The $124M Global Transportation & Industrial Park of Oklahoma is a public-private development expected to spur jobs and economic development in southern Oklahoma.
Investigators believe a truck driver strangled his former girlfriend and drowned her 11-year-old daughter as the manhunt for a central Missouri truck driver enters its eighth day.
Last week’s commodity diesel prices were higher after big declines the previous week.
“In times of natural disasters, you find an increase in purchases of fuel, maintenance, food and hotels for drivers. … Many of our current customers need help routing their fleets during those times.”
C.H. Robinson announces a drayage surcharge at most of the nation’s biggest container ports as international drayage carriers have implemented congestion fees.
Ideanomics, which operates at the intersection of fintech and disruptive technologies, is acquiring electric vehicle maker VIA Motors in an all-stock transaction.
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Companies in the industry have come to expect better visibility from their partners. Just as importantly, end consumers have started expecting real-time visibility on online orders.
As flooding continues to damage roads and property in cities worldwide, AquiPor co-founder Kevin Kunz says stormwater management systems need serious updates in the U.S.
The remarkable lack of engine noise in Hyzon Motors’ hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric truck is matched by its lack of emissions.
Loss of refining capacity seems to be spooking traders more than the crude production outages in the Gulf of Mexico.
Will Hurricane Ida impact freight contracts? Will carriers move from shippers’ contracted freight to the spot market?
Hurricane Ida triggers emergency rule allowing truck drivers more time behind the wheel.
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Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Nuvocargo launches more efficient cross-border billing solution; Mexico implements new customs requirement; Freightcar America expands manufacturing plant in Mexico; and Morrison Express Corp. expands in Dallas area.
Representatives from the trucking company defendants are either invisible or not speaking.
Sudden end to inbound deliveries in Albany will force shippers to seek alternatives.
Investigators are seeking the public’s help in finding a Missouri trucker charged in the deaths of his girlfriend and her daughter as manhunt continues.
Hiring for virtually all roles in the logistics space is fiercely competitive. While all eyes are on the infamous driver shortage, recruiting and retaining top-notch brokerage employees is no easy task either.
Electric vehicle maker Rivian has filed for an IPO that could value the company as much as $80 billion.
If the remaining companies also settle, questions of whether there was a conspiracy not to hire drivers who owed money to previous employers may never be answered.
Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels joins WHAT THE TRUCK?!? to encourage greater participation in mock trials.
A confrontation between gunmen and Mexican authorities wounded three and backed up commercial truck traffic for hours.
Daniel Ninivaggi takes over as the electric pickup truck startup beset with legal, financial and production challenges seeks to survive.
Lazer Spot signed a multiyear deal with Orange EV to provide more than 25 electric spotter trucks for yard operations.
Regulators will poll the trucking industry on the value of the hours-of-service waiver as FMCSA readies another extension.
Parts shortages are beginning to let up, pointing to a looming surge in vehicle production. Still, the market is expected to remain strained for the foreseeable future.
“This is about lowering the barrier of entry for owner-operators. We are trying to push them forward and help them make key decisions that will ultimately lead them to success in scaling their business.”
The previous “nuclear verdict” record is believed to be the more than $400 million award last fall, also in Florida.
Toyota bets on future of fuel cells with new manufacturing line for heavy-duty truck fuel cell powertrains in Kentucky.
Retaining drivers — not increasing the driver pool — is the way to address supply chain disruption, OOIDA asserts.
More than 100 miles of Interstate 84 in Oregon are off-limits to commercial vehicles after a truck crash.
Traton Group shuffles the executive deck at Navistar, replacing CEO Persio Lisboa with former Scania executive Mattias Carlbaum.
The facility at CP’s Bensenville, Illinois, rail yard, which is already in operation, will support the construction industry’s supply chain.
“Operating systems should learn from the behaviors of these shippers and LTL carrier partners, record these exceptions and apply learning from them for future automation.”
A push to legislate the definition of app-based drivers also is ongoing, as well as a lawsuit by the state’s attorney general.
The former Bank of Montreal is a lender to all levels of trucking, big and small.
Rate predictions for the truckload market are coming in earlier than in past years. High consumer demand along with a lack of drivers and equipment has industry participants calling for further increases.
Pilot Freight Services took the unusual step of buying a trucking company to connect its e-commerce delivery services.
On the same day, the commodity price of ultra-low sulfur diesel took a huge upward move.
The FMCSA seeks comment on a stricter field-of-vision requirement as part of alternate medical standards for certain drivers.
PACCAR projects low volumes of electric truck deliveries for a few years. The 10 Peterbilt Model 579EVs at the Port of Oakland are a case in point.
Dedicated carrier Cowan Systems is offering sign-on bonuses as high as $20,000 for newly hired drivers.
Yellow Corp. announced that its interim CFO, Dan Olivier, will assume the role permanently. The change comes as the company navigates a financial and operational transformation.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Port Houston signs agreement for $1.1B channel expansion; German auto parts supplier expands in Mexico; E-commerce 3PL moves headquarters to Arizona; and CBP seizes $20M in meth at World Trade Bridge.
Spike in parcel delivery demand is lifting the good ship S.S. Consultant to new heights
The ruling by a judge at the county level is likely to be appealed and stayed before immediate implementation.
Shares of electric chassis maker Xos Trucks closed 14.5% lower in their first day of public trading, getting a reception similar to its peers.
The past week in social media images features a menacing wildfire in California, tropical storm deluges, a train hitting a tractor-trailer and more.
