindling and it will be out of cash in a few weeks.
Criminals looking to steal high-value cargo are attracted to the vulnerabilities associated with international border crossings.
FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain rapid-fire demo best-in-show winners include Ryder, Trucker Tools, Truckstop and Turvo.
The newly approved Ground Advantage product combines three existing Postal Service offerings into one.
Logistics warehouse owner Prologis announced Monday the $3.1 billion acquisition of an industrial real estate portfolio owned by Blackstone.
The marketplace is at its most fragile when rates plummet and virtually every carrier is scouting out opportunities to earn more. Unfortunately, many of the “too good to be true” rates carriers come across in a precarious market are just that: not true.
FreightWaves’ Innovation Alley at the Future of Supply Chain event featured FreightTech demos from Ezlogz and Bridgestone Mobility Solutions/Azuga.
Hydrogen’s historical link to the Hindenburg disaster is receding as its use as a transportation fuel grows.
J. J. Keller advises that with on-site investigations and fines growing, carriers should focus efforts on compliance and record management.
Food brands are cooling it on price hikes. That means trucking companies will have more grocery volume to move.
This week in Borderlands: Florida tomato growers want the U.S. to terminate a Mexico trade deal; a Texas border bridge is shut down temporarily by migrant crossings; Union Pacific will provide rail access to an Arizona industrial park; and Tesla issues a second recall for the electric Semi truck.
The owner of Florida-based Royal Bengal Logistics has been arrested on fraud charges in connection with a $100 million Ponzi scheme.
Electric truck maker Nikola Corp. says foul play is suspected in a fire that damaged multiple trucks on Friday.
The Teamsters union says it will not meet with UPS again unless the company provides a better proposal.
The collapsed portion of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia reopened to traffic at midday Friday, beating all the forecasts.
Reliance Partners’ Kevin Dupree sheds light on what underwriters look for when determining a company’s or driver’s insurance risk.
The National Motor Freight Traffic Association said less-than-truckload industry participants are seeing benefits from using electronic bills of lading.
During NMFTA’s June webinar, IT professional Chloe Callahan shares how industrial control systems are applicable to the trucking industry.
UPS and the Teamsters union have wrapped up noneconomic issues. The hard part, economic issues, lies ahead.
NHTSA and FMCSA are proposing that all new trucks over 10,000 pounds be equipped with automatic emergency braking systems.
Harbor Trucking Association’s Matt Schrap warns about the effects that California’s carbon emissions restriction is having on the drayage industry and the environment.
XPO announced the completion of a capacity expansion project in the Western part of its network.
California has made its case in the latest round of AB5 legal proceedings, and it can cite the past trucking year in its arguments.
The collaboration among Convoy, J.B. Hunt, Uber Freight and others to use technology to streamline scheduling at the dock level is proceeding as planned, according to company leaders at FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain conference in Cleveland.
Less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp. has asked pension and health and welfare fund plan administrators for a two-month extension.
The Teamsters and UPS have reached a tentative agreement on more than 40 noneconomic issues.
Hair testing finds significantly more opioid, cocaine and meth use by truck drivers versus testing for those drugs using urinalysis, a recently updated study finds.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is now predicting a reopening of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia this coming weekend.
Roadrunner has announced more long-haul, direct service lanes.
Express operations will be in charge of FedEx’s unified Ground and Express network in Canada.
OnTrac said about three-quarters of retailers surveyed plan to invest in two-day delivery over the next two years.
About $2.3 trillion was spent to keep the nation’s logistics system operating in 2022, according to the 34th State of Logistics Report.
Paccar Inc. is recalling 4,914 Peterbilt Model 579 Class 8 trucks because a misplaced fastener can chafe alternator insulation to catch fire.
Conceding digital brokerage got a “bad name” early on, Uber Freight’s Souder looks to add human element to the experience.
Pennsylvania’s governor says Interstate 95 in northeast Philadelphia will reopen to traffic in two weeks, far sooner than anticipated.
This week in Borderlands: Exports of Mexican-built cargo trucks up 34% in May; a California commercial border crossing project receives $140 million; Mexico opens a $175 million highway project to boost trade with Texas; and a U.S. logistics firm is building a $2.7 million border export hub in Mexico.
Kroger management reaffirmed the “low end” of 1-2% identical sales growth guidance.
Nikola Corp. is laying off 270 employees as its cash condition worsens and company founder Trevor Milton takes shots at leadership.
The impact on trucking from the closure of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia does not appear to be reaching the most dire projections.
UPS Teamsters voted overwhelmingly Friday to authorize its leadership to call a strike if a deal isn’t reached by July 31.