Daimler Trucks North America’s participation in this round points to an increasing market for Truck-as-a-Service products, tools integrated during the manufacturing process to help fleets manage safety, privacy and intelligent automation tools.
The Northeast is the most likely region for collisions between commercial trucks and wild animals. These are the top five specific locations.
The downward pressure on oil markets can be summed up by the two D’s: delta and dollar.
TPP Retention Project Plan’s Ray Haight explains how the industry has missed an opportunity when it comes to driver retention.
Truckload carrier Heartland Express announced a 50-cent-per-share special dividend Friday. It was the second carrier to announce a special dividend this week.
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Many organizations, including the Future Leaders of Indiana, are partnering with the Next Generation in Trucking Association to attract younger people to trucking.
“We strongly believe that expecting random carriers to digitally engage with you and book your freight without having a relationship is a strategy that has just never proven to be effective.”
The outlook for the pandemic hurt the company’s review last year, but Moody’s has a more positive view in 2021.
Canada’s Titanium Transportation Group continues its asset-light push into the U.S. freight market with a new brokerage office in Denver, its fourth in the country.
Tritium, Greenlots, and Baltimore Gas and Electric are working together to bring accessible, public DC fast-charging stations to the Baltimore area.
You can’t blame carriers for refusing to stick by a handshake agreement to sell service at pre-negotiated rates or at a discount.
New customers will need to onboard by that date to get holiday delivery services.
Despite the significant drop in price, lumber remains an expensive commodity. Whether the price will continue to fall is uncertain.
Warehouse robotics firm Geek+ and warehouse technology provider WSR Solutions say their combined solution for mixed-pallet picking and loading can increase truck capacity by as much as 30%.
Poole says the bill is a step away from the “user pays, user benefits” policy that has long been in place for infrastructure.
Werner claims it will face a “significant burden” if regulators do not provide more flexibility in how truck driver licenses are issued.
Marten Transport announced a special dividend of 50 cents per share. The payment marks the third straight year of special dividends for the carrier.
Truck broker Landstar System points to better-than-expected truck volumes and yield trends in the third quarter as reasons to raise its outlook.
14% more transport and logistics companies make the 2021 Inc. 5000 list, which features the fastest-growing privately held firms in the U.S.
Romeo Power locks in cell supply for its commercial batteries, paying a big price to assure it can answer demand from truck manufacturers.
The numbers coming in for 12 months after the pandemic’s darkest days suggest COVID kept some drivers from switching jobs.
“Traditionally, the private fleets have been very separate from the for-hire or public fleets. … With technology and innovations like this, we can help these small fleets go after the other half of the market.”
Double-digit surcharge hikes might be minimized or avoided if customers can adjust their shipping timetables.
Higher prices for used trucks are expected to last into 2022 and when they fall, it will be from a lofty place.
Commodity and wholesale prices are falling sharply, but retail numbers are not falling as fast.
Cervus Equipment is set to be acquired by Brandt Tractor in a $240 million deal that will take the Canadian Peterbilt dealer private.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Chip shortage sinks Mexican auto exports in July; Bennett Motors acquires American Eagle Logistics; Yokohama opens new distribution center near Dallas; and meth, fentanyl worth $13M seized at Otay Mesa port of entry.
A Michigan truck driver was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday for his role in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 64 that killed one man and injured another driver in Franklin County, Kentucky, in September 2019.
Just as his former company distances itself from him, indicted Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton continues to reduce his stake.
AskWaves takes a look at gains on the sale of revenue equipment and how they play into the financial results of truckload carriers.
The company also imposes sweeping levies on former postal business that’s been brought in-house; a separate 60-cents-per-package residential fee kicks in Jan. 17 with no end date.
DRIVE automatically spots areas for improvement so drivers can request coaching to boost their safe driving miles.
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As wireless providers switch off 3G networks in favor of 5G, some ELDs may no longer work.
The hunger crisis in America has not disappeared, and Move for Hunger, a nonprofit that connects trucking capacity to groups with food to donate, is on the hunt for more partners to assist, including refrigerated fleets willing to help.
The similarities of solving fleet challenges helped Rich Mohr decide to leave Ryder System after 25 years to join ChargePoint.
Volvo’s first Class 8 VNR Electric truck on the East Coast goes to a beer distributor dedicated to cleaning air in New York City’s South Bronx.
A Texas household goods trucking company with military contracts ceased operations and filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Tuesday.
The automaker is eyeing locations in Texas and Arizona as possible sites for its second electric vehicle factory.
A return to typical consumer spending drives conventional freight market conditions but the process of returning to normal has been anything but conventional.
Whether it is difficulty restocking gasoline stations or the need to move agricultural products around due to drought, the waivers seek to boost trucking capacity.
“The FDC is also very focused on equity and inclusion. We are extremely proud that 54% of our network is woman-, minority-, and veteran-owned.”
As businesses struggle to keep up with consumers’ growing demand for sustainability, 81% of respondents in a recent survey said companies use excessive packaging when shipping products.
July data from Cass showed freight shipments remained elevated but labor and equipment shortages constrained growth. Expenditures held near all-time records.
FedEx Ground has begun using robotics from Berkshire Grey in its Queens facility, with plans to add them to more facilities in the coming months.
A Commerce Department advisory group recommends that the department coordinate an interagency approach to addressing the driver shortage.
Brake Safety Week is set for Aug. 22-28, meaning drivers and carriers have only a few more days to tighten up on brake safety.
Legislation aimed at aerodynamic retrofits is expected to be introduced this week.
The company will build a limited number of trucks in the fourth quarter for validation and regulatory clearance.
The levies to hit hardest on heavier parcels going longer distances.