ABF Freight has outlined the details of its new labor agreement with its union employees.
Battery chemistry will play a critical role in advancing electric trucking beyond regional and drayage hauling.
Broker RXO said it was continuing to execute on longer-term goals even as the freight market awaits the next catalyst.
Move by federal regulators to crack down on broker scofflaws gets mixed reviews from broker and carrier groups.
A request by the Department of Labor in an ongoing legal appeal suggests its independent contractor rule won’t be made until August or September.
Tesla’s Class 8 electric Semi truck’s production is being delayed due to battery supply chain constraints.
Yellow wants to make massive changes in its operations. Teamsters is blocking them – even though the trucking company could shutter.
Hyzon Motors is not out of the woods yet, but it is current on required financial filings and has streamlined its fuel cell business.
A 14-year-old petition filed by a truck safety group to strengthen new-entrant requirements has finally been greenlighted for public scrutiny.
Management from J.B. Hunt said it needs to see more data before making a call that the industry is exiting a freight recession.
In the so-called Atlanta Opera case, the National Labor Relations Board overturned an earlier precedent that made it easier to define workers as independent contractors.
UPS has told the Teamsters union it will install air conditioning and air induction vents in its package cars, union tweets.
Freight volumes and spending fell sharply in May, but Cass Information Systems maintains an outlook that the bottom of the cycle is near.
FMCSA puts unfair burdens on truck drivers and carriers in accident reporting, the agency is told.
The latest exchange between the Teamsters union and Yellow Corp. suggests the carrier is running out of time and money.
C.H. Robinson avoided a debt downgrade at S&P but the outlook was changed to negative, mostly on the size of its share buybacks.
GLS will handle the first and middle miles before handing off parcels to local partners.
Lightning eMotors identifies electrifying small school buses and shuttle vans as its niche. Scaling depends on finding new capital.
Some bullish commentators have suggested that strong heavy-duty truck sales means a recession isn’t looming. Further context is needed.
The full impact on trucking from closing a 7-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia may remain unclear for weeks.
Toyota announced an investment of $328 million to build its new hybrid Tacoma pickup trucks in Mexico.
“Unfortunately there are still drivers on the road that give the rest a bad name. We’re as an industry looking to change that perception,” Reliance Partners’ Robert Kaferle said.
Navistar Inc. is recalling an additional 22,684 trucks and buses for a brake fluid leak that can lead to an under hood fire.
As fleet electrification draws closer, here is how fleet managers can make the transition smooth and sustainable.
Key interstate closed for 7 miles after large slab falls from elevated highway due to tanker fire.
This week in Borderlands: Texas trucking company acquired by Online Transport Inc.; U.S. requests USMCA dispute resolution over Mexico corn ban; RK Logistics expands into Arizona market; and Watco opens railcar storage facility in Texas.
Less-than-truckload carrier Yellow reported another large drop in volumes Friday after the market closed.
Nearly 100 owner-operators protested in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday after receiving letters in late May stating the city was ending their contracts for its As-Needed Haul Truck Program, citing the independent contractor law AB5.
UPS commits to 50% of Surepost packages being redirected from the Postal Service to UPS by the end of the next contract.
ArcBest holds on to tonnage growth in the April-May period but yields take a notable step lower.
Outgoing Old Dominion CEO Greg Gantt made his final appearance at the UBS conference and looked back on the company’s road to the top of the heap.ODFL
Megawatt charging is too much for pretty much every electric truck save for the purpose-built Tesla Semi. But that is slowly changing.
Weak market in 2023 won’t matter when rate hike time rolls around.
The Biden administration is using a flawed analysis to inform a potential rule mandating lifesaving equipment on truck trailers, according to safety and insurance groups.
Jake Medwell sits down with Loren Smith to discuss policy items, including fleet electrification, rail safety and the debt ceiling.
GXO is starting its multiyear German expansion plan through the use of warehouse in Dormagen.
Arrow Truck Sales is closing its branches in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio due to state regulations on dealerships.
ArcBest announced Thursday that its chief yield officer is stepping down and will be replaced internally.
Nineteen states want an appellate court review of an EPA waiver that allows California’s Advanced Clean Trucks rule to proceed.
Trappers Transport announced Wednesday it has acquired Plett Trucking in a deal that combines two Winnipeg, Canada-based temperature-controlled transportation and logistics providers.
Less-than-truckload carrier ABF Freight announced Wednesday that it reached a tentative labor agreement with the Teamsters.
The outcome of Nikola’s bid to double the number of authorized shares in the company could determine its ability to survive.
Heartland executives used the UBS transportation conference to boast about the success of the company’s driver pay protection program.
